Check out our new guide on getting all the TF2 Halloween achievements and items!
UPDATE: Less than an hour after we published this article, Valve pulled a 180 on us and dropped The Manniversary Update. It includes no Halloween content. It does include dual miscellaneous slots and loadout presets as described below along with minor tweaks to the class selection and loadout screens to accommodate those changes.
The main focus of the Manniversary update is community-created items. Valve has added over 30 new items available in TF2’s in-game shop, The Mann Co Store. We’ve yet to confirm if they are craftable and available in drops at the time of update but if they are not, based on how Valve has handled items in the past, they will be soon.
Other highlights include the ability to put decals on certain items with a new tool called the Decal Tool. One item you can decal is The Demoman’s bottle and another being a new pin that you can craft called The Clan Pride. Also it looks like everyone is getting a box of Saxton Hale’s garbage. What is in it? Grab that update, log in and open it then report back here to let us know what kind of Hale Trash you received.
Our favorite free update provider, Valve, has released two amazing Team Fortress 2 updates revolving around Halloween, as they’ve done in years past. This has included both running from and battling NPCs, Halloween themed maps and exploding pumpkins. There is no doubt in this TF2 addict’s mind that we will not be disappointed this year. Sources at Valve have confirmed that today, Thursday October 13, is that day.
Currently there are no details on the 2011 Halloween themed content—but two big updates that have been in beta for a while have been confirmed by a Valve employee. The first is doubling the miscellaneous item slots. This allows players to further accessorize their classes with two miscellaneous slot items instead of only one. For example, The Spy can now wear sunglasses (Summer Shades) while sporting a beard (Camera Beard) and The Pyro can now wear his monocle (Whiskered Gentleman) along with his Portal 2 Pin.
Equally as awesome; we will now have preset item setups. You will be able to create a set of weapons/headgear/miscellaneous/action slot items and save it. Switching sets will switch all your weapons, headgear, miscellaneous slot and action slot items with one easy action instead of changing each item individually. For example, you might set up your Scout with The Special Delivery set for offense on Badwater Basin and The #1 Fan set for defense. After successfully delivering the goods to the red base, quickly switch to superhero mode for some mini-crit Scout defense.
I will be on the edge of my seat all day keeping you posted with details as they trickle out. Many Icrontic members will be hanging out on the Icrontic TF2 server tonight, playing with the new, no doubt awesome, toys that Valve will provide for us. Come join us for some Halloween TF2!
If you don’t have TF2 already, head over to Steam and start your download now. It’s free but the server will be hammered tonight when the update drops and this will significantly affect your download speed.