Dead by Daylight News

Behaviour Interactive's Dead by Daylight, the world's premiere serial killer simulator, will be the next freebie offered up by the Epic Games Store. I mean, it's hard to argue with 'free' for anything, but this is one of the best asymmetrical multiplayer experiences out there: a game of cat-and-mouse where you'll get some of the biggest scares in your life and, when it goes right, the utter exhilaration of escape...
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Next week's free game on the Epic Games Store will be a big'un: Dead By Daylight. I've been impressed by the 1v4 multiplayer horror game, watching it steadily grow into one of Steam's most popular after a while looking like it might slip a way, so that's a nice get. But before then, Epic are currently giving away a whole other manner of slaughter, the hunting sim TheHunter: Call Of The Wild. You know, you can skip guns and just play that as a very pretty walking simulator.

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We have a deployed a small patch to the Player Test Build to address a crashing issue. This update will not affect matchmaking: You will be able to match with other players whether or not they have updated.

You may receive an error while matchmaking on the PTB. If this happens to you, requeuing will fix the issue.

The survival horror game Dead by Daylight is perhaps best known for its crossovers with famous properties like Hellraiser, Stranger Things, Resident Evil, and Nightmare on Elm Street. But it also does original characters, such as Mikaela Reid, the teenage witch who was introduced in September, and that includes not just survivors but psycho killers too...
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[h2]SCHEDULE[/h2]
All platforms: November 2, 11 a.m. ET

[h2]FEATURES[/h2]
[h3]Boon Totems[/h3]
Disabled an animation restriction that caused many boon totems to be unsnuffable by the killer due to the placement of the totems.

Dev Note: We intend to re-enable this in a future patch, once we have had time to located and reposition all offending totems so that they play nice. This will result in some totems being snuffable through collision, but we are erring on the side of caution to ensure that all totems can be snuffed by the killer until then. Enjoy it while it lasts, Killer Mains!

[h2]BUG FIXES[/h2]

• Fixed an issue that caused the archive widget to appear without any challenge selected when there would be a challenge selected in the tome page.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused the purchased survivor to be unlocked and no Auric Cells to be spent after getting a "Purchase Failed" error in the store.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused the player to be able to level up two character Bloodwebs at the same time.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused Survivors using the Clairvoyance perk to be able to push other players.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused the interaction bar not to become red when blessing a hex totem.
  
• Fixed an issue that may cause reverse bear traps installed by the Pig's Video Tape add-on not to kill survivors when the timer runs out.
  
• Fixed an issue that may cause survivors to be unable to move when a generator is completed when the Pig has the Video Tape add-on equipped.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused the Adrenaline perk not to trigger if the Survivor was not eligible to receive the effect when the exit gates are powered.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused the grass and foliage to become partially black as players walk through.
  
• Fixed a potential wrong active node state in the Archives.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused survivors repeatedly scream when crouching while being puked on.
  

Switch only:

• Fixed a text overlapping issue in the Keybinding menu.
  
• Fixed a performance issue in docked state by deactivating the menu movement when moving the cursor.
  
• Fixed an issue that could cause an excessively long / infinite loading screen.
  

[h2]KNOWN ISSUES[/h2]

• The Killer can only earn 1 point of progress per Tangled Hook for the Halloween Hook challenge.
  
• When completing a level in the Archives, the level status is not immediately refreshed. However leaving and re-entering the menu will refresh and reflect the completed status.
  
• We are aware of an issue with the perk Clairvoyance, where the effects may not be disabled in some cases
  
• A Survivor with an activated Clairvoyance can consume another Survivor's activated Clairvoyance when they are close to each other.