Very Scary Halloween Special

Timeline

On October 20, 2011, a new Halloween-themed background was added to the game and made the default main menu background. In the same update, Halloween event-only hats from previous Halloween events were made wearable again. The Horseless Headless Horsemann was re-added to Mann Manor, as well as Halloween pumpkin drops and the Thriller taunt for all classes.

On October 21, 2011, a blog post on the TF2 Official Website confirmed the 'Third Annual Scream Fortress Halloween' update to be released sometime during the following week. The promotional image has a figure resembling a pyro. This image may foreshadow new hats/misc. items for the pyro.

On October 21, 2011, Valve developer Jon Lippincott posted to the HLDS mailing list, stating that new Halloween content will be released "in the near future". The e-mail confirmed the introduction of gift drops, which were a feature of previous Halloween events that dropped special items for players on the specific event map Mann Manor. Lippincott stated that gift drops will only occur on servers that have registered with Steam, and that abusing or attempting to cheat the drop system will result in the removal of the server's registration.

Gallery

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  The main menu background that appeared during Halloween 2011.

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  The main menu background that appeared during Halloween 2011 (widescreen).

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  Promotional image used in the Update on the Halloween Update Blog Post.

See also

• Haunted Hallowe'en Special, the 2009 Halloween event
• Scream Fortress Update, the 2010 Halloween event

External links

• "Update on the Halloween Update", TF2 Official Website, October 21, 2011