The legendary Halloween franchise is getting two new video games. John Carpenter’s Halloween is still regarded by many as one of the greatest slasher films ever made, spawning an entire film franchise with numerous sequels and reboots. The majority of these films are centered around Michael Myers, a masked serial killer who may or may not be the living embodiment of evil, and the many innocent souls caught in his murderous rampages. Halloween had a licensed video game for the Atari 2600 in 1983, though none of the film’s characters were named.
Since then, most of The Shape’s gaming appearances have been guest roles in other properties. In 2014, Michael Myers was featured as a playable character in a DLC pack for Call of Duty: Ghosts and would later join a laundry list of other famed killers of the silver screen when he was added to Dead by Daylight alongside his longtime nemesis Laurie Strode. Last October, Michael was added to Fortnite as part of the Halloween-centric Fortnitemares 2023 event, where he was joined by Jack Skellington of Nightmare Before Christmas fame.
Michael Myers has never been particularly strong in Dead by Daylight, but that hasn't kept him from...
