The Dying Gentle: Retouched replace will add enhanced visuals and remastered audio to Techland’s unique zombie parkour expertise on PC and consoles tomorrow – however Nintendo Swap gamers gained’t have the ability to take part on the enjoyable.
The studio laid out all of its plans for the free replace yesterday, revealing a content material drop that can make the 10-year-old post-apocalyptic hit really feel brisker than ever. Improved textures and lighting, in addition to an audio expertise that’s been utterly remastered from the bottom up, are simply the beginning of what was outlined for gamers on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Sequence X | S. Nintendo Swap, nonetheless, was unnoticed of the lineup solely.
IGN reached out to Techland to ask a few potential Dying Gentle: Retouched replace for Nintendo Swap and if it’s one thing gamers can stay up for sooner or later. A consultant for the studio tells us it’s not within the playing cards.
“The Dying Gentle: Retouched Replace shouldn’t be coming to Nintendo Swap,” Techland defined in an electronic mail alternate.
Dying Gentle first arrived for Nintendo’s unique hybrid gaming platform in 2021 as an all-encompassing Platinum Version bundle. It’s unclear how this model fared by way of gross sales, however we do know its efficiency was affected by a ban in Germany that has rendered it unavailable to buy digitally by way of the Swap eShop throughout Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
These hoping that Retouched or an analogous replace might as a substitute arrive for Nintendo Swap 2 are additionally out of luck. For now, Dying Gentle is just playable on Nintendo’s new {hardware} by way of backward compatibility.
“In relation to a Swap 2 port of the unique Dying Gentle: We’ve no plans at this second,” Techland tells us. “We’re presently absolutely targeted on delivering Dying Gentle: The Beast on August 22, 2025 for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Sequence X|S. We’ve no information to share about Nintendo Swap 2 presently.”
It means Techland’s Dying Gentle help for Nintendo followers stays restricted to Dying Gentle: Platinum Version on the unique Swap. Dying Gentle 2: Keep Human – Cloud Model was introduced for Swap in 2021 however by no means launched regardless of the sequel arriving for different platforms in 2022. There’s no phrase on when or if it would ever be launched.
In the meantime, Dying Gentle: The Beast, a derivative that places gamers again within the footwear of unique protagonist Kyle Crane, is ready to go away out Nintendo platforms when it launches for PC, PS5, and Xbox Sequence X | S August 22. Dying Gentle Franchise Director Tymon Smektała instructed Wccftech final week that Techland would “love” to carry The Beast to Swap 2 however had “nothing to announce” on the time.
Dying Gentle: Retouched continues to be set to introduce a wholesome variety of modifications to the decade-old zombie sport when it launches tomorrow. You may learn extra about every part included within the developer’s weblog put up right here. You too can try our unique 8.5/10 Dying Gentle evaluate right here.
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