Starbreeze Studios

This could be a scene from a Japanese horror film, except it looks like a scene from an old adventure game. It's painted in two colours, one a kind of brown for the environment, and one in purple showing a hunched over girl holding the end of a bed, hair obscuring her face. She is out to get you.

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The anatomy of a scare: how do games frighten you?

Jump. Stare.

Nov. 13, 2024 Robert Purchese

Dead by Daylight Alan Wake artwork showing Alan Wake shining a torch at a monster.

Guide

Dead by Daylight codes

And how to redeem DBD codes.

Oct. 18, 2024 Ford James

Artwork for Payday 3 showing three characters looking out over the water as the sun sets over the city in front of them

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Payday 3 developer likens launch to being a rock band when "the whole stage collapses and everyone leaves"

"It's important we don't use the technical issues as an excuse because we'd clearly missed the mark."

Oct. 14, 2024 Vikki Blake

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Dead By Daylight's Behaviour Interactive hooks Darkest Dungeon developer

"The way is lit. The path is clear."

Sept. 24, 2024 Victoria Kennedy

Promotional art showing one of Dead by Daylight's masked killers, silhouetted against a raging fire in the forest.

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Dead by Daylight PvE spin-off Project T cancelled after "unsatisfactory" player testing

Was announced back in May.

Sept. 17, 2024 Matt Wales

A promotional image for Payday 3 showing its four clown-masked protagonists posing together with their weapons drawn.

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Payday 3 gets new creative leads as player numbers remain dwarfed by decade-old predecessor

Previous game director "stepping away".

Sept. 11, 2024 Matt Wales

An image from Dead by Daylight's Castlevania collaboration trailer showing Trevor Belmont from behind as he stares out across a valley at Dracula's fog-shrouded castle, looming beneath a vast full moon.

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Dead by Daylight's Castlevania collaboration adds Dracula and Trevor Belmont later this month

Available now on PC public testing.

Aug. 6, 2024 Matt Wales

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Double Fine drops a 90-minute update to its 20+ hour series documenting the development of Psychonauts 2

And you can watch it now for free on YouTube.

July 28, 2024 Vikki Blake

A screenshot from The Casting of Frank Stone showing a masked serial killer wielding a knife, standing against the fiery backdrop of a steel mill.

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Until Dawn studio's Dead by Daylight spin-off The Casting of Frank Stone out in September

Plus cross-progression and 2v8 dated.

July 16, 2024 Matt Wales

A very colourful, 80s cartoon-like piece of artwork for the game Anger Foot. It shows the game's main character on the left hand side of the screen, leaping into a group of enemies on the right hand side, foot first.

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What we've been playing - door kicking, cursed oil rigs, and surprisingly still-powerful old games

A few of the things that have us hooked this week.

July 12, 2024 Robert Purchese

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Tomb Raider's Lara Croft coming to Dead by Daylight

Fog of war.

June 25, 2024 Victoria Kennedy

Artwork of Vecna the new lich Killer from the Dead by Daylight Dungeons & Dragons chapter

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Dead by Daylight adding Dungeons & Dragons and Castlevania chapters this year

Everything from the Behaviour anniversary stream.

May 14, 2024 Ed Nightingale

Dead by Daylight and Dungeons & Dragons logos in front of a dark grate

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Dead by Daylight teases dark fantasy era with Dungeons & Dragons themed collaboration

Full showcase due next week.

May 9, 2024 Ed Nightingale

Screenshot from Have A Nice Death showing Death himself

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Here's the first batch of Xbox Game Pass titles for May

Death, cats and arrows await.

April 30, 2024 Victoria Kennedy

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2024's best April Fools' Day jokes includes Sonic, Cyberpunk, Elden Ring

Two and a laugh men.

April 2, 2024 Victoria Kennedy

Payday 3 matchmaking issues fixed and now "stable"

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Payday 3's second Operation Medic Bag patch is now available

"Our focus remains on rebuild[ing] trust and engagement within our community."

March 31, 2024 Vikki Blake

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Starbreeze CEO Tobias Sjögren ousted by board following Payday 3 flop

Juergen Goeldner announced as interim CEO.

March 12, 2024 Matt Wales

brothers tale of two sons comparison 2024 vs 2013

Face-off

Digital Foundry | Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons remake - UE5 Nanite and Lumen come at a heavy cost

The DF tech review.

March 7, 2024 Thomas Morgan

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Payday 3's "Operation Medic Bag" patch has 300 bug fixes and improvements

Fears of a clown.

March 2, 2024 Vikki Blake

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Ghostrunner 2 publisher 505 Games closes offices in Germany, Spain and France

Part of company's business review.

Feb. 29, 2024 Victoria Kennedy

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Dead by Daylight teams up with Iron Maiden

Plus new Chapter coming next month.

Feb. 22, 2024 Victoria Kennedy

Screenshot from Payday 3 launch trailer showing the back of a man holding a clown mask in one hand and a duffle back over his other shoulder. He is in some sort of nightclub, with neon lighting and sparklers

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Payday 3 is finally getting an offline mode

Paint the clown red.

Feb. 16, 2024 Victoria Kennedy

The powers that be at Xbox have rolled out a new update for February, adding touch controls in remote play.

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Xbox adds custom touch controls in remote play for over 100 games

Plus thumbstick recalibration tool and more.

Feb. 15, 2024 Victoria Kennedy

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Payday 3 developer seeks long-term success after disappointing launch

"There is no simple recipe available."

Feb. 15, 2024 Victoria Kennedy

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Layoffs hit Dead by Daylight developer Behaviour Interactive, report says

UPDATE: Behaviour Interactive responds.

Jan. 18, 2024 Victoria Kennedy