Join us this weekend for the annual Halloween celebration!
While our development team is busy polishing the upcoming Sicily release, back on the mainland the dead have risen once again and it's up to you to pound them back into the ground... or join the horde yourself.
This weekend Haunted maps are returning back to the roster featuring a few touch ups, a new melee weapon, and a new character with an exquisite taste in headwear and a penchant for stabbing things with broken glass bottles.
Make sure to visit Official Server #3 EU at 6:00 PM UTC this Sunday, October 27 for the Halloween map marathon.
Returning maps
- Haunted Pariserplatz Survival
- Haunted Flugplatz Survival
- Haunted Inferno Verde Survival
- Haunted Hattert Clash
- Haunted Fury Advance
New updates
- Mad Man role. He's faster, stronger, and more resilient survivor with a focus on melee.
- A new melee weapon: Glass Bottle.
- Reworked first person animations for maces.
Other non-Halloween additions
- Gorlitz Defence been added to the map roster. Apart from the change of the game mode, this new rendition of the classic map now features Poland (LWP).
See you on the battlefield,
Darklight Games
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