Dead by Daylight: The Story of Yamaoka Family

Dead by Daylight is “the most played horror game in history,” developer Behavior Interactive has said ahead of its 10th birthday.

Dead by Daylight's new Killer is horror icon Jason from Friday the 13th, Behaviour Interactive announced during a 10th anniversary livestream.

Dead by Daylight turns 10 years old today, June 14. The asymmetrical horror multiplayer game has been leading the pack since its debut, helping popularize the genre that has grown into a (haunted) cottage industry over the course of that decade. What began as a 4v1 game of horror-movie homages has grown into a horror museum of sorts, playing host to dozens of licensed collaborations with iconic horror staples like A Nightmare on Elm Street, Ringu, and The Walking Dead, as well as many striking original characters.  Ahead of DBD's anniversary celebration, I caught up with some members of t

Dead by Daylight is adding Jason Voorhees of Friday the 13th fame. The 4v1 asymmetrical horror game has a gallery of villains and monsters that rivals the Funko Pop shelf of any horror-obsessed fan, but it's featured one glaring omission for years now. The Camp Crystal Lake slasher is finally coming on June 16, Behaviour Interactive has revealed in a new trailer. When Dead by Daylight was first coming onto the scene, Jason was already in the process of getting his own game, Illfonic and Gun Media's Friday the 13th: The Game, and DBD wasn't yet full of licensed killers anyway. But today, DBD is

Dead by Daylight is now 10 years old and has been played by 70 million players worldwide, making it one of the older and most successful live-service games--and horror games--ever made. It's changed a lot over those years, but one change you may have noticed is in its depictions of violence.  The game has gotten more graphic over time, the game's creative director Dave Richard explained to me. It's been a conscious decision by the team, and he explained how pop culture's increased interest in horror led to it. "When we started Dead by Daylight, we wanted to be as accessible as possible. W