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Best Halloween Cosmetics In Games

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3 months ago

October 11, 2024

Christoph Rediske

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Players love customizing their characters with seasonal cosmetics in games like R6 Siege, WoW, and more.
Halloween events like Doktor’s Curse in R6 Siege and Howling Spirit in FF14 offer unique cosmetics.
Iconic skins like Michael Myers in CoD: MW3 and Skull Trooper in Fortnite elevate the Halloween experience.

The modern gaming industry is heavily geared toward cosmetics in gaming, be they unlockable or purchasable, players enjoy being able to represent their styles and interests within the games they play. The standard practice of customization across most modern games means that players always have the option to personalize their weapons or characters.

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One major element of cosmetic choice in gaming is the representation of various seasons, allowing players to customize and personalize their in-game identities to celebrate real-life seasons. Possibly the most represented season in gaming is Halloween, wherein players can be sure that their favorite online game will offer a host of Halloween cosmetics to be unlocked or purchased and then used to celebrate the season. These cosmetics often coincide with a specific Halloween event, releasing simultaneously and offering an array of spooky alterations to the game, cosmetic or otherwise.

1 Doc Evil Genius

Rainbow Six Siege

Released: December 1, 2015

Rainbow Six Siege is one of the most popular competitive first-person shooter titles, offering immersive and tactical gameplay as well as boasting an impressively deep professional scene. Despite its serious and competitive nature, Rainbow Six Siege players can be sure they will be provided events for their favorite seasons, be it April Fools, Christmas, or Halloween. The yearly Halloween Event, known as Doktor’s Curse, sees players take part in a modified hide-and-seek mode, set in a creepy overhaul of the Theme Park map.

The event in question is named after the evil Doktor, a play on the standard siege operator, Doc. Players could purchase the Evil Genius bundle for Doc or earn the cosmetics through event alpha packs. The outfit consists of headgear and a uniform that transforms Doc into a cartoonish evil doctor, sporting bloodied clothing and surgical goggles, alongside a disturbing new face. The bundle, if purchased, also came with a weapon skin for the P90 and a charm that depicted a green syringe. The inspiration for the appearance of the cosmetic is Dr. Frankenstein, playing on Doc’s chemical healing formula and lore significance as the medic of the Rainbow Six team.

2 Horseman’s Horrific Hood

World Of Warcraft

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Released: November 23, 2004

World of Warcraft is a tenured MMO, ever-evolving since its full release in 2004. Its nature as an MMO sees consistent content releases in the form of expansions and patches, but also through a densely packed calendar of events. Just some of the events in question are Valentine’s Day, Pirate Day, The Harvest Festival, The Darkmoon Faire, Christmas, and, of course, Halloween.

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The Halloween event in World of Warcraft is known as Hallow’s End and allows players to collect candy buckets, trick-or-treat, and complete the main task, defeating the Headless Horseman. Upon the defeat of the Headless Horsemen, which can be looted daily by each character, players obtain a tier of loot-filled pumpkins. These pumpkins can be opened to obtain various rewards, including the Horseman’s Horrific Hood, a helmet transmog for plate wearers that allows players to take on the ghoulish face of the Headless Horseman. The helmet sports a sinister toothed maw and emits a ghastly green glow.

3 Michael Myers

Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2023)

Released: November 10, 2023

Modern live-service titles such as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 are no stranger to providing players with events that bring forth several unique and well-crafted cosmetics. A common trend within Modern Warfare 3 was licensed cosmetics and partnerships with other video game or film franchises that allowed players to obtain operator skins of their favorite characters from across various forms of media.

It is no surprise then, that players were granted a series of horror movie tie-ins upon the release of the Halloween-themed Season 6, entitled The Haunting. This allowed players to obtain several horror icons, but none more iconic and beloved than the legendary Michael Myers. Any players who purchased the Season 6 battle pass were able to obtain a Michael Myers operator skin. This operator skin faithfully recreated the imposing and ominous nature of Michael Myers from the Halloween film franchise, allowing players to run and gun as one of horror’s most iconic slasher villains.

4 Howling Spirit

Final Fantasy 14

Final Fantasy 14 is a sprawling and critically acclaimed MMORPG, boasting a lengthy emotional story and known for its laid-back and welcoming community. As with other MMOs, Final Fantasy 14 has a series of events throughout the year, each with a story and cosmetics. The Halloween event is entitled All Saints’ Wake and occurs yearly, often spanning a couple of weeks.

A large aspect of Final Fantasy 14 is obtaining and showing off various cosmetic outfits and accessories, with players often ensuring their characters are well-dressed for any given event or task. One great example of this is Halloween costumes around the time of the event, of which the Howling Spirit store outfit is a great choice for players to utilize. Drawing its inspiration from a past All Saints’ Wake event, the Howling Spirit outfit sees players sporting a playful ghost costume, topped with a glowing pumpkin. Players can obtain this outfit through the Final Fantasy 14 online store.

5 Junkenstein’s Monster

Overwatch

Overwatch is a vastly successful hero shooter, with a rich competitive scene and lovingly crafted characters. It is made by Blizzard, the creator of World of Warcraft. Thus, Overwatch is no stranger to seasonal events and cosmetics, given their prominence in World of Warcraft as aforementioned. The most famous element of Overwatch is its cast of characters, and cosmetics play a large part in players’ love of said characters. Players especially love the host of seasonal event cosmetics each year.

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As with many other live-service games, Overwatch events come with a host of earnable (through loot boxes) or purchasable cosmetics. The Halloween event, Halloween Terror, is no different. This event features Junkenstein Revenge, a play on Dr. Frankenstein wherein Junkrat plays the titular character and Roadhog plays Junkenstein’s monster. The Junkenstein’s Monster skin for Roadhog sees him don a purple outfit with the signature Frankenstein haircut, along with green skin to fit the zombie aesthetic. This skin is a fun and playful rendition of a classic movie monster and suits the hulking Roadhog perfectly.

6 Skull Trooper

Fortnite

Fortnite, and more prominently, its battle royale mode, is a game that needs no introduction. Fortnite perfected and popularized the live-service free-to-play model seen in many modern games, opting to monetize through a host of skins that could be purchased with real money. Players clamor to find their most desired skin in a rotating store that is host to a plethora of styles and themes.

One of the most famous Halloween gaming events is Fortnitemares, the Fortnite Halloween event that saw the release of multiple iconic spooky skins that are readily sought after by Fortnite players. One skin that stands above the rest is the Skull Trooper, a skin that has now reached fame among Fortnite players and is an iconic example of a popular skin. The design is simple, seemingly depicting a character adorned in a simplistic Halloween costume, although this is ultimately where the charm of the skin lies. The Skull Trooper has spawned many more intricate designs throughout the tenure of Fortnite, but many players remain enamored by the simplistic Halloween charm of the original.