Stranger Things is (partially) leaving DbD
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See the post below in case the link is borked for you as well.
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GentlemanFridge
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See the post below in case the link is borked for you as well.
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For anyone who can't access the link:
In September of 2019 Dead by Daylight welcomed one the most popular original horror properties of the last decade into the Fog with the Stranger Things Chapter.
Now, after two years filled with more brutal kills and last-second escapes than we can count courtesy of The Demogorgon, Nancy Wheeler, and Steve Harrington, November 17, 2021, will mark the last occasion for fans to purchase Stranger Things content in Dead by Daylight.
Leading up to this date we’ll be celebrating the heroes and horrors of Hawkins with a blowout sale on all Stranger Things characters and cosmetics. If you’ve already purchased any of our Stranger Things content – fret not! – it’s yours to keep for as long as you continue to play Dead by Daylight. If you’ve had your eye on any character or outfit you still want to add to your collection, now’s the time to scoop them up at an amazing discount.
Keep reading for full details on what’s happening with all our Stranger Things content.
Hawkins National Laboratory Map:
On Nov. 17, 2021, the gate to the Upside Down will close and the Underground Complex Map will be sealed off permanently to players in Dead by Daylight. However, while the map will no longer be available, The Entity is not so willing to let go of some of its other favorite playthings…
Stranger Things Characters:
On Nov. 17, 2021, the characters of The Demogorgon, Nancy Wheeler, and Steve Harrington will no longer be available for purchase in Dead by Daylight.
Players who have already purchased any of these Stranger Things characters will retain access to them and can continue using them after Nov. 17 when they are no longer for sale.
Players who still wish to purchase any of these characters between now and Nov. 17 can do so at half price and also retain access to them after they are no longer available in store. Stranger Things Character Sale: August 18th – November 17th (2PM ET)
Stranger Things Outfits:
On Nov. 17, all collections and outfits related to Stranger Things will no longer be available for purchase in Dead by Daylight.
Players who have already purchased any of the Stranger Things outfits listed below own them and can continue equipping them after Nov. 17 when they are no longer for sale.
Players who wish to purchase any of these outfits between now and Nov. 17 can do so at full price, or within our sale window at half price, and also retain access to them after they are no longer available in store.
Stranger Things Outfit Sale: August 18th – September 8th (11am EDT)
Nancy Wheeler
Steve Harrington
The Demogorgon
Explore these discounts on all Stranger Things content right now in Dead by Daylight’s in-game store!
You can also save when purchasing our Stranger Things content on any platform beginning August 18th and ending September 1st at 11:59PM PDT/BST/JST/CET.
And don’t forget to keep an eye on our social channels between now and Nov. 17 for more special activations.
More questions about our Stranger Things content? Check out our FAQs page for additional details.
See you in the Fog,
-The Dead by Daylight Team
Thank you for that, but seriously I liked Hawkins. Like they couldn't paid to have hawkins labs forever like the Demodoggo?
YES. Cant wait til RPD is gone too !!
We've lost our lease! Every Demogo must go!
What? No more hawkins map??? Why? How? What?
I am so confused... why is this happening? Has a chapter been pulled like this before?
The link does not work for me either.
How sad, i didn't see it coming... Just yesterday i was thinking of buying Nancy.
Never happened before that. I don't like the fact that we are losing map.
I mean, I'm happy that Hawkins is gone (but at the same time I might miss it), but... why...?
That's so weird to me that you can put all this work into characters and abilities and maps and just have it all go away cause... whatever.
I'd think if you bought the license, you would buy it so that all the work you did wouldn't just one day go POOF if the maker decided not to renew the license. Maybe that's just not realistic but it's baffling to me you can just have stuff yanked out of your game like this...
Why is this happening all of a sudden? First time theyve lost a licence like this before I believe
Same! Maps are my absolute fav thing in this game and I love the lab!!!
I usually don't freak out over games but #########??????
Was their an issue with the license?
I honestly have no words for this, like I am really surprised this has actually happened,
No. Like what the ######### is going on
Dose this mean my over 400 Hawkins map offerings across all characters will be refunded? Hope so but most likely wont.
1. Why the chapter is leaving
2. Why THE MAP IS GOING TO BE DISABLED?!?!?!
I need coffee... I woke up expecting more teases... now one of my fav maps is going forever? I feel like I'm in a bad dream ;_;
So that’s it, nobody is going to be able to purchase DemoDog anymore. One of the best Chapters just taken away like that
Surely they can't just delete Demogorgon and his perks for future players, right? Which makes me think that we might get a reskin? A Killer with the same powers as Demogorgon, but with different looks/style?
Wait, what? So moving forward, there will be mechanically unique content that is just no longer accessible to new players? That seems really screwed up IMO.
it might be that the licenseholders didn't agree to renew the license for whatever reason.
Wow... I mean i’m happy the Hawkins map will be gone but that’s sad they couldn’t renew the license.
No. The closest thing that’s happened is the Nightmare on Elm Street content not being available on Switch for a while. They couldn’t play against Freddy or on any of the Badham maps, I think.
I’m guessing they have agreements with the license holders that last for X years and then get re-negotiated. Netflix probably wanted different terms for the rights to keep using the Stranger Things IP and they couldn’t come to an agreement, so we have this. Pretty interesting.
Well, this is really, really, really stupid.
1) Licencing expired and one of the two parties didn't want to, or couldn't, renew it.
2) Because it's Stranger Things content and the only content that will remain in-game is that already owned by players. As no player owns the map it will go.
They like JUST added the Jonathan Byers legendary. Wonder what exactly made the license holder pull out/not renew.
im really bummed, not only will new players not be able to purchase demo , steve , nancy, and johnathan. but they get rid of the map. i see no reason they cant leave the map in
Anyone who bought the demogorgon, it's perks and outfits get to keep them.
It will be a licensing issue for both I bet. Maybe bhvr wanted to re-license but the price went up or maybe they just planned to only license temporarily and this was inevitable.
I don't like the fact we are losing a map, especially since they don't release them for all new chapters now but there's nothing we can do about it.
buy steve nancy and demo while u can
you can keep them after they leave!!!!
Sooo less demo in the future....