PCP typographic card. No licensed photo of the streamer or Behaviour staff was available; the studio’s Nov. 3 statement is embedded above.
The Lowdown
Behaviour Interactive followed its first apology with a longer Nov. 3 statement about a staffer unlocking Dead by Daylight content and currency for VTuber TheBurntPeanut on stream. The studio said the gift lacked proper approvals, that gifted content has been removed, and that it is rewriting creator-interaction and item-granting rules (@DeadbyDaylight; Kotaku; IGN).
Key Takeaways
- Over Halloween weekend a Behaviour team member unlocked paid DbD content for TheBurntPeanut live; chat included a now-infamous “WE CAN TAKE THE HEAT!” reply from an official account (Kotaku).
- Behaviour’s first Nov. 1 statement apologized and said the gift lacked approvals; the Nov. 3 follow-up tried to answer community questions in more detail (@DeadbyDaylight).
- The studio says the gifted content was removed from the account and that it is changing how creators are vetted and how items/currency can be granted (IGN; Kotaku).
- Critics have accused TheBurntPeanut of past edgelord / slur-bait bits; Behaviour framed partner “values” around inclusion. PCP is not litigating those allegations beyond what outlets attribute to critics and what the studio said about partner fit (Kotaku).
What Behaviour Said
In the Nov. 3 post, Behaviour said collaborating with a new creator normally includes reviewing past content for inclusion values, and that “in this case, this was not taken into proper consideration.” It also said internal guardrails for granting items were too weak, that some stream-chat replies “crossed the line,” and that personnel action is “confidential” and “internal” (Kotaku).
The Pit Take
Free DLC on stream without a process is how you get a Steam-review war from every direction at once. The second statement is longer; the trust rebuild will be longer still. For more viral coverage, see Viral.
More Context
- Dead by Daylight on X — Nov. 3 community follow-up ↗
- Kotaku — Second damage-control report ↗
- IGN — Content removed report ↗