People of the Fog, We’re all eagerly awaiting our Third Anniversary Livestream this Friday, which will be full of reveals, laughs, and information on the coming year. In the meantime, we have a few announcements that we are excited to share with you. GHOST FACE IS COMING TO DEAD BY DAYLIGHT The Dead by Daylight team is proud to announce that "The ICON of Halloween"®, Ghost Face®, will be jo

Over the course of the last 3 years, we have been working hard on introducing new Killers, new Survivors, new maps and constantly trying to improve Dead by Daylight. The Dead by Daylight 3rd Anniversary Livestream will give players insights on what is coming for year 4 and how we are committed to bring our player new fantasies through chapters, rework

For its year 3 anniversary, Dead by Daylight will be hosting its biggest livestream Major reveals, drama, laughs, cries, surprises. It’s a date! When? May 31st 2019 What time? at 3PM EST Where can we watch the livestream? YouTube Twitch

Last month, we were happy to release our first Developer Update, a blogpost focusing on some of the most pressing issues and how we are working on solving them. The last Developer Update was very well received and this time around, we will be revisiting our topics from last month and give you an update on their progress, as well as some new topics,

On April 25th 2019, dedicated servers were enabled on the PTB to allow for our first infrastructure tests. Shortly after being enabled we reached a peak concurrent user count of 1503, and over 22 000 unique players played on the dedicated servers during the 5 day period in which there were turned on. What were the results from the PTB? Our main objectiv

Earlier this week, we asked you what statistics you would like to see. Since then, we have collected data on some of the most popular requests and designed some fancy graphics for them. There are a few things to note: This data does not include the recent PTB. Data involving rank was collected shortly before a rank reset (April 1st to April 7th). These are very general statistics, so use ca

Dedicated servers are now enabled on the PTB. This marks the first public test of dedicated servers. In order to assess how the system scales with the number of players online, this initial test will be limited to approximately 500 players per data center at any given time. If your region is currently full, you will receive the following error message

Last December, we announced that we are migrating Dead by Daylight to Dedicated Servers by Summer 2019. Since then, we have been hard at work getting the game ready to make the switch. We have recently been testing dedicated servers internally, and we are now ready to share more with you! Testing Dedicated Servers On April 25th, two days after the P

People of the Fog, We are happy to start a new initiative of revealing cosmetics that will be released periodically between mid-Chapter 11 and Chapter 12. Players will be able to purchase these cosmetics through the Dead by Daylight store. NEW COLLECTION: The Neon Nights NEW OUTFIT: Jane’s Arts & Cra

People of the Fog, Since the release of Chapter 11: The Darkness Among Us, we have received a lot of feedback, both positive and negative, regarding The Legion. With this update, we aim to bridge the gap in the extreme playstyle of this Killer and remove some of the ongoing frustrations when playing as The Legion as well as against The Legion. The

People of the fog, In order to improve the overall trials gameplay experience, we are introducing the Endgame Collapse, a new phase that pushes all lingering Survivors to escape before being claimed by The Entity. The End game Phase will raise the stakes, urging The Killers and Survivors to make tough decisions while under the pressure of the timer. This new endgame phase adds a 3-minute cou

Today, we are launching the first edition of the Dead by Daylight Developer Update . These articles have the objective of giving our Community a better visibility on our short and mid-term priorities and how each of them is progressing. We are looking at releasing an update like this on a regular basis. This first edition will give you insights on some

People of the Fog, As part of the 2.6.0 update, we made some changes to the emblem system to have a player's rank more accurately reflect their skill level. This was done by setting unique pipping thresholds for each rank range that gradually become more demanding as you climb up the ranks. While these changes did have the intended outcome, the new pipping thresholds proved to be too dem

THIS WEEKEND, DEAD BY DAYLIGHT IS PLAY FOR FREE ON ALL PLATFORMS AND UP TO 60% ON SALE. Free Weekend start and end date per platform: PS4 NA / Japan - Starts at 2am UTC on April 4th, Ends at 3pm UTC on April 8th EU - Starts at 6am UTC on April 4th, Ends at 6am UTC on April 8th STEAM Worldwide - Starts at 5pm on April 3rd UTC, Ends a

DEAD BY DAYLIGHT – TWITCH CHALLENGES (BETA) Behaviour is excited to team up with Amazon to bring the GameOn Tournament Organizer to Dead by Daylight. With this Twitch Extension, streamers can organize and invite their community to join them in casual competitions easily accessed from within the game. In Dead by Daylight, GameOn will be referred to as “Twitch Challenges”. The Twitch Challen

Available on Steam, PS4 NA / EU and XBOX. New SURVIVOR: Ashley J. Williams During a weekend at a cabin with friends, Ashley J. Williams uncovered the Necronomicon Ex-Mortis (the Book of the Dead) and awoke something dark in the woods. Evil possessed his friends, whom he was forced to kill, and his right hand, which he sawed off. For the next thirty

Catch ya on the flip-flop! Ash J. Williams will be available as a playable character in the game on April 2nd, 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIn-XB9QSM4

INFORMATION Join us at the booth #13109 to meet the Dead by Daylight Dev team and play on one of our 10 stations! The Booth schedule is the same as the showfloor: 10:00AM to 6:00PM everyday. For more information : http://east.paxsite.com/ BOOTH ACTIVITIES This year, activities and raffles are organised for our fans! Cosplay contest Come to the booth cosplaying any Dead by Daylight charac

People of the Fog, On March 24th, following a 2 week test, we decided to turn off the new matchmaking system. The quantitative and qualitative feedback gathered during this period is essential to understand how the new system reacts in the live environment. Our top priority is to reduce the high latency / ping some players were faced with when matched with other players across the globe. Toda

Earlier this month, Behaviour interactive collaborated with Dead by Daylight and Perspectives Jeunesse to host a seminar on Game Development with youths from the city. The participants were invited to discover the many professions that contribute to the creation of a game. With a hands-on approach to storyboar

SPOTLIGHT TRAILER https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=074l4CHALcA&t=3s CONTENT https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/49908/demise-of-the-faithful-content#latest EMBLEM CHANGES https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/52295/the-emblem-system-changes-explained#latest PAT

People of The Fog, As some of you may have noticed, we launched the Chapter 11 Demise of the Faithful PTB with some slight changes to the Emblem System. This is the first step in an ongoing effort to improve our ranking and Emblem System. Therefore, we want to provide you with information on how these changes may affect your matches and overall rank in Dead by Daylight. WHY CHANGE THE SYSTE

The new matchmaking system has been live for the past 48 hours and we will continue to monitor its status. The purpose of this system is to make queue times fairer for all and to reduce edge cases where some players might experience long wait time. What can we expect with the new matchmaking system? The new system puts a player looking for a ma

Jane Romero Introducing our newest survivor, the influential talk show host Jane Romero . Jane Romero was the daughter of a famous actress. Her parents separated when she was still a baby, mainly since her mother was away often. Jane was raised by her father, a struggling visual artist. She grew up torn between resenting her mother’s absence and a

The Plague Introducing our “oldest” Killer in Dead by Daylight. When she was five years old, Adiris, the youngest of a family of seven, was left on the brick-red burning steps of the Temple of Purgation at the center of Babylon. To process her shock and sorrow, she held onto the belief that the gods had a plan for her. She led a life of quiet servitude, tending to the gardens, preparing

People of the Fog, The Dead by Daylight team is pleased to present its newest release, Demise of the Faithful , which includes a new map, a new Killer and a new Survivor. NEW KILLER: The Plague We are very proud to introduce our “oldest” Killer in the game: The Plague. This High Priestess of Babylon was well known for her wealth, beauty, and dev

Over the past six months, we have allocated strike teams with the mission of improving the overall health of the game. As announced last December, we have developers working on a new matchmaking algorithm which we are actively testing and are almost ready to deploy. We are also targeting to migrate the game to dedicated servers by the end of summer 2019. This blog post is meant to update

Back in September 2018, we launched a pilot for a new program called: “The Fog Whisperers”. This was opened to 10 content creators who have gone above and beyond with their impact on the Dead by Daylight community. It was so well received by the content creators and their communities that we decided we would like to add even more people to the program. In December 2018, we opened applica

People of the Fog, Decisive Strike is one of Laurie Strode ’s unique perks, which was released with Chapter II: HALLOWEEN in October of 2016. We introduced Decisive Strike as a perk option to help give Survivors a second wind, and an opportunity to escape their inevitable demise. Over the course of the last few years, Decisive Strike has been a point of contention amongst our communi

Back in December, we announced we were working on a new matchmaking system. The purpose of this system is to make queue times fairer for all players and reduce the edge cases where some people, under certain conditions, wait for a long time. For a full overview of the system, you can read the announcement blog post which was released back in December. Today, we want to give you a

Behaviour® is proud to inform it’s Dead by Daylight fans they have signed a retail distribution agreement with Koch Media to bring the game to the Nintendo Switch™. This partnership includes all territories except China. This brand-new edition will launch in the fall of 2019 and it will burst with a ton of content, including Killers, Survivors, Maps, Chapters and Cosmetics. “Bringing

Dear People of The Fog, We have become aware of the longer queuing times affecting some of our survivor players as more of you are playing as survivors during the event. To address this, we’ll be making a change to the event points earned by Killers and increasing the amount of Red Envelopes spawning in the Bloodweb. STEP 1: CHANGES LIVE TODAY (Back-end) Increased Killer event po

People of the fog, The Dead by Daylight team is happy to celebrate the Lunar New Year with the Moonrise Event. From January 30th (19:00 UTC) to February 13th (19:00 UTC), this event will give a chance for Killers and Survivors to experience new gameplay, new goals, in-game themed decorations and additional items in the Bloodweb. Survivor Goal Gather a Lunar Vessel and escape the map

The player game bans feature is now live on Console For more information on game rules : https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/19450/game-rules-and-report-system#latest

The player game bans feature is now live on Console For more information on game rules : https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/19450/game-rules-and-report-system#latest

People of the fog, Some of you already discovered elements of our upcoming event while playing the Public Test Build (PTB). The in-game event will start at the end of this month and we wanted to give you some specifics on its format. The “Moonrise” event will pit Survivors and Killers against one another. It will require them to gather or destroy Lunar Vessels scattered across the map. Coll

Hello good people of the fog! As we approach the end of the year, it is customary to take a moment and look back at the achievements, the challenges and all the significant moments that this year brought. This one is special, 2018 is the year when we took control of our destiny and became the publisher of our game. We thought we’d share our reflections with you, our community, our par

People of the fog! We are looking for new volunteer Community Moderators! Requirements The candidate: Can dedicate a fair amount of hours to this volunteer position; Is able to use Discord; Has knowledge of forums operations; Works well in a team; Is open minded; Is a passionate Dead by Daylight player. Tasks The Community Moderator is expected to: Discuss wit

People of the fog, We’d like to give you visibility on the various tech initiatives we’re pursuing (some of which we have already pushed in the most recent update). These initiatives will help us improve on the game’s health, fix ongoing issues, and, ultimately, improve your experience. Over the past few months, our programming team has grown significantly. This has allowed us to crea

Date December 17th 19:00 UTC to January 3rd 19:00 UTC Holiday Lobby During the Winter Solstice, the Lobby is decorated and the music has also been updated! Winter Decorations Festive lights now appear on several objects in the trials, such as lockers, hooks, and barrels. Winter Gifts (Mystery Box) The Mystery Boxes in the Bloodweb have turned into presents! Durin

* PS4 NA Holiday Sale – On now to Jan 15th 2019 * XB1 Countdown Sale (Holiday Season) **December 21st to January 5th ** *PC Steam Winter Sale Dec 20th to Jan 3rd 2019 * PS4 JP Holiday Sale (=21/01 JP Time) **Dec 20th to Jan 7th 2019 ** *PS4 EU January Sale Dec 21st to Jan 18th 2019

Attention The Darkness Among Us Chapter will be released on PS4 Japan later today. NEW KILLER: THE LEGION When teenagers get involved with an impulsive mastermind, they discover an addictive kind of freedom. Together, they spiral out of control and become the wrong kind of crowd. Players will choose to embody one of the agile teenagers able to catch Survivors off-guard with their p

We are thrilled by the amazing response to Dead by Daylight since its initial launch in 2016. Over the past two years, more than 10 million players have visited the realm of The Entity to play our survival horror game. We are fortunate to have such a strong community and we would like to thank you all for your dedication. While we are enthusiastic about the game’s growth, we know that,

People of the Fog, We would like to thank the 100K players who participated in the 2.4.0. Player Test Build! The reports and the feedback we received were very insightful and have helped us make some adjustments for the upcoming release of our new chapter, Darkness Among Us. The Legion changes Reduced The Legion Feral Frenzy Vault distance To give The Legion a sense of speed w

The new Ornate Mask inspired by The Game Awards is available for free now! Join Mathieu Cote tonight at The Game Awards to learn about the future of Dead by Daylight! https://thegameawards.com/ On console The EQUIP prompt in the in-game store isn't working at the moment for the Ornate Mask. Don't worry! You can still equip this awesome mask directly from The Trapper's inventory

https://youtu.be/Hch-GvGRt5g People of the Fog, In 2017, we launched the Charity Case, a collection of 26 cosmetics inspired by some of our most loyal Content Creators. You might remember Meg’s Raving Mad outfit or Claudette’s Jenpai Hat. The goal was to donate all of Behaviour’s revenue from this DLC to the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation , a global nonprofit organizati

NEW MATCHMAKING SYSTEM In the coming weeks, we’ll deploy a new matchmaking system. It will address the edge cases that caused some of you to experience longer matchmaking queues and should even out waiting times, thus making them fairer for all players at any given time. Why are we making changes to the current matchmaking system? The current system attempts to find the best possi

Over 225 fans participated in The Hallowed Blight Contests and the choice was really hard to make! The Dead by Daylight Community Team selected the top finalists for each category and winners were then chosen by the whole Dead by Daylight Dev team. We were struck by the immense talent this Community continues to show us! Prizes First prize - 24 000 Auric Cells Second prize - 18 00

The Blood Rush Event (1.5x) is NOW live on all platforms! From November 5th to November 12th! #PC #PS4 #Xbox #DeadbyDaylight

Hello People of the fog, We are aware that some players experienced issues with vials not properly converting into currency during the Hallowed Blight event, and we want to accommodate those who were affected. We will review the cases with the help of our support team, so please fill a ticket over on our support website: https://support.deadbydaylight.com/hc/en-us Make sure to add the in