Developer Techland has delayed Dying Light: The Beast by 4 weeks. As an alternative of launching on August 22, the standalone spin-off will now launch on September 19.
In a letter to followers, Techland explains that, after evaluating the widely optimistic preview impressions, it has determined to delay the sport to handle sure criticisms and add extra polish.
“We perceive that this can be disappointing, however our expertise has proven how essential the primary impression is,” Techland states in a press launch. “With simply 4 extra weeks, we are able to tackle ultimate particulars that make all of the distinction between good and nice. Areas we wish to enhance embrace finetuning the steadiness of gameplay components, trying into readability of UI, growing the standard of physics, in addition to tweaking cutscenes and participant animations additional in addition to including final little particulars.”
Techland guarantees to maintain followers within the loop with common updates, and Dying Gentle: The Beast will nonetheless be playable at Gamescom subsequent month.
Dying Gentle: The Beast started as an growth for Dying Gentle 2 Keep Human that was fleshed out right into a standalone title. It stars the returning Kyle Crane, protagonist of the unique Dying Gentle, who’s captured and experimented on, gaining zombie-like powers because of this.
As a result of it was initially envisioned as DLC, those that personal the Final Version of Dying Gentle 2 will obtain The Beast without spending a dime. In any other case, it’ll launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Collection X/S, and PC for $59.99.