The Last Light

Techland's open-world zombie game Dying Light: The Beast is apparently too beefy for previous-generation hardware.

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Dying Light: The Beast was released last year for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S, with developer Techland promising a last-gen version of the game as well. That's no longer the case, as the studio says it has made the "difficult decision" to cancel the PS4 and Xbox One versions, due to the game's visuals being too advanced for those systems to handle. "Dying Light: The Beast was built from the ground up to take full advantage of current-generation hardware," Techland said in a statement. "Its open world, advanced visuals, and fluid combat and traversal all depend on processing power and memory t