An impressive blend of genres that doesn’t miss any of the details — Weird West isn’t a game for me. Well, I should say it wasn’t supposed to be a game for me. From the fantasy western (emphasis on western) setting to the isometric style camera perspective, very little in the way of aesthetic and marketing spoke to me and my game preferences…

How digging for role queue metrics have unveiled unnecessary and unsafe chatter between client and server — On March 6th, popular Dead By Daylight data miner DBDLeaks revealed that Behaviour Interactive may soon be introducing role queue incentives. Ideally, the notion here is to offer a reward to players who choose to play either the survivor or killer role, depending on what is in highest demand at…

In September of 2020, popular asymmetric multiplayer horror title Dead by Daylight committed to a roadmap that detailed an entire overhaul of all of their in-game visuals and assets. The breakthrough title that launched in 2016 was a product that, while popular, began to graphically limp behind industry standard technology…

Dead by Daylight is one of the few live-service games that can proudly celebrate 6 years in production. What was once a meager hide and seek simulator has steadily transformed into one of the only consistently growing asymmetric multiplayer titles in the market. …

Can both speed and accuracy be influenced by better managing the role populations? — Matchmaking queue times have often been a point of contention for both gamers and developers. As heavier peak traffic floods a particular role in Overwatch, or dwindles for high MMR Apex Legends matches on oceanic servers, the balance between expedient queues and accurate lobbies begins to sheer incredibly thin. So…

How a telephonic horror experience has its most subtle building blocks rooted in trauma — In December, I was offered the unique opportunity to experience a two person horror play called Claws. In Claws, a hyper ventilating boy named Danny calls an “anything” helpline claiming to have locked a monster in his closet. As he pleads his case, a cacophony of bangs and rumbles echo…

Having been raised by skateboarding, I’m ready for Gnarvana — As a teenager, being a skateboarder was my identity. If I wasn’t already at our quaint, community funded skatepark, than I was watching genre defining skate videos like Lakai’s Fully Flared or Osiris’ Feed The Need, trying to plan my own next equally as groundbreaking skate part. This, of course…

Fans in the middle east haven’t had new content in well over 18 months… — Dead By Daylight players in Saudi Arabia have taken to Twitter, voicing their frustration at the games sudden removal from the Playstation SA Store some 13 hours ago, as of writing this. …

Can MMR succeed if the game is built with those systems in mind? — Since its full implementation, MMR has been a hot button topic for the Dead By Daylight community. More specifically, the lack of robust in-game stat tracking to assign matchmaking rating has had players feeling more than a bit frustrated. In my previous article, “MMR Isn’t The Problem You Think It…