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Time of India
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Dying Light The Beast official release date, pre-order perks, and more announced
(Image via Techland) Techland has officially announced some major details about Dying Light: The Beast during Summer Game Fest 2025. The official launch date and timing, along with some enticing pre-order incentives, remained in the spotlight. The upcoming title was originally planned as Dying Light 2 DLC, but instead, it evolved into a full-fledged standalone experience. It marks a significant step for the highly anticipated standalone entry within the popular zombie survival game franchise. Here is all we know about the brutal new chapter. Dying Light The Beast official release date Mark the calendars, as Dying Light: The Beast is coming on August 22, 2025. It will be released on PlayStation, Xbox Series X/S, and PC too. The date was confirmed by Techland during the Summer Game Fest event, with the new gameplay trailer premiering brutal combat, intense parkour action, and a deeper look into the dark storyline of the game. The date follows the earlier confirmation of the studio, made at Gamescom 2024. It stated that the standalone project targets a mid-2025 release. With the release date available now, players can get excited about stepping into the shoes of Kyle Crane—the original protagonist from Dying Light (original game), but with a horrifying transformation (part zombie, part human) coming after the enduring gruesome experiments. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Khám phá bí quyết sở hữu nhà container hiện đại giá tốt tại Việt Nam – tìm hiểu ngay Container houses | Search Ads Tìm Ngay Undo Additionally, the narrative even promises survival, revenge, and uneasy alliances in the world that's overrun by the infected. Dying Light The Beast pre-order details and exclusive bonuses Dying Light: The Beast pre-orders are now officially open. The game carries the standard price of $59.99 across all the available platforms. PC players will be able to secure the copy through Steam or Epic Games Store. Additionally, Techland has sweetened the deal with the Hero of Harran bundle, which is exclusively available with pre-orders. Dying Light: The Beast - Gameplay Premiere Trailer | Summer Game Fest 2025 The package will also deliver 5 distinct items that blend the practical use with the nostalgic call-backs. The list of items includes the Ultimate Survivor Outfit (apocalyptic look), stealth-focused Follower Crossbow (deadly tool), the swift melee Harran Combat Knife, In Jade's Memory Pistol, and also rugged Castor Woods Patrol vehicle to mow down the infected hordes. Additionally, players who own Dying Light 2: Stay Human Ultimate Edition will get The Beast for free, automatically, as part of their pre-order bundle. Dying Light The Beast offers discounted deals on previous titles Celebrating the upcoming title's announcement, Techland rolled out some major discounts on Dying Light and Dying Light 2. Fans can grab the time-limited deals at less than half the original price of the games. Dying Light 2: Stay Human is available at 67% off and now is priced at $23.09 on both Steam and the PlayStation Store. Original Dying Light, on the other hand, is available at 80% off ($3.99) and 70% off ($8.99) on Steam and PlayStation, respectively. The offers will last until June 19, 20025. It is a perfect opportunity for the newcomers to catch up on the Dying Light franchise before Dying Light: The Beast arrives. With the gripping story, rewarding pre-order bonuses, and enhanced gameplay, Dying Light: The Beast will shape up to be one of the must-plays for fans of survival horror.
Hindustan Times
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Hindustan Times
Summer Game Fest 2025: Resident Evil, Mafia, and more — Here are the 5 biggest trailer drops
Summer Game Fest 2025 officially kicked off on Friday with a jam-packed, two-hour showcase that felt like a throwback to the E3 glory days. Hosted by Geoff Keighley, the livestream delivered exactly what fans were hoping for. Now, among the big names making appearances were Mafia: The Old Country, Dying Light: The Beast, and the new Resident Evil. Of course, Fortnite and Deadpool VR were also there. ALSO READ| GTA 6 Interactive Map: 100+ new locations, screenshot spots, and more you can check Capcom is back with the iconic horror franchise. 'Resident Evil Requiem sends players back to Raccoon City' in what looks like a haunting return to form. The game is set to launch on 27 February 2026 for PlayStation 5, Windows PC, and Xbox Series X. 2K and Hangar 13 dropped the new trailer for Mafia: The Old Country, revealing a beautifully gritty Sicily in the 1900s. 'The trailer showed hero Enzo and his many dealings with the criminal underworld,' they stated. Dying Light: The Beast is a standalone title that puts you back in Kyle Crane's shoes after his absence in the 2022 sequel. 'It will be out on August 22, 2025,' and as a bonus, IGN named it their 'First' game of the month, including an exclusive 30-minute gameplay preview for fans hungry for more. GOT fans assemble! Game of Thrones: War for Westeros lets players step into the shoes of the Great Houses or even the Night King himself. 'Raise your banners, rally iconic heroes and conquer the Seven Kingdoms solo, or in exciting free-for-all multiplayer.' IO Interactive may be busy with their Bond game, but they haven't forgotten about Agent 47. Hitman: World of Assassination came as a surprise and players now get to track and eliminate 'Mads Mikkelsen's Le Chiffre from Casino Royale. And yes, Mikkelsen is back once again as the Bond villain.' ALSO READ| Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls: When can you expect the 4v4 tag team fighter to go live? Kojima fans got another glimpse into the world of Death Stranding 2. 'Luca Marinelli's Neil and Alissa Jung's Lucy take center stage in Summer Game Fest 2025's Death Stranding 2 story trailer.' The sequel launches on 26 June 2025, exclusively on PlayStation 5.
Yahoo
28-01-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
10 years later, Dying Light's night time psychological warfare is still one of the strongest hooks in horror gaming history
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A digital watch has never been more threatening than in 2015's Dying Light. Picture it: you're crouched on a rooftop after losing track of time, and the staccato alarm emanating from Kyle Crane's wrist feels like a chastisement. Pained howls pierce the darkened sky. Nightfall is here. You are out of options, out of time, and out of daylight. The fear is paralysing – and that's the whole point. Dying Light's harnessing of player psychology is part of what cements it as one of the best horror games of all time. Like Pavlov's dog, upon hearing those sharp digital beeps, the player is obediently trained to break out in a cold, dreadful sweat. The watch is a harbinger of doom, alerting us to the fact that you do not want to be caught out on the streets of Harran at night. Immediately, it's fight or flight: do I stay put and finish my mission, or run for the nearest pool of UV light? It's still an underused feature in horror games in 2025, but looking back a decade later, Dying Light's day and night cycle truly is the crux of what makes it the stuff of nightmares. Bloodied legacy Dying Light: The Beast wants to be "the ultimate zombie adventure", and it only exists because Techland's DLC plans leaked "Night is coming." The on-screen text marks the terrifying home stretch at the tail end of Air Drop, the first Dying Light story mission that brings us face to face with a Volatile. Tower resident and ally Judy's voice crackles over the radio receiver, and her words are anything but encouraging. "The nightmares are walking. Don't let them see you." What comes next is one of the most stomach-churning chase sequences I've ever experienced, firmly in line with anything you'd expect from one of the best survival horror games, as a low level Crane has no choice but to run for his life from the most dangerous undead in the game. You cannot kill them; all you can do is go. It's true that danger is shambling around every corner in Dying Light, no matter the time of day. But while some of the other best zombie games are set in a state of perma-darkness (like Resident Evil 2 Remake) or feature scripted time shifts (like The Last of Us), Techland uses time differently. It's a dynamic tool, intended to psych the player out by creating a palpable sense of imminent danger, higher stakes, and ramped up difficulty. There is so much buildup around the terrors of the moonlit hours that, save for one or two missions, interacting with them at all is almost completely at your discretion. So why would anyone risk it? Because there are actual benefits to risk-taking. There's no illusion of danger in Dying Light – the Volatiles are stronger, faster, more relentless than regular zombies, and you are more likely to run into a world of hells when you venture into their dens. But by having only one or two main mission segments where exploring after nightfall is unavoidable, thereby relegating the majority of night time quests to optional side content, the inference is that it's your call to avoid it. ...nothing quite compares to the simple yet omnipresent fear of Kyle Crane stepping out into the gloaming... The optionality of interacting with Dying Light's strongest horror moments is cyclical. That was certainly the case for me when I replayed Dying Light recently; I avoided going out at night at all costs, which in turn made the night scarier and scarier. Darkness was a constant source of anxiety, prompting me to weigh up whether I'd have enough time for one more mission before the telltale watch alarm would spell out my fate. Ultimately, this turned me into just another resident of Harran; I was playing it super safe. It just goes to show how easy it is to get swept up in Dying Light's narrative and lore, with the time cycles feeding into the semblance of Harran as an ever evolving, ever shifting entity with deadly peaks and troughs. On one hand, it makes us feel more powerful when the sun comes out. On the other, we constantly fear the dying light above us. The utility of day and night cycles in horror games – and the psychological warfare that can be waged against the player's sense of self-preservation through implementing them correctly – is a surprisingly rare find, even now. Only 2007's Stalker: Shadow of Chornobyl comes to mind immediately, with The Forest and Darkwood no doubt taking inspiration from both it and Dying Light later in 2017. Sure enough, Dying Light 2 doubled down on the potentiality for night time dangers by implementing an immunity meter, with Aiden's exposure to darkness increasing the likelihood of his transformation into a Volatile himself. Still, nothing quite compares to the simple yet omnipresent fear of Kyle Crane stepping out into the gloaming, knowing full well he's not fully capable of fighting back. With Dying Light: The Beast potentially just months away from launch, replaying the first game feels all the more exciting in 2025. Dying Light marked a pivot in zombie fiction as we once knew it, and with such strong material under its belt ready to be pushed to new extremes, I've no doubt that Techland is set to impress us once again with Crane's long-awaited last hurrah. Check out all the upcoming horror games set to scare you in 2025.
