Dead by Daylight developer Behaviour Interactive is embroiled in a social media scandal, after it emerged that the game’s Pinhead character model would be sold as an NFT. While the transaction is not being handled by the Canadian developer directly, it’s partnered with a firm called Boss Protocol who apparently has “the official license to create NFTs based on Hellraiser using the in-game models that were created for Dead by Daylight”.
For those of you who don’t know, NFTs – or non-fungible tokens – effectively allow people to purchase and “own” digital items through the blockchain. However, sceptics question the level of ownership buyers actually have of these items, and also ponder whether the process is environmentally friendly. It all gets a bit complicated, but needless to say fans of the PlayStation 5 and PS4 horror game aren’t particularly impressed.
The controversy comes amidst the release of a new expansion: Hour of the Witch. Unlike some of the other expansions for the game, this is a smaller update which features a single new survivor named Mikaela Reid. A wannabe witch and barista, her backstory involves her signing up to tell stories at a Halloween Festival, when she mysteriously disappears on stage. Presumably, that’s when she finds herself sucked into the Dead by Daylight world.
Her perks largely centre on Totems. For example, Clairvoyance allows her to see the auras of generators, hooks, chests, and more across a long distance upon cleansing a Totem. The DLC is out now and costs £3.99/$4.99. Meanwhile, if you enter the TREATYOURSELF code into the in-game store you’ll get 100,000 Bloodpoints to help level the newcomer up.
[source deadbydaylight.com]
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NFT a massive waste of energy the newest get rich fast scam.
It’s like on the one hand, you have the most bisexual looking character in the history of gaming. And then on the other hand, you’re selling NFTs which is a mug’s game for w*nkers. Quite the day for Dead By Daylight.
"We dislike NFTs because they're environmentally unfriendly.
Yours Sincerely,
People who go mad for plastic tat if it's based on a video game of their choice."
Yeah ok. I'm generalising. I'm hoping that really, it's all the gamers who avoid plastic tat like the plague doing the complaining and it's the plastic tat collectors who are really into NFTs - but I imagine there's at least a little bit of crossover
I'm interested on how well she plays. A shame the uodate ain't nothing big, but hey, I'll check it out regardless. For real though, in regars to NFTs, I really don't know what's so good about them. It's an image where one could easily find a way to save it without needing to pay so much on it. Especially when some of them aren't even worth a dime (like that lion head nft that's garnering a lot of attention on Twitter just for how terrible and hilarious it is).
Great game, terrible company.
@SoulsBourne128 it sounds like her perks are pretty game changing or game breaking. She can set boon totems to take over dull totems and make them beneficial to the survivors. One per totem per perk but if it gets negated by the killer, you can reapply it. Sounds interesting but hopefully not too strong (as someone who only plays survivor these days)
Of course she's a barista.
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@Athrum You say, with a furry avatar and absolutely zero hint of irony.
For it to truly be the hour of the witch, they need to add Grunty from Banjo-Kazooie as a killer. Use her N64 model for retro goodness.
Also to briefly touch on the other topic; I get NFTs are bad for the environment but I just think the concept is the dumbest thing I've seen. Just a dumb money scheme like when people sold chicken nuggets and Cheetos on eBay that were shaped like Jesus' head lmao.
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