Overwatch Halloween Event 2018 is Here! Read the Patch Notes

Overwatch’s newest update is now live, and you know what that means. It’s time for our heroes to get spooky! The Halloween Terror 2018 event has officially kicked off, giving Overwatch a creepy makeover. While we already got a sneak peek at some of the Halloween costumes our heroes will don, we now know all the ways they’ll be getting festive. Solder: 76 looks ripped right out of Friday the 13th, while Sombra is now the Bride of Junkenstein.

Check out the extra-chilling skins for the Overwatch Halloween Terror 2018 event here:

Junkenstein’s Revenge, the fan-favorite PvE mode, returns for Halloween, with some extra heroes joining in. Both Tracer and Brigitte are playable for the first time in this mode, allowing people new ways to strategize. The event, along with the mode and skins, is only available until October 31, 2018.

Here are the full patch notes for the newest Overwatch update:

GENERAL UPDATES

GENERAL

Updated the audio mix to add more clarity and dynamic range for all sounds in the game

HERO UPDATES

GENERAL

Updated visuals for all shields and barriers to increase readability

Enemies’ health bars will now become visible to players if an entity they create deals damage to an enemy

BRIGITTE

BARRIER SHIELD

Shield health reduced from 600 to 500

DOOMFIST

HAND CANNON

Damage falloff now starts at 15 meters

MCCREE

COMBAT ROLL

Cooldown reduced from 8 to 6 seconds

PHARAH

CONCUSSIVE BLAST

Cooldown reduced from 12 to 9 seconds

ROCKET LAUNCHER

Attack speed increased

Lowered recovery time between shots from 0.9 to 0.75 seconds

Damage redistributed between explosion and impact

Explosion damage reduced from 80 to 65

Impact damage increased from 40 to 55

Explosion knock back reduced by 20%

Self-knockback amount increased by 25%

MEI

GENERAL

Updated visual effects for all abilities

ORISA

FUSION DRIVER

Maximum spread reduced by 20%

SOLDIER: 76

HEAVY PULSE RIFLE

Number of shots until reaching maximum spread increased from 6 to 9

TORBJÖRN

GENERAL

Reduced the size of Torbjörn’s head hit volume by 10%

RIVET GUN

Primary Fire

Projectile speed increased from 60 to 70 per second

Reload time reduced from 2.2 to 2 seconds

Turret targets enemy hit by primary fire

Alternate Fire

Recovery lowered from 0.8 to 0.6 seconds

Damage per shot lowered from 150 to 125

Reload time reduced from 2.2 to 2 seconds

Spread randomization readjusted

FORGE HAMMER

Radius increased to align with Quick Melee

DEPLOY TURRET

Turret is now a thrown projectile

Automatically builds over three seconds

No longer has different levels

Same damage output as previous level 2 turret

Maximum health reduced from 300 to 250

Now incurs a 5 second cooldown when deployed

Now incurs a 10 second cooldown when destroyed in combat

No longer able to deploy a new turret if it’s in combat

While the turret is firing

If the turret has taken damage within three seconds

Can now be destroyed using the Interact input

Completes self-building once deployed, even if Torbjörn is eliminated

NEW ABILITY: OVERLOAD

Replaces Armor Pack

Lasts for 5 seconds

Cooldown is 12 seconds

Temporarily grants 150 armor

Increases attack, movement, and reload speeds by 30%

NEW ULTIMATE: MOLTEN CORE

Switches weapon from Rivet Gun to his claw arm

Lasts 6 seconds

Fire up to 10 molten globules that create damage pools where they land for 10 seconds

Globules bounce off walls and ceilings until they hit the ground

Base damage is 130

Damage increases from 130 to 190 against enemies who have armor

Heroes affected by armor: Bastion, Brigitte, D.Va, Orisa, Reinhardt, Torbjörn, Winston, Wrecking Ball

Heroes who can grant armor to their allies: Brigitte

Please note that Torbjörn will be unavailable in Competitive Play for two weeks.

[Source: Overwatch]