CHANGELOG

Changelog

All guide updates, dated.

September 18, 2026

Week-one status update and known-issues coverage

Added the developers' week-one status update to the Michael Myers guide: the planned reduction to over-effective perks, the intention to make Michael harder to stagger after successive downs, and the incoming adjustments to melee damage, civilian stagger states and combo attack speed.
Added a civilian-combat outlook to the survivor guide, covering the named pull-back on perk-stacked pile-on lobbies and the continuing Grab and Struggle tuning.
Added a "what's next for perk balance" section to the perks guide explaining what the announced perk reductions mean for deck planning.
Added the four story-mode challenges still under review — Chapter 2 Challenge 6, Chapter 4 Challenges 5 and 6, and Chapter 5 Challenge 6 — to the story mode page, along with the chapter results-screen crashes reported on the Prologue and Chapter 3.
Added the four Progressive Challenges under review (Thomas — Linebacker, Rachel — Superstitious Tools, Alexis — Craftswoman, Laurie — Quick Thinking) and the weapon-requirement wording issue to the characters page.
Added a Known Issues section to the gameplay guide with the confirmed fixes in progress — Shape Jump stuck on cooldown, grabs removing civilian movement, post-escape executions, rooftop residents and Xbox Series X|S crashes — plus the official crash-report address.

September 14, 2026

Completed the launch stat tables for all 12 Civilians and expanded the role recommendations for scouts, resident leaders, objective specialists and fighters.
Added a match-aware escape priority, two-player scouting and escort tactics, Special Target protection, early weapon distribution and rescue-before-exit guidance to the survivor guide.

September 13, 2026

Expanded the Michael Myers guide from three documented ability choices to all six, and added a recommended launch-build trio plus Axe and Pickaxe guidance for Bloodthirst tier 3.

September 12, 2026

Published a new Perks guide covering civilian Perk Cards and Perk Decks — Perk Points rolls and rarity odds, temporary upgrades, scrap values, the two-copy deck limit and which card types are worth a slot.
Published a full story mode walkthrough covering the Smith's Grove Prologue and all five numbered chapters, stage by stage, with the points where each chapter is ready to be left.
Added an endings section to the story mode page explaining the railroad, cornfield and sewer exits and how to collect the remaining ones by replaying Chapter 5 only.
Added a Bloodthirst tiers section to the Michael Myers guide, including the Patch 1.0.2 increases to his base damage resistance and to Bloodthirst tier 1 and 2 resistance.
Updated the survivor guide for the Patch 1.0.2 reduction in grab-escape item spawns, and the story mode page for the Patch 1.0.2 singleplayer challenge fixes.
Added the new Perks and Walkthrough pages to the site navigation, in-page search, sitemap and llms.txt.

September 10, 2026

Published a new Items & Weapons guide covering every launch item and weapon — survival gear, keys and tools, throwables, melee, firearms and light/stun items — with the item requirements for each escape route.
Added an item-and-weapon uses table to the survivor guide and linked it through to the new items guide.
Added per-character cosmetics unlock conditions to the characters page, including outfit requirements for every civilian.

September 9, 2026

Expanded the survivor and killer guides with current stamina, perk-deck, escape discovery, stalking and ability behavior, plus a practical arrest walkthrough and killer counterplay.

September 7, 2026

Expanded the Michael Myers guide with Killer Sense controls, Focus Points, Stalk effects, audio tracking and execution thresholds.
Added all four survivor escape routes with their item requirements, changing barriers, noise alerts and Sedan counterplay.

September 6, 2026

Gameplay, single-player and Michael Myers guides updated with confirmed Hotfix 1 fixes for challenge tracking, Offline Play queueing and Michael's downed recovery prompt.

Sep 5, 2026

Site launch with guides: Michael Myers (killer guide), Heroes of Haddonfield (survivor guide), all characters, gameplay systems, story mode, singleplayer options, and the four launch maps.
All content verified against the official site (halloweengame.com), its news blog and the Steam listing as of Sep 5, 2026.
Homepage H1 text spacing fixed so "Halloween: The Game" and "Survive Haddonfield" read as separate phrases; full-bleed section heading resized to match the standard section H2 scale.
Section numbers (01, 02…) moved outside headings so article H2s contain only clean keyword text.
Mobile full-screen menu no longer trapped inside the sticky header (backdrop-filter containing-block fix) and keeps a visible close toggle.
Keyword balance pass: reduced repeated "Michael Myers" phrasing across non-killer guides (survivor, story mode, characters) in favor of each page's own target terms.
Watermark cleanup: all 31 in-use press screenshots carried a bottom © line — each was re-cropped (new filenames, cache-safe) or swapped for clean official Steam screenshots; audited image-by-image with Gemini vision.

September 8, 2026

Added launch-build effects for Blackout, Detection Pulse and Reality Tear to the Michael Myers and gameplay guides.
Added seven documented hero stat spreads, measurable trait effects and stat-backed character recommendations.
Confirmed crossplay friend-code steps and clarified that cross-progression is not supported.
Added all six story-mode chapter names and the 14 audio collectibles' chapter-by-chapter distribution.
Published a complete route for all 14 story-mode Loomis Logs and recordings, including chapter lock points and a Collector checklist.