{"id":474,"date":"2010-10-28T11:59:48","date_gmt":"2010-10-28T18:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytica.com\/?p=474"},"modified":"2010-10-28T11:59:48","modified_gmt":"2010-10-28T18:59:48","slug":"tf2-scream-fortress-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytica.com\/?p=474","title":{"rendered":"TF2: Scream Fortress Begins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bytica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/tf2_helloween1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-479\" title=\"tf2_helloween\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bytica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/tf2_helloween1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"613\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bytica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/tf2_helloween1.jpg 613w, http:\/\/www.bytica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/tf2_helloween1-300x127.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 613px) 100vw, 613px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bytica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/tf2_helloween.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For the second straight year, Valve has rolled out a Halloween update for <em>Team Fortress 2<\/em>, this time with a new map, several new items and achievements, and an actual boss &#8212; the Horseless Headless Horsemann. \u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The map, &#8220;Mann Manor,&#8221; is your standard control-point scenario, a la Dustbowl. The catch is, every once in a while, the Horsemann spawns, who basically runs amok and one-shots everyone he attacks. However, he&#8217;s quite killable &#8212; he just has a lot of health, so it takes some time before he drops. As a result, he tends to be a major distraction, and if the two teams are engaged in a standoff, the Horsemann can upset that balance long enough to let one team break through.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, there are plenty of new goodies to get during the holiday (which runs through Nov. 8). The Horsemann drops a special hat you can wear for the duration of the event, as well as a Haunted Metal scrap used to craft unique Halloween recipes. There are a variety of masks players can find in gift boxes that randomly appear during gameplay, and of course there are some new achievements associated with all this frivolity.<\/p>\n<p>Valve is also using the update to keep pushing its new in-game store. Each of the four unique Halloween hats can be purchased outright for $9.99, as well as some 25-use noisemakers for $0.49, perfect for annoying your friends (or enemies). Happy Haunting!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the second straight year, Valve has rolled out a Halloween update for Team Fortress 2, this time with a new map, several new items and achievements, and an actual [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-team-fortress-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bytica.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bytica.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bytica.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bytica.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bytica.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=474"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.bytica.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":481,"href":"http:\/\/www.bytica.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474\/revisions\/481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bytica.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bytica.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bytica.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}