Team Fortress 2’s Halloween event will be community-driven this year

Developers at Valve are hard at work on Half-Life 3 the next major Team Fortress 2 update, which means changes to this year's Halloween event for the game.

As to avoid a delay in the update, which promises new maps, cosmetics and a new campaign with contracts and weapon collections, Valve has decided to turn Halloween over to the Team Fortress 2 community.

"This year's Halloween Update will be a showcase of all the best Halloween-themed community content (items, maps, taunts and unusuals) you guys can come up with. We’ll also be activating every one of our past six Halloween Updates, so there'll still be plenty of spooky holiday-themed game modes to play."

Over the next month, Valve will actively search through the Team Fortress 2 Workshop for anything tagged "Halloween." So if you have something for the event, make sure you submit it and tag it before October 18th.

Valve will also be changing their restrictions on Halloween items this year.

"Normally they’re only visible to players on Halloween and full moons. This year, all newly selected Halloween-themed items will have NO restrictions put on them, and may be viewed year round," Valve said. "So don't get too gross or out-there with your submissions."

While some players may be disappointed with the decision, I'm sure many of you prefer Valve stay focused on the update, which is expect to arrive by the end of the year.

[Valve]