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Dead by Daylight's 2v8 Mode Makes a Return with Exciting Updates

Sami-Jo Perruzza

02 Oct 2024 • 3 min read

Canadian horror game Dead by Daylight is returning its most anticipated 2v8 game mode this year. Running from November 12, 2024, through November 26, 2024, this time brings many new features and improvements to make the experience even more thrilling than ever for players.

New Content

Increased Killer Roster
Three new Killers are added to the 2v8 mode: The Blight, The Spirit, and The Deathslinger. They join the existing ones, which already form part of the game. These are The Trapper, The Wraith, The Hillbilly, The Nurse, and The Huntress, offering a great deal of flexibility in how teams can be composed.

Additional Maps
New maps join the roster with areas from Yamaoka Estate and Grave of Glendale realms—open new environments to explore and strategize within.

Gameplay Enhancements

Survivor Updates
Trying to balance the dual Killer threat, Survivors have gotten some significant upgrades:

Active Abilities - Each Survivor class will now have two different active abilities that charge overtime.
Improved Unlock Abilities: Once downed into a Cage, Survivors unlock a special Perk related to their class.

New Killer Classes
Killers will have four new classes to choose from, each with different kinds of perks that are advantages in their own right:

Shadow
Brute
Enforcer
Fearmonger

These will enable Killers to play how they want and perform better in team play.

Developer Insights
Justin Brown, Product Director for Dead by Daylight, underscored the team is commitment to a fast cadence of iteration, informed by player feedback. The goal here is to keep the mode fresh and current relative to community desires.

That this 2v8 mode would return so full of significant updates speaks volumes of Dead by Daylight's commitment to evolutionary gameplay and keeping players interested in their game. As it happens, once this mode keeps changing, fans are in store for even more thrilling changes much later on in its development cycle.

Learn even more on the games blog about this update HERE:

About Dead by Daylight^TM
Created by Behaviour^TM Interactive, Dead by Daylight is a multiplayer action horror game of hide and seek, set in a dark fantasy and drawing from all corners of horror, where each match is a different experience. Dead by Daylight boasts 60 million players both globally and across all platforms. On any given day, up to 2 million players step into The Fog, whether on PC, console, or mobile. Since its release in 2016, the game has become a place where cult classic horror survives and thrives, having welcomed legends from TV, movies, and video games. For more information, please visit deadbydaylight.com.

About Behaviour™ Interactive
Behaviour Interactive is the largest Canadian gaming studio, with more than 1,250 employees worldwide. Behaviour is best known for its flagship franchise, the multiplayer survival horror game Dead by Daylight™, which has entertained more than 60 million players across multiple platforms. The studio is currently expanding its portfolio of original IP with multiple projects. Behaviour has also established itself as one of the world’s leading providers of external development services. The company has partnered with many of the gaming industry’s leaders, including Microsoft, Sony, EA, Warner Bros. Discovery, and Take-Two, among many others. Over more than 30 years, Behaviour has developed an unparalleled, award-winning culture. The company was named one of the Best Places to Work in Canada by GamesIndustry.biz, and has been recognized with Deloitte Canada’s Enterprise Fast 15 and Best Managed Company awards. Headquartered in Montreal, Behaviour has expanded its global presence with studios in Toronto (Behaviour Toronto), the United Kingdom (Behaviour UK - North and Behaviour UK - South) and the Netherlands (Behaviour Rotterdam). For more information, visit www.bhvr.com.