This weekend, Dying Light: The Following players can join in a group cull of Volatiles in an event the studio is calling "Sun Eclipse".

Across PC, PS4 and Xbox One, playing the game and targeting the ferocious Volatiles at night will go towards a group goal of killing 2 500,000. That's a lot of Volatile corpses.

By doing so, and achieving the goal, you'll unlock a unique character outfit and also a new weapon docket, provided the goal is reached within the time limit of between May 13 - May 15.

“We wanted to give players more opportunities to kill Volatiles - explains Producer, Tymon Smektała. - We’re making the night in the game twice as long during the event, so it’s easier to reach the goal. It might be harder to survive, though!”

Fans can track the cumulative score live at dyinglightgame.com/bounties. The website features a countdown timer to the beginning of the event and a live community score counter. Only participating players will be eligible for the rewards. The event runs from May 13th, 12 PM to May 15th, 10 PM (Pacific Time). All players across PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One can take part. In the first community bounty, participants tripled the goal by smashing 18 166 973 zombies with their in-game buggies.

In case you missed our glowing review of Dying Light: The Following, click here to give it a read.