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Dead By Daylight Faces Backlash On All Sides After Apologizing For Gifting TheBurntPeanut All Content
Dead by Daylight has been thrust into controversy after one of its community managers gifted Vtuber TheBurntPeanut all of the content in the game over the Halloween weekend. The makers of the multiplayer survival horror game at Behaviour Interactive later apologized for what it called the unauthorized actions of a community manager following a backlash from some fans over allegations that TheBurntPeanut harbors a toxic fan base.
“Although it is not unusual to unlock content to give creators discovering DbD a chance to have a sneak peek at available content, this decision was made without receiving appropriate approvals,” the studio posted in a statement. “Furthermore, the team member’s subsequent comments and conduct do not align with Dead by Daylight’s core values.”
When gifting the free content to TheBurntPeanut, a streamer who appears onscreen as a nose-less face overtop of a peanut body, the Dead by Daylight mod wrote in the Twitch chat, “WE CAN TAKE THE HEAT! THEY ARE YOURS TO KEEP,” according to screenshots circulated on social media.
You spent 10 years building a progressive community Who do you think is buying all those feng & sable cosmetics? Your progressive community
The streamer that you guys spent an entire afternoon defending… https://t.co/oyRyvHto2K
TheBurtnPeanut’s reputation as a toxic streamer comes from viral clips in which he’s appeared to use, or joked about using, various bleeped-out slurs. Combined with a Twitch chat and supporters on social media platforms like X that throw around offensive insults and anti-woke dog whistles at the drop of a hat, many in the Dead by Daylight community balked at the game’s apparent support of the edgelord-y ethos.
“Unfortunately, we’ve now seen the fallout of this decision unfolding in many conversations across the DbD community,” the studio’s statement continued. “We appreciate and stand with our community’s willingness to ensure our shared values are being upheld, at all times, regardless of popularity, and we’re heartbroken at the inflammatory language now being directed towards our community.”
It went on, “At the same time, threatening employees will never be acceptable, and we’re asking everyone to stop engaging with these posts. We apologize to our community for letting you down. We have already begun reviewing our internal processes to prevent an incident like this from happening again.”
TheBurntPeanut RESPONDS to backlash after being gifted every Dead by Daylight DLC character and perk during a livestream by the dev team 😳👀 pic.twitter.com/nG2JHf9uRW
“I just went on Twitter for a second,” TheBurtPeanut later responded on stream. “I see everyone is just pissed at us for getting those free skins in Dead by Daylight. There’s one guy who submitted a refund and in the refund reason box they go, ‘TheBurntPeanut collab and the response of the game’s communication team. I do not support racist transphobes.’ I don’t think I’ve ever said anything about transgender people in the last two years of streaming. Have I ever said anything about transgender people?” Another person in the streamer’s chat replied, “No, but there’s always time to start.” The refund comment was possibly referring to outrage over TheBurntPeanut appearing in Fortnite during Pride Month 2026 after an old clip of him saying “f*****” made the rounds on X.