Knockout 2: Wrath of the Karen — patch notes and updates
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Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
|---|---|---|
| Giga-Chad Update (version 0.5.3) | 2026-06-03 | Rejoice! Giga-Chad has been reworked so that new players can get a better handle of the game and its systems. But that's not all! This update includes tons of onboarding changes to progression, tutorials, and major updates to the Portuguese, Spanish, and French localizations.MAJOR CHANGES:Giga-Chad's Rookie fight difficulty has been reworked to be less punishing if you really, truly, DECISIVELY don't want to heed our counter punching tutorials. Details below.Controller gyroscopes no longer interrupt mouse and keyboard inputs.Mobile versions of the game will treat all achievement checks as true, unless and until we add achievements on mobile. |
| Bug Fix and Balance Update (version 0.5.1) | 2026-05-05 | All challenges and achievements should now be unlockable with this update. If we missed any be sure to let us know and we'll have them fixed for the next update! The biggest fixes and changes are below:Updated with the latest translations from our volunteers. Of particular note this release, massive work on French by elvee, Brazilian by Tydes, and Spanish by stick and WhoAmI? Thank you all!Added a visual effect to when the player's block is broken.New story text has been added to opponent dossiers as you rank up.All characters: Vulnerability periods have been adjusted and normalized.Added a hard-stop tutorial for teaching players how to count |
| KNOCKOUT 2 DEMO AVAILABLE NOW! | 2025-12-30 | Been a while, huh? We've been busy. AND YOU CAN PLAY IT RIGHT NOW.Agents! Grab the free demo of Knockout 2: Wrath of the Karen. Log into Steam with your FBI credentials, brain or butt implant, or just your regular Steam account, then make sure you're properly Wishlisted before acquiring the demo from the big green button.We need you trained up and prepared for anything by the time this ships. We don't know what's coming our way, but the guys in glasses tell me it's big and very "screamy." Our radar can't see clearly that deep off the Eastern seaboard, so this comes from reports by actual scientists this time, with fancy microphones.The Presid |