Though Dead by Daylight’s most highly-requested mode was purported to conclude at present, developer Behaviour Interactive introduced at present that it was extending the trial interval for 2v8 mode by two weeks.
We’ve been blown away by your response to 2v8 these previous two weeks, and we’ve heard your demand loud and clear for the mode to be prolonged past its deliberate finish date. We’re pleased at present to share that we’ll prolong 2v8’s preliminary run till subsequent week, August 15 @ 11am ET. pic.twitter.com/2Udb1mmumz
— Dead by Daylight (@DeadbyDaylight) August 8, 2024
In a new post on X/Twitter, Behaviour Interactive introduced at present that the preliminary run for 2v8 mode would now conclude on Thursday, August 15, at 8 am PT / 11 am ET. Extra apparently, Behaviour Interactive disclosed the explanation for extending the 2v8 trial run was as a result of excessive demand from the neighborhood, along with revealing that 2v8 accounted for over 40% of all matches performed in Dead by Daylight since its debut late final month, regardless that 2v8 had lengthy queue occasions.
“We have been blown away by your response to 2v8 these previous two weeks, and we have heard your demand loud and clear for the mode to be prolonged past its deliberate finish date,” Behaviour Interactive wrote within the submit.
Though followers have requested 2v8 for years, there has but to be an ETA on if/when 2v8 shall be a everlasting mode in Dead by Daylight. Nonetheless, in a separate submit, Behaviour Interactive wrote that the introduction of 2v8 was “solely the primary iteration” with intentions to refine the mode earlier than making it a everlasting staple in Dead by Daylight. Particularly, the event groups wish to handle challenges associated to 2v8’s matchmaking and selection in Killers, together with “a extra compelling Survivor expertise.”
For these unfamiliar, 2v8 mode, because the identify implies, is a sport mode in Dead by Daylight that will increase the participant rely from 1 killer and 4 survivors to 2 killers and eight survivors. With the rise in participant rely, 2v8 introduces just a few adjustments to the core Dead by Daylight gameplay expertise. These embody a bigger map and the elimination of Hooks and Perks.
In our assessment of Dead by Daylight, which we awarded a 9/10, IGN wrote: “After virtually 5 years, Dead by Daylight has grown into an unimaginable slasher movie simulator and the very best asymmetrical multiplayer sport round.”
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