[PRESS RELEASE – Los Angeles, California, October 21st, 2024]

NFL Rivals, the officially licensed video game of the National Football League and the National Football League Players Association,  has launched its ‘Monster Smash 2’, Halloween program, which allows players to complete challenges and compete to “rewrite history” with its first NFL Legend, former NFL MVP, Adrian Peterson, in a series of monstrous performances playing as the running back.

Simply, the program will focus on current NFL players who have had great October performances in the past, with Adrian being the exception. There will be players in packs, currency events during the week, ‘Main Events’ on the weekends, a Power Pass, and the program store available with the usual legendary, epic, and rare players.

However, Adrian’s editions will be featured throughout the game – as a ‘free’ giveaway, a Battle Pass reward, and the program’s top two rewards in the program story – Legendary and Mythical Player Editions. The two rewards will be available to purchase exclusively using ‘candy’, but players can only purchase one of them, not both.

The Halloween program is four weeks in duration and contains 40 milestones.  Rewards along the battle pass include coins, gems, training resources, player cards, PFPs, as well as one exclusive Epic reward player at the end of the paid path.  That exclusive player in this promo will be Adrian Peterson.

The program launched on Thursday, October 17, at 8 AM PT and is expected to run until Thursday, November 14, at 8 AM PT, with winners earning exclusive rewards as they complete challenges.

The Monster Smash 2 Program Launches

The Monster Smash 2 program gives players a chance to compete in events and challenges and earn ‘candy’ – the powering currency within the game. The ‘candy’ can be used to unlock special Halloween players (those who have had monstrous performances in October in the past) and some special Adrian Peterson cards.

Similar to previous programs, the NFL players will have the core group of players in packs and the ‘chase’ players in events; but with a few differences. The packs will includ