Take Your Gang Online in Gang Beasts' New Mode

Indie developers Boneloaf and Coatsink have added to their in-development brawler Gang Beasts with a new online multiplayer mode, one of the most requested things for them to add to the bombastic fighting game. The game sees you take control of the gelatinous characters fighting in the hazardous streets and buildings of Beef City. Until now though, your trip through this bovine metropolis has been one of couch co-op and single player fun, not any more though. 

Opening the online multiplayer beta to Steam users will give players access to game modes for fighting with friends (and enemies) without needing to leave their home. The initial online multiplayer build is limited to three test stages with new stages, game modes and additional server capacity coming in subsequent releases. The support for online game modes will be merged into the default Gang Beasts Early Access builds when the online multiplayer beta testing has ended.

“We are frequently asked to implement support for online multiplayer game modes in Gang Beasts but couldn’t commit to publicly testing online support without securing the necessary infrastructure and technical resources,” said James Brown, Director at Boneloaf. “With Coatsink’s support and the support of platform holders, we are now in a position to extend our internal play testing to the Steam community.”

“It’s been an absolute pleasure working with Boneloaf on this project throughout, and now we’re really excited to help bring online multiplayer to Gang Beasts,” said Tom Beardsmore, CEO at Coatsink. “Not only is it a natural progression for the game, but we know the community has been clamoring for it - and it always feels good to be able to deliver something that players really want.”