Neowin News Feed for: Techland

Dying Light: The Beast is releasing early to celebrate selling so many pre-orders

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Sat, 13 Sep 2025 12:46:01 +0000

As a surprise for fans, Techland has announced that it is moving forward the Dying Light: The Beast release date to celebrate a massive pre-order milestone it has passed. Read more...

Dying Light: The Beast system requirements arrive in both desktop and laptop flavors

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 18:22:01 +0000

Techland has shared the PC system requirements for Dying Light: The Beast ahead of its launch this month. Interestingly, there are separate specifications for desktop and laptop gamers. Read more...

Dying Light series gets deepest discounts yet celebrating 10-year anniversary

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 20:40:01 +0000

Techland's Dying Light franchise is now 10 years old, and the studio is teasing that even more parkouring zombie fun is incoming. The franchise is deeply discounted right now too. Read more...

Dying Light: The Beast announced, brings back Kyle Crane from the original game

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 18:53:43 +0000

Techland unveiled a new Dying Light game at the Opening Night Live presentation today. Titled The Beast, it will bring back Kyle Crane, the protagonist from the first game, for a brand-new experience. Read more...

Dead Island: Riptide is free to claim on Steam for the next two days

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 18:10:01 +0000

Dead Island: Riptide, the second game in the co-op zombie slaying franchise, is now free to claim on Steam. The promotion arrives just as Deep Silver preps the release of Dead Island 2 on Steam. Read more...

Dying Light developer Techland is now majority owned by Tencent as it works on new game IP

John Callaham — Mon, 24 Jul 2023 15:46:01 +0000

Techland will still own its game iPs, including its hit Dying Light zombie action game franchise, and will retain creative control over its future games under the new Tencent majority ownership. Read more...

Dying Light 2 gets "horror-like" nights, better parkour, community maps and more

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 15:52:01 +0000

Techland today pushed out the Dying Light 2 Good Night Good Luck update, bringing a major overhaul to nights of the zombie action title, parkour changes to suit veterans, and Mod.io support. Read more...

Dying Light 2 upgrades its physics and combat brutality in major update

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 20 Apr 2023 16:34:01 +0000

Techland has just released the Gut Feeling update to Dying Light 2, which turns the combat brutality up to 11. Improved physics, a transmog system, weapon crafting, and more are also here. Read more...

Dying Light developer is making a fantasy action RPG with former CD Projekt staff

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Tue, 17 May 2022 17:46:01 +0000

Techland is in the early stages of developing a AAA fantasy RPG and is looking for more developers to join the team. So far, former developers of The Witcher franchise, and more have joined. Read more...

Dying Light 2's first major story DLC delayed to September

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 12 May 2022 17:44:01 +0000

Dying LIght 2 fans will be waiting until September to get their hands on the first story DLC content for the zombie survival RPG. Techland says it needs more time to polish up the experience. Read more...

Techland is upgrading the original Dying Light to the Enhanced Edition for free

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 05 May 2022 15:40:01 +0000

Celebrating the final update to the classic zombie parkour mashup Dying Light, Techland has upgraded all base game owners to the expansion-included Enhanced Edition free of charge. Read more...

Dying Light receives long-awaited Xbox Series X|S upgrade

Asher Madan — Mon, 21 Mar 2022 22:16:01 +0000

Dying Light, the first-person zombie action game, has finally received a next-generation upgrade for Xbox Series X|S. The game increases the resolution and frame rate, while offering many modes. Read more...

Dying Light 2 on Xbox Series X is parkour heaven despite some story missteps

Asher Madan — Thu, 17 Feb 2022 19:16:01 +0000

Dying Light 2 launched a few weeks ago and has already crossed 3 million players. However, how does it run on Xbox Series X? Are the game-breaking bugs fixed by now? Read on to find out. Read more...

Dying Light 2 crosses 3 million players, latest patch greatly improves performance

Asher Madan — Fri, 11 Feb 2022 20:42:01 +0000

Today, Techland announced that over 3 million players have ventured into the world of Dying Light 2. The team also released another patch that greatly improves performance on consoles. Read more...

Dying Light 2 loads faster on Xbox Series X than PS5

Asher Madan — Thu, 10 Feb 2022 17:30:01 +0000

According to a comparison by unboxing channel Open Surprise, the Xbox Series X loads Dying Light 2 faster than the PS5. Depending on the action, the results are 1-5 seconds faster on Xbox Series X. Read more...

Dying Light 2 patch to include 1,000 fixes for game-breaking issues

Asher Madan — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 20:32:37 +0000

Dying Light 2 will launch on PC, PlayStation, and Xbox on February 4, 2022, and Techland says that its first patch will include a number of fixes. Right now, the title suffers from game-breaking bugs. Read more...

Dying Light 2 on Xbox Series X offers highest resolution on console

Asher Madan — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 19:16:01 +0000

Today, Digital Foundry released a thorough visual comparison between the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X versions of Dying Light 2. The game renders higher on Microsoft's device compared to Sony's. Read more...

Dying Light 2 post-launch roadmap revealed, promises free and paid content for years

Asher Madan — Tue, 25 Jan 2022 16:10:02 +0000

Today, Techland, the team behind the upcoming first-person zombie action game, Dying Light 2: Stay Human, revealed its post-launch roadmap that promises a slew of new content for years. Read more...

Call of Juarez: Gunslinger is free to claim on Steam this weekend

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Fri, 10 Dec 2021 00:18:01 +0000

Another freebie has landed for PC gamers, and this time it's from Techland. Celebrating 30 years of making games, the company is currently giving away the 2013 classic Call of Juarez: Gunslinger. Read more...

Dying Light PS5 and Xbox Series X|S patch in development

Asher Madan — Fri, 15 Oct 2021 02:52:01 +0000

Today, Dying Light developer Techland announced on Twitter that it is working on a current-generation patch for the original Dying Light. The game is regarded as a modern cult classic nowadays. Read more...

Dying Light 2: Stay Human's latest delay slides launch back to 2022

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Tue, 14 Sep 2021 13:24:01 +0000

Techland has decided to delay the release of Dying Light 2: Stay Human to next year, saying while the game is complete, it needs more time to playtest and polish the open-world zombie experience. Read more...

Dying Light 2 launches on December 7, new gameplay trailer out

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 27 May 2021 19:52:01 +0000

Techland today unleashed a brand-new gameplay trailer for Dying Light 2 showcasing the post-apocalyptic setting, storyline, and plenty of parkour moves. The title launches in December. Read more...

Dying Light free on Steam this weekend, gets new content and Zombie Hunt event

Namerah Saud Fatmi — Thu, 25 Feb 2021 21:36:01 +0000

To commemorate the 6th anniversary of its FPS survival title Dying Light, Techland has decided to make the game free for the weekend. New game content and a Zombie Hunt event has also been revealed. Read more...

Enter the Gungeon and God's Trigger are free to claim on the Epic Games Store this week

Vishal Laul — Thu, 20 Aug 2020 15:08:01 +0000

It's a rogue-like combo for the Epic Games Store this week as it gives away Enter the Gungeon for a second time along with God's Trigger. Hitman and Shadowrun Collection will replace them next week. Read more...

Dying Light 2 has been delayed, no new release date in sight

Florin Bodnarescu — Mon, 20 Jan 2020 17:02:01 +0000

Techland's upcoming Dying Light sequel has been delayed, with no release date being announced currently. It initially made an appearance at E3 in 2018, then 2019, with a Spring 2020 release window. Read more...

Dying Light 2 lands on Xbox One, PC, and PS4 in Spring 2020

Florin Bodnarescu — Mon, 10 Jun 2019 00:32:01 +0000

Techland's upcoming survival horror title has finally gotten a brand new trailer, as well as release window. Dying Light 2 is out Spring 2020 on Xbox One, PS4, and PC. Yes, also on Steam. Read more...

Dying Light: Bad Blood PvP-focused expansion announced for 2018

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 07 Dec 2017 15:02:02 +0000

Techland has announced the second expansion to its open-world action adventure title, Dying Light. Titled Bad Blood, the expansion is PvP-focused, and will arrive sometime in 2018. Read more...

TechSpot: Dying Light Benchmarked, Performance Review

Julio Franco — Fri, 30 Jan 2015 07:46:01 +0000

Dying Light takes place in an expansive urban environment where players navigate using free running 'parkour' mechanics while scavenging for supplies to craft weapons and defend against zombies. Read more...

Dead Island: Riptide coming April 23rd

John Callaham — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 14:23:04 +0000

Developer Techland and publisher Deep Silver have announced that their zombie game sequel Dead Island: Riptide, will be released on April 23rd in the US and in Europe on April 26th. Read more...

Mad Riders to be released in late May

John Callaham — Sun, 20 May 2012 21:18:13 +0000

Ubisoft has announced that Mad Riders, the off-road racing game from developed Techland, will be released in late may for the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC platforms for just $10. Read more...

Review: Dead Island

Tim Schiesser — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 16:26:41 +0000

The slow-motion trailer was awesome, the controversies and bugs not so much; today Neowin looks at the zombie-killing weapon-filled open-ended action/adventure game Dead Island Read more...

Dead Island PC dev version included "Feminist Whore" skill

John Callaham — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 02:47:49 +0000

The mistakenly released developer version of the zombie action game Dead Island included a skill for the female character Purna called Feminist Whore that was found buried in the game's source code. Read more...

Dead Island development version released by accident

Mike Brown — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 18:26:53 +0000

Steam users who bought Dead Island, the new zombie invasion game, were treated to a bug-filled version that evidence suggests is actually a development build. Read more...

First Dead Island in-game trailer released

John Callaham — Tue, 17 May 2011 15:12:11 +0000

A few months after the spectacular CGI trailer for Dead Island was released, the first in-game video footage from the upcoming zombie action game has been released. The trailer, which can be seen below, is... Read more...

Techland breaks with Strategy First

Tue, 03 Aug 2004 00:38:20 +0000

The move leaves upcoming PC racer Xpand Rally without a North American publisher. Poland-based developer Techland today announced that Strategy First will no longer publish the company's games in North America. This... Read more...