Dead by Daylight followers who’ve been asking Behaviour Interactive for years for a 2v8 mode shall be pleased to know that this extremely requested function shall be out there beginning subsequent week.
Behaviour Interactive confirmed that the 2v8 recreation mode shall be out there to gamers starting July 25. As beforehand confirmed in the course of the Dead by Daylight eighth anniversary stream, 2v8 is a fast-paced, chaotic mode by which two killers workforce as much as seek out and kill eight survivors. The mode shall be out there for a restricted time, with gamers having till August 8 to strive it.
Dead by Daylight’s 2v8 mode shall be out there on 5 traditional maps. To accommodate the rise in gamers, the maps have been expanded, and mills “have additionally been doubled,” in response to Behaviour. Survivors solely must restore eight of the 13 mills to flee the map.
Further modifications to 2v8 mode embody the removing 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 higher emphasis on teamwork. With the removing of lessons, killers will obtain “alterations to their powers,” together with a team-based skill that may permit them to amplify the chaos.
Along with 2v8, Behaviour confirmed cross-progression will arrive in Dead by Daylight beginning July 22. This may permit gamers to sync their progress and purchases throughout the various completely different platforms the favored asymmetrical horror recreation is obtainable on. To entry cross-progression, gamers will want a Behaviour account and personal a replica of the bottom recreation for whichever platforms they like to play Dead by Daylight on.
Extra apparently, Behaviour quietly revealed the discharge date for The Casting of Frank Stone right this moment. This upcoming horror recreation is a by-product set within the Dead by Daylight universe developed by Till Daybreak and The Quarry developer Supermassive Video games.
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