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Area Zero

Also known as Area Zero, area zero, area-zero

Area Zero is a gritty, hand-drawn fighting game. It features continuously scrolling stages, modern style controls and a hold-to-cancel input system.

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20 May 2026

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Patch notesPublished 20 May 2026

v1.4.4Area Zero v1.4.4

Area Zero v1.4.4 (05/20/2026) Revised end of match so that there is always a winner. Ties are resolve by internal scoring. Added post fight game state with win quote and ranking for the match. The player's rank is deter…

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May 2026
Area Zero v1.4.3 (05/14/2026) Reduced recovery rates for the entire roster. Increased manual parry activation window. Prevented crash from Michael's taunt bonus introduced in v1.4.0. Disabled hit detection for the broth…v1.4.34 changesGameplayPerformancePatch notes14 May 2026
Area Zero v1.4.2 (05/11/2026) Cleaned up various art assets. Iterated on combo trials, correcting some subtle bugs. Restored and revised combo trials for Niven, Michael and Christopher to account for changes made in v1.…v1.4.21 changeUI/audioPatch notes11 May 2026
April 2026
Area Zero v1.4.1 (04/20/2026) Prevented Adrian infinite (s.lk -> s.hk -> step forward, ...). Iterated on Adrian walk and down super animations. Moved normal chain tutorial objective from advanced to basic. Iterated on V…v1.4.11 changeGameplayPatch notes20 Apr 2026
Area Zero v1.4.0 (04/15/2026) Adrian added as playable character. Increased damage for all normal attacks and universal grapple/throw attacks. Increased activation window for manual parries from 2 to 4 frames. Iterated…v1.4.09 changes1 numericGameplayPatch notes15 Apr 2026
December 2025
Area Zero v1.3.0 (12/10/2025) Improvements to asset loading, reducing load times. New announcer voice assets added. Iteration on animations and character art assets. Added super activation portraits. Added Adrain as pla…v1.3.04 changesUI/audioGameplayPatch notes10 Dec 2025
September 2025
Area Zero v1.2.1 (09/28/2025) Updated Patreon supporters in credits. Thank you for the support! More improvements to asset loading, which should reduce loading time before a match. Reduced start up frames for Richard's…v1.2.12 changesGameplayPatch notes28 Sept 2025
1.2.0 (09/02/2025) Prevents crash on more recent Vulkan drivers, which may have extensive lists of device extensions. Characters will always face the direction of the attack source on block. Reverts cross up attack attr…v1.2.02 changesPerformanceGameplayPatch notes02 Sept 2025
August 2025
1.1.1 (08/27/2025) Reduces time for initialization by removing redundant file reads and shader compiles. Reduces time used for swap chain recreation (resizing window, tabbing in/out of window, etc.). Updates versus load…v1.1.14 changesPerformanceGameplayPatch notes27 Aug 2025
1.1.0 (08/19/2025) New super attacks for each character. a. Similar to specials, super attacks are now activated by holding a direction and pressing the super (Su) button. b. Each character now has a super corresponding…v1.1.08 changesGameplayPatch notes19 Aug 2025
July 2025
1.0.2 (07/27/2025) Rework Vulkan physical device selection to avoid potential crash on Nvidia 5070 devices.v1.0.21 changePerformancePatch notes28 Jul 2025
1.0.1 (07/20/2025) 1. Prevents an infinite combo for Violet and updates her advanced combo trials to accommodate the changes. 2. Prevents potential for a crash when the combo counter exceeds 99 hits or 9,999 damage.v1.011 changePerformancePatch notes20 Jul 2025

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