Halloween themes in games — who is doing what?

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The Fall season is here, which means it’s almost time to break out the costumes and prepare for Halloween. As we approach spooky season, game developers are brewing up special in-game colla-boo-rations. Below are a few notable Halloween & Fall inspired content updates that are coming, or are already available in popular games:

Apex Legends
Apex Legends is getting into the spooky spirit with its limited-time Halloween Collection Event “Fight or Fright.” From now through November 5, players can partake in death-defying activities, including a Limited Time Solo Mode: Shadowfall where they respawn as an undead version of their former selves and join the powerful “Shadow Squad” without weapons or legend abilities, but with increased movement and jump speed — in addition to themed content to earn exclusive skins, limited premium cosmetics and more details on the event here.

Hitman 2
Happy Halloween from Hitman 2! Celebrate spooky season with the new horror-themed Escalation Contract, available as a free content update in the Free Hitman 2 Starter Pack. The special in-game event features a fright-filled challenge complete with festively terrifying decorations. Dare to play and you permanently unlock the Tactical Wetsuit and Bat Shuriken rewards upon completion.

Mortal Kombat 11
Celebrate Mortal Kombat 11 this season with a free Halloween themed in-game event, available to players starting October 25 through November 1. Seasonal content will include four new boss fights with different Halloween themed modifiers in the form of flying witches and bats, falling pumpkins, rising gravestones and sprinting black cats that will be integrated into matches. Players will also be able to earn new Brutalities, Halloween-specific consumables, player module pieces and other in-game rewards. Available for purchase now is the new Masquerade Skin Pack for $5.99 (SRP), featuring themed character skins for Jade (‘Wicked Witch Jade’), Kabal (‘Psyko Killer Kabal’) and Liu Kang (‘Calavera Liu Kang’). For more details visit: www.mortalkombat.com

Afterparty
Players become Milo and Lola, besties that find themselves suddenly deceased and in Hell, where they’ll get to spend eternity together. If the duo outdrinks Satan, he’ll grant them re-entry to Earth. With fun activities like beer pong, dance-offs, and chugging competitions, as well as an intelligent conversation system that changes the story and the relationship between the two based on every decision.

Afterparty will be available on October 29 for Xbox One, PC and Mac via the Epic Game Store and PlayStation 4 for $19.99 and will be part of Xbox Game Pass’s monthly subscription priced at $9.99. Players can pre-order now via the Epic Games Store.

Batman: The Telltale Series
In this gritty and violent 5-episode story, players will make discoveries that will shatter Bruce Wayne’s world and the fragile stability of a corrupt Gotham City. Enter the fractured psyche of Bruce Wayne and discover the powerful and far-reaching consequences of your choices as the Dark Knight.
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Batman: The Enemy Within
In the 5-episode follow-up to Batman: The Telltale Series, Bruce Wayne and Batman are forced into precarious new situations. The Riddler has returned to terrorize Gotham City, his gruesome puzzles merely foreshadowing an even greater crisis. With the arrival of a ruthless federal agent and the return of a still nascent Joker, Batman must navigate uneasy alliances while Bruce Wayne undertakes a perilous series of deceptions.
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Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia
The mobile game’s Autumn Festival begins October 10 and runs through November 7, where players can partake in fun, non-challenging Trick-or-Treat co-op quests to obtain Artifact Tokens, Linkbell Rewards, limited-time animated Halloween Stickers and more. Part 1 of the festival commences October 10 through October 24, with Part 2 running from October 24 – November 7. Limited-time Festive Gem Sales will occur throughout both Parts 1 and 2.

Elder Scrolls: Blades
It’s time to celebrate the Witches Festival! With The Elder Scrolls: Blades newest update, you’ll find brand new additions to the game to fright and delight: four new frightful quests only for the bravest among you, creepy decorations to show off your holiday spirit, and your Town is now an eerie night time dwelling with new music to match. For more details, visit Bethesda.net

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds
For players looking to get into the spirit of the season, frighteningly fun Halloween costumes have also hit the Battlegrounds. Costume pieces can be purchased individually or as a set at aspooktacular 33% discount. These costumes are only available for a limited time.

The Sims
The newly released The Sims 4: Realm of Magic Game Pack introduces the seemingly normal countryside town of Glimmerbrook, where mystical discoveries await Simmers who dare to venture through a secret portal. This exciting new wizarding world boasts a variety of new items and tasks, inviting Sims to cast spells, brew potions and more.

Team Sonic Racing
Team Sonic Racing is the ultimate arcade and fast-paced competitive style racing experience, featuring fan favorite characters and environments from across the Sonic Universe. This spooky holiday season is a great time to revisit the “Haunted Castle” map and take a supernatural ride!

The Wolf Among Us
Based on the award-winning Fables comic books (DC Comics/Vertigo), The Wolf Among Us is a gritty, violent, and hard-boiled thriller centered around Bigby Wolf; the big bad wolf. In this game, characters and creatures of myth, lore and legend are real and exist in our world and players soon discover that a brutal, bloody murder is just a taste of things to come and every decision can have enormous consequences.
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