Summary
Halloween arrives inGrand Theft Auto Onlineas the multiplayer game’s latest update delivers a variety of spooky content, including a vehicle that is suspiciously close to the Ghostbusters' Ecto-1. Included in theGTA OnlineHalloween update, players can expect to find three new scary modes, a mission to photograph ghosts, bonus GTA$ and RP rewards, and some free loot, too.GTA Onlineplayers may want to skip saying “Trick or Treat,” though, or else they may become ghosts themselves.
While it’s true that updates forGTA Onlineare becoming increasingly rare, Rockstar always seems to show up for Halloween each year.Halloween 2022 delivered a rare sasquatch outfitto players and plenty of UFOs. In 2021, Halloween delivered phantom cars and wandering slashers. And every Halloween even seems to have plenty of options for bonus rewards, a lucrative benefit forGTA Onlineplayers courageous enough to take on the horrors found in free mode.
This year’s Halloween has a lot forGTA Onlinefans to be excited about. That starts with the addition of a brand-new vehicle, the Albany Brigham muscle car. It can be purchased from the Southern San Andreas Super Autos shop, or acquired for free at the Vinewood Car Club for GTA+ members. While it looks great on its own, the Albany Brigham takes on a special appearance with the Ghosts Exposed livery, earned by photographing specific apparitions. The car looks eerily like theGhostbusters' Ecto-1, though not too close, for obvious legal reasons.
On top of the Ghosts Exposed photo hunt, there is also a trio of new Halloween Deathmatches to play inGTA Online. Drop Dead is a team deathmatch mode where the living faces off against the dead in asymmetric combat. Suck It Up tasks players with dealing damage to opponents to heal themselves. Lastly, Damned and Lose is a free-for-all deathmatch set in a maze with no mini-map blips. All three modes havedouble GTA$ and RP, or 4x for GTA+ members.
There’s a lot more in the update even behind the Albany Brigham and Deathmatches, of course. There are wandering possessed animals that will attack on-sight and transform when provoked, phantom cars and UFOs are back, and Business Battles task players tosteal spaceship parts from Fort Zancudo. Those collecting Halloween masks can get them through completing various missions. Plus, various Halloween props have been added to theGTA OnlineJob Creator.
GTA Online’s Halloween 2023 update is available now, so players can dive in and check in all the new content at their leisure. While a lot of what’s available is recycled from previous Halloweens, this year does seem to have some surprisingly fresh offerings. Expect Halloween to stick around inGTA Onlinethrough the holiday and into November.
Grand Theft Auto Onlineis available now on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
