With Red Dead Redemption 2 having stolen the spotlight this past week, speculation about a possible Halloween DLC for GTA Online has been fairly light, though we did our part in fuelling discussion. As such, today's announcement regarding the upcoming Halloween Specials took most players by surprise — more so than last year's Halloween "Surprise", in any case.
The new DLC will launch on the 28th of October, meaning this Friday. Halloween Specials is bringing a sufficiently spooky bike to the game, which is already overflowing with hogs following the Bikers update and its expansion. The new LCC Sanctus rocks a skull shaped headlight and wheels with a spider-web motif.
The new sinister ride isn't the only addition Rockstar has planned for Halloween. A new Adversary Mode will also debut on Friday. While the name of the "Lost vs Damned" is an allusion to one of GTA IV's DLCs, the Adversary Mode is focused on a conflict between angels and demons as opposed to bikers. In order for it not to be a simple TDM with fancy costumes, a 60-second day/night cycle is also implemented, which will buff the teams one after the other.
As could be expected, last year's content will be making a comeback too. The limited edition items added to GTA Online by the Halloween Surprise, such as the Franken Strange and the Lurcher (which can be acquired another way too), as well as a number of cosmetic items, will be back on sale for a limited time, and a new bonus week with a Halloween theme will be kicked off.
However players won't have to wait until Friday for new content — Rockstar added a treat to GTA Online which is already available. The new Pegassi Vortex ($365,000 from Southern San Andreas Super Autos) is a blend between newer street fighter designs and classic café racers. The shop description for the Vortex is as below:
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The Vortex has its feet planted firmly in the café racer tradition, its head stuck firmly up the ass of contemporary streetfighter chic, and the less said about what it's doing with its hands the better. It's a synthesis that's going to change the world and your underwear forever.
