V Rising is a pretty perfect game to get into for spooky season. Stunlock Studios is holding a new art contest with a number of prizes and offering its Halloween decor DLC pack for free again.
If you did not get the Haunted Nights Castle DLC pack when it was first offered to PC players in early access, starting tomorrow, October 16th, it will be available once again to claim for free on Steam and the PlayStation Store (for the first time). It will be available for free until November 16th and, once claimed, is yours to use permanently at any time. The pack contains a number of Haunted Nights decoration pieces for your castle, including stained glass, drapes for the windows, carpets, wall decor, a floating gourd, a standing mirror, candles, a coffin (because, well, vampires), three decorative pumpkins. These are just some of the pieces included, but when you claim the DLC all of these items will be unlocked for crafting when you reach the appropriate crafting level.
Stunlock is also promising some news later this month on V Rising’s ongoing development. Right now, they are calling all artists to create something in any visual medium (without using AI or tracing) that fits an appropriate horror theme: Slashers. Take inspiration from your favorite slasher film and transport those ideas into Vardoran to create a piece of V Rising related artwork. Examples they give could be movie posters, videos, illustrations, or even sculpture. There will be one grand prize winner who will win four copies of V Rising, all current and future DLC, as well as some swag like a shirt, hoodie, and merch pack. A total of nine other finalists will get swag like shirts and DLC packs.
Full rules and details are on the announcement page, along with the complete Haunted Nights item list.