In news that may be disappointing for some folks, but really isn’t that surprising, Dying Light developer Techland has announced they’re dropping support of last-gen consoles for their upcoming open-world zombie beat ’em up. As we continue to progress into this exciting new generation of gaming consoles, the PS3 and Xbox 360 will only see less love down the road. The only thing I find surprising about this decision is that they didn’t make it sooner, especially after they made a similar move with the upcoming dark fantasy RPG, Hellraid.
Unless you don’t own a PS4, Xbox One or a decent PC or plan on getting one of those things soon, this really is good news.
This move frees them to focus all of their resources into making this ambitious open-world game the best game it can be, without holding any platform(s) back. And with some serious competition coming from the Yager-developed Dead Island 2, this game will need to be great.
Techland broke the news in a Facebook post, saying “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.” because the aging consoles “couldn’t run the game and stay true to the core vision of Dying Light at the same time.”
Dying Light hits PC, PS4 and Xbox One on January 27, 2015.
