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Important Developer Update

Dead by DaylightPublished: Jul 16, 2026, 1:31 PM
Important Developer Update

We have an update from our Security team that we’d like to share with you regarding some upcoming changes that could impact players ability to launch the game:

Following internal investigations and consulting with our Partners, starting on 30*th* July 2026 players will need to update older versions of some software and drivers to ensure continued access to the Game.

Some of the following categories were known to have exploitable vulnerabilities, unfortunately, we are unable to provide a specific list as it may affect many different applications or versions.

  1. RGB / motherboard utilities
  2. CPU / GPU overclocking or other tuning utilities
  3. Certain BIOS utilities
  4. Hardware monitoring utilities
  5. Utilities using direct port access
  6. OEM updater utilities
  7. Other anticheat / antihack / antivirus utilities

For any technical issues please contact our Player Support Team for assistance:

https://support.deadbydaylight.com/

The Dead by Daylight Security Team