As far as multiplayer horror games go, Dead by Daylight is already the most veteran title in the group. While a few games have vied for the DBD crown, none have been able to snatch it, and the game keeps on going with brand-new updates, killers, and more every few months.
With DBD now reaching its 10th anniversary, developer Behaviour Interactive is actively remaking old content within the game. In fact, in an interview with IGN, the team revealed that they have thought about creating a full “remake” before as well as a sequel.
While some may want a brand-new, refreshed platform, head of partnerships Mathieu Cote and creative director Dave Richard are adamant that Dead by Daylight will not be usurped by a remake or a sequel. As the game continues into its 10th year and beyond, there are no plans to replace the game with a follow-up.
“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 state than try to fix these issues that we have,” the creative director told the outlet.
However, as fans have pumped money and a lot of time into Dead by Daylight, Richard claims it “never makes sense for the fans” to start anew somewhere else. Cote adds that “it’s also very possible to take your game and bring it kicking and screaming into the next decade”, explaining that the goal of Behaviour Interactive is to support DBD for as long as they can without removing things from fans.
“We’re not going to do a DBD 2, that’s for sure,” Cote said. “They’re not going to have to buy a DBD 2 and restart from scratch. But we understand that the game is 10 years old, and that’s a long time in video game years. And we want people that start today, tomorrow, next year, to feel like they’re playing a game that is current. It’s not a nostalgia token, it’s a real game that you can play today and that makes sense.”
In the decade since Dead by Daylight’s launch, many other live-service games have come and gone, and live-service sequels are often worse. Rainbow Six Siege X, Ubisoft’s recent free-to-play relaunch, has struggled to find players, and Starbreeze’s Payday 3 was a disaster project from start to finish. In the days of forever games, does a Dead by Daylight 2 make sense? Maybe, one day, it will, but not for the foreseeable future.
