Dead By Daylight Eighth Anniversary Stream: 2v8 Mode, New Co-Op Standalone, And More

Dead By Daylight is nearing its eighth anniversary of asymmetric slashers and survivors, and Behaviour Interactive has big plans to celebrate the game's upcoming milestone. Behavior Interactive hosted a livestream today to lay out those plans, which include a standalone co-op project and a highly requested new mode.

The stream confirmed the addition of 2v8 multiplayer, a mode which doubles the standard amount of both Killers and Survivors in the match. The increase in players will also come with a few gameplay changes, which include a change to the Perk system and Killers using cages instead of hooks to contain their prey.

Behaviour also announced What The Fog, a new co-op roguelite standalone game set in the DBD universe. The game--which lets teams of two players fight through a procedurally generated world of monsters and obstacles--is available now, with the first 2 million copies available for free to those who have or create a Behavior account.

The livestream also gave updates on two other DBD-related side projects: the PvE shooter Project T and narrative-horror adventure The Casting Of Frank Stone. The Project T team will be opening development to the community through a new Insider program, while a new Casting Of Frank Stone trailer showed a few of the game's branching story choices.

Dead By Daylight first launched on PC in June 2016, with console launches following one year later. The spin-off games detailed in this livestream are not the first for the franchise, however, as that milestone belongs to the dating sim Hooked On You, which launched in August 2022.

Dead By Daylight is available now for Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, and PC. The next major crossover event--Dungeons And Dragons featuring Vecna--is scheduled for June 3.