Behaviour Interactive has revealed that Terrifier icon Art the Clown is coming to Dead by Daylight as part of a new Chapter in November.

The studio behind the ongoing asymmetrical multiplayer game announced its latest horror movie collaboration during the 10th Anniversary Broadcast today. It’s a reveal that will see one of the most brutal killers in horror movie history cut, stab, and smile his way into the game, with the Chapter currently planned to arrive at some point in November 2026.

For now, all we know about the fall crossover is that it will see Dead by Daylight receive content based on Damien Leone's Terrifier movie series. You can see the logo and release window reveal below.

With Friday the 13th, Child's Play, Saw, Halloween, Five Nights at Freddy's and more classic horror representatives already part of the game, it seemed inevitable that Art the Clown would one day make his debut. That said, it doesn’t seem like anyone was expecting him to take the stage during the Dead by Daylight 10th Anniversary Broadcast.

Despite earning one of the biggest reactions from the crowd of fans in attendance, Behaviour didn’t have all that much to show for the new Terrifier Chapter. We can probably guess that Art will rip apart Survivors as the game’s next licensed Killer, but until the team has more to share, we’ll have to wait for any updates.

Art is a character creator Damien Leone has toyed with for years, but he didn’t make his proper Terrifier debut until the premiere of the first feature-length movie in 2016. Terrifier 2 helped him become a horror household name in 2022, with 2024’s Terrifier 3 cementing him as one of the most recognizable faces in the genre. Terrifier 4 is in the works, too, though it’s expected to be the final film in Leone’s series and is currently without a release date.

Dead by Daylight will invite Art the Clown and the Terrifier franchise into The Fog this November. In the meantime, you can catch up on everything announced at the 10th Anniversary Broadcast. You can also check out what Behaviour had to say about its game being “the most-played horror game in history.”

Image courtesy of Behaviour Interactive.

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Behaviour Interactive just finished celebrating Dead by Daylight with its 10th Anniversary Broadcast, and we were there to round up all of the highlights.

It was a jam-packed show that ran for more than an hour and a half, but looking at the list of announcements, it’s easy to see why. A deep dive into the visual overhaul set to launch next year was truly just the tip of the iceberg, with other big moments showing off sneak peeks at Scooby-Doo and Diablo Collections, Survivor Shane Wiigwaas, the Dead by Daylight movie, and even an upcoming Chapter based on Damien Leone’s Terrifier.

Behaviour has a lot in store to help make its 10th year of Dead by Daylight special, and today’s show was just a taste of what’s to come. To see everything the team had to talk about, you can check out everything announced at the Dead by Daylight 10th Anniversary Broadcast below.

Blumhouse’s Jason Blum and chief product officer and producer Stephen Mulrooney joined the 10th Anniversary Broadcast stage to talk about the previously announced Dead by Daylight movie. With the screenplay from Alexandre Aja and David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick complete, the team announced that The Damned and The Valhalla Murders alum Thordur Palsson has boarded as the project’s director.

"For me, the main thing is capturing the feeling of playing Dead by Daylight," Palsson said of the film. "The main thing is I want to capture the feeling of looking over your shoulder. I want to capture the dread, the tension, the fear of what's waiting for you in The Fog. I love horror that stays with you after it's over, and that's the cinematic experience we want to bring to the big screen for you guys."

The Dead by Daylight movie will feature iconic locations like The MacMillan Estate and Greenville. It's expected to begin shooting in 2027.

Just as players get used to their games being overrun with Jason Killers, Behaviour will introduce a new Survivor-focused Chapter called The Life Road. Set to launch a little more than one week after Jason with a June 25 release date, the content update will add the game’s first Indigenous Survivor, Shane Wiigwaas, to the roster. He'll be played by Reservation Dogs and Fallout actor Dallas Goldtooth.

One previously revealed piece of info that we learned more about during the broadcast was the upcoming Chapter developed with the community. Officially called Chorus of Sin, players can look forward to seeing how they managed to bring otherworldly horrors to Dead by Daylight when it launches with a new Killer and Survivor August 25, 2026.

The year 10 Anniversary Event is officially called The Black Banquet. A first look at the limited-time event, which runs from June 25 to July 16, showed off new party-themed formal cosmetics for Killers and Survivors alike. Also, the developers teased the new desert-themed Sunflesh Collection, which will arrive as part of an upcoming Rift.

In September 2024, Behaviour teamed up with Until Dawn developer Supermassive Games to release a Dead by Daylight narrative spin-off called The Casting of Frank Stone. Now, we know the game that started it all is set to receive a Chapter based on the standalone story experience in March 2027.

Behaviour pulled back the curtain to reveal a first look at concept art for a new mall map coming to Dead by Daylight in December. The team said this particular location was born from community requests and will mix the idea of liminal spaces to deliver lore for some of the game’s oldest characters, such as everyone’s favorite Survivor, Dwight.

It’s a match made in heaven. Horror-themed metalcore band is joining Iron Maiden and Slipknot with its own in-game Collection in just two days. To help commemorate the occasion, the group has released a brand-new Dead by Daylight-themed track and music video.

Speaking of Iron Maiden, the band is celebrating its 50th anniversary by announcing that an Eddie Legendary outfit will be released for The Huntress.

The Walking Dead is expanding on its previously released Dead by Daylight Chapter with two new Legendary outfits. While the classic zombie TV show’s presence saw the release of content based on Rick Grimes, Michonne, and Daryl Dixon, this new drop will add Glenn (August) and Negan (2027) to the game as Legendary outfits for Rick.

The Silent Hill collaboration is also being expanded upon. This June, players can expect Cheryl to eventually receive a Legendary outfit that turns her into Silent Hill f main character Shimizu Hinako. Additionall, next year, The Spirit will receive a Nurse outfit.

Dead by Daylight’s parade of Collections included the news that two more big crossovers are coming: Diablo and Scooby-Doo. The Diablo content will take after Diablo 4, specifically, with a sneak peek showing how Lilith will enter The Fog as a Legendary outfit for The Artist. A Scooby-Doo tease, meanwhile, showed a Mystery Inc.-themed onzie outfit.

Behaviour took a small detour during the 10th Anniversary Broadcast to confirm once again that it has no plans to do Dead by Daylight 2. It's something the team has talked about in the past, with today's doubling down bringing the news that, instead, they will be investing into the future of the main Dead by Daylight experience in hopes of keeping it up to date for years to come.

After teases from Behaviour and an unexpected cameo in the new Scary Movie reboot, we finally got more information about a facelift for The Fog. The 10th Anniversary Broadcast came with confirmation that the Dead by Daylight visual overhaul will roll out in 2027.

First information about the much-needed graphics update promised a new look for just about everything Dead by Daylight has to offer. That includes character model reworks, expanded animation capabilities, better hair, and, perhaps the most exciting addition, more realistic facial animations. New voice lines for many of the original characters are also on the way.

Maps and environments are getting upgrades, too, promising more detailed – and maybe even scarier – locations for Survivors and Killers to hide and hook in. For this corner of the Dead by Daylight visual overhaul, Behaviour told fans to expect enhanced lighting, shading, textures, improved Fog and Mist effects, a strong Entity presence, and one more major change…

One last highlight from the 2027 graphics update was that dynamic weather is coming to Dead by Daylight. While the developers work to make some of its maps look better next year, fans can also look forward to light rain, heavy rain, storms, and more.

Behaviour has confirmed that, at some point next year, Dead by Daylight will be opened to sandboxed modding. The studio said it’s working on tools that will allow players to make and share maps, modes, and more.

Dead by Daylight fans have been asking for new game modes, and Behaviour has heard their cries. At some point in the future, two new modes will be added to the game: 1v1 and Zombie Mode. Very, very early footage of these modes promised that the former will bring a competitive edge to the world of Dead by Daylight in early 2027, while the latter looks to turn Survivors into the Undead at some point in the future.

The theories were right: newly minted horror icon Art the Clown is joining Dead by Daylight. The bloodthirsty murderer from the Terrifier universe will join the realm of the Entity at an unspecified point in November 2026. The contents of this new update weren’t revealed, but let’s hope we get to see Art make his debut as a licensed Killer sooner rather than later.

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After three years of calling New Orleans, Louisiana the home of the Pokémon North America International Championships (NAIC), the ever-growing tournament and event is moving to McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago, Illinois in 2027.

The news comes out of the closing ceremonies today at Pokémon NAIC in New Orleans. Though New Orleans has been “fantastic” in many ways, Chicago may be even better, said Chris Brown, The Pokemon Company’s (TPCi) Director, Global Esports and Events Producer. “It’s a world class city.”

When planning events of this scale, TPCi looks at a few important factors: geographical accessibility, room for growth, and, casually speaking, vacationability. “Chicago checks all the boxes,” Brown said in a group interview.

As far as geographical accessibility goes, New Orleans has direct flights from 55 different airports around the world from four different countries, according to FlightConnections.com. Chicago, on the other hand, has the largest airport in the United States, with direct flights from 281 airports spread between 49 countries, also according to FlightConnections.com.

“We have 48 countries and regions represented this weekend [in New Orleans], for example.” Brown said. “So having that accessibility is vital now for a show of this scale.”

Pokémon NAIC has been growing each year in every way, and surpassed TPCi’s three-year attendance goal in just two years, with attendance up more than 150%. This year, every kind of entry badge sold out. Brown explained that while the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans is one of the largest in the world, booking enough of that space simultaneously is a challenge considering that it’s so in demand by other events.

TPCi actually discussed whether they would shrink the competition aspect to add more fan experiences in New Orleans, but ultimately, first and foremost, this event is the international championships, so Brown wanted to make sure they serve that audience first.

“Chicago, for us, lets us grow the space,” Brown said. “We want to grow the competition, we want to grow our fan programming.”

That’s a goal in general for TPCi’s events–they want to treat both groups, competitors and fans, equally. Last year, TPCi announced a major move toward this by pairing their first-ever PokémonXP fan celebration with the upcoming 2026 Pokémon World Championships in San Francisco, California this August.

I asked Brown if Chicago would be the home for the Pokémon North America International Championships for the foreseeable future, but he didn’t have an official comment on that for now.

I can, however, tell you that TPCi had a three-year contract with the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, and that Brown said that moving the Pokémon World Championships around yearly is “really, really hard to do” and “for an event organizer, the best thing you can do is hold the same show in the same location at roughly the same time. Like that's the organizer's dream.”

Chicago is also currently home to the annual Pokemon GO Fest in May, as well as the Pokemon Fossil Museum, a temporary exhibit at the city’s Field Museum. As of now, the Pokemon Fossil Museum is set to move on before next year’s NAIC.

The closing ceremonies at this year's NAIC also revealed the 2026 Pokémon World Championships promo cards, some merch, and two different Pikachu plush.

Casey DeFreitas is IGN's Deputy Editor of Guides and has been catching 'em all since the beginning. Find her yapping about all sizes of monsters on her on socials @ShinyCaseyD.