Next DBD update

The next Dead by Daylight chapter brings a horror classic into the Fog, as Ellen Ripley and the Xenomorph fight it out in the new DBD Nostromo map.

Danielle Rose

Published: Aug 29, 2023

When is the next Dead by Daylight update? Seven years into the life of the popular asymmetrical horror game, many of our horror favorites have been engulfed by the fog, from Michael Myers and Ghostface, to Silent Hill’s Cheryl Mason and even Nic Cage. So who’s next to walk into DBD’s realms?

With around four new chapters a year, it’s a wonder the team at Behaviour are able to come up with new perks and powers for the new DBD killers and survivors. Somehow they do, and the 2023 Dead by Daylight roadmap confirms a total of nine new characters for year eight, including the original killer The Singularity, and shock survivor Nic Cage. Once you’ve taken a look at what to expect from the next DBD update release date, make sure you’ve redeemed the latest codes for Bloodpoints and cosmetics.

The Dead by Daylight Alien chapter release date is Tuesday, August 29, 2023, when the new killer, The Xenomorph, and survivor Ellen Ripley board the Nostromo. The update will drop at 8am PT / 11am ET / 4pm BST.

Following months of thrilling leaks suggesting that Alien was coming to Dead by Daylight, the official crossover was confirmed in a tweet on August 1, 2023. Just days after the release of Nic Cage, the Alien PTB rolled out on PC on August 8, so we already know the killer and survivor perks awaiting us in Chapter 29.

Ripley’s survivor perks are:

The Xenomorph’s killer perks are:

The Xenomorph’s killer power is Hidden Pursuit. When The Xenomorph is in trial, a series of tunnels are available to it, accessible from several Control Stations. The auras of Control Stations are highlighted to The Xenomorph in white at all times.

By walking up to and accessing a Control Station, The Xenomorph can enter a tunnel system located beneath the Map and use it to quickly traverse the map, emerging at a Control Station of choice. While inside the tunnels, The Xenomorph can detect the movement of any Survivor within 16 meters of its current location, indicated by reddish footsteps seen on the ceiling of the tunnel.vBeing inside the tunnels also accelerates the cool-down timer of Runner Mode.

The Xenomorph automatically enters Runner Mode whenever it is not on Cool-down. In Runner Mode, The Xenomorph walks on all four legs and becomes stealthier, reducing its Terror to 24 meters. The Xenomorph cannot voluntarily exit this mode, it must be forced out of it by Survivors using Remote Flame Turrets. While in Runner Mode, The Xenomorph has access to a brutal Tail Attack, which has an increased reach of 4.8 meters.

When The Xenomorph is in a trial, a new unique survivor item spawns: The Remote Flame Turret. Survivors can retrieve up to four remote flame turrets and deploy them in the environment to counteract The Xenomorph. Turrets can be undeployed, carried to a new location, and redeployed there.

While carrying a Turret, a survivor suffers from 35 % hindered, as well as the exhausted and incapacitated status effects, but are immune to being detected by The Xenomorph.

According to the year 8 roadmap, we can expect another chapter in November featuring a solo killer, before a full chapter comes out in March, 2024. There is another surprise survivor release scheduled for January 2024 as well.

If you’re anything like us, surely you’re counting down the days to the next Dead by Daylight update. While you wait, there are plenty of other horror games and survival games that deserve your attention, but we’re sorry we also can’t the DBD Iron Maiden crossover come any quicker.