Dead By Daylightis getting new content, revealed during a recent live stream. The new content includesDead By Daylight’sDoomed Coursechapter, which was announced alongside new skins and outfits created in collaboration with Japanese horror manga artist and writer Junji Ito. Drawn from Ito’s most popular horror stories, there are eight skins in total among the Killers and Survivors. The collaboration will launch on January 7th, 2025.
This will beDead By Daylight’s first collaboration with Junji Ito, but it’s one that is sure to be a hit with horror fans.Junji Ito’s created some of the most iconic horror manga, and his work particularly excels in body horror and the unknown, with a Lovecraftian style of storytelling. This style lends itself well toDead By Daylightin particular, with the different cosmetic skins enhancing the game’s horror more than ever before. Most of the skins are for Killers and feature Ito’s most iconic villains, but some of the Survivors have skins for Ito’s memorable heroes, most notably Tsukiko fromTomie.
Junji Ito’s Influence on Modern Horror
Junji Ito is an icon in the world of modern Japanese horror, and has a very distinctive art style that translates well to video games. Fans of his work will instantly recognize his hand in creating the new skins. Players not familiar with Junji Ito’s works are still likely to appreciate his art and contribution toDead By Daylight, as his style specializes in body horror, is uniquely disturbing, tends to fill viewers with dread, and suits the tone ofDead By Daylightperfectly.
TheJunji Itox Dead By DaylightCollectionwill have eight new outfits in total which certain characters can wear, including two Legendary skins for Killers with unique, new recorded audio. Each outfit and skin has been drawn from different characters in Junji Ito’s stories, and some of his most iconic characters will be represented inDead By Daylight.
Legendary Items
Very Rare
Fans of Junji Ito’s stories will recognize the outfits and legendary skins for theDead By Daylightcollaboration, which have been faithfully recreated from the stories they originally appeared in. Some of the most iconic characters, notably Miss Fuchi and Tomie, appear as recurring characters in several of Ito’s stories.Miss Fuchi appears in the storyFashion Model, as a model and actress whose appearance becomes more monstrous and disturbing over the course of the story, distorting to the form seen inDead By Daylight. She also makes appearances in the storiesRumorsandVoices in the Dark.
Tomie has a larger role, with an entire anthology of stories dedicated to her.Tomie appears as a beautiful teenage girl or young womanwith a beauty spot beneath one eye, but upon closer investigation, particularly in artwork or photographs, her true form is revealed to be monstrous. Her form that will feature inDead By Daylight is one of her most iconic and appeared inPainter, depicting Tomie with two faces.
Dead by Daylight
WHERE TO PLAY
Ever wished to play as one of the characters from your favorite horror movies? Dead by Daylight is a 1v4 multiplayer game that draws from all corners of the horror world from a powerful slasher to a terrifying paranormal entity.Choose between playing an unstoppable Killer and one of 4 Survivors trying to evade a gruesome death. Each character has their own deep progression system and plenty of unlockables that can be customized to fit your personal strategy. Work together to escape, or stalk and sacrifice every Survivor.This Edition of Dead by Daylight gives you access to a roster of 7 Killers (The Trapper, The Hillbilly, The Wraith, The Nurse, The Hag, The Huntress and The Doctor) and 9 Survivors (Meg Thomas, Claudette Morel, Jake Park, Dwight Fairfield, Ace Visconti, Nea Karlsson, Bill Overbeck, Feng Min and David King). It also includes two cosmetic add-ons packed with outfits for various characters.
