Hey Ghosts and Hunters,
We have a spooky surprise for you today! Update 3 (The Halloween Update) brings a bunch of new stuff to MGH! Just a quick note before we get started though, we are shifting our Update strategy a bit to have somewhat smaller, but more frequent updates.
We hope by doing this, we can bring you new content faster, even if that means the updates don't always contain a new map. Our plan currently is for any additional content to be an update, and of course we will continue to do the smaller patches we have been doing for small additions and bug fixes. So while this update doesn't contain a big new map like our other updates, we still have some really cool stuff to share!
50% SALE AND DOUBLE SHARD WEEK
I can hardly think of a more appropriate way to get ready for Halloween than playing some sweet, spooky games. For those of you who have been haunting the Steam page waiting for a sale, you’re in luck! MGH is now 50% off as part of Steam’s Scream Fest sale. To welcome all our new players aboard our ghostly little carnival ride, we’ll also be granting double the normal amount of Ghost Shards throughout this whole week for all players.
HALLOWEEN DECORATIONS AND NEW HERO PROPS
In the spirit of the season, we’ve got a spooky surprise! We’ve decorated all the maps and the van, so you can better appreciate this spooktacular time of year. We’ve also added three new Hero Props for you all to enjoy.
Chomping Pumpkin - Much like our mimic chest friend, this pumpkin will have no problem taking a bite or two out of you
Pumpkin Jack-in-the-box - Is the hammer from our regular Jack-in-the-box too aggressive for you? How about launching pumpkin guts at them instead?
Witch Doll - Who needs a knife when you have a broom? Zoom across the maps and bonk the hunters to your hearts content
NEW EXPERIMENTAL GAME MODE - DARKNESS
Darkness is our brand new experimental darker and slower-paced MGH experience. You have 15 minutes to midnight, and the lights are greatly reduced, which makes flashlights a requirement. Hunters have limited ammo and a slower overall movement speed as well, which forces less of a run-and-gun play style.
You all have been asking for something like this for a while, and we finally have something we feel is a good enough start so you all can start giving us your thoughts. We will be keeping a very close eye on feedback for this new game-mode in a dedicated channel on our Discord, and adjusting as needed. Please keep in mind this is very experimental, so things might break or not look as good on some maps, we will be improving it over time.
You can checkout this game-mode by setting up a custom server and selecting darkness from the drop-down, or join an existing darkness game via the server browser. This will not be accessible via quick-play for now, but that may change in the future.
RANDOM LEVEL VARIATION
Another highly requested feature has been random maps variations. When you boot up Mansion now, you have a random chance for the attic to be closed off, and instead a new path opens to the all new Wine Cellar. This will add a more dynamic element to matches that will add a bit of excitement and variation as players need to adjust their tactics. We are trying this out with just this one variation first to see how you all feel about it before we ramp up and do more, so please let us know what you think on Discord and Twitter!
NEW SKINS
Spooky season brings two new fantastic skins to the MGH lineup:
Pumpkin Head Ghost Skin - For all you ghosts and ghouls out there, we’ve also got a wicked new skin for you! Pumpkin Head is a ghastly spectral skin that once donned will find yourself shrouded in a tattered cloak with a Jack-o’-Lantern for a head.
Duck Hunter Skin - If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, then it probably is…a brand-new Hunter skin. The Duck Hunter skin is a honking cool skin. We definitely recommend you take a quack at it with this one. 🦆
NEW UNLOCKABLE TITLES
We’ve added two new titles for you to strut your stuff with:
Consumed - What spooky season would be complete without some soul consumption? Time to equip Glutton and get to work consuming 250 Hunter souls to unlock this title
Multi-Millionaire - When we added the Millionaire title we thought we were safe for a while...turns out some of you have a lot of Ghost shards sitting around. If you happen to have 10 million of them sitting around, this title is for you! And if not, time to start that grind 😉
That’s it for this time, Ghosts and Hunters! We hope you have a happy Halloween, and we can't wait to show you more of what we are working on with our more frequent updates! Have a great spooky season Ghosts and Hunters, and look out for more updates actually truly soon!
👻-Team MGH!