Dead by Daylight Players React After 'Traumatizing' Cabin Stream Confirms Jason Voorhees as New Killer

Developer Behaviour Interactive has said the sanction Dead by Daylight players person waited 10 agelong years and 1 13-hour livestream to hear: Jason Voorhees.

The hockey mask-wearing slasher icon from Friday the 13th showed up aft weeks of speculation from fans with a little teaser today. He's undeniably 1 of the most-requested Killers the long-running asymmetrical fearfulness crippled has ever had, and portion astir are conscionable blessed to spot the "Mount Rushmore of horror" yet completed, the roadworthy to Jason was thing but easy.

Dead by Daylight volition observe its 10th day this June, truthful to accidental expectations for its yearly day festivities were done the extortion would beryllium an understatement. An antithetic lack of leaks near fans to aquatics successful a water of rumors passim the year, truthful contempt Jason remaining atop the shortlist of imaginable Killers, fans person remained successful the acheronian erstwhile it came to Behaviour's plans.

A bid of caller teasers polluted with references to the fig 13 should person felt similar a dormant giveaway that the Friday the 13th rep was connected the way, but the assemblage of fearfulness fans had different ideas. Fan predictions successful the weeks starring up to today's uncover began earnestly enough, arsenic galore hoped to spot past year's Five Nights astatine Freddy's day collaboration followed up with infamous monsters similar Pennywise from Stephen King's It oregon Art the Clown from the Terrifier series.

Theories astir Hello Neighbor and BioShock followed soon after, but arsenic names similar Jaws, different half-joke quality fans person talked astir for years, entered the conversation, things genuinely began to spiral retired of control. As a premix of sincere Killer predictions, memes, and axenic chaos filled societal channels, Behaviour launched its day livestream yesterday, May 22, astatine 9 p.m. ET. Where fans hoped to find contiguous answers to their questions, they were alternatively met with a inactive representation of a compartment successful the woods.

Tens of thousands of viewers past stayed locked into the watercourse of that representation for 13 hours.

"It's 4 a.m. and I'm being ragebaited," 1 instrumentality said.

"BHVR is astir to crook maine into the 10th day killer," different joked.

"In a fewer years?" idiosyncratic other said successful effect to the supra Reddit post. "It's traumatizing america close now!"

Something similar 90% of the Dead by Daylight compartment watercourse was…nothing. The different 10% helped interruption up the hold with eerie moments – specified arsenic vertebrate calls, idiosyncratic riding a bike, monsters crawling crossed the ground, camera glitches, and much, overmuch much – but it didn't instrumentality agelong for the anticipation to bubble into disappointment.

In the clip players waited for the watercourse to amusement thing resembling a Dead by Daylight day Killer reveal, galore genuinely began to judge Slender Man would soon articulation the roster. Others spent their clip making mock-ups for the infamous compartment to go the adjacent playable character. Then, arsenic the 13-hour people passed, Jason was yet revealed.

Was it worthy it? After 10 years of asking, it surely seems similar it, but not everyone successful the Dead by Daylight assemblage is thrilled with however the uncover came to be.

"NEVER STOPPED BELIEVING THAT IT’D HAPPEN ONE DAY," 1 Reddit idiosyncratic stated.

"You're telling maine Jason was lasting inactive staring astatine that f****ss compartment for 13 hours?" different said.

MY LIVE REACTION TO THE JASON REVEAL! pic.twitter.com/eO31yVWt4b

— SpooknJukes (@SpooknJukes) May 23, 2026

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— Outcast Andrew (@OutcastAndrew) May 23, 2026

"I’m some blessed it’s Jason yet being added, but underwhelmed by his reveal," idiosyncratic other replied. "This full setup truly felt similar it had thing to bash with thing related to him. The full watercourse felt precise analogue horror, and each of the teasers connected Twitter echoed that."

There is immoderate interest that the Friday the 13th Dead by Daylight crossover volition beryllium constricted to Jason Voorhees arsenic the Killer and won't see immoderate Survivors oregon adjacent maps, but astir are inactive trying to process seeing the machete-wielding slasher included astatine all.

Tangled rights revolving astir Jason and Friday the 13th are rumored to person been the origin of his deficiency of beingness successful Dead by Daylight for years. It's adjacent thing Behaviour has commented connected successful the past, with crippled manager Mathieu Cote calling the concern a "legal quagmire" and "tar pit" during a speech with The King successful 2023. Now, however, immoderate issues keeping the fearfulness icon from joining the likes of Killers similar Freddy Krueger, Chucky, Ghostface, Dracula, Michael Myers, and Leatherface person been enactment to rest.

Jason I knew you were the day slayer spot cheque my telephone https://t.co/7hYDvHYmyE pic.twitter.com/wVhN39lV1O

— Chainsaw Man for DBD (@ChainsawMan4DBD) May 23, 2026

LETS GOOOOOO!!!! pic.twitter.com/0royYHj8LQ

— Turkey 🔜 DBD EVENT 💕 (@QuestionedTurke) May 23, 2026

Jason joins Dead by Daylight arsenic its day Killer June 16. We'll larn much astir however he'll yet participate the Fog successful the coming weeks, but until then, you tin spot what Behaviour had to archer america astir its live-service secrets, and you tin besides larn astir the Soulslike spin-off the squad has been dreaming about.

Michael Cripe is simply a freelance writer with IGN. He's champion known for his enactment astatine sites similar The Pitch, The Escapist, and OnlySP. Be definite to springiness him a travel connected Bluesky (@mikecripe.bsky.social) and Twitter (@MikeCripe).