The Blood and Bonfires update just released.

Tripwire Interactive just released a new update for Killing Floor 2 that will make you crap your pants! Maybe. Alright, that probably won't happen but this new update is very much Halloween focused. The update is called Blood and Bonfires and with its release comes a time limited event that brings a new map, event themed cosmetics, a couple of free weapons, and more. There are also some bits that aren't free, such as the addition of two...

Buyer... BEWARE!

Valve just announced that the Steam Halloween Sale is now underway. You will be able to save big on "thousands" of spooky titles. Valve also says that there will be Halloween-themed events and updates from games across all sorts of genres. Your favorite titles may have already gotten special, time limited updates already.

For those of you who are flush with Steam Points and nothing to spend them on, you will be happy to hear that new items have...

New game modes, new weapons, new abilities, and more have been added today.

A new update for Chivalry 2 was released moments ago from developer Torn Banner Studios. This update is called Fight Knight and includes two new game modes, a new weapon, the new headbutt combat ability, and more. There's also a little Halloween-themed seasonal event underway that makes the battlefield that much more spooky.

This update is free and is out now for the PlayStation 4, PlayStation...

The things that go bump in the night.

Respawn Entertainment is once again offering up a little event for the spooky season that is Halloween. Starting October 12 and running through November 2, players will be able to participate in the Monsters Within Event.

This event will feature the Encore Arenas map, as well as earn special event-limited cosmetic items. The cosmetics will focus on the Legends of Revenant, Bloodhound, Caustic, and Seer.

In addition to...

You could say that it's back from the dead.

Back in the far off time of 2013, Dota 2 had a special Halloween event called Diretide. It was fairly popular back in 2012 and the community had clamored, to put it nicely, for it to return in 2013. Since then begging for its return has become a bit of a meme with the community. Alas, some memes do become reality and here in 2020, where literally anything is possible and probable, Diretide has made its return once more.

The main...

Big savings, even bigger scares!

Valve has kindly informed us that the Steam Halloween Sale is now live and will be from now through to November 2 at 10AM (PT). You have one whole weekend and then some to save big on a number of scary, spooky games or scary, spooky adjacent games, depending on which games you choose.

But what if you don't want games that are, by default, horror themed? Well the good news is that the sale also features a lot of regular games that just happen...

Halloween in everything but name.

Today marks the start of the special Saovine event in GWENT: The Witcher Card Game. This event gives players the opportunity to earn Saovine-themed items across PC, iOS, and Android. This event runs from now through November 3.

Players can earn Treasure Chests by winning matches. Each chest contains a unique in-game item such as: Cardpacks, borders, portraits, player titles, or in-game resources like Ore or Meteorite Powder.
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Plus get the game on sale for a limited time.

Bohemia Interactive's DayZ is having a very special event right about now. For the weekend, you can get DayZ for 40% off along with the Livonia DLC at 20% off. The sale ends on November 2 for the Xbox One. A Steam Halloween Sale will run from October 29 through November 2. Then Sony will have a Planet of Discounts sale running from October 30 to November 20. DayZ will be a part of each sale.

There is also a "freaky DayZ...

Shrunk to about a third of its current install size.

According to the Fortnite Status Twitter account, the patch that was released today for Fortnite will have a significant impact on the game's install size. Patch v14.40 will be a larger than normal update (27GB), but the team says that this is a necessary evil in order to shrink the overall game size down by 60GB!

Prior to this patch, the game was sitting at a chonky 90GB on PC. This patch will shrink the install size...

Play as a couple of iconic horror movie villains in the new Warzone event.

If you thought that Call of Duty: Warzone would be a safe reprieve from the spooks and scares that come with the Halloween season, you would be wrong. You would be dead wrong. Call of Duty: Warzone has a special "Haunting of Verdansk" that stars Leatherface from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Jigsaw from the Saw franchise. Not only are these two now stalking the battlefield for their next victim,...

Ho, ho, ho! Wait, that's not right...

A new update is out today for Tripwire Interactive's Killing Floor 2. The update, entitled Infernal Insurrection, is an early Halloween update for players across the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC via both Steam and the Epic Games Store (affiliate link). This update is out now and will run through to Tuesday, November 10. That's a whole hell of a lot of Halloween there.

This update brings new weapons, Halloween-themed zeds, and a...

These heroes are also the things that go bump in the night.

A Halloween themed update is starting to roll out today for MARVEL Strike Force. This update adds in some spooky new characters and some new supernatural abilities.

Apparently this update will be rolling out in stages. Over the next couple of weeks you will see new characters like Ghost Rider and Elsa Bloodstone added to the game. In addition, some new supernatural abilities will be added to some existing characters....

It's time to get spooky.

Respawn and EA just announced a new limited-time collection event for Apex Legends. This event has a very obvious Halloween them going for it and is appropriately being called the "Fight or Fright Collection Event."

From October 15 through November 5, Apex Legends players will get to experience Kings Canyon at night, complete exclusive event challenges, earn special Halloween cosmetics, and more.

According to a blog post...