Season Five. It’s here.

You know the old sayings; The best things come in Fives. Five’s company. A bird in the hand is worth Five in the bush. Here’s a new one: Zombies, Run! Season Five launches today. 

Runner Five. Season Five. It’s no coincidence that this is the most thrilling, most unexpected and brilliant season of Zombies, Run! to date. There are shocks, struggles and surprises galore awaiting you this season. Are you ready? No. Whatever you think, you are not ready for this. But here it is anyway. 

You can download missions one and two of Season Five right now from the ‘Missions’ tab in your Zombies, Run! app, even without needing to upgrade. If you’re a pro member, you can download and play both missions immediately. Otherwise, you can use your free weekly unlock to play either of these missions. 

So lace up your shoes, eat five curly-wurlies, construct a protective shield out of sports bras, and get out there. Abel needs you, Runner Five. 

One Week to Season Five

There’s just seven days until Season Five launches! Just one week until there’s excitement, drama, thrills, adrenaline, and of course, thrills galore…

Like last year, we’ll be releasing two episodes per week, with a hiatus during late June and July, before resuming the story in August. The good news is that we have a very special, very secret treat that’ll tide you over during that hiatus. More soon 😉

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Hey ZR Fam! So, as we all know, Season Five is just around the corner, and I don’t know about you, but I’m super excited. Thing is, there are people in the fandom who aren’t fully caught up all the way. So I figured this would be the perfect time for me to re-paint my spoilers detected header I did a few years ago!

This image is free to use on all Zombies, Run! reaction posts, mission summary posts, meta, art, fic, you name it! 

We are a fandom that prides itself on it’s organization and extensive tagging and spoiler warning system. I seriously encourage all of you to use this image, spoiler warnings, readmores, and whatever else you may like to help prevent spoilers from spreading. Save it, have it on your computer, and bust it out whenever you need!

Have a great Season Five, guys!

Season 5 is coming April 20th

That’s right, in under two weeks, we’ll be launching Season Five and continuing the epic story of Zombies, Run! We’re not going to reveal any spoilers – but here’s a sneak peek at the Season 5 Mission 1′s artwork, courtesy of Kascha Sweeney. What could it mean?!?!

Naomi Alderman, co-creator and lead writer, has plenty in store for you:

I’m so thrilled that we’re releasing Season Five of Zombies, Run! this year – we never would have thought when we started that we’d get to have a fifth season! Season Five is ringing the changes: with Abel in danger, the country at risk and enemies massing on every side. Runner Five will be travelling further than ever before in search of help, answers and of course precious sports bras. 

You’ll have to make new allies – and win round old enemies. You’ll discover more secrets – and learn the truth about some people you might have thought you knew. You’ll encounter zombies stranger than any you’ve seen before. 

And through it all, Runner Five, you’ll have to run!

Naturally, we’ll be releasing a 5.0 update for iPhone and Android – but this year, Season 5′s release won’t depend on that update due to improvements in how ZombieLink communicates with the apps.

Season 5. Runner 5. It’s going to be good.

The Spring 2016 Virtual Race is Under Way!

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The leaderboard so far…

The Spring 2016 Virtual Race is happening right now, with almost 1500 entries already recorded on the official leaderboard! Thanks to all who have finished the race so far, and good luck to everyone taking part! Remember, you can run the race as many times as you wish during the race period (30 March – 11 April), so you can keep improving those times!

We’ve also set up a brand new tracker of the average results by country – Austria is currently leading the pack with an average time of 21 Minutes and 55 Seconds. You can see where your country ranks on the leaderboard.

In other Zombies, Run! news: stay tuned for a big Season 5 announcement very soon…

Developers, We Want You!

It wasn’t long ago that we were advertising positions for developers to join Six to Start – but now we’re doing it again! We’re expanding our team rapidly, and we’re looking for iOS, Android, and Full Stack Web Developers to help make our apps and games better than ever.

This is a really exciting time for us – we’re firing on all cylinders with the imminent release of Season 5 along with our hugely successful Virtual Race series. Later this year, our book will be published and we’ll be properly announcing our highly innovative Zombies, Run! boardgame – and that’s just what we can talk about publicly!

That’s why we need more talented people to join. Every single day, we get emails and tweets telling us how our games have changed and even saved people’s lives. So working here isn’t just fun – it’s hugely rewarding! 

Check out our positions:

Senior Android Developer

Senior iOS Developer

Full Stack Web Developer

We’re based in London, so we’re particularly interested in people who can work in our offices here, but we’ll consider remote applicants as well!

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We’ve been recording the first set of missions for Season 5 this week, and we posed some of your questions to our fantastic cast!

Check out what Jen Tan, Phil Nightingale, Sally Orrock, and Eleanor Rushton have to say about being in Zombies, Run!…

Source: SoundCloud / Six to Start