According to Techland, the developer behindDying Light: The Beast,the highly anticipated survival horror game will not have virtual currencies or microtransactions. The latest entry in the popular series that began in 2015,Dying Light: The Beastwas originally intended to be a second DLC forDying Light 2: Stay Human.When hackers leaked its story, however, Techland felt that it needed to make changes and expand on its plans for the new content.
Stay Human,which was released in 2022, received generally positive reviews from players and sold an impressive five million units in its first month. That rating took a slight dip, however, whenTechland released an update forDying Light 2that introduced DL Points, a virtual currency purchased using real money that allowed players to buy weapons, armor, accessories, and cosmetics. The pushback came in part from the fact that, often, the items for sale had better stats than those found while playing, adding a pay-to-win aspect to the game and making those who couldn’t afford to indulge feel as if they were missing out.
Understandably, fans have been wondering ifDying Light: The Beastwill also include virtual currency. On Twitter, user noname1012750 aimed a comment atDying Lightfranchise director Tymon Smektała, saying simply: “Don’t put virtual currency and microtransactions intoDying Light: The Beast.” Smektała’s response was similarly straightforward: “Not planned.” While that doesn’t necessarily guarantee that some sort of monetization scheme won’t appear in the future, at least for the time being, players won’t have to dig into their wallets to enjoy everything that the game has to offer.
Virtual Currencies Are Not in the Works for Dying Light: The Beast
Some fans expressed skepticism in the comments, however, pointing out that Tencent became a majority shareholder in Techland in 2023, and the Chinese tech conglomerate has not been one to shy away from microtransactions in other games. Nevertheless, Techland seems to be making the decisions when it comes to its projects, even choosing todelay the release ofDying Light: The Beastby four weeksto finetune gameplay elements, the UI, physics, animations, and cutscenes.
Previews of the upcoming game have been positive so far, and fans of the franchise are particularly excited by the fact thatDying Light: The Beastwill bring back original protagonist Kyle Crane. The story ofDying Lightended with a difficult choice, and for years it has been unclear which finale is considered canon and what ultimately happened to Crane.The Beast, set 13 years after the events of the first game and a decade beforeDL2:Stay Human,answers those questions.
