Hellraiser‘s Pinhead is leaving Dead by Daylight, and followers have some questions.
The beloved on-line multiplayer sport has turn into a vertible who’s who of horror icons, with among the greatest and brightest scare-fest villains becoming a member of the sport’s forged through the years alongside its roster of authentic monsters.
One of those playable monstrosities is the Cenobite (aka Pinhead) from Hellraiser, who has been part of the sport since September 2021.
Why Is Hellraiser’s Cenobite Pinhead Leaving DBD?
The Dead by Daylight growth workforce, Behaviour Interactive, introduced that Hellraiser‘s Pinhead character could be leaving the hit on-line sport.
A publish on Dead by Daylight‘s official X account revealed that the DLC character, who has been accessible as an a la carte buy for gamers for over 4 years, will probably be leaving the sport on Friday, April 4.
“The Cenobite has brought Survivors both pleasure and pain for almost four years now,” the dev workforce shared on-line, writing that “it’s time for The Hellraiser Chapter to leave the store on April 4th, 2025:”
“The Cenobite has brought Survivors both pleasure and pain for almost four years now, but it’s time for The ‘Hellraiser’ Chapter to leave the store on April 4th 2025. Any of the Chapter content unlocked before that date will remain available to use in-game.”
This comes with the Hellraiser content material being taken off most first-party shops beginning on Tuesday, March 4. It remains to be accessible on the Dead by Daylight in-game retailer in addition to the Nintendo Switch eShop (the place it should stay till Thursday, March 13).
Until the Pinhead character is eliminated on April 4, Behaviour Interactive is providing the Hellraiser content material and all its themed beauty objects at a lowered 50% off worth.
A particular cause for the character leaving the sport has not been given; nonetheless, Behvaiour did share in a weblog publish asserting the information, “As with all Live-Service Games, frequent updates and additions are to be expected:”
“As with all Live-Service Games, frequent updates and additions are to be expected. With The Cenobite, our focus continues to be ensuring the character’s legacy within our games for fans who have unlocked him or plan to do so before April 4th, 11am ET.”
This induced followers to theorize madly amongst themselves, pondering why precisely the Hellraiser content material is getting delisted 4 years after it got here to the multiplayer title.
Some speculated this modification is being made due to an expiration of the licensing settlement between Behaviour Interactive and the Hellraiser rightsholders, and that (whereas unconfirmed) appears seemingly.
Entire video games have been taken offline, because of the passing round of those horror franchise rights through the years. Notably, Illfonic’s Friday the thirteenth multiplayer sport was delisted on the finish of 2023 and brought offline as a result of license expiring.
That is the fragile dance these builders play in working largely with licensed IP, as they’re on the beck and name of those rightsholders and no matter licensing agreements are signed.
It is something that is seen all the time as well in the world of TV/movie streaming, as issues come and go from varied platforms when agreements expire and are renewed or not.
While followers await The Cenobite’s Dead by Daylight departure, there have additionally been theories swirling about how Behaviour Interactive will justify the character leaving from an in-canon perspective.
Something that has made Dead by Daylight distinctive with its crossover partnerships is that all of them include their very own in-canon cause for showing within the sport.
One well-liked idea is that Pinhead leaving the sport will probably be depicted within the Dead by Daylight lore as being compelled to journey again to Hell, exacerbated by the sport’s devious Entity and his use of survivors as a waste of fine struggling.
Dead by Daylight is now accessible on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC, and cellular.
