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Good news for everyone who’s jumped onto the next (err, current) gen bandwagon! Bad news for anyone still hoping to get Dying Light on a last gen console. Techland announced today that their first-person zombie action survival game will not be released for the Xbox 360 or the Playstation 3, instead being released for the Playstation 4, Xbox One and PC.
There’s a reason for this, as sad as it may be. The game just couldn’t run properly on the old consoles. As much as I’d like to get my game on with my trusty Xbox 360 or Playstation 3, I’d rather not play a game at all than play a game that doesn’t run properly.
Techland released a statement in regards to the ceased development of last gen versions of the game.
Dear Gamers,
As you probably know, we’re wrapping up the development of Dying Light, our biggest and most ambitious project to date. We spent the last three years making sure that all the features of our game add up to create a truly next-gen experience.Much of this “next-gen feel” is tightly connected to the technological side of Dying Light. For instance, up to 200 000 objects can be displayed in the game at once. Add to this our use of realistic, physics-based lighting technology and you really start to push the next-gen systems to the limits. Features like these along with our core gameplay pillars – such as the player-empowering Natural Movement, threefold character development system, and vast open world – are all an inherent part of how Dying Light plays. However, combining all of these into one fluid experience is only possible on technologically advanced platforms.
Therefore, after thorough internal testing, we have come to the conclusion that we have no choice but to leave past-gen systems behind and release Dying Light exclusively on the next-gen consoles and PC. Put simply, older consoles just couldn’t run the game and stay true to the core vision of Dying Light at the same time.
To ensure you enjoy Dying Light as much as we would like you to, we chose to release it without any compromises on the three strongest systems available. Thanks to this, you’ll get the full and best experience regardless of the platform you play on.
We hope you understand the hard choice we’ve had to make. With the launch just around the corner, we can’t wait to show you Dying Light in the state it was meant to be. We’re looking forward to your reactions and impressions as we release the game in January 2015.
Dying Light will release for the Xbox One, Playstation 4 and PC in January 27, 2015, January 28 in Austalia and New Zealand, and January 30 in Europe and Asia.
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