Dead by Daylight arrives on PS5 and new Xbox concurrently with their launch – with support for 4K and 60 fps
The developers from the Canadian studio Behavior Interactive have revealed the details of the asymmetric horror Dead by Daylight update for the new consoles. The game will be available on Xbox Series X and S today, November 10, and on PlayStation 5, also on launch days (November 12 or 19, depending on region). In addition, trailers for the release of the nextgen versions have been published.
Owners of the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions will be able to update the game for free to versions for new systems within the same console family. All progress will be carried over.
Dead by Daylight is still available on Xbox Game Pass. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers also get access to Beta Cloud Saves and can activate a new skill for free, two characters – Kate Denson and Clown – and two skins.
The new versions support 4K and 60 frames per second (resolution for Xbox Series S is not specified). The developers continue to work on the graphics component and release patches with improvements on all platforms. Updates will be released as part of the Realm Beyond project until the fall of 2021. They are currently improving maps, characters, animations, and visuals.
Dead by Daylight is breaking new records and we are very grateful to the fans for their support, ” said project manager Mathieu Côté. – New amazing platforms will give our game the future. Dead by Daylight will be bigger and better than ever and will scare people with the latest technology. “
Dead by Daylight is a 4 versus 1 multiplayer horror game in which one player plays the role of a maniac and the rest control the survivors. The game was released in 2016 on PC ( Steam and Microsoft Store ), in 2017 it appeared on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, in 2019 – on Nintendo Switch, in April 2020 – on mobile devices based on Android and iOS. and last month on Google Stadia. Over the course of four years, she received 17 DLC with hunters and maniacs from other series (including Silent Hill and Left 4 Dead), as well as many free content updates. In August this year, the developers added support for crossplay between PCs and consoles.
Today horror has over 30 million registered users around the world. According to the creators, about a million people play it every day on all platforms. It is known that by May 2019, sales reached 5 million copies. The game has “very positive” reviews on Steam (over 280,000 reviews in total).
