Dead By Daylight Expands With New Features And Collaborations: A Comprehensive Overview

As gaming continues to evolve, developers are constantly seeking innovative ways to enhance player experience. Recently, Behaviour Interactive celebrated the eighth anniversary of their popular game, Dead By Daylight, with exciting new features and collaborations. Fans can expect a fresh 2v8 mode, intriguing gameplay mechanics, and beloved franchises joining the game, such as Dungeons and Dragons and Castlevania.

During a live stream event, Behaviour Interactive announced a wealth of updates, ensuring that 2024 is a thrilling year for Dead By Daylight enthusiasts. The new 2v8 mode is designed to provide a unique gaming experience, catering to both killers and survivors. This mode promises to bring a fresh twist to the gameplay while also maintaining the core aspects that players love.

In addition to new gameplay modes, players can look forward to the introduction of Vecna, a character from the Dungeons and Dragons universe. Vecna comes with exciting spellcasting abilities that will change how players engage with the game. As we delve deeper into the features of this latest update, it’s clear that Dead By Daylight is committed to creating an engaging and dynamic environment for its players.

Behaviour Interactive has kicked off Dead By Daylight’s Eighth Anniversary with a bang, sharing a number of updates and brand-new announcements on today’s official stream. From new game modes to unique franchise expansions, there’s something for everyone in 2024.

Double the Fun

Dead By Daylight fans, you’ve finally gotten what you’ve been asking for since the game’s inception: a 2v8 mode. This will be an entirely new game mode, not a modifier, and it will be catered towards party gameplay rather than competition. At launch, there will only be five maps available, although each map will be modified to be bigger due to the increased player count. Players will also have to get used to altered gameplay, something that the developers implemented to spice things up in-game.

One important change that players will notice is the lack of hooks; instead of hooking players, killers will be able to down survivors and send them to a cage (similar to Pyramid Head). Survivors will choose between three classes instead of equipping perks: Healing, Objectives or Speed. All survivors will be available to play, but only five original killers will be playable when the mode goes live. The killers -- Trapper, Wraith, Hillbilly, Huntress and Nurse -- come with specific team powers and bring a map from each of their respective realms: The MacMillan Estate, Autohaven Wreckers, Coldwind Farm, Red Forest and Crotus Prenn Asylum.

The 2v8 mode will initially be available as a temporary game mode, acting as a trial run with the possibility of it being made permanent in the future. When asked, “How did the team handle the overlapping sound cues so it’s not overwhelming?,” gameplay director Matthew Spriggens provided a straightforward answer:

“It is really all about embracing the chaos.”

While some finer details have yet to be confirmed, players will have the opportunity to learn more during an upcoming livestream in July.

New Chapter is a Critical Success

Following much speculation after the new chapter teaser dropped last week, Behaviour has provided plentiful information about the new Dungeons and Dragons chapter coming in June. The chapter marks the inclusion of the dark fantasy genre for the first time in-universe, joining the company of science-fiction and slashers (among others).

The new killer is Vecna, an iconic villain in the Dungeons and Dragons franchise. The team noted how important utilizing his spellcasting abilities was while bringing him to the Dead By Daylight universe. Vecna brings four spells to swap between at any time via his spellbook including Fly, Mage Hand, Flight of the Damned and Dispelling Fear. Fly is a traversal spell that allows you to quickly move and pass over vaults, Mage Hand blocks pallets during chases and can lift a downed pallet back up, Flight of the Damned acts as a necromancer projectile with five skeletal minions, while Dispelling Fear can detect and dispel magical attacks.

Magical attacks come from new magic items implemented through survivor gameplay. There will be special treasure chests around the map, each with a twenty-sided die. Each chest’s roll determines what happens next:

• 1 (Critical Failure)
• 2-3 (Regular item drop)
• 4-19 (Magical item drop, such as boots or br