Dying Light 2 will get ‘at least’ 5 years of post-launch content

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Dying Light 2's February release date is fast approaching so developer, Techland, has confirmed some of its post-launch plans.

In a tweet posted by the official Dying Light 2 account, Techland said, “we guarantee to expand the world of Dying Light 2: Stay Human for at least 5 years post-launch.” The post-launch content will include “new stories, locations, in-game events and all the fun stuff you love!”

Want to know what will happen AFTER the premiere? We guarantee to expand the world of Dying Light 2 Stay Human for at least 5 years post launch with new stories, locations, in-game events and all the fun stuff you love!#DyingLight2 #StayHuman pic.twitter.com/SgaNynkrzIJanuary 14, 2022

Techland didn’t delve into any further specifics with regards to the post-launch plans—there’s still plenty of time for that given the game hasn’t even released yet—but this long-life approach isn’t new for the developer. The original Dying Light has received years of post-launch support and back in October 2021, the developer even mentioned work on a “next-gen patch”.

After a somewhat rocky development and a couple of delays, Dying Light 2 is finally set to release on February 4 for last and current-gen consoles as well as PC. We got to try the game out for ourselves towards the end of last year in a hands-on session and had a pretty great time with it. 

This post-launch content announcement comes hot on the heels of Techland’s announcement— then clarification— of the length of time it’ll take players to complete Dying Light 2. 

Techland initially posted to Twitter that it would take “at least 500 hours” to complete the game, which brought forth a somewhat less than enthused response from fans. The developer then clarified that, actually, the