Massively wishes you a happy Halloween

by Alex Ziebart Oct 31st 2009 at 12:00PM

Filed under: Age of Conan, Aion, City of Heroes, EverQuest, EverQuest II, Fallen Earth, Final Fantasy XI, Guild Wars, Lineage, Lineage 2, Warhammer Online, Star Wars Galaxies, Exteel, Free Realms, Champions Online, Runes of Magic, Legends of Norrath

Halloween is probably second only to Christmas in terms of holiday popularity. Ask just about anybody what their favorite holiday is, and they'll probably list one of those two (if it fits the culture). Naturally, as MMO players, we have fun celebrating it in our virtual worlds just like we do in the real world. And boy, this year, do we ever celebrate. Just about every active MMO out there had (or has) something going on. The 2009 lineup included:

Most of these events last a few days into November, so if there's any one in particular you're dying to experience, you might still have a chance if you have a subscription laying around. If you're not able to visit any of these in person, we have screenshots from many of these events in the gallery below. Enjoy!

Gallery: Halloween 2009

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

William said on 12:29PM 10-31-2009

For "Shin Megami Tensei: Imagine" players, this weekend you will get 2x the XP you normally get and have no XP penalty for when you die (however this does not apply to your Demons).

Not many people here at Massively play this little known title, but I felt like mentioning it nonetheless.

Seraphina Brennan said on 1:00PM 10-31-2009

Funny enough, Tateru and I play it. =P :D

William said on 1:55PM 10-31-2009

Lol. Well, I did say "not many." Just seems like the title doesn't get mentioned much anywhere, They're also doing this "Loot Wheel" thing for Halloween that I forgot to mention. Essentially you pay 99 AP ($0.99 USD) to spin a wheel and get a random item. The first two spins are basically free as you're awarded a 100 AP rebate for each spin.

Link to the Loot Wheel: http://megaten.aeriagames.com/itemmall/lootwheel

max said on 12:40PM 10-31-2009

Thanks for the list. I wish DDO were doing something though. Maybe I'll pop into Free Realms tonight, haven't been there in quite a while.

Sorrowhorn said on 1:08PM 10-31-2009

What about Blood Moon for Champions?!

David said on 1:49PM 10-31-2009

Yeah, where's Champions?!

Alex Ziebart said on 2:07PM 10-31-2009

Man, that's a good question. Where *is* Champions?

Amritrao said on 5:40PM 10-31-2009

Where is Champions? Champions is unable to connect, unable to retrieve the character list, stuck at a loading screen, or any combination of these three options.

I suppose I can't complain too much since I'm taking advantage of the free weekend, but this also means I won't be paying for it anytime soon.

I was really wanting to like the game too :(

Tridus said on 7:27AM 11-02-2009

Champions has been patching for the last 23 hours. Maybe it'll finish before the event ends.

Maybe. :P

Paris Wright said on 3:27PM 10-31-2009

What about he Fall Festival in Lord of the Rings Online?

Clockwork said on 4:43PM 10-31-2009

What baffles me is that somehow Hallow's End in World of Warcraft was left unmentioned?

Neurotic said on 5:32PM 10-31-2009

Am I the only Grinch who is utterly bored of and tired out by the constant cycle of 'holiday events' in MMOGs? It seems like a huge drag now, where once it was truley a novelty. Everybody's got to festivise their game, and then spam the 'net with the news.
EQII's christmasy shizz is cool, that one I like. A couple of the WoW gigs are fun, but I remember when they introduced their bonfire thing, the psuedo harvest festival thing, I thought 'This is going a bit far'.
You know, when it fits with a game world's lore, it's okay, the devs gave it some thought and made something that you can sort of 'buy', but it seems like a lot of these events these days are just ways of reminding you that a game even exists, rather than building anything topical into the thing.
What next? Mother's Day? I'm sick of this crap already, give it a break!

Pigeon-ko said on 5:51PM 10-31-2009

Actually Free Realms DID do something for Mother's Day, kind of. Free rose bouquet thingies. Lol.

Clockwork said on 6:14PM 10-31-2009

I'm half-with you. I'm tired of every game mirroring real-world holidays. I'd love to see some games with some of their own holidays within their game's universe. Things that are unique and have no real-world counterparts. Add some credibility to your game world. Give it some celebrations and holidays of its own. To use the obvious example, don't you think the inhabitants of Azeroth would have some sort of celebration to commemorate their victory against the Burning Legion, or something of that nature?

Neurotic said on 6:22AM 11-01-2009

That's it Clockwork, exactly - holidays stemming from game lore, not rl lore. Heh.

Morrow said on 9:27AM 11-09-2009

I really fought that the Aion halloween event was bad basically a load of useless candy and a pumpkin hat which was by far the best thing they gave us

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