Dead by Daylight has been around for a long time, as the game will be celebrating its 10th anniversary later this year. It’s rare you see a game maintain such popularity for over a decade, with only live service behemoths such as Fortnite (for now), Final Fantasy 14, Dota 2, and GTA Online managing the same amount of longevity.
We’ve seen plenty of live service games get sequels over the years, such as Overwatch’s switch to Overwatch 2 and then back to Overwatch again, and the likes of Counter-Strike, Splatoon, Payday, and Rainbow Six Siege. Plenty of these games have had their struggles though, so deciding what to do with Dead by Daylight isn’t an easy choice for Behavior Interactive.
Don’t Expect A Dead By Daylight Sequel
However, the studio has made a choice. In a recent interview with IGN, Dead by Daylight creative director Dave Richard discussed the possibility of a sequel or “remake” to bring the series into the modern era, but Behavior just doesn’t seem to be interested. In Richard’s eyes, a sequel to a popular live service game “never makes sense for the fans.”
“There’s always a point where we say, okay, we could do a sequel now, and it would be far easier actually to do a sequel with a blind slate than try to fix these issues that we have, for example,” says Richard. “But it never makes sense for the fans. Never ever. They’ve invested time and money on DBD.”
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He then flat out states that Behavior is “not going to do a DBD 2, that’s for sure”, explaining that he wouldn’t want fans to have to start from scratch again, and that he’d rather bring the game “kicking and screaming into the next decade.”
He’s also very aware that, due to how old Dead by Daylight is right now, a lot of fans that play right now simply wouldn’t be able to play a juiced-up, more graphically demanding version of the game, thanks to the increased price of hardware these days. While making the game more modern would open it up to a new audience, Richard wouldn’t want to “leave behind” any fans of the current game.
It’s a tricky situation that doesn’t really arise all too often, as the vast majority of online games tend to gradually lose players as other things come along. Dead by Daylight has been going on for 10 years and is showing its age, so Behavior will have to work to make sure it doesn’t become too aged. Whatever happens though, it sounds like the game will be around for a good long while.
- Released
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June 14, 2016
- ESRB
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M for Mature: Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Strong Language
- Engine
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Unreal Engine 4
- Multiplayer
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Online Multiplayer
- Cross-Platform Play
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PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One & Xbox Series X|S
