Dead by Daylight Is Finally Getting a Five Nights at Freddy's Killer – and He's Voiced by Matthew Lillard

After 9 years, Behaviour Interactive is yet bringing Five Nights astatine Freddy’s to Dead by Daylight – and Matthew Lillard is joining successful connected the fun.

It’s a collaboration that has been successful the works for a while, but it wasn’t until today’s Dead by Daylight PAX East presumption that the workplace was acceptable to uncover precisely however it volition support players frightened arsenic the asymmetrical multiplayer crippled approaches its ninth birthday. Freddy Fazbear and his animatronic-filled pizza emporium header Behviour’s plans for this year’s day chapter, which is expected to get successful June.

Lillard, who starred arsenic William Afton successful 2023’s Five Nights astatine Freddy’s movie adaptation, has embodied the tone of the relation erstwhile again to lend his likeness and grounds caller dependable lines for Dead by Daylight’s latest Killer: Springtrap. This evil animatronic bunny, different known arsenic Yellow Rabbit oregon Spring Bonnie, volition beryllium disposable arsenic a Legendary Outfit erstwhile the postulation yet arrives.

Behaviour calls Five Nights astatine Freddy’s the “most requested licence successful Dead by Daylight history,” truthful fans should beryllium excited to perceive that the contented driblet volition besides see a Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza representation that is said to beryllium filled with a buffet of Easter Eggs and surprises to uncover. More news, including a circumstantial merchandise date, is expected to get successful the adjacent future.

Five Nights astatine Freddy's comes to Dead by Daylight. Image courtesy of Behaviour Interactive.

Wind’s Howling

A Five Nights astatine Freddy’s Dead by Daylight crossover has been a agelong clip coming, but it’s not the lone gaming collaboration successful the cards. Also revealed astatine PAX East was the quality that CD Projekt Red’s The Witcher bid is besides acceptable to marque an quality successful Behviour’s deed fearfulness experience.

The acceptable volition marque its people arsenic a peculiar Witcher Collection June 3 and includes outfits inspired by the fashionable phantasy RPG universe. This includes a Legendary portion inspired by the White Wolf himself, Geralt of Rivia, arsenic good arsenic Very Rare outfits for Yennefer, Ciri, Triss, and Eredin. As an added bonus, those who prime up the Geralt costume volition announcement that archetypal dependable histrion Doug Cockle contributed caller dependable lines conscionable for this precise occasion.

“Our favourite of the Collection is, of course, Geralt’s Legendary Outfit for Vittorio Toscano,” Dead by Daylight Product Director Rose Li said successful a statement. “Not lone volition it fto players fundamentally instrumentality connected the nonstop look of The White Wolf, but we’ve besides added immoderate truly bully details arsenic portion of this Outfit. Geralt volition person unsocial lobby animations, and champion of all, brand-new dependable lines recorded for our crippled by the archetypal dependable actor, Doug Cockle.”

Dragula, Shudder’s monster-themed resistance world contention series, is besides doubling down connected its narration with Dead by Daylight. Players tin look guardant to picking up a Boulet Brothers Collection travel July 8, which includes a Winter Warrior outfit for The Huntress and the Boulet Brothers Artist outfit for The Artist.

Blood, Sweat, and Tears

Also included successful Behaviour’s PAX East showcase was the committedness that the squad volition present caller prime of beingness updates passim 2025 and beyond. June highlights see a The Archives revamp and adjusted Gamma Settings, with the months up acceptable to bring updates that adhd much spectators successful Custom Matches, representation and cardinal point rebalancing, an MMR rework, and much equilibrium tweaks.

Creative Director Dave Richard besides teased thing wholly new: a Dead by Daylight Chapter wholly created by fans. It’s a determination that volition spot Behaviour moving with its assemblage to make a Killer and Survivor from the crushed up successful what sounds similar a choose-your-own-adventure-style narrative, meaning everything astir each quality volition beryllium voted connected by the players. It’s owed retired successful 2026, truthful we’ll person to hold a portion to larn more.

Dead by Daylight launched successful 2016 and has lone grown since. Other crossover Collections see contented based connected Dungeons & Dragons, Resident Evil, and Tokyo Ghoul.

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