Dying Light 2 has "zero chance" of being delayed again, according to a recent interview with Techland.
As we've previously reported, Dying Light 2 has had a rocky development with several delays and internal issues. It seemed like it was nearing completion earlier in the year, with more gameplay trailers being released and a release date set for this December, but it recently suffered a two-month delay into February 2022.
Because of the recent delay, Dying Light fans have been a bit hesitant to accept that the game will release on February 4. According to a recent interview between MP1st and Techland, players looking forward to February have no reason to be worried, as there's "zero chance" that it'll see a delay again.
Speaking to MP1st, lead game designer at Techland, Tymon Smektala, said, "The game is going to be released next year in February, and that’s what we’ve focused on, that’s what we’ve worked on. So absolutely zero chance of that happening."
Smektala also went into more detail into why Dying Light 2 was delayed, citing COVID as one of the reasons, "As you said, there was a couple of reasons for the fact that we delayed the game. Of course, COVID was one of the factors, but I don’t want to put the blame on COVID because all of us had to go through it, and all of us had to face some struggle and new challenges because of the pandemic."
He continued, "I think the most important reason for us is that when you work on a non-linear game, and you want to polish that, you're actually not polishing one game, but a few games at the same time... so this is the reason for the delay, and also this is our baby. This is our IP. The Dying Light IP is owned by our studio. So we just knew that we couldn’t release the game if it’s not ready to release."