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Celebrate The Year of The Tiger with The Lurking Stripes Event

It’s time to celebrate the year of the Tiger with Dead by Daylight’s latest event: Lurking Stripes. In celebration of the Lunar New Year, we’re bringing exciting offerings, unlockable cosmetics and charms, limited-time gameplay items, and daily login rewards to enjoy.

Lurking Stripes begins on January 25th, 2 PM EST and run until February 8th, 2 PM EST.

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[h3]A LIGHT IN THE FOG[/h3]

Though nothing beats a bit of good-old-fashioned horror atmosphere, sometimes a little festivity can go a long way. For the duration of the Lurking Stripes event, generators and hooks will be adorned with Lunar-themed decorations befitting of the tiger’s imposing – and regal – stature.





[h3]EXCLUSIVE ITEMS & OFFERINGS[/h3]

For the duration of Lurking Stripes, you’ll find new limited-time Survivor items in the Bloodweb: The Lunar Firecracker and the Lunar Toolbox. There’s also a mysterious new Offering, the Red Envelope, usable by both Killers and Survivor.


[h3]THE RED ENVELOPE[/h3]

Players might have noticed that our events bring a new gameplay experience into the fold. In the case of Lurking Stripes, the main objective centres around the Red Envelope, an offering available in the Bloodweb for a limited time.

HOW TO USE:
- Upon burning a Red Envelope Offering, a Red Envelope viewable to all players will spawn in the Trial. For players who burn Red Envelopes, the aura of their respective Envelopes will be visible to them.

- The owner can interact with Envelope it to reveal it. Upon doing so, a sound effect will be heard throughout the trial and the Envelope’s aura will be revealed to all players.

- An Envelope can be opened and claimed by another player. When claimed, both that player and the Envelope’s owner receive a surprise Bloodpoint reward, with the owner also receiving a Lunar Event cosmetic.
Be sure to bring plenty of Red Envelopes to increase your chances of unlocking two charms and all eight cosmetic rewards.


[h3]LUNAR GEAR[/h3]

As fellow gamers, we know and love the thrill of unlockable gear. The Lurking Stripes Event has you covered, with earnable cosmetic rewards for David King, Jane Romero, Kate Denson, The Trapper, The Clown, The Nurse, and The Artist. All you must do is participate in the Red Envelope gameplay detailed above, and soon enough your wardrobe will be brimming with splendid attire.






[h3]HOW CHARMING [/h3]

Each year brings new possibilities, with milestones met and memories made. To commemorate the upcoming Lunar New Year and all it holds in store, we’re offering two brand new charms highlighting the tiger. Wear them with pride – they look equally majestic on your belt and your hook.




[h3]THE DAILY BOUNTY[/h3]

To help you stock up on Lunar items and Offerings, we’ve made the process a little bit easier by gifting 50k daily Bloodpoints for the duration of the event.


[h3]EARN YOUR STRIPES[/h3]

The Lurking Stripes Collection introduces a new outfit for Yui Kimura, a Survivor known for her courage and unbreakable spirit. Behold her new Lunar Race Championship outfit, the perfect blend of intimidation and elegance. Be sure to check out the tiger-inspired ensemble over at Dead by Daylight’s in-game store.

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[h3]LUNAR SALES[/h3]

COSMETICS

Though some might live by the old idiom out with the old, in with the new – we are not those people. Starting January 25th, head to Dead by Daylight’s in-game store for discounts on previously released Lunar New Year cosmetics.

For a full list of discounted Lunar New Year outfit, check out the in-game store for details.

***All in-game discounts are on Auric Cell prices only. Sale ends February 8th at 11:59 PM EST. Visit the Dead by Daylight in-game store for full pricing details.***



GAME & ADD-ONS

From Thursday, January 27th (10:00 AM PST) to Thursday, February 3rd (10:00 AM PST) , the Lunar New Year sale is coming to Steam, bringing discounts on the base game and more.




The Dead by Daylight team.

Warhammer: Vermintide 2 dev says Steam Deck Easy Anti-Cheat support ain't easy

When Epic Games announced its Easy Anti-Cheat (EAC) service would be officially supported on the Steam Deck, the company said it was possible to "activate anti-cheat support for Linux via Wine or Proton with just a few clicks". Unfortunately, according to a developer of Warhammer: Vermintide 2, this seemingly isn't the case.


In a Steam discussion thread (via GamingOnLinux), Fatshark staff member Hedge revealed that there are in fact two versions of EAC: EOS (Epic Online Services) and non-EOS. Hedge says this presents a problem for some developers who want their games to run on the Steam Deck, because "most games historically use Non-EOS EAC. It's the one Vermintide 2 uses as well. Epic only added Proton support for the EOS version of EAC. Therefore, in order to implement Proton support for Vermintide 2, a huge amount of reworking of the EAC implementation would be required".


Dead by Daylight developer Behaviour Interactive previously alluded to this issue back in October, leading to concerns that it and other popular Steam games may not work on the Steam Deck at launch (if at all). Worse still, BattlEye, another popular third-party anti-cheat service, is also creating issues for games like DayZ, which may not work on the Steam Deck.


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5.5.0 | Player Test Build



The Player Test Build is an early build of the final release available through a BETA-branch of the Steam version of Dead by Daylight.

As with all early builds, there are some bugs and known issues that the team is already working on. Please check our list in the Patch Notes before playing, and leave us your feedback and additional bug reports in the links down below!

[h2]CONTENT[/h2]
[h3]JANUARY 2022 DEVELOPER UPDATES[/h3]
https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/302821
https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/302915

[h2]SCHEDULE[/h2]
PTB goes live: January 5, 11 a.m. ET

[h2]HOW TO ACCESS THE PTB[/h2]
https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/26/

[h2]PATCH NOTES[/h2]
https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/kb/articles/309

[h2]HOW TO REPORT BUGS[/h2]
https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/categories/5-5-0-PTB-Bug-Reporting

[h2]HOW TO GIVE FEEDBACK[/h2]
https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/categories/5-5-0-ptb-feedback

Dead by Daylight killers ranked

If you're looking to up your game as one of the Dead By Daylight killers, it could be worth making sure you have the right monster for the job.


Maybe you need to be playing a better Dead by Daylight killer? It can be easy as a survivor to see an advancing murdering and think everyone is equally hazardous to your health, but not every killer was created equal and some of them... well they kind of suck at the whole murdering thing. So, here's our breakdown as to the best and worst killers in Dead By Daylights alt-universe slash-'em-up.


We rate killers based on their kits, rating how it feels to hit someone with their weapons, their unique power and the perks that come with them. Perks can obviously be fooled around with, so we've given the most weighting to weapon and talent, as these are unique from killer to killer. If a perk is an absolute must-have, we'll mention it in the entry.


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