Dead by Daylight explores sci-fi horror in next chapter
Today's Dead by Daylight seventh anniversary livestream has brought a whole host of announcements for year eight of the game.
The livestream was preceded earlier this week with the news that Nicholas Cage will be facing off against the game's Killers as a Survivor, with more specific information due in July.
The announcements made include details of the next chapter, quality of life improvements, and partnerships with the likes of Slipknot, Iron Maiden, and Ikumi Nakamura.
There's even a new single-player narrative game in the works from The Quarry developer Supermassive Games.
Over the next year, Behaviour Interactive will add four new chapters to Dead by Daylight: two licensed and two original.
The first of these is the developer's first foray into sci-fi horror and will be available from 14th June across all platforms (and in the PTB from 23rd May, 4pm UK time).
Titled as End Transmission, it takes place on an alien planet and features a new Killer called The Singularity — a rogue AI corrupted by alien technology that takes the form of human flesh and technology combined.
Its main power is to place BioPods on surfaces around each map, into which it can project its consciousness to spy on survivors. With its Slipstream effect ability, it can connect these pods to Survivors and teleport to their location.
New Survivor Gabriel Soma is one of the humans tasked with colonising this distant planet. He's an adept technician and his perks will reflect this. A new EMP tool will also be available when facing The Singularity, which allows Survivors to disable its pods and remove the Slipstream effect.
All of this will take place on a new map, Toba Landing — an alien jungle, including a human base full of low-fi tech and traces
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