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Today, October 26th, marks the start of the the fourth annual Halloween update for Team Fortress 2. This year's Scream Fortress event is entitled "The Fourth Annual Spectral Halloween Special", and will focus on Merasmus the Magician, the Soldier's now enraged ex-roommate. Running from October 26th through November 8th, this update currently stands as potentially the biggest Halloween update yet.
First off is the Wheel of Fate in which Merasmus has booby-trapped the control points of a new Halloween themed currently unnamed King of the Hill map. Every time the control point changes hands, the Wheel of Fate spins. We believe this system will work similarly to the "Roll the Dice" system currently available on many custom servers, providing players with a randomised draw. Another point worth noting is an update to the gift spawn system. Now players will receive private gift spawns, which removes the previously chaotic battles over who gets the spawned gifts.
Next up is a new Magic Spells system. Alongside the previous gifts which spawn on Halloween themed maps are new spells that allow players to change items in your backpack to give them new effects, such as - shifting paint colors, ghost summoning, flaming footsteps and much more.
The third and final part of the update is a significant change to the Coaltown Mann vs Machine map...which is now populated by Zombies. Yes, Zombies. The updated MvM map is called Wave 666, which appears as an 'Event' redesign of the much loved Coaltown map. All of Gray Mann's robot attackers have been replaced with zombies, whether or not this is purely an aethetic redesign or a full gameplay change has yet to be seen.
The Spectral Halloween Special begins later today, October 26th, so get out there and kill some zombies! Oh, and a magician. Kill him too. Don't forget to check out the older maps, Harvest Event, Mann Manor and Eyeaduct, all of which see the return of their resident bosses, Zepheniah the Ghost, The Horseless Headless Horsemann and MONOCULUS!
First off is the Wheel of Fate in which Merasmus has booby-trapped the control points of a new Halloween themed currently unnamed King of the Hill map. Every time the control point changes hands, the Wheel of Fate spins. We believe this system will work similarly to the "Roll the Dice" system currently available on many custom servers, providing players with a randomised draw. Another point worth noting is an update to the gift spawn system. Now players will receive private gift spawns, which removes the previously chaotic battles over who gets the spawned gifts.
Next up is a new Magic Spells system. Alongside the previous gifts which spawn on Halloween themed maps are new spells that allow players to change items in your backpack to give them new effects, such as - shifting paint colors, ghost summoning, flaming footsteps and much more.
The third and final part of the update is a significant change to the Coaltown Mann vs Machine map...which is now populated by Zombies. Yes, Zombies. The updated MvM map is called Wave 666, which appears as an 'Event' redesign of the much loved Coaltown map. All of Gray Mann's robot attackers have been replaced with zombies, whether or not this is purely an aethetic redesign or a full gameplay change has yet to be seen.
Along with everything in this update are two new Halloween Achievements in similar fashion to last year's achievements. Kill Merasmus to receive your first achievement, then make it to Skull Island to claim your currently unknown reward.The Spectral Halloween Special begins later today, October 26th, so get out there and kill some zombies! Oh, and a magician. Kill him too. Don't forget to check out the older maps, Harvest Event, Mann Manor and Eyeaduct, all of which see the return of their resident bosses, Zepheniah the Ghost, The Horseless Headless Horsemann and MONOCULUS!
