Useless by Daylight has blessed followers with some fairly superior crossovers through the years – in fact, it is one of many principal the reason why it is nonetheless among the best horror video games round. The Strolling Useless, Resident Evil, Castlevania – it is a lengthy, spectacular record. Excessive up on most DBD followers’ rankings of the very best collabs to this point could be its Stranger Issues chapter, which debuted all the best way again in 2019. Behaviour Interactive is aware of how a lot you liked it, so it is moving into for a second serving to. That is proper, Useless by Daylight Stranger Issues Chapter 2 has been revealed, and it is solely a matter of weeks away.
Certain, skins and themed maps are nice after they arrive in Useless by Daylight, however what individuals really need from these crossovers is new playable characters based mostly on these iconic franchises. The unique Stranger Issues chapter did simply that, introducing The Demogorgon as a killer, and Nancy Wheeler and Steve Harrington as survivors. This chapter hit one of many standard speedhumps that licensed crossovers face, when it was pulled from the sport in 2021, solely to triumphantly return and develop into purchasable as soon as once more in 2023.
Now, it has been confirmed {that a} recent dose of Stranger Issues is being injected into DBD. It is only a teaser for now, however we do already know from Behaviour’s previous roadmaps that this crossover will comprise one new killer, one new survivor, and a recent map too. This licensed chapter was initially billed to be out within the wild already, but it surely was delayed as Behaviour refocused its efforts on fixing some irritating bugs, efficiency points, and steadiness considerations.
The teaser, nevertheless, is an attention-grabbing one. It isn’t 100% clear, however that seems to be Stranger Issues’ disturbing antagonist, Vecna. Certainly, that is our new killer?
This might create a little bit of a difficulty. The characters in Stranger Issues started calling this beast Vecna due its similarities with the monster of the identical identify within the Dungeons and Dragons universe. Nevertheless, Useless by Daylight’s D&D chapter launched its Vecna into the sport as a killer already, admittedly below the title of The Lich. So, we have kinda acquired two Vecnas right here…
Behaviour has additionally confirmed that the brand new DBD Stranger Issues chapter will arrive in January 2026. This implies it hasn’t suffered from any additional delays resulting from its work repairing and enhancing a few of these core components of the sport I discussed earlier.
That is massive information for DBD – whereas extremely requested, I doubt anybody thought that we would really get a second dose of Stranger Issues, particularly not as a brand new chapter. The one different franchise to have ever been featured twice on this approach is Resident Evil, so it is a uncommon incidence.
