Key insights
- GTA Online is gearing up for Halloween with new cosmetics and a zombie-themed community challenge.
- Players can visit North Yankton for the first time and are tasked with driving out “marching tides of the undead.”
- Details on the mode are still pretty sparse, but we'll likely find out more before it's released next week.
Grand Theft Auto Online is doing what every good live service game should be doing right now and getting ready for the spooky season. According to the game's weekly patch notes, a variety of different cosmetics and bonuses will be coming to GTA Online in the next few weeks. The more interesting addition, however, is a zombie-themed community challenge.
The patch notes (thanks GamesRadar) reveal that a limited-time zombie mode will be coming to GTA Online, allowing players to “send out marching tides of the undead.” What makes this neat little addition to the holiday season even more interesting, however, is that it's the first time GTA Online has given players the opportunity to travel to North Yankton.
GTA Online allows players to visit North Yankton for the first time
If that name sounds familiar, it's because pretty much every GTA 5 player has been there. North Yankton is the location where younger versions of protagonists Trevor and Michael rob a bank in the game's intro, and is a very underused area in both the main campaign and GTA Online. Various mods have allowed players to reach the area in the past, although this has always made it quite problematic.
With this new community challenge, it now looks like players will be visiting for the first time and slaying hordes of the undead. It's a pretty fitting location for a zombie mode of this type, considering it's something of a ghost town anyway, and the town's very spooky cemetery will probably help spice up the atmosphere too.
Not much information about the mode was given in this week's patch notes, so we don't currently know exactly how the mode will work or how long it will last, but we'll know more soon as it's coming next week. This means GTA Online is a perfect game if you're looking for a bit of horror this Halloween, and people will probably be wondering why we don't have an Undead Nightmare-style expansion for the title yet.
