Techland, the developer behind 2025’s Dying Light: The Beast, has announced that the survival horror RPG will not be coming to PS4 and Xbox One after all. Originally planned as a cross-generation release, Dying Light: The Beast continues the series’ focus on open-world exploration, brutal combat, and fast-paced parkour.
Released in September 2025, the latest title in the post-apocalyptic zombie-stomping franchise was originally intended to be an expansion to Dying Light 2 Stay Human. Eventually growing into a full, standalone experience, The Beast brings back original protagonist Kyle Crane while offering its own story, setting, and numerous gameplay improvements. Techland introduced enhanced combat and enhanced exploration, as well as co-op multiplayer and crossplay support to Dying Light: The Beast.
Dying Light: The Beast Will Remain a Current-Gen Offering
In a statement shared on Twitter, Techland explained that it has made the decision to drop plans to bring the game to PS4 and Xbox One. The decision, says the developer, came down to technical limitations. Dying Light: The Beast was built from the ground up to leverage the capabilities of current-gen hardware, with its open world, visuals, and combat and traversal systems relying on processing power and memory that previous-generation consoles are unable to provide. Continued attempts to bring the game to those platforms would result in compromises that the developer is not willing to make, as they would impact the intended experience.
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For many, this outcome was already expected. The last-gen edition was originally meant to release in 2025, shortly after the PS5 and Xbox Series versions, and was later delayed. Despite this, there are likely some fans who were looking forward to playing Dying Light: The Beast on their PS4 or Xbox One. The studio stated that anybody who had already placed their preorders will be eligible for a refund. Techland also emphasized that the decision was not simply a matter of leaving those platforms, and therefore that segment of the player base, behind. However, it does in fact mean that any fans who were planning to enjoy The Beast on their previous-gen console will now have to find another way to play, whether that be on PC or by upgrading to a PS5 or Xbox Series X/S. Of course, both the PS5 and Xbox Series consoles have recently seen price hikes, with the Series S now costing as much as the Series X did at launch in November 2020.
The Beast was originally announced at Gamescom 2024 and launched in September 2025, but Techland revealed even before its release that the team was already throwing around ideas for a fourth game in the Dying Light series. Though the focus is of course currently on the latest game, with Dying Light: The Beast‘s Restored Land Edition launching at the end of March, a free upgrade that introduced 36 new quests, more finishers and achievements, and even deadlier species of infected, among many other things. Additionally, the developer is still keeping up with Dying Light 2 by releasing regular hotfixes. Even the original game hasn’t been left by the wayside, with holiday events and, most recently, an 11th anniversary celebration in February.
- Released
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September 19, 2025
- ESRB
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M For Mature 17+ // Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Language, Use of Drugs
- Multiplayer
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Online Co-Op
