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Zombie Parkour Game 'Dying Light' Celebrates Tenth Anniversary With 'Retouched' Update

Despite being 10 years old, Techland's original 2015 zombie parkour game, Dying Light , is far from being dead, as the game is getting a surprise content drop, dubbed the Retouched update, bringing visual and audio enhancements to the ageing title. The Dying Light: Retouched update is due to launch on 26 June, and according to a post on Steam by franchise director Tymon Smektała, it will focus on 'squeezing out even more' from the game, but will not be a complete overhaul or remaster. The free update will include visual enhancements like upscaled texture quality for its environments, alongside improved lighting and shadows. Screenshots featured in the post give a better picture of what players can expect, with some impressive improvements, especially concerning ground textures, which have seen a massive boost to tessellation, ambient occlusion and depth. The game's audio will also be touched up, with original composer Paweł Blaszczak returning to recreate its soundtrack, with new tracks, ambient sounds and hit reaction audio in combat, with Blaszczak even re-recording the soundtrack on tape to emulate the original's retro vibe. The team also touched on why it took so long to complete the Retouched update, which was teased following the celebration of Dying Light's tenth anniversary in January. 'We were working with 10+ year old technology,' explained Smektała, 'Even with all the new experience we've gained over the years, figuring out how to apply those learnings to the original Dying Light engine while keeping everything stable was a challenge. Smektała further added that the team had to 'walk through the entire map, looking for assets to be improved', which were all changed manually by artists, and that they also made it a priority not to change the game's system requirements, balancing the updates fresh details with the limitations of last-gen console hardware. The Dying Light: Retouched update will release on 26 June 2025, and will be free for owners of the game across the PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and PC. Kevin is a reformed PC Master Race gamer with a penchant for franchise 'duds' like Darksiders III and Dead Space 3 . He has made it his life-long mission to play every single major game release – lest his wallet dies trying. Dying Light Dying Light: Retouched Update techland