Dead by Daylight made one of its most popular characters gay, and opinions are all over the place
The developers of Dead by Daylight announced on Wednesday that David King, a character introduced to the game in 2017, is gay. Reactions ranged from joyful to outraged, and a Reddit thread discussing the decision was ultimately locked.
«Homophobia will not be tolerated, if you see any, please report it,» a mod wrote in the thread. «This post is locked cause it got out of hand, but please check out our megathread on the whole update if you want to discuss anything about the update (including this).»
Dead by Daylight is a multiplayer horror game in which a team of survivors attempt to outwit a killer either inspired by or directly pulled from slasher flicks like A Nightmare on Elm Street and Halloween. It doesn't need much backstory to work, but in 2019 developer Behaviour Interactive added The Archives, which expanded the game's lore with Tomes that include audio stories and animations. The latest Tome, Devotion, features a new David King story which «explores a deep personal connection» and is playing out now—snippets of the stories are released over time.
The romantic preferences of other characters have been alluded to in previous Tomes—a character's wife is mentioned, for instance—but none were made explicit, and until this new David King story, one could have gathered that Dead by Daylight's 30 survivors are all straight. In fact, in the one previous story about David King, a former girlfriend is mentioned. («His ex has moved on and she doesn't want to see his face.»)
«The fact that our character roster did not openly feature any confirmed LGBTQIA2+ representation was something we have been determined to change,» Behaviour Interactive said in its blog post (here's an LGBTQIA2+ definition). «Upon consulting
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