Dying Light: The Beast is smaller, scarier, and more sustainable

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Techland revealed a new trailer forDying Light: The Beast at the 2024 Game Awards. The latest clip highlighted the new open-world game’s villain, showed a bit of gameplay, and confirmed a summer 2025 release window.

First revealed at Gamescom Opening Night Live, Dying Light: The Beast is a spinoff of Techland’s zombie series. It brings back the first game’s hero, Kyle Crane, who finds himself battling a nefarious scientist named The Baron, who is conducting ruthless experiments in an attempt to splice human and zombie DNA together. The new trailer gives us a glimpse into the character and further teases the series’ most full-throated horror turn yet.

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Ahead of the trailer’s reveal, I spoke with Dying Light franchise director Tymon Smektala about the new installment. Smektala stresses that The Beast is an important moment for Dying Light in a few ways. Not only has it reinvigorated the team at Techland creatively thanks to its more compact size, but it’s also set to cap off the series’ 10-year journey to this point. It both marks the end of an era and teases what’s next for the zombie series.

“We kind of feel like we’re 10 years younger when we’re making this game,” Smektala tells Digital Trends.

A more compact Dying Light

At first glance,Dying Light: The Beast doesn’t sound too different from previous games in the series. It’s still an open-world game where players beat the snot out of zombies using guns, melee weapons, and dropkicks. There’s still parkour, as its new trailer shows off a player