Developer Techland has just announced that Dying Light: Bad Blood is now available on PC for free to any players who already own the Dying Light base game. Those who do will be eligible to download their free copy of the game by connecting their Steam, PlayStation, or Xbox accounts to a Techland docket site account.
It hasn't been long since Techland announced the indefinite delay of Dying Light 2, but the company is still going forward with its promotion to mark the original Dying Light's 5-year anniversary. Bad Blood, the game's slice of battle PvP add-on, was released in September of 2018 and normally used to cost about $20 to play; however, now that the changes have been made, it's officially free so long as the base game is already owned.
Dying Light: Bad Blood works akin to a battle royale mode, with both player-versus-player and player-versus-environment elements to its gameplay and set in the same Dying Light world as the base game. In Bad Blood, players compete in a race for evacuation, scavenging supplies, weapons, and other useful loot before making a run for the evacuation helicopter, though only one player in a game can score the spot. And, of course, Bad Blood places the same emphasis on parkour and gory zombie fights that the original game holds.
Fans may be disheartened by the fact that the highly-anticipated sequel now no longer has a release date at all, but Techland is attempting to assuage its audience with the new promotion. “With five years behind us, I wanted to take a moment to thank you all for the support, feedback, and faith you keep on giving us. We really couldn’t have hoped for a better community,” said CEO Paweł Marchewka. To be clear, the free copy of Bad Blood is available to any Dying Light player regardless of platform, but Bad Blood itself will only be for PC, so players should make sure they have one capable of handling the game before picking it up.
Despite the indefinite delay of Dying Light 2, the studio is continuing work; hopefully, that knowledge plus the newly free Dying Light: Bad Blood from Techland will be enough to keep fans on the hook for whatever comes next.
Source: Techland