During Gamescom 2025, Xbox faced a curious situation. While showcasing the Dying Light: The Beast demo, the game unexpectedly crashed, revealing that it was actually running on Steam, not on an Xbox console.
Despite internal changes and cutbacks at Microsoft, Gamescom was supposed to be a successful platform for promoting games and the platform. Dying Light: The Beast was being showcased as an Xbox game, but the crash revealed the truth.
Although using a PC instead of a console during development is common practice, the incident looks unfortunate. Representatives from Xbox and the studio didn't mention Steam at all—if it weren't for the crash, viewers would hardly have guessed that the demonstration was being conducted via PC, not an Xbox devkit.
Dying Light: The Beast will be released on September 19, 2025, after being postponed from August. The event became another reminder that demonstrations at major exhibitions can present unexpected surprises even to the largest companies.
