{"rewrite":{"id":"r_5f6bf3cedd87572c95c0dab4","clusterId":"c_1f76530ad632c4b57542580c","slug":"art-the-clown-joins-dead-by-daylight-as-terrifier-chapter-hits-steam-ptb","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Art the Clown Joins Dead by Daylight as Terrifier Chapter Hits Steam PTB","summary":"Behaviour Interactive announced a Dead by Daylight collaboration chapter with the Terrifier film series on October 29, 2026, and opened a Public Test Build on Steam the same day at midnight Japan time. Art the Clown joins as a Killer and Sienna Shaw, the final girl of Terrifier 2, joins as a Survivor. Art's special ability, Bag of Toys, pulls a random weapon from a black garbage bag: a flail, a flamethrower, a handgun, a bottle of acid, or a bicycle horn. Each landed attack raises that weapon's lethality, and each weapon carries its own Mini-Mori kill animation. Art also gets a killer emote, which Behaviour describes as a first for the game, letting him point at a survivor on a hook and laugh. The update adds the original map The Hartshorne Mall, built around liminal-space imagery. Official release is planned for late November 2026.","whyItMatters":"The chapter pairs a licensed killer with a same-update original map, and Behaviour ties the mall's lore to Dwight Fairfield, the survivor who got lost there as a child and met the Entity.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe Hartshorne Mall was first teased during Dead by Daylight\u0026#39;s 10th anniversary stream on June 10, and the chapter had already been announced for a November release before the October 29 date was confirmed.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBehaviour Interactive bills Art as a modern counterweight to the game\u0026#39;s older killers. Dead by Daylight has drawn many Killers from 1980s and 1990s horror films, and the developer calls Art \u0026#34;a slasher symbolic of the modern era.\u0026#34; The Terrifier films have run to three features so far, with a fourth in production, and the series first screened in Japan in 2023.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArt\u0026#39;s three unique perks:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFunny Business: damaging a generator gives a temporary movement speed boost plus a random effect, ranging from blocking the generator to bursting confetti.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKill Spree: once every generator is repaired and all Survivors reach hook stage 2, it unlocks the ability to kill Survivors.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLaughingstock: Survivors near a repaired generator suffer the Exhausted and Oblivious status effects.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSienna\u0026#39;s three perks:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBest Gift Ever: placing a held item on the ground grants a powerful ability.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShared Trauma: taking a hit for another Survivor lets all Survivors within 12 meters recover from Exhaustion while running.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eValkyrie\u0026#39;s Rage: a pallet stun while being chased lands harder than usual.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe chapter includes homages to signature scenes from the films. The PTB runs for a limited time on Steam, and the game itself is available across PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Art the Clown's Bag of Toys makes Dead by Daylight lethality build on itself, so a weapon that misses stays weak while a clean hit escalates. That turns the Killer's power into a snowball the survivor has to interrupt early.","twitterPost":"Dead by Daylight's Bag of Toys snowballs: each landed Art the Clown hit raises that weapon's lethality, so early pressure compounds.","threadsPost":"Dead by Daylight gives Art the Clown a weapon that gets deadlier the more it connects. Bag of Toys pulls a random tool, then each landed hit raises its lethality, so survivors can't treat a weak opening draw as harmless. Sienna Shaw's side has to stop the escalation before the flamethrower shows up.","newsletterBlurb":"Dead by Daylight's Terrifier chapter puts Art the Clown in the killer slot with a garbage bag of random weapons, and Sienna Shaw on the survivor side. The Steam PTB is live now, with full release set for late November 2026.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Cinema Today\",\"url\":\"https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0157689\",\"title\":\"Terrifier, Which Caused Fainting and Vomiting, Collaborates with Dead by Daylight! 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