The Texas Chainsaw Massacre series
Dead by Daylight: Leatherface
Leatherface is a Character DLC for Dead by Daylight. Leatherface is not only the skin clad maniac with a disturbed mind. He seeks acceptance and appreciation. He’s learned the hard way and was molded to what…
Dead by Daylight: Leatherface is a video game developed by Behaviour Interactive, released 14 September 2017 on Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Dead by Daylight: Leatherface is
Dead by Daylight: Leatherface was developed by Behaviour Interactive and released in 2017. It was published by Starbreeze Publishing. It is available on Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
This is slaughter in its purest form. A kind of slaughter driven by a pure need of flesh. Leatherface won’t fail and he won’t stop. As the chainsaw starts, you know what is coming. Pain and fear in a combination of panic as you understand that death isn’t the end. You will also end up on someone’s plate. As the saw starts... What happens when the body grows but the mind can’t keep up? A child’s fears and anxiety, but trapped inside a fully grown man’s body. A furious body wielding a chainsaw? Someone who knows what happens as you disobey your family. What happens if anyone finds out what’s in the stew.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, horror, stealth and survival. Available modes: Co-operative and Multiplayer.
Where it sits in the The Texas Chainsaw Massacre series
Dead by Daylight: Leatherface is the second of 5 entries we hold in the The Texas Chainsaw Massacre series. It arrived 35 years after The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. The next entry was Petals in 2022.
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What it launched against
Dead by Daylight: Leatherface launched on 14 September 2017, within three weeks of Destiny 2, Cuphead, Divinity: Original Sin 2 and Divinity: Original Sin II. It arrived 4 years into the Xbox One's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Destiny 2, Cuphead, Divinity: Original Sin 2, Divinity: Original Sin II.
Official trailer
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