Escape from Tarkov launches Halloween event with infected enemies and an Arena melee mode

Battlestate Games announced a Halloween event for Escape from Tarkov, turning Labs and the old Factory into plague zones where players can fight infected on regular maps or push into infected areas to find vaccine materials. Event maps allow only small groups and disable insurance, and infected Tagilla and Black Division operatives join the fight. Escape from Tarkov Arena also opens the Bloodlust mode, a 5v5 team mode with no firearms where players fight with melee weapons, earning double rewards and 1.5x battle pass progress.