Hey everyone, hope you've been having a good 2026 so far! It's been an extremely busy January on my end but unfortunately there is still a bit of work left on getting the Q4 update (or NPC update) all ready for release.

I want to apologize greatly for the further delay of this update, I haven't done a great job estimating all the various complications involved with getting NPCs thinking, trading and behaving well, along with balancing the economy for all items in the game to power the new trading system. The good news is that the new systems are starting to feel very solid, and we are down to just the final polish, and content tasks.

With all that said, I'd like to announce that the NPC update will be released on February 16th 2026!

After the NPC update and a few follow up fix and improvement updates, I will sit down and plan out the 2026 roadmap with the path towards the 1.0 release in detail. A lot of the building blocks are now in place with all the big updates over the past year, especially with the about-to-be-released NPCs inhabiting the dangerous world of the Blight. Be on the lookout for the new roadmap in the weeks following the NPC update.

Also, I plan to get more languages into the game soon as well after a long localization hiatus, with Chinese and Polish as the next priority.

Thanks for playing and supporting The Last Plague!

Hey everyone,

Hope you are enjoying the holiday break!

I wanted to follow up on the Q4 update release timeline. As we approach the end of the year I've had to make the tough decision to push the update further back into January given the remaining work and testing required.

I know a lot of you have been excited about getting your hands on the new NPC content and I was working very hard the past few months to get things ready, but unfortunately it will take a bit more time to get the experience feeling right with the least amount of bugs and issues.

Things are coming along well though. New character customization options were added to help power the new NPC characters and the very old AI system was completely rebuilt from the ground up to allow for much more complex decision making logic for the various entities in the game. Creature behavior should be more improved, and you will be able to run into other survivors in the world with dynamic goals, handling their own survival, friendliness and willingness to trade and cooperate.

Thank you for your continued patience and support. The game has evolved quite a bit over the last year with a ton of new features and content and I'm excited to make 2026 an even bigger year for The Last Plague with a proper 1.0 release.

Happy holidays and happy new year!