The Biggest Halloween Events in Video Games for 2019

Halloween is many people’s favorite time of the year. It is no surprise, then, that many video games have special Halloween events lined up to celebrate the holiday. It provides the perfect opportunity to introduce scary game types, characters, and skins to mix up the gameplay. Here are all of the video games adding Halloween content and events for 2019.

Apex Legends

Respawn Entertainment has revealed that they will be running an Apex Legends Fight or Fright event starting October 15. The event will last until November 5 and give players access to a variety of Halloween-themed content. There are also spooky skins for most of the characters, including a scary clown and a vampire costume.

Moreover, a completely new game mode in the form of Shadowfall. This is a co-operative based mode that sees players dropped into a special night version of the King’s Canyon map. Players who die in the initial stages turn into a zombie-like shadow and must attack the remaining survivors. Once there are only 10 people left alive, they must work together to escape on a helicopter. Watch the official trailer here.

Overwatch

For the last few years, Blizzard has organized Halloween Terror at the end of October for Overwatch players. This year is no different and from October 15 until November 5, a variety of extra content will be available. This includes an array of cosmetic items, such as weapon skins, costumes, and emotes. The vast majority of them can be found in loot boxes. Although you also unlock some by completing weekly challenges that involve winning a certain amount of games per week.

Blizzard has also brought back Junkenstein’s Revenge, a co-operative game mode. In it, players have to battle against waves of enemies and defend the gates of the castle in Adlersbrunn.