Jason Voorhees Finally Joins Dead by Daylight After Decade of Rights Issues
The addition of a Friday the 13th character, long rumored but blocked by rights issues, finally bridges a major gap in Dead by Daylight's horror roster at the game's 10-year mark.
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Behaviour Interactive has added Jason Voorhees from the Friday the 13th series as a playable killer in Dead by Daylight, launching June 17. The character, named Slasher, arrives through a collaboration with Jason Universe. The announcement marks the first Friday the 13th content in the game after years of licensing hurdles.
Jason Voorhees, the hockey-masked killer from the Friday the 13th film series, is coming to Dead by Daylight as a playable Slasher. The character arrives through a partnership with Jason Universe, the rights-holding entity launched by Horror, Inc. Behaviour Interactive confirmed the release date of June 17, with the character already available in the Steam-only public test build. The collaboration ends years of speculation that the game's original killer The Trapper was based on Jason, and resolves what the developer described as long-standing rights issues that had kept Friday the 13th content out of the game.
Streamer Ziggru, known for gameplay videos of Friday the 13th: The Game, posted his first Dead by Daylight video in two years to mark the occasion. His footage of Jason in action has surpassed 200,000 views in four days. Dead by Daylight, an asymmetric 4v1 survival horror game released in 2016, has previously collaborated with franchises including Silent Hill, Resident Evil, and Stranger Things.
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