If you were waiting to play Dying Light on Xbox 360 or PS3, you better think again. You'll need a new-gen console to play.
Techland announced today that Dying Light, their upcoming zombie action-adventure game, will no longer release for the Xbox 360 and PS4. The game will be a new-gen only release.
The developer gave several reasons behind the change on the game's Facebook page. Basically, too many compromises would have to be made for the game to run efficiently on last-gen consoles:
Much of this “next-gen feel” is tightly connected to the technological side of Dying Light. For instance, up to 200,000 objects can be displayed in the game at once. Add to this our use of realistic, physics-based lighting technology and you really start to push the next-gen systems to the limits. Features like these along with our core gameplay pillars – such as the player-empowering Natural Movement, threefold character development system, and vast open world – are all an inherent part of how Dying Light plays. However, combining all of these into one fluid experience is only possible on technologically advanced platforms.
Therefore, 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. Put simply, older consoles just couldn’t run the game and stay true to the core vision of Dying Light at the same time.
To ensure you enjoy Dying Light as much as we would like you to, we chose to release it without any compromises on the three strongest systems available. Thanks to this, you’ll get the full and best experience regardless of the platform you play on.
You can get Dying Light for Xbox One, PS4, and PC on January 27.
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