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Latest Halloween Update For Team Fortress 2 Adds New Maps, Revives Old Ones
Almost ten years later, Valve is still adding new content and events to Team Fortress 2.
This year's "Scream Fortress VIII" Halloween event will see the introduction of three new community-build maps (Brimstone, Pit of Death, and Maple Ridge Event), two taunts, and a crate filled with twenty-one new cosmetic items. During the event, any "unusual" rarity items that drop from the crates will have a Halloween visual effect on them, and the chances for these unusual items to drop has doubled for the duration of the event.
The update also brings with it a number of returning features. All maps from previous Scream Fortress events are currently playable, and the contracts from the previous Scream Fortress return, along with some new one contracts.
The update is available now on PC.
[Source: Official Valve blog]
Our Take
I love that Valve is still supporting Team Fortress 2 with events like this. That it's kept up a community like this for almost a decade is impressive. Also, not to be a downer, but where's Dota 2's Halloween event?
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