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Techland to Continue Adding DLC to ‘Dying Light’, Even With ‘Dying Light 2’ in Development
In spite of Techland’s E3 announcement that Dying Light 2 will be coming next Spring, the developer is still working on DLC content for the original game.
In a Gamesindustry.biz interview, Techland Lead Designer Tymon Smektala reveals that after meeting just prior to E3, the team decided to add more content to the first Dying Light.
“But we had a meeting right before E3 where we said we still wanted to add things to the first one. And there’s now a small team which is working on additional stuff that will happen in Dying Light.”
Smektala also touched on the team’s original ’10-in-12′ strategy, where the team released 10 pieces of DLC over the course of 12 months in 2018. This translated into increased sales for the game, which had increased each year since the game’s original 2016 launch.
“We supported the game for two reasons,” said Smeltala. “The first is that we believe in our community, and we really believe they will be the most essential part for us getting the word out about Dying Light 2. The other thing is that supporting a game like Dying Light for such a long time allows us to be slightly more crazy, and slightly more creative with some things, and also test some ideas and gameplay elements that we’re not sure about.”
“If we had an idea we’re unsure about for Dying Light 2, we could mimic that idea to some extent in support of the first game and see how it works,” Smektala continues. “We can see what people find attractive and what’s unattractive to them.”
Dying Light 2 launches Spring 2020 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.
Luckily for fans, even after the release of Vampire Crawlers earlier this year, Poncle is still not done with Vampire Survivors. The developer recently announced a new chapter for Vampire Survivors, as well as a new expansion entitled “Legacy of the Bloodmoon”, which is expected later this summer. That “new chapter” coincides with Poncle having released a free content update for Vampire Survivors, as well as launching Survivaton, a new label for its growing lineup of Survivors-inspired projects.
Survivaton is the name of poncle’s new lineup of Survivors-like projects. Short for “survive a ton,” the label encompasses internally developed games that build on the foundation of Vampire Survivors, in collaboration with selected content partners. Each project will aim to introduce major gameplay changes, content expansions, or genre twists exploring ideas substantial enough to stand as their own games.
The Survivaton initiative will serve as Poncle’s umbrella for future Survivors-like releases, and reflecting its place as the foundation of the series, Vampire Survivors will also be renamed to Vampire Survivors – First Survivaton.
To celebrate this new chapter, the game has releasing its free Patch 1.15 update on Steam, featuring a new stage, new characters, new weapons, and new Darkanas. Patch 1.15 will be released on all other platforms a bit later by the end of the month, due to platform-specific optimizations and differences in save slots management. And for Switch 2 fans, there will be a version of Vampire Survivors coming soon, with better performance and mouse support.
Meanwhile, described as the “evil twin” to the game’s first-ever expansion pack Legacy of the Moonspell, Legacy of the Bloodmoon is expected this summer across PC, Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, and mobile platforms. The expansion will include a substantial 10 new characters, more than 16 weapons and evolutions, a new XL stage, and 8 new music tracks. As part of this release, poncle will expand Legacy of the Moonspell with additional content and permanently reduce its price, ensuring both it and Legacy of the Bloodmoon deliver a similarly substantial experience.
In addition to Steam, Vampire Survivors is available on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and the Epic Games Store.