Update 27: Mask Up!

Our latest quality-of-life update includes a variety of gameplay and user-experience improvements, as well as our traditional dollop of Halloween-themed items and outfits!

You can read through the full patch notes for all the details, but here are a few of the standouts:

• We added three new Halloween masks, and brought back old favorites from previous years.

• We made a major improvement to the catapulting-vehicle problem.

• Dead Plague Hearts now show up on the map and report their contents.

• You can now fit twice as much stuff into the trunk slots of your vehicles.

• Zombies now do a better job of spawning indoors before you arrive, and can no longer see through dynamic obstacles.

Mask Up for Halloween!

To celebrate the zombies' favorite holiday, we’re adding three new Halloween masks to everyone’s closet! All you need to do is load up your community between October 25th and November 1st, and you’ll automatically receive:

Scarecrow Mask — You’ll scare off more than crows with this terrifying mask, designed by the Grim Stitch Factory! Enter to win the real life mask at our contest, here.

Jack-O-Lantern Mask — Light up the night with this frightful mask!

Hockey Mask — Perfect for scaring horny teenagers at a slumber party!

And of course, you can also grab the Halloween costumes from previous years:

The Swine and Bovine mask and outfit are unlocked if you play before November 1st.

The Cannibal Mechanic mask and outfit and the Skeleton Hoodie outfit are still a part of the Fearsome Footage bounty pack, which returned on October 1st.

The Footage Got Nine Percent More Fearsome

Speaking of the Fearsome Footage pack, we’ve managed to sneak just one more movie-inspired weapon into the collection.

The Choppah — “This razor-sharp machete is surprisingly easy to use, making it the right weapon when there's something out there waiting for you.” — Cash Beaumont

Lost Weapons Revealed

In our previous update, we slipped several new weapons into the general loot tables without any fanfare. For players who are interested, here is the list of weapons that went in last month:

M590 Sea and Sky Shotgun — “This naval 590A1 sports anti-corrosion treatments and some nice ergonomic add-ons. Back on the island, I knew a guy who carried one of these. Swore it never let him down.” — Sgt. Kilohana Young

Classic SKS Rifle — “It's not the prettiest weapon you'll find, but thanks to its durability and the millions churned out over the past half-century-plus, odds are you'll find one sooner or later.” — Cpl. Maya Torres

PPQ M2 — “A modern polymer design with great ergonomics and a finely tuned trigger pull. I carried one of these back when I was in Special Forces, but that's all I'm allowed to say about those days.” — Lt. Nigel Meredeth USC Carbine — “The badass civilian sibling of the UMP, this rifle hits harder and louder and probably has a couple tattoos to boot. Even if you don't kill your target on the first shot, you'll likely knock it down or at least rip its arm off.” — Kelly Eldridge, Esq.

Blackhawk .45 Revolver — “A beautiful modern replica of a classic cowboy-style revolver. Not for everyone, but if you're looking to make a statement it's nice to have this hard-hitting iron on your hip.” — Helena Cruz

Gladius — “Dude, this sword is legendary. It's just like the one that guy used in that movie. Y'know,