Behaviour Interactive has responded after what appeared to be a Dead by Daylight collaboration with controversial streamer TheBurntPeanut caused backlash in its community.
Halloween weekend may have been more eventful for the team behind the hit multiplayer horror game than they may have expected. What started as a relatively contained negative reaction has since exploded into a full-blown breaking point for players, with some reporting that they've uninstalled Dead by Daylight after seeing its developers work with TheBurntPeanut.
The Canadian studio was first put on the hook by the more vocal members in its community when they discovered the streamer, who gained popularity over the last year for playing extraction shooters like Arc Raiders, was dipping his toes into the horror multiplayer game for the first time. The Halloween season was bound to result in a small uptick in attention for Dead by Daylight, but for those who have stuck by it through its 10 years of service, the jump scare arrived when the streamer revealed he had been gifted access to its entire rogues' gallery of Survivors and Killers.
Some people on Twitter were not happy about TheBurntPeanut getting streamer privileges in Dead by Daylight https://t.co/wk5DsrRFeg
"Wow! Wow!" TheBurntPeanut said while scrolling through dozens of instant unlocks during his Halloween stream. "Guys! I just got all the guys!"
Dead by Daylight initially starts players with a small selection of playable characters, with anyone interested in unlocking others required to use in-game currency to purchase them. Costs can range from a somewhat small amount of earnable currency (Iridescent Shards) for original Survivors and Killers, to around $5 of premium currency (Auric Cells) for licensed characters, such as The Walking Dead's Rick Grimes or Alien's Xenomorph. Prices vary further for those looking to purchase cosmetics.
No one seemed to bat an eye at TheBurntPeanut's interest in Dead by Daylight, but receiving official support from the developers raised a series of new questions from fans. The nature of this collaboration stream was not previously detailed or promoted in any capacity, leaving many to criticize what the streamer also mocked as "streamer privilege." The real issue for many, though, is with what it means to see Behaviour back this specific creator.
TheBurntPeanut has been the subject of much controversy in his small amount of time in the spotlight for on-stream behavior many consider to be offensive. While others have defended him as simply "edgy," Dead by Daylight's vibrant group of progressive users have said they feel Behaviour has betrayed those who have otherwise felt safe in the community.
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