Dead By Daylight: New HUD, animations and more

Dead by Daylight has got its January developer update. Though, the new update is surely something to look forward to, to some this may still not be enough.

Dead By Daylight All updates

• HUD: The HUD of the game has been revamped, where players will a hook counter next to their name along with character portraits.
• Enhanced Animations: The animation of the game will improve. However, this will only be a cosmetic change to make the game look better, and will not have any impact over movement speed and acceleration.
• Better Graphics: There will be graphical updates for the Gideon Meat Plant and the Crotus Prenn Asylum, and changes for the Clown including a throwable antidote that releases speed-boosting gas, which can affect both the killer and survivors if they risk getting close enough to stand in the cloud. Apart from that there will be other tweaks affect traps, the Wraith’s invisibility, the Undying hex, and more.
• Matchmaking: Skill-based matchmaking will be tested again. Once that system’s been finalized, ranks will no longer be used for matchmaking and will instead become part of a new reward system: “Each month, everyone will be given Bloodpoints based on the highest rank they’ve reached and then be reset to rank 20.”

Is Dead By Daylight Crossplay ?

Question people tend to google a lot:

Is Dead By Daylight cross platform ? OR Is DBD cross platform ? OR Can you play Dead By Daylight with friends ?

The answer is YES. Dead by Daylight supports cross platform Multiplayer gaming, where players using different mediums and consoles can play together. For example, if one friend is playing the game on his PlayStation, and another friend wants to join in, but instead of a PlayStation he has an Xbox, he could still join the same game on his Xbox without worrying about not having a PlayStation.

Players with different platforms such as, PlayStation, Xbox, PC, Nintendo Switch could play the same game of Dead By Daylight using DBD crossplay. However, this feature does not allow a mobile user to join in.

So the conclusion is, that Dead By Daylight crossplay allows you play the game on different platforms. This means, that you Dead By Daylight with friends on different console is possible except mobile phones.

What is Cross Platform Play ?

Cross-platform play is the ability to allow different gaming platforms to share the same online servers in a game, allowing players to join together regardless of the platform they own. Since the Dreamcast and PlayStation 2, there have been a number of online video games that support cross-play. [Source: Wikipedia]

How do you Play Cross Platform ?

Although Cross-play is enabled by default, but in case it is not you could re-enable it and play Dead By Daylight or any other game that supports Cross Platforms by following these steps:

1. Select Settings in the main menu.
2. Select the Gameplay tab.
3. Check the Cross-Platform Play box.

How can I add friend on another platform to play Dead By Daylight ?

• Go to Dead by Daylight 
• Go to your Friends list 
• Click on the friend+ icon. 
• Search for your friend’s DBD ID
• Select you friend’s name when it shows.

Popular Cross-Platform games (PlayStation, Xbox, PC and Nintendo)

Here, is the list of some really popular cross-platforms games that you could play across all consoles such as PlayStation, Xbox, PC and Nintendo.

1. Fortnite:

The famous online battle-royal game can be played across all platforms and gaming consoles.

2. Minecraft:

Minecraft is available across all platforms except Playstation.

3. Rocket League:

This silly yet quirky car football game also supports Cross-play.

4. Phantasy Star Online 2:

Phantasy Star Online 2 is the free-to-play sequel Sega’s acclaimed online RPG, available now on Xbox One and PC.

5. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare:

The multiplayer of COD: Modern Warfare supports cross-play.