UPDATE: Techland has provided the below statement following Selinger’s announcement:
In connection with the information about the departure of Techland’s Art Director, we would like to reassure all fans of the upcoming Dying Light 2 that the position of Art Director is not threatened and has been held by Eric Cochonneau since November 2019. Eric has been taking care of every aspect of the upcoming production ever since and the team under his leadership is doing their best to offer players the best game possible.
Paweł Selinger, who has been the Narration Designer for the last two years, decided at the end of 2020 to end his cooperation with Techland and to pursue his further career elsewhere. Paweł spent most of his professional life at Techland and he, among others, takes credit for the success of the series Call of Juarez. He left a large piece of himself with Dying Light 2, as he worked on the project from the very beginning. His duties, i.e. the narrative department, were taken over by Piotr Szymanek in October 2020.
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If Techland bringsDying Light 2to consoles in 2021, it will be doing so without one of its long time contributors. Pawel Selinger, a two-decades-long Techland veteran, announced this week that he’s leaving theDying Light 2development team.
The news comes just after Techland started to tease updates about the development of itslong-awaited sequel toDying Light. The original zombie shooter game launched in 2014, and its follow up got a preview trailer at E3 2018. However, the developer didn’t release much concrete info about the progress ofDying Light 2until the end of 2020.
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A few weeks ago, Techland posted on its official Discord channel that it would offer “fresh updates” aboutDying Light 2shortly after 2021 kicked off. Now the team will have to move forward without Selinger, who broke the news of his departure on the professional social media site, LinkedIn.
“After over twenty-two years, I decided to end my cooperation with Techland,” Selinger wrote. “I would like to express my gratitude to the company that has allowed me to develop and fulfill myself for half of my life.” He added that he’ll always be rooting for Techland. He also said that he hopesDying Light 2and every other project his soon-to-be-former coworkers produce become “world hits.” It’s not clear what the departure of Selinger means for theproduction ofDying Light 2. Selinger’s bio on the social media site says he’s served as a writer, art director, and designer.
The question is whether or not Techland was caught off guard by the departure or whether the firm already has his replacement in mind or even on staff. When Techlandfirst showed offDying Light 2at E3 2018, critics in the gaming community expressed excitement over a trailer some said showed improvement and refinement over its predecessor. The game promised branching narrative options and a reactive world that reflected a players' decisions. The company also teased these new features on top of improvements on the movement and combat mechanics from the originalDying Light.
Info after the E3 2018 reveal stopped trickling out almost entirely for a few months. However, the title made another appearance at E3 the following year, and some experts believed there was a chance Techland’s newest project could arrive on store shelves in the spring of 2020. Instead, new development problems, including sexual misconduct allegations inside the studio, reportedly slowed down the progress ofDying Light 2once more. Now, Techland is losing one of its long-serving employees in Selinger. He did not give a reason for his departure, despite making it clear he bore no ill will towards the company. The company hasn’t issued a statement on the departure.
Dying Light 2is currently in development
