{"id":92063,"date":"2026-10-26T19:57:06","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T23:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=92063"},"modified":"2026-10-26T21:38:36","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T01:38:36","slug":"dead-by-daylight-devs-explain-chuckys-exit-from-stores-and-says-horror-icons-removed-due-to-licenses-have-open-invitation-to-rejoin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=92063","title":{"rendered":"Dead by Daylight Devs Explain Chucky&#8217;s Exit From Stores and Says Horror Icons Removed Due to Licenses Have &#8216;Open Invitation&#8217; to Rejoin"},"content":{"rendered":"<section data-transform=\"mobile-ad-break\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/games\/dead-by-daylight\">Dead by Daylight<\/a> developer Behaviour Interactive has responded after confirming Chucky would be removed from stores last week, explaining that horror icons will &#8220;continue to have an open invitation to join (or rejoin).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>There was a bit of confusion amongst fans when the studio behind the hit asymmetrical horror game <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/dead-by-daylight-to-remove-chucky-content-just-months-after-losing-michael-myers\">announced Chucky as the latest icon to leave its roster<\/a>. Following the removal of Pinhead last year and Michael Myers just months ago, fans were sad to see another Killer exit stores so soon.<\/p>\n<p>However, it&#8217;s ultimately not up to Behaviour when it comes to the date some franchises may depart. In a statement sent to IGN, Behaviour said that, while its &#8220;goal is always to keep licenses&#8221; in Dead by Daylight forever, that can&#8217;t always be the case. That&#8217;s why, &#8220;despite our best efforts,&#8221; Chucky and others have left and could continue to leave in the future.<\/p>\n<section data-transform=\"slideshow\" data-slug=\"dead-by-daylight-x-chucky-screenshots\" data-value=\"dead-by-daylight-x-chucky-screenshots\" data-type=\"slug\" data-caption=\"\">\n<p>No one wants to see Dead by Daylight&#8217;s staggering roster of Killers and Survivors shrink for any reason, especially when Behaviour has consistently delivered variety <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/dead-by-daylight-devs-celebrate-10-years-of-eldritch-evil-and-hope-for-many-many-more\">in the decade since its launch<\/a>. Unfortunately, that&#8217;s what will happen come November 24, 2026, when the Chucky Chapter is made unavailable to purchase.<\/p>\n<p>The<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dead by Daylight developer Behaviour Interactive has responded after confirming Chucky would be removed from stores last week, explaining that horror icons will &#8220;continue to have an open invitation to join (or rejoin).&#8221; There was a bit of confusion amongst fans when the studio behind the hit asymmetrical horror game announced Chucky as the latest&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":92065,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-external"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92063"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=92063"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92063\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92067,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92063\/revisions\/92067"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/92065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=92063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=92063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=92063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}