Dead By Daylight Interview: Behaviour Interactive Talks Next-Gen Port

A: The topic of a sequel to Dead by Daylight comes up regularly. Every time it does, we all reach the same decision, to put all our energy and attention on the game that currently has about a million people playing every single day. It is the reason why we decided to do such a big graphical update, to make this 5 year old game look better and shinier than e


As the game continues to update with new chapters bringing new killers, Dead By Daylight Strategy by Daylight will keep evolving and pushing forward as it jumps to next-gen. However, according to Cote, it would appear that the upgrade to PS5 and Xbox Series X is only the first step on pumping a breath of fresh air into the now five year old ti


The Good Guy is your average player. This player isn't horrible or fantastic at playing Survivor, but they know when to step in and when to step out. If you ask for heals, they'll give it to you and they will risk their life to save you for the good of the objective. They will also have some camaraderie with the Killer if the Killer wants. They are an all-around nice player that goes with the flow of thi


A: They both come with their own challenges. The process of porting to a new console is always complex, especially when you're looking to be there at launch. The final specs and software are often not final until it's time to ship and the process of submission is usually untested. We are lucky to have great relationships with both Microsoft and Sony and that allows us to work closely with them to make this operation as smooth as possi


A: Obviously, things like 4K support at 60fps but the more significant elements come in the shape of complete reworks of our environments, VFX and character animations. Our current players are already seeing some of these updates and they will continue to happen to bring all 5 years of content in Dead by Daylight to the new consoles' level of qual


As for what lies ahead for **Dead by Daylight ** , Côté remains tight-lipped. In addition to its cast of familiar frightening faces, Dead by Daylight has grown to encompass a roster of richly drawn, complex original characters , complete with their own backstories and ties to the ever-expanding, deep lore behind the game. Players will have to wait and see what new horrors lie in store for them, but Côté assures them that it will be well worth the wait between chapters. After all, as he explains, the universe of Dead by Daylight is one of endless possibilities, a place where anything can happe


Not only did the chapter provide fans of the increasingly popular game with the perfect Halloween treat, it set a precedent Behaviour could now reference when approaching other license holders as they continued to expand Dead by Daylight ’s world. " It showed that we were able to bring in [these famous] characters and allow them to be themselves, " explains Côté. " Come into our game. You don’t need to change. You don’t need to become a martial artist or anything. Just be yourself. Just kill them al


A: The game model and the DLCs will stay the same across the board. We do have a few special editions and bundles available and we will certainly continue to do so but the business model will continue. We think that having a base game that is as inexpensive as possible is a great way for people to jump in and we continue to add a lot of free content and original chapters which can be earned through play t


Behaviour Interactive’s **Dead by Daylight ** is one of the most popular video games out there today. Over the past four years, the game’s fan base has grown to more than thirty million players, a community of loyal fans who return time and again to the game’s terrifying universe. A four-on-one survival horror game in which survivors attempt to evade a killer hell-bent on sacrificing them to the mysterious Entity, no two matches in Dead by Daylight are remotely the same – other than their characteristic feeling of ter


" Cheryl and Pyramid Head were not in the same game. But if someone were to have a nightmare about Silent Hill, these things might very well be side by side, " he explains. " The idea was always that Dead by Daylight happens in, it’s not the real world, but it’s sort of a place built of people and places and things. Like a nightmare: you recognize the school you went to, but it doesn’t matter if the corridors are different, you recognize the place. It’s the essence or the idea of the place … to have both the familiar and the surprising or unexpected every single time, that’s the recipe we built for the gam


" At that point we were leaving the realm of ‘oh, we’re inviting a few people into the game,’ and we were coming into what we call now ‘the place where all of horror lives’, " explains Côté. " And Bruce Campbell is part of the horror worl


The team scrapped the archetype idea early on. Instead, " We went for characters that are more relatable , that you can empathize with, " says Côté. " We felt it would make it easier for people to lose themselves in the game, and feel like what is happening to these characters is happening to them, so their reaction would be more intense or realistic ." And, obviously, the characters need to be able to be shown dying – something they couldn’t exactly do with, say, a Disney princ