Techland's open world zombie title Dying Light has been delayed until February of next year, a press release from the studio has revealed.
It's unclear why Techland, rather than publisher Warner Bros. which would normally handle such matters, sent the statement but regardless, it reads:
"After careful consideration, we have decided to release our upcoming game in February 2015. Since this means Dying Light will launch a few months later than originally planned, we feel obliged to explain the reasons that influenced this important decision.
"When we started the development of Dying Light, we were committed to innovation. We wanted to give you a freedom of movement unprecedented in open world games. After many improvements and months of hard work, we have now come so close to realizing our initial vision we feel we cannot stop before it is ready.
"We believe the Natural Movement element of our game will change what you expect from the genre, and we don't want to sacrifice any of its potential by releasing too early. This quality-focused thinking underlines all our development choices and we hope you share our belief that the gameplay must always come first."
Techland says the delay will allow them to "fully realize our vision of an innovative open world game" and means they won't have to make compromises to achieve their vision. The developer added that the decision has the full support of Warner Bros.
Dying Light is in development for PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One. You can check out our preview of the game here.
