Stay frosty: Call of Duty Warzone's Halloween event has jump scares that will take you back to 2006 YouTube

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As much as I enjoyed unloading magazines into Warzone's rendition of King Kong that one time, Call of Duty's limited-time events don't usually pique my interest until October comes around. This year is no different—Warzone's «The Haunting» event kicked off this week and there's a ton going on. New boss fights are littered across the map (including The Butcher from Diablo 4), enemies drop souls that unlock Halloween-themed goodies, and loot boxes will randomly trigger a jumpscare that makes you die a little on the inside.

At least, that's what it did to me. I hopped into a DMZ match specifically to see how bad the jumpscares are and still managed to get got by a random box I opened to finish a contract. They're not even sophisticated jumpscares either, just run-of-the-mill ghostly faces with super loud screams that early YouTubers used to edit into innocuous videos of cars driving through the countryside. Simple, but effective.

Potentially irritating, too. There's a random chance that every loot box you open will come with a scare, and unfortunately, opening boxes is a thing you do constantly. I think most players will take them in good fun, but I understand why some are already asking for options to tone them down or turn them off.

Interestingly, Activision did include an option to turn them off, but only the ones that appear in the battle pass. Better than nothing, I guess, but I wonder why the toggle's only there for the jumpscares you'll see the least. So beware: there's no getting around Warzone's jumpscare boxes for the next few weeks if you want to participate in the Halloween fun. And it does seem pretty fun: I've yet to take on a Haunting boss myself yet, but YouTuber Inkslasher showed them all off in this video.