Dead by Daylight devs discuss adding in the game's first gun-wielding Killer

The Deathslinger is making his way to Dead by Daylight, and he's a bit different from the rest of the killer roster. Deathslinger totes around a Redeemer speargun, which makes him the first killer in-game to use a gun as his main method of attacking. This fulfills a long-time request from Dead by Daylight fans, and the game's director couldn't be happier.

In an interview with Comicbook.com, director Mathieu Cote talked about the team's long-standing interest in adding a gun-wielding character.

“On one side, we’ve wanted to do a killer with a gun for a long time. It’s also been a vigorously requested element since day one. There was a challenge to this because the game needed us to create a new, unique way to interact with a gun. A simple bullet would not have been fun either for the killer or the survivor. What we created, with the Redeemer, is a weapon that makes you feel powerful and terrifying while at the same time keeping the struggle going for a while longer between prey and hunter.

The other side of it was a desire to create something in the very dark western fantasy. The imagery and the atmosphere of that very unique theme is something we’ve been wanting to visit for a while. The end result is one of the most moody and rich ambiances we’ve ever created."