Original Shape Actor Nick Castle Is Back as Michael Myers in ‘Halloween: The Game’!

The big horror news of the week was that Halloween: The Game, an official video game based on John Carpenter’s original horror classic, is headed our way next year from Illfonic, and it will feature online multiplayer, offline bots, and a single-player story mode!

The news gets even more exciting as we head into the weekend, as the team announced that original Shape actor Nick Castle performed the motion capture for the game’s Michael Myers!

The official Halloween Portal account tweets, “Although it may be slightly different than the one he wore on film in 1978, Nick Castle put back on a suit to deliver the iconic walk, movements, and kills as only the OG Michael Myers could.

“In what is just one of the many ways Compass and Illfonic are striving to bring the utmost authenticity to this game, we wouldn’t dream of having anyone other than Nick bring this character to life in this new digital realm and we are thrilled he was eager to participate!”

Check out a behind the scenes shot of Castle performing the mo-cap below!

Halloween: The Game will invite players to step into the chilling world of John Carpenter’s genre-defining film, now transformed into a suspenseful one-versus-many stealth horror experience. Put on the iconic mask to become the ultimate slasher, Michael Myers, stalking and executing the citizens of Haddonfield one by one, or striving to thwart Michael Myers’ plans as Civilians determined to save the unaware townsfolk before it’s too late.

Halloween: The Game will unleash Michael Myers onto Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, and PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store in 2026. Here’s everything you need to know.