The voice actress behind Dead by Deadlight's newest DLC has asked fans to stop boycotting the game after initially criticising The Unknown killer skin, a character she alleges was tricked into voicing, for being "transphobic."
On March 12, DBD debuted its latest DLC, Chapter 31: All Things Wicked. This DLC included two cosmetic pieces: a new survivor named Sable Ward and The Unknown.
In her initial statement, the VA criticised Behaviour for keeping her out of the loop in regard to the character's look, alleging that this was with the intent of tricking the VA into "voicing a stereotype" and that the developers were "catering to the transphobic community."
The Unknown is a mysterious shapeshifter entity that can steal the voices of initial victims to lure in even more as they search for missing friends and family, according to the game's lore. The killer even features several different skins to reflect all The Unknown victims throughout the years.
Using the voice actress' talent, who used several vocal tones in her performance, Behaviour's original intent was to depict an entity capable of transforming into various gruesome figures, with multiple skins players can access to showcase this.
The voice actress initially misconstrued this as an allegory for transgender people as they didn't know the full details and backstory of The Unknown, referring to it as a "man in a dress" in her original statement.
In a follow-up on March 14 via Twitter, she explained that there was a misunderstanding, claiming that the skins themselves were never an issue, but Behaviour's lack of communication was.
The VA would also vouch for Behaviour after first calling out the studio in her original statement for pandering to the transphobic community, explaining how a skin that's essentially a "man in a dress and having a trans voice actress voice it, would bring lots of money and people back to the game."
In her March 14 Twitter statement, she said:
Gfinity reached out to the developers, with a Behaviour Interactive spokesperson responding with the following statement: