Team Fortress 2 Pumpkin Patch update now live

by Griffin McElroy { Oct 30th 2009 at 3:20PM }

In our hurry to tell you about yesterday's two-hour-long Team Fortress 2 fire sale, we didn't really give you all the in-depth info about the accompanying Pumpkin Patch update which you so richly deserve. We'll rectify that now, but not before saying that a few short hours after the announcement was posted yesterday afternoon, the update went live! You can play it right now -- on PC, of course. Oh, you thought it might come to the 360? That's adorable.

The update will temporarily introduce a King of the Hill map called "Harvest" into the mix, complete with Halloween-themed elements like collectible candy, exploding pumpkins, and the ghost of Zepheniah Mann, who temporarily freezes passersby in a gripping, powerful spell of fear. Five Achivements are available during the festivities, as well as a number of "Mildly Disturbing Halloween Hats," or paper bags with scary faces painted on them. If you're lucky, you might just get the one emblazoned with Joan Rivers' visage. Aaaaah!

Tags: fps, halloween, halloween2009, patch, pumpkin-patch, team-fortress-2, update, valve

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Meh @ Oct 30th 2009 3:24PM

They should have Barbra Streisand photos in the screen corners.

LegendaryRedass @ Oct 30th 2009 8:10PM

Spookyvision. Awesomness.

CaramelZappa @ Oct 30th 2009 3:25PM

I was under the impression that harvest isn't a temporary map, just the halloween "event" version of it.

Anyways, this map is pretty damn fun.

Yggy @ Oct 30th 2009 3:32PM

Yea they added 2 maps, Harvest and Harvest event, the event one goes away on november 2nd i think.

Darth Pedo @ Oct 30th 2009 3:28PM

I love the idea of getting the hat by dominating someone with it, hope they keep going with that. Maybe add to all hats...nudge to valve.

Noseybonk @ Oct 30th 2009 4:24PM

If only Steam would open.

Heston @ Oct 30th 2009 4:51PM

If you can get past the 15 minutes of insanely low FPS, Harvest Event is a lot of fun.

CaramelZappa @ Oct 30th 2009 6:55PM

Huh, I didn't notice a drop in FPS

Yan @ Oct 30th 2009 5:16PM

I'm loving the atmosphere of the Harvest Event map. Too bad the paper bag hat can only be worn during Halloween events. :(

Arturo @ Oct 30th 2009 6:39PM

My pc now shuts off when doing intensive things. :( I'm getting ready to buy new parts for a new build but it won't be in time for this. :(

HighFiveJesus @ Oct 30th 2009 7:40PM

got the paper bag, got the top hat. any other hats i'm missin

Alex @ Oct 30th 2009 8:37PM

someone always has to get that 360 zinger in don't they...

ChaoticTails @ Oct 31st 2009 1:09AM

Yeah, cause they're definitely acknowledging the game even exists on PS3. Oh, wait.

thesniperofdeath @ Oct 31st 2009 8:01AM

you spelled Achievement wrong

you wrote Achivement =P

t_m @ Oct 31st 2009 10:38PM

Shouldn't they have focused on Left4Dead for this year's halloween update? It's have helped apease the masses.

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