Dying Light 2 may still be in active development according to Techland, but the positive news stories surrounding the project haven't exactly been in freefall since its indefinite delay early last year. One more for the growing pile is that writer Pawel Selinger has now left the developer after 22 years, who is credited with a writing position on both the original Dying Light and its upcoming sequel. His past work also includes credits on Dead Island and three Call of Juarez entries, as per IMDB.
On his LinkedIn page, Selinger said: "After over twenty-two years, I decided to end my cooperation with Techland. I want to express my gratitude to the company that has allowed me to develop and fulfill myself for half of my life. Techland, I will always be rooting for you, as well as the great people I have met, thanks to you. I wish you that Dying light 2 and subsequent projects will become world hits. Goodbye, and good luck!"
The question now becomes whether or not the writer's exit can be used as a reflection of Techland's current situation surrounding Dying Light 2. Not a single piece of substantial information has been shared since the game's delay, but during that time, rumours have been circling of serious development struggles. The developer was very quick to deny those reports. One glimmer of hope for fans can be sourced from the team's new years message shared on Twitter, where followers were told to "get ready for 2021". Let's hope Dying Light 2 makes it to launch this coming year — it has the potential to be something very, very cool.
[source linkedin.com, via purexbox.com]
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The Animation Director Nicolas Riviere also announced his depature from Techland today
https://www.linkedin.com/mwlite/in/nicolas-riviere-45a7631
Strange things are afoot at the Circle K
This developer does seem to have some issues with writers on it’s game... I hope the game still lives up to it’s own high ambitions.
Real bummer. I've been waiting for years on this. Dying Light 1 was fantastic fun and the Dead Island games too. Especially when playing in coop
After Cyberpunk, take as long as you want. I will never complain about a delay ever again.
Techland had writers?
Hopefully we still get dying light 2. I always forget about it and the a random article comes up and I'm like oh yea lol. First one was great really enjoyed it, those night time parts were tense as hell lol. This is why I think developers shouldn't announce a game untill around a year before release, at least then you kind of know where development is and have a realistic time frame, and you can create a good buzz. Was it fallout 4 that announced release around 10months before release? Thought that was good move although the actual game was not the best they had done.
Dying light 2 is my most anticipated game. The first 1, was imo one of the best & most underrated game last gen. 2 looks like it’ll be amazing, tho it is worrying about how less info we’ve had on dying light 2 in general.
@IonMagus well so much for Dying Light 2.
There’s probably a VERY interesting reason behind these people leaving Techland after years of dedicated service.
I’d guess DL2 is dead due to not working, possible new DLC for DL1 as there appears to be something seriously wrong with DL2. I’m gonna lean towards what was shown already is all they have on DL2 and it’s trapped in development hell.
After 22 years I would think one would want to step away a do something different. If its a negative impacted on the game will just have to see.
God help Push Square whenever one of their staff quits. By it's own logic, it could mean anything from serious issues with their products all the way up to a complete shutdown of the website. It always seems the least likely conclusion here is "someone thought about their life and decided they wanted to do something a bit different for 40 hours a week."
Sounds a bit like another game I was really looking forward to, Vampire the Masquerade 2 Bloodlines. Delay indefinitely, start shedding top-tier people, stop communicating with the public, etc.
While no true determination can yet be made on either game, none of the signs look promising.
Like DI 2 i think DL 2 is not going to happen. What a shame too as i have multiple plays of the DI and DL games and want more. I remember how the E-3 2014 trailer for DI 2 got me excited.
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