Behaviour Interactive is attempting damage control for the second time in days as the fallout from Dead by Daylight's Halloween-season controversy refuses to die down. The uproar stems from the studio's show of support for TheBurntPeanut, a divisive VTuber whose involvement sparked backlash across the game's community.

The studio's first statement, reported by Polygon, directly addressed the controversy and the decision to platform the streamer. That response evidently didn't settle things: Kotaku reports the developers have now published a second, lengthy follow-up — a sign the initial messaging failed to calm players still angry about the partnership.

For a live-service game that depends on community goodwill and a steady drumbeat of licensed horror content, a week of self-inflicted PR cleanup is an unwelcome distraction. Behaviour now has to convince its player base that it has heard the criticism — twice over — while the game's biggest seasonal event window slips past. Whether the second statement lands better than the first will show up quickly in how the community responds.