Dead by Daylight Update Adds New Characters

Dead by Daylight‘s Doomed Course Chapter is now available. This content drop introduces two new characters, including the first-ever Dead by Daylight Killer with an AI-controlled companion.

Behaviour Interactive’s asymmetric survival horror game has been going strong since 2016, as underlined by the fact that it surpassed 60 million lifetime players in late 2023 and is still estimated to have millions of monthly active users as of a year later. As is the case with all popular live-service experiences, this sustained success is largely driven by the fact that Dead by Daylight continues receiving new content on a regular basis, roughly once every three months.

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This trend has now continued with the Dead by Daylight: Doomed Course Chapter, which rolled out on Thursday, November 28. The Thanksgiving update introduces a new Killer and Survivor in the form of The Houndmaster and Taurie Cain, respectively. True to her name, The Houndmaster, Portia Maye, has a bloodthirsty canine that can do her bidding. As such, she’s the game’s first-ever Killer with an AI-controlled minion. Her black hound can track, chase, and pin down Survivors, making it an effective tool for consistently applying pressure.

The hound’s command scheme is fairly straightforward, with its Chase ability being used to both direct it to charge and change direction, depending on whether it’s already charging. Meanwhile, the Search ability reveals any Survivors caught in its gradually widening radius, and even gives The Houndmaster a movement speed boost if she’s following in the hound’s footsteps. Overall, Portia Maye serves as a distinct addition to the game’s roster of Killers that shakes up Dead by Daylight‘s cat-and-mouse gameplay loop with some new mechanics.

Taurie Cain Is Dead By Daylight’s ‘Morally Darkest Survivor’

Meanwhile, Behaviour Interactive describes Taurie Cain as “the morally darkest Survivor” it ever created. Her backstory revolves around failing a wicked sect called the Black Talon after refusing to take an innocent person’s life, which leaves her in quite a predicament. Taurie Cain comes with three Dead by Daylight character perks: Shoulder The Burden, Clean Break, and Invocation: Treacherous Crows. Most of them are designed around the concept of sacrifice, allowing her to help other survivors while incurring some sort of penalty, like the Injured and Broken status effects.

Dead by Daylight: Doomed Course is priced at $7.99. The new DLC comes with an exclusive Killer item in the form of the Titanium Skull, as well as a unique Survivor cosmetic called the Gold Tier. Based on Behaviour Interactive’s track record, the next Dead by Daylight chapter is likely to arrive around late February or early March 2025.

Ever wished to play as one of the characters from your favorite horror movies? Dead by Daylight is a 1v4 multiplayer game that draws from all corners of the horror world from a powerful slasher to a terrifying paranormal entity.

Choose between playing an unstoppable Killer and one of 4 Survivors trying to evade a gruesome death. Each character has their own deep progression system and plenty of unlockables that can be customized to fit your personal strategy. Work together to escape, or stalk and sacrifice every Survivor.

This Edition of Dead by Daylight gives you access to a roster of 7 Killers (The Trapper, The Hillbilly, The Wraith, The Nurse, The Hag, The Huntress and The Doctor) and 9 Survivors (Meg Thomas, Claudette Morel, Jake Park, Dwight Fairfield, Ace Visconti, Nea Karlsson, Bill Overbeck, Feng Min and David King). It also includes two cosmetic add-ons packed with outfits for various characters.

Franchise

dead by daylight

Released

June 14, 2016

Multiplayer

Online Multiplayer

Engine

Unreal Engine 4

ESRB

M for Mature: Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Strong Language

How Long To Beat

N/A

Steam Deck Compatibility

yes

X|S Optimized

Yes

PS Plus Availability

Extra & Premium

File Size Xbox Series

51 GB (October 2022)

Number of Players

5

OpenCritic Rating

Fair

Cross Save

yes

Cross-Platform Play

PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One & Xbox Series X|S

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