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Halloween: The Game patch notes

Every official patch, transcribed from the source with the gameplay changes pulled to the top — because a performance fix and a balance change are not the same thing. Newest first.

Early Access Hotfix 1

September 5, 2026 · All platforms

The first hotfix, published one day into Advance Access and three days before the full release. Its existence is the load-bearing fact here: any launch-window impression written before September 5 was written against a different build.

What we can state

  • A hotfix was published on September 5, 2026, titled Early Access Hotfix 1 on the official news feed.
  • It landed during the Digital Deluxe Advance Access window, which opened September 4 and ran to the full release on September 8.

What is not transcribed here, and why

  • This site transcribes patch notes line by line from the official post rather than summarising them, because a paraphrased balance change is a different change. Where a bullet-by-bullet list is not reproducible from the source, the entry says so instead of inventing plausible bullets.
  • If you are debugging a specific problem, read the official post directly — it is linked below — rather than trusting any second-hand list, including this one.

Source: Official Early Access Hotfix 1 post

Questions

Does Halloween have a day-one patch?
Yes — Early Access Hotfix 1, on September 5, 2026, for All platforms. It landed one day into Advance Access and three days before the full release, which means launch-window impressions written before that date were written against a different build.
Has the performance been patched?
A hotfix landed on September 5, one day into Advance Access and three days before the full release. Whether it addressed performance specifically is not something this page will claim without the notes in front of it — and that matters, because performance is the single most-mentioned problem in launch reviews and many of those reviews were written before the hotfix existed.
Why are the patch notes not transcribed in full here?
Because this site transcribes patch notes line by line from the official post rather than summarising them — a paraphrased balance change is a different change. Where a bullet-by-bullet list is not reproducible from the source, the entry says so and links to the official post instead of inventing plausible bullets.

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News & updates

Every official post, dated and linked to its source.

Performance guide

What the store listing requires, and what launch reviews report.

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Sources: Official Early Access Hotfix 1 post