A few months after finally announcing the September 8th release date for Halloween, developer IllFonic has released a new trailer for the asymmetrical multiplayer horror game, this time around giving us a look at its Haddonfield Town Center map. The trailer, which you can check out below, gives us a look at the various spots that players will get to explore and sneak through as they are being stalked and hunted down by Michael Myers.
The map has been described as the town’s “bustling hub”, and a prime hotspot for residents that want to partake in various day-to-day activities, like shopping and grabbing some drinks with friends. This means that there will also be plenty of commercial locations that players will likely get to explore, and where they can potentially even find some useful tools. Among these locations are a bar, a park, a costume store, a car repair shop, and a music store. The trailer wraps up this tour with a musical crescendo that turns into the iconic theme song for the 1978 classic horror film.
Halloween was first unveiled in August 2025 with a trailer. As its name might imply, it is based on the John Carpenter film of the same name, and features Michael Myers as the main threat that players will have to deal with.
Much like other horror multiplayer games like Dead by Daylight, in Halloween, one player takes on the role of Michael Myers, stalking the streets of Haddonfield and executing its citizens one by one. Four other players take on the role of these citizens and must try their best to survive, alert the rest of the town to Myers’ presence, and, if possible, even try to slow the monster down. To help them deal with this, the game provides the citizen players with plenty of weapons – real and makeshift – to slow Myers down.
The players trying to survive Myers’ onslaught also have the capability of commanding nearby NPCs, and can equip them with weapons to give them a better shot at surviving an encounter with the monster.
When it was first unveiled, IllFonic described Halloween as being an “immersive horror sandbox”, which indicates that players will be able to interact with many environmental elements to help them in their fight for survival. Along with its multiplayer component, the studio has also confirmed that there is a single-player story mode that revolves around an event known as “The Night He Came Home” from the perspective of Michael Myers.
Back in March, IllFonic had released a new trailer for Halloween, providing more details about how its multiplayer would work. The title was described by the studio as its “most robust, dynamic and terrifying multiplayer offering yet.” Among the features showcased in this trailer included Myers’ Killer Sense ability, which shifts the camera to a first-person perspective, giving him the ability to track players and resources.
Myers will also have some supernatural abilities, like Shape Jump, which allows him to move through environments more easily, and even phase through solid objects. Similarly, he can also get a speed boost thanks to Shape Dash.
Halloween is coming to PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S.
