Dying Light: The Beast Preview—Parkour, Mutants, and a New Kind of Horror

The Dying Light franchise has long delivered one of the most compelling first-person zombie survival experiences in gaming, and with Dying Light: The Beast, Techland is raising the stakes once again. After sitting down with a full hour-long demo, I couldn’t help but feel excited by everything the new entry brings to the table.

From its fresh setting and terrifying new villain to grotesque mutations hungry for flesh, The Beast expands on the formula in all the right ways. Even better, the return of the series’ original protagonist adds an emotional punch that longtime fans will appreciate. Having played it, I can confidently say Dying Light: The Beast is shaping up to be one of the summer’s most anticipated releases—and I can’t wait for its arrival this August.

In Dying Light: The Beast, players are transported to Castor Woods, a new setting that trades the dense urban sprawl of past games for a more picturesque European tourist town, now scarred by infection. While... Read more