Overview
- Behaviour Interactive confirmed the reveal during its 10‑year anniversary livestream on Saturday after a roughly 13‑hour atmospheric feed that focused on a cabin in the woods.
- A cinematic teaser shows a first‑person approach into the cabin, a machete and the hockey mask, but it offers no details about Jason’s in‑game abilities, perks, or balance.
- Behaviour set a firm launch date of June 16, 2026 for Jason’s playable Killer release and said further gameplay information will be published in upcoming developer communications.
- The character’s arrival was enabled by the Jason Universe project, which has resolved long‑running, fragmented licensing that previously limited Jason’s appearances in other games.
- Jason’s inclusion fills a decade‑long gap in Dead by Daylight’s licensed roster and follows his past appearances in other titles plus the shuttering and delisting of Friday the 13th: The Game years earlier.