Steam News · Oct 5
Hey Racers,We are exactly one month away from launch! The cops have no idea. For now though I have something else to announce.We have a brand new Airframe Ultra T-Shirt for you all to enjoy as a final Akupara Games anniversary event! Check out the new shirt here! -riv otter
Steam News · Sep 30
Hey racers, Airframe Ultra crossed 100,000 wishlists!Thank you all for your support! Although I have a feeling some of you are cops… Check everyone. Who is wearing a wire?We are preparing for the biggest race in Megacity for launch on November 5th. Are you the leader or laughing stock in second?-riv otter
Steam News · Sep 18
Hey, racers. I'm Buddy, Head of Publishing for Akupara Games, and today, I'm stepping in for Riv because this is the big one. The end of Beta 5, where we announced our release date as November 5th, 2026. Today, I'm going to walk you through the story of developing Airframe Ultra across all its betas, what we've been looking to playtest, and where the game is headed when it launches in November. Bu...
Steam News · Sep 6
Hey racer,Airframe Ultra releases November 5th! We are stashing the weapons and fuel to prepare for the launch. Deperada, Bandit 99, Nuclear Them, Jackrabbit, and your friends will be there ready to kill everyone in their way. Be quick or be dead– either way, be there. -riv otter
Steam News · Sep 3
Hey racers, Beta 5: Desperada is now live!Grab your helmets and start your engine! The servers are running and the playtest button is live on the Airframe Ultra store page! Go click it and download the build and join the playtest! This beta will include a new progression system, shops, and bike building!DesperadaTakes a lot of jet fuel to run a city of billions and down in Baja, Desperada makes s...
Steam News · Aug 20
Hey Racers, Next month we are kicking off our 10 year anniversary and we are celebrating with our first annual Akupara Direct, hosted by Alpha Beta Gamer, where we are announcing some news for Airframe Ultra!The Akupara Direct will showcase plenty of games from our library, revealing all kinds of news, especially something new for Rain World!I’ve been asked to set up something real fun that I thin...
Steam News · Aug 3
Hey Racers,In the Airframe Ultra Discord, we opened up a channel for players to ask questions and voted on which questions to send to Josh, one of the developers on Airframe Ultra! What is the purpose and goal of the playtests?These pre-release playtests help us gauge what is and isn’t working with the design, balance, and flow of the game. They also help us get more eyes on the game to spot poten...
Steam News · Jun 26
The servers are up! The cops have been bribed. Download the Airframe Ultra Playtest and get started!We will be streaming Airframe Ultra at 10am PST today and 10am PST on Monday where you can beat up Buddy, our publishing lead and leave me alone because I am a C-tier racer. -riv otter
Steam News · Jun 23
Well, well, well, looks like we're puttin' the servers back online. The Airframe Ultra Megacity Open is live ALL WEEKEND starting Friday at 9AM PT and we're bookending it with streams on the Akupara Twitch Friday and Monday. Plenty of murder and mayhem to be had on the circuit. And if you wanna see what the devs are cooking for the NEXT beta (coming later this summer), put eyes on the stream on Mo...
Steam News · Apr 13
Hey racers,Slower traffic stays to the right. We will stream Airframe Ultra on April 17th 10am PST and show you how it’s really done.-riv otter
Steam News · Apr 2
Hey Racers,Alright, now time for the big, cruiser-sized part of the dev log. What we learned from the open beta.During Steam Next Fest, we hosted an open beta for Airframe Ultra for the week, where racers could beat each other into a puddle along the different race tracks while testing the new circuit system. Everyone had a ton of fun and are already asking for a beta 6– which means I’m already lo...
Steam News · Mar 2
Hey Racers, The open beta is now over. Thank you all who took the time to try out the open beta. We still have a lot to do and I'll write a dev log communicating on this open beta, what we learned about it, and more once I get the data on it. I hope you enjoyed the beta and if you did, please consider giving us a wishlist! You can also join the Airframe Ultra Discord to talk with other racers! -ri...
Steam News · Feb 27
Hey Racers,I hope you have been enjoying the open beta and Steam Next Fest. In the Airframe Ultra Discord, we asked the community for clips of gameplay of any of the betas and demo that they played. Thank you all who submitted their clips!Open beta ends Monday morning so be sure to check it out before it is too late! Download the Airframe Ultra demo to play the beta and destroy the competition. -r...
