Dead by Daylight Offers Update on How It's Dealing with Cheaters
Dead by Daylight appears to be taking the issue of cheaters very seriously as evident in a recent update by one of the game's community managers. The post highlights Dead by Daylight's alarming ban statistics along with a roadmap detailing the game's future plans for improving its anti-cheat capabilities.
When the asymmetrical multiplayer survival-horror game kicked off in 2016, it became an instant hit thanks to its diverse cast of survivors and killers pitted in frantic and terrifying PVP matches. For fans of the horror genre, Dead by Daylight offers a unique experience as players take on the roles of iconic villains like Halloween's Michael Myers, Friday The 13th's Freddy Krueger, and Silent Hill's Pyramid Head. The game has since released numerous updates that add more killers and survivors from various franchises while refining the game's mechanics. As a popular online game, Dead by Daylight is faced with a constant arms race against hackers, cheaters, and bad actors using exploits or attempting to harass other players.
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In a recent news post from developer Behaviour Interactive, the issue of cheaters and harassers is discussed in detail, highlighting the game's surprisingly high number of bans issued and revealing a roadmap for future plans on this front. Dead by Daylight has banned over 2,000 cheaters in the past week alone, adding to a shocking total of over 200,000 banned players in the game's lifetime. The game uses a combination of automated bans through the occasionally controversial Easy Anti-Cheat software, in-game countermeasures, and manual bans issued through personal investigation.
Dead by Daylight has laid out a four-point plan for its future anti-cheat measures. FIrst up, the
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