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Former Dying Light lead knew Techland devs were "not afraid to do things differently" as soon as he found out what their jump button was

Hardcore parkour

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Dying Light's former director believes devs are obligated 'to focus and listen to the players' because as soon as a game's released 'it stops being only your game'

60% of the time, it works every time.

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Former Dying Light lead says devs have an "obligation" to listen to player feedback even if "they're very often wrong"

That's generous

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Dying Light head leaves Techland after 13 years: "The franchise is in great hands, and I'm excited to see it grow even further"

"I can't wait to experience its next chapter as a player," Tymon Smektała says

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Dying Light: The Beast's release date has been moved forward by one whole day

Hope you didn't schedule time off for the launch.

PC Gamer

"If everything is the same, nothing stands out" – How lead devs for Silent Hill f and Dying Light: The Beast are putting the horror back in survival horror

Horror Special | "We face our own set of expectations and our players are very strict about it"

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Dying Light: The Beast dev defends $60 price because "in every metric" the DLC-turned-game is "bigger, denser, and more advanced than we initially assumed"

"Mission count, minutes of cut-scene, unique characters, new enemy designs, additional content, collectibles, secrets, Easter eggs, you name it"

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Dying Light: The Beast will have guns that feel "on par with melee combat," as Techland struggles to solve the series' "complicated" relationship with firearms

Dying Light's franchise director is "really proud" of how the gunplay has turned out

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Dying Light franchise director says The Beast's final mission leaves you no choice, and that's a good thing: "You shouldn't be saying what's canon and what's not"

Techland wants "full control over what we do with each and every next Dying Light game"

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Dying Light: The Beast's open world is "a secret mystery box" where "very f*cked up things" happen, but I'm most intrigued by the Stranger Things vibes

Horror Special | Franchise director Tymon Smektała weighs in on Dying Light: The Beast's "creepy" supernatural undertones

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2025 already belongs to double-A games, and Dying Light: The Beast is helping Clair Obscur prove it – "Do you really want to play every game for 100 hours?"

Horror Special | Techland's Tymon Smektała got me thinking, and the double and triple-A divide is more pointless than ever

GamesRadar

Dying Light: The Beast is more than a homecoming for Kyle Crane – "For us, this is Dying Light 3"

Horror Special | Delving into the belly of Beast Mode with Techland's Dying Light franchise director, Tymon Smektała

GamesRadar

Dying Light: The Beast hands-on preview: A stunning survival horror character study that left me bloody and breathless

Horror Special | I played 4 hours of Dying Light: The Beast and it's already my favorite Dying Light game ever

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Whoa, this 10 year old game is getting a massive new update this week — I'm finally going back to finish it after all this time

A full decade after its release, Dying Light — Techland's beloved 2015 zombie action game — is getting a huge new update this week. Here's what's coming.

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Dying Light: The Beast dev says "we are not Call of Duty" and the series has a "complicated relationship" with guns, but The Beast's firearms should finally be "on par" with melee

"Let's give the players the guns if they want, but also let's focus on the guns so they really feel on par with melee combat"

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"For us, it really is Dying Light 3": Techland admits Dying Light 2 "lost the horror, lost the tension," but says The Beast is "the best Dying Light that we have ever made"

"It's a very proper triple-A game"

PC Gamer

Techland boss says Dying Light 2 'forgot' what made the series special, but Dying Light: The Beast gets back on track: 'For us, this really is Dying Light 3'

The Beast is not the standalone expansion I thought it'd be.

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Celebrating 10 years of Dying Light's horror legacy: "We were doubting ourselves a little, and then the players stepped in"

Interview | Techland's Tymon Smektała looks back on Dying Light's player-led victories, unique formula, and lasting impact on zombie horror as we once knew it

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The Director Who Brought Parkour To Zombie Games Has A New Trick Up His Sleeve

Dying Light's franchise director breaks down how to perfect the zombie game, and the massive changes The Beast is bringing to the franchise.

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Dying Light: The Beast wants to be "the ultimate zombie adventure", and it only exists because Techland's DLC plans leaked

Interview | Techland and Kyle Crane voice actor Roger Craig-Smith dig into the belly of The Beast

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Dying Light dev says we're all too obsessed with "the number of hours a game can offer" and shorter games like the 18+ hour Dying Light: The Beast feel like "the future"

"It gives you those shorter development cycles, and also the ability to try different things."

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The art of making open world video games

Game world-building masters from Larian Studios, Techland, HoYoverse, Billy Goat Entertainment and CD Projekt Red reveal what goes into crafting your favourite places on PlayStation.

TechRadar

Dying Light 2's crossover with The Walking Dead is a thrilling fight for survival

Two major zombie horror brands, The Walking Dead and Dying Light are teaming up for a new update.

PC Gamer

Techland wants to know who you'd like to play as in Dying Light 3

Even though it hasn't announced the sequel.

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Dying Light 3 poll asks who you'd like to play in a new game

Who do you want to star in a third Dying Light game?

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