Dead by Daylight devs reveal new Killer bogeyman The Dredge

Dead by Daylight developer Behaviour Interactive on Tuesday showed off a host of new content coming to the asymmetrical, multiplayer horror game. Fans can expect to see four more Chapters in the next year. Each Chapter will bring a new Killer or Survivor into the game. Two new maps and four Tomes will be released by Behaviour, as well as an overhaul of the Perks system.

A match between Dead by Daylight pits four helpless survivors against one strong Killer. The Survivors have to try to fix shoddy generators and escape through a gate without getting murdered, while the Killer uses their unique powers to stalk and slash anyone in their path.

Behaviour Interactive announced Tuesday that Roots of Dread is the first of these new Chapters. Roots of Dread brings a new map to a small American town haunted by terrible secrets. These secrets are revealed in the Dredge Killer and Survivor Haddie Kaur.

Haddie appeared at past Archives events and is much more proficient than the rest of the cast. She looks absolutely done with all of this monster nonsense, so I trust her with my life.

The Dredge, however, looks very creepy, like a terrible scarecrow stitched together from burlap, flesh, and skulls. The Dredge has horrible misshapen limbs including one with a gnarled hook and a bubblehead with an odd, toothy mouth. He’s definitely the weirdest Killer yet, and unlike some of his predecessors, he has no sympathetic qualities or tragic backstory to justify his murders.

The Dredge can teleport to lockers around the map using Teleport: Gloaming. This gives him an incredible amount of mobility and surprising power. Lockers are also one of the safest places for Survivors in Dead by Daylight, so this ability is doubly mean to Survivors. The Dredge can also plunge Survivors into darkness, putting them into a state of confusion where the only thing they can see is the Dredge.

Resident Evil fans also got a pleasant surprise on Tuesday; a second licensed Chapter is on the way and will arrive before the end of 2022. Behaviour Interactive has already added the series’ Raccoon City Police Department; a new Killer in Resident Evil 3‘s Nemesis; and two Survivors with Jill Valentine and Leon S. Kennedy. Many more villains and heroes are to be covered, such as the vampire Lady Dimitrescu who was featured in last year’s Resident Evil Village ,. It will also be interesting to see who might join Dead by Daylight ..

Some of this new content is already hitting the public test realm for Dead by Daylight on Tuesday. New cosmetics will be available soon. Behaviour said it will release an Attack on Titan collection, which adds 10 different outfits inspired by the popular anime to both Killers and Survivors.