This is a bit of a game industry anomaly. Techland and Warner Bros. Interactive’s upcoming survival horror action adventure game Dying Light has just had its release date not pushed back, not made indefinite, but moved up. Originally the title had been delayed until February 2015 (with an unconfirmed specific day), but today Techland confirmed via Twitter that the game will release on January 27th in the US, and January 30th in Europe.
Dying Light is an open world game, and as such the initial choice to delay its release was an understandable one; it’s not as if you can simply cut certain sections out to hit a deadline. Despite the plethora of upcoming Zombie titles (H1Z1 and Dead Island 2 come to mind), Dying Light looks to separate itself with its sandbox environments, dynamic day and night cycles, and compelling melee combat. Well, we hope it’s compelling anyway.
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One of the titles main hooks is how zombies are affected by the day/night cycle. During the day they’re rather slow and useless, allowing the player to stock up on supplies, prepare, and generally take care of errands and housekeeping (figuratively, of course). At night, infected zombies can sprint and become more powerful, and this is where players will be tested.
Dying Light is set to release on PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One, so the last-gen faithful will still see a chance to have their pants scared off by Dying Light‘s infected foes. Techland created the original Dead Island, so they obviously know their stuff. It should be interesting to see how their latest game fares in comparison.
