Dead by Daylight followers who’ve been asking Behaviour Interactive for years for a 2v8 mode can be completely satisfied to know that this extremely requested characteristic can be obtainable beginning subsequent week.
Behaviour Interactive confirmed that the 2v8 sport mode can be obtainable to gamers starting July 25. As beforehand confirmed throughout the Dead by Daylight eighth anniversary stream, 2v8 is a fast-paced, chaotic mode during which two killers workforce as much as seek out and kill eight survivors. The mode can be obtainable for a restricted time, with gamers having till August 8 to strive it.
Dead by Daylight’s 2v8 mode can be obtainable on 5 traditional maps. To accommodate the rise in gamers, the maps have been expanded, and turbines “have additionally been doubled,” in response to Behaviour. Survivors solely must restore eight of the 13 turbines to flee the map.
Additional modifications to 2v8 mode embody the elimination of Hooks and Perks, and downed survivors will now be despatched on to cages. Survivor Perks are additionally being swapped in favor of a category system to put larger emphasis on teamwork. With the elimination of lessons, killers will obtain “alterations to their powers,” together with a team-based means that can permit them to amplify the chaos.
In addition to 2v8, Behaviour confirmed cross-progression will arrive in Dead by Daylight beginning July 22. This will permit gamers to sync their progress and purchases throughout the numerous completely different platforms the favored asymmetrical horror sport is out there on. To entry cross-progression, gamers will want a Behaviour account and personal a duplicate of the bottom sport for whichever platforms they like to play Dead by Daylight on.
More apparently, Behaviour quietly revealed the discharge date for The Casting of Frank Stone as we speak. This upcoming horror sport is a by-product set within the Dead by Daylight universe developed by Until Dawn and The Quarry developer Supermassive Games.
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