Dying Light: The Beast Release: Everything We Know So Far

The third installment of the Dying Light saga has been made official. At Gamescom 2024, on August 20, the Dying Light: The Beast announcement trailer – and a somewhat blood-laden, live-action teaser trailer – were revealed.

The two videos stirred up interest and speculation, and we also saw previously on-hiatus protagonist Kyle Crane’s return to action. We, like you, are certainly looking forward to a Dying Light: The Beast release date. Here’s what we know so far.

Table of Contents Table of Contents

1. Key Takeaways
2. What Is Dying Light: The Beast?
3. Expected Dying Light: The Beast Release Date
4. Dying Light: The Beast Pre-orders
5. Expected Dying Light: The Beast Price
6. Dying Light: The Beast Platforms
7. Dying Light: The Beast Trailers
8. Dying Light: The Beast System Requirements
9. The Bottom Line
10. FAQs
11. References

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Table of Contents

1. Key Takeaways
2. What Is Dying Light: The Beast?
3. Expected Dying Light: The Beast Release Date
Show Full Guide
4. Dying Light: The Beast Pre-orders
5. Expected Dying Light: The Beast Price
6. Dying Light: The Beast Platforms
7. Dying Light: The Beast Trailers
8. Dying Light: The Beast System Requirements
9. The Bottom Line
10. FAQs
11. References

Expected Dying Light: The Beast Release Date

Who doesn’t want Kyle Crane’s return? The better question is when and what the Dying Light: The Beast release date is. Well, although the new addition has been announced, there isn’t an official release date yet.

However, the newest trailer, released in December 2024, revealed the game will be out in Summer 2025. Going off past releases, this could disappoint some fans hoping for a January or February release based on past installments. January 27 would coincide with the 10th anniversary of the original Dying Light, which came out on that day in 2015. Or February 4 would be the date Dying Light 2 arrived in 2022.

It is better than a different interpretation, which lands on October 9 as a potential date based on a clue from the live-action teaser trailer. A CCTV-like date and time were spotted, with “10-09” as the date and a time of “18:37.11.”

In any case, now that we know when it will arrive, we eagerly await an official date.

Dying Light: The Beast Pre-orders

With the announcement not long of this world, there’s no information available about Dying Light: The Beast pre-orders. However, as stated on X by the official Dying Light account, the story started development as a DLC for Dying Light 2. The same post also states that owners of Dying Light 2: Stay Human Ultimate Edition will receive it as a free content update.

For other owners of Dying Light 2 and those who don’t own the game at all, pre-orders may be available since the above statement points out that “The Beast is a full standalone adventure.” In theory, there’s no reason why any standalone story won’t have a pre-order program. But we will need to wait to find out.

Expected Dying Light: The Beast Price

As with pre-order information, Dying Light: The Beast price information doesn’t officially exist. A clarification on an article published by IGN offers, “A previous version of this article stated that The Beast would cost $39.99 for anyone who doesn’t own the [Dying Light 2: Stay Human] Ultimate Edition”. The same clarification states that the mention of a price was based on a press release with inaccurate information.

An accompanying comment in the clarification, seemingly from developer Techland or a PR partnered with Techland, explains: “While we haven’t announced the release date and price just yet, we’re approaching the point of content completion and will share this info as soon as we are ready.”

Dying Light: The Beast Platforms

Thanks to the announcement trailer and placeholder store pages, we know that the Dying Light: The Beast platforms are PlayStation, Xbox, and PC.

Dying Light: The Beast Trailers

Following the recent December release at The Games Awards 2024, we now have three trailers for Dying Light: The Beast. The first is the live-action teaser, revealed by Gamescom Opening Night Live host Geoff Keighley.

In an unknown location, now likely to be the game’s open-world region, Castor Woods, a woman in a flowing dress is seen in front of a camera, looking relaxed and happy and showing a potential engagement ring. As she looks off-camera, her mood changes and the camera falls. In a now dark and animal corpse-littered woodland, hints of a hidden beast are seen as the lady stumbles through the gloom.

A man is trapped and bloodied in a cage, and the trailer closes with the now pale and disheveled woman saying, “Please…help me”. Just before CCTV-like footage showing “10-09” and “18:37.11” disappears, the woman is pulled down and away by an unseen force.

The Second of the official Dying Light: The Beast trailers was released at Gamescom and shows in-engine footage and gameplay of an armed unit of spec-ops personnel tracking an unknown being. As they reach an abandoned building and find a gruesome scene within it, one of the personnel outside is attacked before chaos ensues inside the building. This may be “The Beast”.

As the trailer cuts to a sunrise, original Dying Light protagonist Kyle Crane is shown surveying a town and landscape: “Every man has an animal within. If you push too much, you unleash the beast”, he says. At this point, it’s clear Crane looks different, and a transition reveals impressive gameplay footage, enhanced parkour skills, and environments mixed with combat and stealth elements… and a final reveal of a terrible unidentified beast.

A week ago, a new trailer was released at The Games Awards 2024. In this latest look, we meet the Baron, who is responsible for the experiments done on Kyle Crane. As the trailer states, he is willing to do anything to pursue the greater good. We also get more in-game footage to whet fans’ appetites ahead of the confirmed release next Summer.

Dying Light: The Beast System Requirements

For PC players, the Dying Light: The Beast system requirements are available on Steam. Although not demanding at minimum specs, the recommended specs will warrant a look for owners of fairly old systems.

The Bottom Line

Dying Light: The Beast may not be the all-out third game of the trilogy, but it should provide series fans with a substantial adventure in the meantime. With original series protagonist Kyle Crane returning, the hype is high, and the mystery surrounding his disappearance makes for an enticing story. Furthermore, if you own Dying Light 2: Stay Human, you can check it out without spending a penny more, which makes it worth experiencing at the very least.

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