The Dead by Daylight Year 7 Anniversary Broadcast was today, and it showcased a lot of new and exciting things both coming soon and further in the game’s future. The roadmap for the next 12 months, a new chapter reveal, and confirmation that Nicolas Cage will be a Survivor were all part of today’s show, plus new info on the extension of the Dead by Daylight universe — Supermassive Games’ next title will be set in the Entity’s Realm. Gameplay updates, quality of life improvements, new collections, and the return of the Twisted Masquerade event round out the stuff revealed today.
You can see the entire broadcast below, or read on for a summary of everything that was announced!
TL;DW 7th Anniversay Broadcast Recap:
Year 8 Roadmap – Areas of focus
Events Evolution
Trust and Security
Live Balance
Quality of Life
New Chapter: End Transmission
New Killer The Singularity
New Survivor Gabriel Soma
New Map Toba Landing
Nicolas Cage confirmed as upcoming Survivor
New Collections based on metal bands
Iron Maiden Collection
Outfits inspired by Iron Maiden’s mascot Eddie
Slipknot Collection
9 Killer masks based on masks worn by bandmembers
Legendary Trapper Outfit Naughty Bear
DBD World Expands
Single player interactive story game set in the DBD universe, developed by Supermassive Games (Until Dawn, Dark Pictures Anthology)
Midwinter Entertainment (which is now a part of Behaviour Interactive) is developing a second game set in the DBD universe
Gameplay Updates
Anti-Camping system
Live Map Balance rework of Cold Wind Farm Realm, starting with:
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