Fresh from Stranger Things and Critical Role, D&D villain Vecna shows his hand in Dead by Daylight

Vecna, the iconic Dungeons & Dragons villain who has also appeared in Stranger Things and Critical Role, will be joining the rogue’s gallery of Dead by Daylight’s killers. Dead by Daylight is a horror-themed multiplayer video game in which players take the role of either a killer or a survivor. As a killer, players will be hunting for the other players in the map in order to sacrifice or kill all of them before they’re able to escape. Each killer character has a unique set of abilities as well as perks that are specifically designed for them. As survivors, players will be trying to find and repair a series of generators spread across the map, before reaching the exit and escaping. The video game series has seen the inclusion of several iconic horror characters from across the genre: such as Nightmare of Elm Street’s Freddy Krueger and Pyramid Head from the Silent Hill series of video games. Last week, a teaser video was posted on X by the official account for Dead by Daylight in which a beholder - a fan-favourite D&D monster - is shown inside a dungeon prison, with the video ending by promising viewers more information coming. Read more