Dying Light: The Beast drops PS4 and Xbox One support, refunds available

Techland has canceled the PS4 and Xbox One versions of Dying Light: The Beast, citing hardware limitations that made a faithful port impossible. The studio posted a statement on July 14, 2026, confirming the decision and offering refunds to anyone who had preordered on those platforms.

In its statement, Techland was direct about the reasoning: "Dying Light: The Beast was built from the ground up to take full advantage of current-generation hardware. Its open world, advanced visuals, and fluid combat and traversal all depend on processing power and memory that previous-generation consoles simply cannot provide." The studio added that as development progressed, it became clear the compromises required would undermine the experience it set out to deliver — framing the cancellation as a technical reality rather than a deliberate abandonment of older platforms. Anyone who preordered on PS4 or Xbox One is eligible for a full refund.

Dying Light: The Beast launched on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S on September 19, 2025, bringing back Kyle Crane — protagonist of the original Dying Light — now mutated with special powers. The game was positioned somewhere between a standalone expansion and a full sequel, and it reviewed well across the board. It isn't the first title to quietly drop last-gen plans as the generation gap widens; Gotham Knights, Hogwarts Legacy, and Cyberpunk 2077's Phantom Liberty expansion all made similar calls. The PS4 and Xbox One are now 13 years old, and the performance ceiling on those machines has become increasingly hard to work around for open-world titles. In March 2026, Techland released Dying Light: The Beast Restored Land — a new edition bundling the full game, all post-launch content, and a new persistent survival mode that lets players permanently clear zombie zones and repopulate them with survivors, at the cost of scarcer resources and pricier shops.

Techland hasn't announced what's next for the Dying Light franchise, though the studio is known to be working on a fantasy game. Community reaction has been mixed — frustration from last-gen players who had been waiting, but little surprise given how long the port had been in limbo.