Horror gaming giants clash as Dead by Daylight and Five Nights at Freddy's crossover announced for summer 2025

Two horror video game giants go head-to-head as a Dead by Daylight x Five Nights at Freddy’s crossover has been announced.

It’s unclear what form this momentous collaboration will take, but it’s set to take place in the summer of 2025. Given that, it’s likely to be a substantial collaboration that could include a new Five Nights at Freddy’s-themed chapter in Dead by Daylight. Given that the announcement was shared on the official Dead by Daylight Twitter account alongside an image that appears to reference The Dark Mist, it’s a safe bet that Dead by Daylight will be getting new content, but it remains to be seen whether the Five Nights at Freddy’s series will get anything Dead by Daylight-related.

Dead by Daylight features crossover content with some of the most iconic horror franchises not only in video games, but also in film and television, including Scream, Nightmare on Elm Street, Saw, Silent Hill, Hellraiser, and Stranger Things. Oh, and since Longlegs is shaping up to be the horror movie of the year, I guess I should also mention the excellent Nic Cage DLC.

Five Nights at Freddy’s, meanwhile, had its first film adaptation released in 2023 and was a box office smash. A sequel starring Matthew Lillard has been confirmed for December 2025. And then there’s that pixel art side-scrolling Five Nights at Freddy’s game that leaked in January, but we haven’t heard much more about it.

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