Gang Beasts — patch notes and updates
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| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
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| Security Advisory (patch 1.28) | 2025-10-07 | Gang Beasts patch 1.28 comes out today for currently supported platforms. The 1.28 patch addresses a recently disclosed security vulnerability that can compromise the security of games made with specific versions of the Unity editor. Unity has published resources for patching versions of the Unity editor with this vulnerability (this includes Unity 2021.3.33f1, the build of Unity that Gang Beasts patch 1.27 was made with).To remove the potential for this vulnerability to be exploited it is important to delete older versions of Gang Beasts and install patch 1.28 as soon as you can.Gang Beasts 1.28 also makes back-flipping less difficult compar |
| Improved Glass Destruction (Update 1.27) | 2025-08-12 | Gang Beasts update 1.27 releases today on all supported platforms. This patch focuses on bug fixes with some limited aesthetic improvements, as well as a number of background modifications needed for subsequent updates, including planned support for crossplay. The glass has been cleaned and polished to make it shinier, fixing a number of glaring issues with the glass fracture system. The key modifications and fixes made in the 1.27 build are: StagesFixed an issue with character walk cycles when lifting objects/characters on stairsFixed glass fragments blurring on LighthouseFixed some colliders on Chute to make sausages fall as expectedFixed s |
| Construction Site Clean Up (Update 1.26) | 2025-02-12 | Gang Beasts Update 1.26 is releasing today for all currently supported platforms. This update focuses on bug fixes, and has no new content. The key modifications and fixes made in the 1.26 build are: General Fixed an issue with audio levels on the menu screen Fixed an issue with confetti not triggering in the Waves mode Fixed an issue with controller haptics not triggering in online game sessions Fixed an issue with enemies only targeting other enemies in Waves Fixed an issue with enemy names showing when player characters are eliminated in Waves Fixed an issue with the eyes of concussed and idle player characters not closing in online game s |
| Is It a Bird? Is It a Crane? (Update 1.25 Crane Stage) | 2024-11-20 | Time to get to work - our new stage, Crane releases today! Crane is a brand new stage included in today’s 1.25 update. Located on the docks of Beef City, this stage will see players attempting to not fall off a large static Crane. This stage includes the first implementation of our new driveables system, with players being able to jump into the Crane cockpit to take the controls. Don’t stay there too long though - the skies of Beef City are now filled with aggressive birds ready to take you for a quick flight. Survive long enough on Crane and these avian menaces will begin to target you with aerial divebombs to pull you into the skies. The bi |
| Newly Articulated Gang Beasts (Update 1.24) | 2024-08-22 | Gang Beasts Update 1.24 is releasing today for all currently supported platforms. This update is primarily focussed on bug fixes, and there is no new content. The key modification to Gang Beasts in this update is the implementation of a new Interactables System that will allow us to streamline how in-game objects are managed and interacted with in the game engine. This system improves performance by organising interactable objects into optimised lists, therefore making Gang Beasts interacting with the stages faster and more efficient. This change should fix a longstanding issue where Gang Beasts would target the air, instead of the intended t |
| Addressables and Aggressables and Bugs, Oh My (Update 1.23) | 2024-06-13 | Gang Beasts patch 1.23 is releasing today for all currently supported platforms. There are a number of bug fixes in the 1.23 release but no new stages or costumes. The key modification to the game in this build is the implementation of Unity’s Addressables Asset System, the adoption of this system standardises and optimises the process for testing and releasing game content. The Addressables implementation is a significant modification to the game and we expect the 1.23 build to trigger some limited stability issues on Windows, macOS, and Linux platforms. The instructions for fixing this issue are: Windows: Open File Explorer Go to this path |
| Is It a Crane? (Patch 1.21.1) | 2024-02-14 | Is It a Crane? (Update 1.21.1) Roses are red, Violets are violet, Is It a Crane? It is a Crane! It has been ten full years of cartoon violence since the Gang Beasts 0.0.0 pre-alpha builds were published on Valentines Day 2014. For ten years the foaming masses of Beef City have slowly coagulated into gelatinous agglomerations of hostility, spreading through the grim streets of the Meatropolis. We're profoundly thankful to have an audience and community for Boneloaf's games and toys and for the miscellaneous scenes of silliness and callous brutality demonstrated in Gang Beasts over the last decade. A glut of technical debt have made it increasi |
| Is it a Bird? (Patch 1.21) | 2023-10-04 | Gang Beasts patch 1.21 is releasing today for all currently supported platforms! The 1.21 patch addresses a number of miscellaneous issues which will allow us to focus on new content in subsequent updates. The 1.21 build does not include new stages or costumes and is focused on these fixes (see below for more information). A new stage and new costumes will be released soon, once we’re confident it is ready and subject to it passing quality assurance. The key modifications and fixes made in the 1.21 build: General • New languages! We now support Japanese, Korean, Chinese (simplified) and Chinese (traditional). • New Menu font to improve legibi |
| Choice Cuts From the Boneloafery (July 2022) | 2022-07-26 | It's Quiet...Too Quiet It's been difficult to give much information on Gang Beasts in the last 8 months (since the Trawler stage came out) as we build Boneloaf's development and operations teams with support from Robot Teddy. We’re working with Robot Teddy, Coatsink, Multiplay, and Lockit QA to hire more development, testing, and operations staff to support more frequent content and bug fixes and to build more exhaustive production and support processes. This will mean more communication from us, and to release more stable builds of the game for you. We're currently testing modifications, fixes, and stage and costume content for the next Gang |
| A New Stage Approaches | 2021-12-09 | Welcome, everyone! You may notice that there’s a brand new update to Gang Beasts, and we know it’s something you’ve all been waiting for, so we won’t keep you in suspense. Trawler has arrived! A brand new stage, filled with a deteriorating fishing trawler in an isolated sea and a whole shiver of sharks. That’s right, the lifeless black eyed creatures themselves will hop aboard and try to take you for a swim. By “deteriorating fishing trawler”, we mean the stage will become just that. Survive long enough from either the assaults of your friends or the deadly sea swimmers, and the stage will begin to sink (quite literally). Remember to not let |
| Changelog 1.17 | 2021-06-28 | Released on 16 June and updated on 25 June, 2021 Known Issue: the XInput toggle in Settings has been temporarily removed. This will return soon! The game will only support a maximum of 4 Xbox controllers locally until this is back, but any other controllers will still support up to 8 players! Switched to a new matchmaking system. General optimisation pass over various stages, including Wheel, Aquarium and Tower. Made a general pass over most stages with eliminated player issues. Fixed various infinite loading screen bugs when playing online. Loading screen changed to correctly show loading progress. Changed online loading system to reduce cha |
| New Matchmaker BETA testing | 2021-05-21 | If you would like to find people to test the new Matchmaker or to just talk about Gang Beasts, join the community run Discord server here: https://discordapp.com/invite/gXh2HRH |
| M1 Macs will be supported in Q3/Q4 | 2021-03-18 | We are aware of the issue with the M1 Macs. They are supported in a later version of Unity and we are going to upgrade our Unity version later in Q2 /Q3. We will have support available for Gang Beasts then. |
| It put up a good fight, but Update 1.16 is finally here! | 2021-02-04 | The Loading Screen Bug We are happy to announce we have fixed the notorious loading screen bug, that has been plaguing some people, and we wanted to explain a few things to help shed some light on why it took so long for us t o fix it. The bug initially was just incredibly hard to reproduce internally, which is the first step towards finding out what was actually happening. To find it we had to create a new debugging tool for the server and client builds to help us track it down. With this new tool we managed to reproduce the issue consistently, and in a way that we could generate logs to help guide us to a solution. This highlighted to us th |
| Gang Beasts Aquarium Update (build 1.13) | 2020-12-09 | Some of you may already know this but the Aquarium Update (build 1.13) has now been released! This update has a new Aquarium stage, an updated Wheel stage that works online, a series of super hero/villain costume sets, and numerous fixes for stages, online, and gameplay issues. General: Updated the game engine to Unity 2020 (from Unity 2017). This was a significant upgrade and although we've fixed a massive amount, there may be a few bugs we haven't caught yet with the transition. Unity 2019 dropped support for 32-bit Linux operating systems, as such Gang Beasts can now only support 64-bit Linux operating systems. Fixed an issue preventing bl |
| Punch your hearts out | 2020-11-26 | |
| Information on the Gang Beasts Beta 2 | 2020-09-14 | To access and download the beta branch, go to your Steam Library and right click on 'Gang Beasts' to select 'Properties'. From there, navigate to the 'BETAS' tab, then select 'public_testing'. You may need to restart steam before 'public_testing' will show up for you. The patch notes can be found below. General: Fixed an issue preventing bloom from working. Updated the project to be able to build and test on consoles again. Updated graphics settings to fix a few issues with the transition from 2017 to 2019. Mac now uses Metal as its primary graphics API, there should be performance gains, but there may also be a few graphical glitches we need |
| FAQ | 2020-08-10 | FAQ What Platforms is Gang Beasts available for? Gang Beasts is available for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One consoles, Windows, macOS and Linux operating systems and as an Oculus Early Access game for the Oculus Rift and Oculus Rift S headset. Microsoft Windows Gang Beasts for Windows can be downloaded from the Steam, Humble and Oculus Stores (Oculus version requires an Oculus Rift or Oculus Rift S headset). Apple macOS and Linux Gang Beasts for macOS and Linux can be downloaded from the Steam and Humble Stores. Sony PlayStation 4 Gang Beasts for PlayStation 4 can be downloaded from the PlayStation™ Store, physical copies can be purchased fro |
| Information on the Gang Beasts Beta | 2020-08-05 | This is the latest preview version of the next Gang Beasts update, which we would like to do a lot of testing with the community. This was a significant update to the engine as it is a transition from Unity 2017 to Unity 2019. Although we’ve managed to catch and fix most bugs so far, it is likely that there will still be some more bugs to fix as this beta is a work in progress and does not represent the final update yet. Additionally, Unity 2019 no longer supports 32-bit Linux distributions, therefore Gang Beasts now only supports 64-bit Linux distributions. This does not affect Windows or Mac users. To access and download the beta branch, go |
| Boneloaf take Double Fine to a fancy restaurant so they won't make a big scene | 2020-06-01 | Hey everyone! So, we wanted to let you know what’s going on here at Boneloaf. We have some information regarding Double Fine and us, and when the next Gang Beasts update is coming. As some of you know, Boneloaf has been working with Double Fine Presents for some time. They’ve given us advice, they’ve given us splendiferous support, and most importantly, they’ve become friends and mentors to us. We love Double Fine and they have been really fantastic to us. What Tim and his company built is pretty wonderful, but with Double Fine Presents winding down due to Double Fine's acquisition by Xbox Game Studios last year, we think it is a good time fo |