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Hey Akuparians! Guess what, it’s our birthday!, Akupara Games is turning 8 years old and to celebrate, we have put Gone Viral on sale for 68% off! Be sure to grab those deals, check out our lovely event page, and check out the sales! Maybe the game you’ve been waiting for is wait
Hey, Gladiators! Cool news if not necessarily big news, we've just activated Steam Trading Cards! There are eight (8) total cards for players to collect. If you've already played a bunch of Gone Viral, you should have a handful sitting in your inventory ready to be traded as you
The full version of Gone viral launches TODAY, so we've got some action-packed livestream shenanigans planned to celebrate. Hop into the arena with us, and check out all the other rad stuff happening during The Indie Houses Festival while you're here!
Hello, mutants! As announced in our Indie Houses keynote today, Gone Viral is out of Early Access and releasing now! So you think you are a big fan of Gone Viral? Think again! The Fanatic and his cabal of minion friends are here to show you what happens when real fans bring the h
EARLY ACCESS UPDATE 0.5.3 Hey! As per our discord update, we’re slow but steady over the last few months (and intend to be so for a bit longer as we wrassle with RL stuff). The downside: Slow. The Upside: Steady! So here’s some polish, goodies and work in progress (especially a l
Greetings, Gladiators! With the new year, we figured it was the right time to share a more generalized update on the State of Gone Viral as we move through Early Access. If you are looking for the headline up front - we’ve been slow right now, and are aiming to bring Gone Viral o
Rise and shine, game show gladiators! The Steam Autumn festivities are kicking off today! If you know anyone who’s had their eye on Gone Viral but hasn’t grabbed it yet, or have someone you want to gift this crazy action-packed brawler to, the game is currently on sale for 10% of
Hey, Gladiators! Enjoying the latest patch? The Hollywood Scares update has been out for a few days and if you haven't seen the news, read the patch notes, or checked out the game I'm here to give you the goods! The new character Jo the Skullcracker is out, new Mutations are out,
EARLY ACCESS MAJOR UPDATE 1 - HOLLYWOOD SCARES! You’re the next contestant on...HOLLYWOOD SCARES! Our first Early Access Major Update! Welcome to our first (of many!) Major Update! We’re cranking away with new stuff for you, as well as unlocking a new permanent Cosmetic on your f
Let's just cut to the chase, shall we? Here it is in all its glory! The very first (but not the last) of the Gone Viral Early Access Roadmaps. As we're looking to add new content to the game, we wanted to show off what direction we're headed in when it comes to gameplay and featu
EARLY ACCESS UPDATE 0.5.1 Hey, look! It’s an Update! Woot! YAY EARLY ACCESS! For those of you who helped in Beta, you know how we roll - our team is constantly chattin’ on Discord, watching streams, crawling through the analytics and then turning that into frequent updates to mak
Lady Killers and Gentlemutants, Gone Viral hit Early Access two weeks ago! Thanks SO MUCH to the hardcore beta veterans and the newest fans flooding from all corners of the internet - we’re blown away by the love and support. We couldn’t do this without you supporting indie devel
EARLY ACCESS HOTFIX 0.5.0.1 Let me tell you, these first few days of Early Access launch have been CRAZY. Like, no one getting any sleep crazy. But also a never ending stream of excitement and joy crazy - especially when watching our streamers play and hearing feedback from every
Let’s get started. Gone Viral, the rough and tumble roguelite brawler you know and love, hits Early Access today! If you love the brutality, if you love the carnage, if you love the roaring crowd, then be prepared for the game to enter overdrive and dole out goodies all over the
EARLY ACCESS UPDATE 0.5.0 Just a few more little fixes here and there to make sure Gone Viral can put its best foot forward on Early Access release day! We are super excited to have you play and even more excited for you to see all the cool new stuff we are working on already, pl
EARLY ACCESS UPDATE 0.5.0.rc.1 Good lord, it’s here! The official update for Early Access! Which we already know we’ll probably tweak once or twice. Now, you may say - Skullbots, is all this gonna go to your head? Being new and trending, actually going to Early Access? Well, prob
Welcome Mutants, this is Gone Viral ! Your hosts today are Jeremy Gaffney and his team of mutants, all former AAA developers behind games like WildStar and City of Heroes ! Watch Gone Viral Live & Ask Me Anything Join us (Jeremy Gaffney and the Skullbot team) fight for our li
Hey everyone! We're excited to continue to show you some awesome footage from our upcoming game - Gone Viral. We have a demo available here for you to enjoy and download! We encourage anyone who is interested to come swing by our Discord and not only join the community but to pos
CLOSED BETA UPDATE 0.2.26 Another week, another update! Well it’s not just any other week - we’re getting ready for the end of Closed Beta (boo) on the 23rd - and the start of Early Access (yay!) on September 24th! Exciting times! This week - an overhaul of Polls, fixing lots of
Everyone’s favorite post-apocalyptic game show will be coming to Steam Early Access for $19.99 on September 24th! Whether you’ve never heard of this gory game show before or you’ve been grinding mutants to a bloody pulp in this roguelite brawler, new and returning fans of Gone Vi