Halloween came to Grand Theft Auto Online

I don’t know why I didn’t think of it sooner but the idea of celebrating Halloween in Grand Theft Auto Online suddenly struck me the morning of. The game’s got plenty of gross outfits and masks, cars are customizable enough and Katy’s already expressed her love for knife fights, so why not?

I made a quick post on Google+ inviting people to friend up, dress up and stalk the streets of a private game with melee weapon in hand. I wish the weather cheat code worked in Online so we could’ve kept it atmospheric but the deathmatches and races were filled with eerie rain and darkness… it was the most the game allowed. I had dug up some spooky royalty free mp3s as well so if you watch our archived stream (Part 1 – Part 2) you’ll get the full effect. Umm, sorry about the frequent kitten mews, I don’t know why those are in there.

It went really well and we had friends cycling in and out for nearly five hours doing races, knife fights and a round of Survival. It was also my most popular Google+ post by far with 76 +1’s and commenters asking if we were doing the same thing on PlayStation 3 or if the party was still going. It wound up being one of the most memorable Halloween nights for me since I was a kid.