Summary
Dead by Daylighthas firmly established itself within the modern landscape of the horror genre, having honed its craft over the years since its original release in 2016. The title rose to prominence thanks to its unique gameplay premise of horror PvP, offering both survival and slasher elements depending on what role players choose to explore. In its post-launch life, the game has also found a lot of success in collaborating with other horror franchises to introduce iconic killers and survivors to the title’s playable characters.
This post-launch content approach has seenDead by Daylightcontinually gain new fans over the years from other franchises who are excited at the prospect of embodying their favorite horror characters in-game. Despite this consistent past success, the near future may seeDead by Daylight’s popularity explode to levels that have never been seen before, with two key projects relating to the IP being likely to introduce huge amounts of potential players to the release.
TheDead by Daylightfranchise recently showed its continued long-term ambition withthe reveal ofThe Casting of Frank Stone, an upcoming title that is being developed by Supermassive Games.The Casting of Frank Stoneis being published byDbDpublisher 505 Games, and is a single-player interactive horror game set in the same universe asDead by Daylight.
Supermassive Games has well-established itself within the horror space of the video game industry, having previouslydeveloped titles likeUntil DawnandThe Quarry, andFrank Stonewill adopt the same dramatized branching narratives as these past projects.The Casting of Frank Stoneis expected to release on September 3, and the game will likely have many references and future content tie-ins withDead by Daylightitself, which will probably introduce a new crowd of players to the longstanding multiplayer horror experience.
It seems very obvious thatFrank Stone may appear as a killer in a futureDead by Daylightupdate, with the main characters of the upcoming game also being perfect candidates for newDbDsurvivors. This formula has already proven to be an invaluable source of post-launch content forDead by Daylight, with new killers and survivors having unique abilities related to the characters in question, and one upcoming crossover forDbDis already drawing huge amounts of attention.
It was recently announced thatDead by Daylightwill get a crossover with theFive Nights at Freddy’sfranchise, with this being a merge of two of the most influential modern horror IPs in the gaming industry. This collaboration is currently slated to launch in the summer of 2025, meaning that fans still have a long wait for this particular batch of content, but excitement around the upcoming event is already extremely high.
The Casting of Frank Stoneis likely to bring new waves of potential players over toDead by Daylightwell into 2025, perfectly setting up theFNAFcrossover to fully capitalize on this newfound playerbase.TheFive Nights at Freddy’sfranchise is already massively popularin its own right, and the franchise’s second film is set to release towards the end of 2025, making its crossover content and the release ofThe Casting of Frank Stonetwo potentially massive upcoming projects that could boostDead by Daylightto record heights.
