A brand new set of Resident Evil characters have come to Dead by Daylight.

Resident Evil’s Jill Valentine, Leon S. Kennedy, and the titular Nemesis from Resident Evil 3: Nemesis are already a part of the solid; they have been added within the first Resident Evil crossover chapter, which additionally included the Raccoon City Police Department map. This chapter was profitable sufficient to earn a second crossover, referred to as Project W, which incorporates Ada Wong and Rebecca Chambers as Survivors, whereas Albert Wesker serves as the most recent Killer.

Wesker first appeared within the first Resident Evil because the chief of the elite STARS unit. It is later revealed that he’s a traitor who has been working for the insidious Umbrella company all alongside. Wesker is augmented and empowered resulting from his historical past as a take a look at topic in Project W, and he’s served as an antagonist all through most of the Resident Evil video games, till Chris Redfield threw him right into a volcano on the finish of Resident Evil 5. In Dead by Daylight, he’s armed with a knife, and he makes use of his coaching and physique to identify Survivors and chase them down. He additionally wields the Uroboros Virus to contaminate survivors and smash by boundaries.

Rebecca Chambers additionally seems within the remake of the primary Resident Evil recreation and its prequel, Resident Evil 0. She’s a medic for STARS, and in Dead By Daylight, it appears to be like like she’ll have the ability to assist her allies out with a few of that coaching. Ada Wong, the opposite new Survivor, first appeared in Resident Evil 2, though she performed a a lot larger position in Resident Evil 4. She’s a infamous spy and double agent who often comes by for the nice guys — however solely after a number of lies, secret agendas, and dramatic stand-offs.

Project W launches Aug. 30 in Dead by Daylight; gamers will have the ability to individually buy Wesker (often known as the Mastermind), Ada, and Rebecca, or all the new characters together with Jill, Leon, and Nemesis in a bigger Resident Evil franchise bundle.

Update (Aug. 30): This story has been up to date with extra launch particulars and a launch trailer now that Project W is out there for Dead by Daylight.