Earlier during today’s Summer Game Fest 2025 showcase, Techland revealed the first gameplay trailer for Dying Light: The Beast, confirming a launch date of August 22, 2025 for PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 5 Pro, and Xbox Series X|S. This new chapter in the long-running survival horror series builds on a decade of fan feedback, refining everything players loved while introducing new mechanics that push the franchise in a more brutal and dynamic direction.
Check out the amazing trailer down below:
Pre-Orders Live With Hero of Harran Bundle
Pre-orders for Dying Light: The Beast are now live starting at $59.99/£49.99, and early buyers will receive the Hero of Harran Bundle a nostalgic pack honoring the original games with legendary items and weapons:
- Ultimate Survivor Outfit - A rugged, apocalyptic armor set inspired by Dying Light’s Juggernaut look.
- Harran Combat Knife - A swift and deadly melee weapon featuring a zombie head engraving from the original game’s box art.
- The Follower Crossbow - A stealthy ranged weapon returning from The Following expansion.
- In Jade’s Memory Pistol - A sentimental nod to Jade Aldemir, featuring her likeness engraved on the grip.
- Castor Woods Patrol Vehicle Skin - A stylized vehicle skin designed to rip through the zombie-infested forests of Castor Woods.
Owners of Dying Light 2: Stay Human Ultimate Edition will automatically receive this bundle for free.
Play as Kyle Crane The Character That Is Half Man, Half Beast
You once were Kyle Crane. Now, you are something more and something far more dangerous. After being captured and subjected to twisted experiments by a villain known as the Baron, Crane escapes into the valley of Castor Woods, now harboring a horrific transformation: he is no longer fully human. Blending human and zombie DNA, players will navigate a world teetering on the edge of sanity, embracing the monster within to hunt down the man responsible for their suffering.
Key Features:
- Half Beast, Half Survivor: Switch between human survival skills and brutal beast powers, unleashing raw savagery with skull-crushing, limb-tearing attacks fueled by rage.
- Day and Night Cycle: Classic Dying Light tension returns with dynamic day/night mechanics. Explore and scavenge by day, survive and flee by night as more terrifying threats emerge.
- Parkour and Vehicles: Leap between rooftops using Techland’s refined first-person parkour system or tear through hordes in off-road vehicles built for the apocalypse.
- Next-Gen Visuals: Explore the Swiss Alps-inspired Castor Woods, a handcrafted open-world zone featuring diverse biomes towns, forests, industrial zones, swamps, and farmlands all brought to life with next-gen fidelity.
- 4-Player Co-Op: Survive together with up to three friends. Share progression, save each other from death, and tackle the game’s branching story as a team.
A Decade in the Making
Dying Light: The Beast represents the culmination of everything Techland has built since the original Dying Light in 2015. With player feedback driving major systems like combat, co-op balance, and traversal, the new game blends old-school survival horror grit with modernized RPG and open-world design.
The Beast is coming and it remembers who made it. Will you be able to control it?
Stay tuned to Gamefragger.com for more video game news!