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Think the games market is overrun with the undead? Not at all, insist Dead Island and Dying Light developer Techland. Speaking to MCV, global marketing director Pawel Kopinski said that the sheer number of zombie titles in the market is an indication of their popularity, and that there’s room for …
Read More »The UK games industry responds to Brexit in this week’s MCV
After the UK has voted to leave the EU, we have spoken to members of the UK games industry to see what happens next. After two weeks of uncertainty, leading venture capitalists insist that Brexit will be ‘totally irrelevant’ when it comes to UK games investment. UKIE boss Dr Jo …
Read More »Techland’s first published game is inXile’s Torment: Tides of Numenera
Hot on the heels of announcing its global publishing plans, Techland has revealed the first fruits of the change – a deal to publish inXile Entertainment’s Torment: Tides of Numenera. The game, due out on PC in Q1 2017, is the spiritual successor to PC hit Planescape: Torment, with developer …
Read More »Techland says it is now an international publisher
Dying Light and Dead Island developer Techland is changing tact by announcing plans to become a global publisher. The company says that it intends to publish two major” multiplatform titles, as well as four digital titles, every year. It sounds, however, as if it hasn’t signed anything yet, with CEO …
Read More »The Vaulting Dead: Implementing first-person parkour in Dying Light
In Dying Light, the recently deceased aren’t just walking: they can scale buildings, jump fences and more. Luckily, so can the living. Develop chases down lead designer Maciej Binkowski and lead programmer Bartosz Kulon to discover how they implemented first-person parkour movement
Read More »DLC done right
Techland producer Tymon Smektala offers developers advice on how to build add-ons that truly give gamers extra value
Read More »Are you ready for the $10,000,000 version of Dying Light: The Following?
In 2013 Codemasters offered a 125k version of Grid 2 that came with a car. Last year there was a 250k version of the original Dying Light. Surely it’s impossible to top such lunacy? Nope. Techland has once again teamed up with GAME to offer a ‘slightly pricey’ version of …
Read More »A killer year for Techland
We speak to the Dying Light development director Pawel Zawodny
Read More »Dying Light Season Pass price is being increased
Techland is increasing the price of the Season Pass for its zombie game Dying Light. Currently the Season Pass costs 15.99. However, this will be increased to 23.99 on December 8th. The studio says it’s doing this because upcoming expansion The Following has grown in scale and now offers more …
Read More »Techland open to developing Dead Island 2
The developer of the original Dead Island has said it would be happy to pick up developments duties on its stumbling sequel. After creating the original game, Techland then went on to make the highly successful Dying Light for Warner Bros. Dead Island 2, by contrast, have had a torrid …
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