If you updated Bodycam and can’t find Zombies: it’s not you. The v0.8 “Locked and Loaded” update temporarily disabled the Zombies mode, and the official word is the good kind: it’s returning for Halloween, potentially with new content. Here’s the situation and what the October return likely looks like.
Updated October 1, 2026: we rechecked every Bodycam announcement on Steam through patch #6 (September 25). Reissad Studio has not yet said whether the Halloween return is permanent or a limited-time event, and we added what the studio has said about its next update.
The Official Status
From Reissad Studio’s v0.8 update notes: Zombies is temporarily disabled, with the mode set to return “for Halloween, potentially with new content.” The studio’s reasoning, in the same notes: it wanted “to reintegrate Zombies into the new systems properly rather than rush it.”
The patch #1 notes (September 3) added more detail. A few regressions had affected the mode while the rest of the game was reworked, and the team “felt it had become too stagnant,” so it decided “to bring it back stronger for a future event, with Halloween coming up very soon.” The small studio clearly chose to focus on the massive v0.8 launch (new HUB, Wingman mode, progression economy, the works) and bring Zombies back as an event.
Permanent Mode or Limited Event?
That question is still open. Reissad has not announced whether Zombies stays in the mode list after Halloween or runs as a limited-time event, and no announcement through October 1 gives a date or a length for the return. Patch #1’s wording, bringing it back “for a future event,” leans toward an event at first, but the studio has not said the mode will leave again afterward.
Patch #6 (September 25) said it was “likely the last v0.8 patch” for a while. The team is now focused on the party system, the anti-cheat “and other stuff that we gonna reveal later,” and said the next release “shouldn’t be a patch but a minor/intermediate update.” The patch notes do not name Zombies as part of that update. Watch for that announcement.
Reading “Potentially With New Content”
The safe expectations for a Halloween return:
- The mode itself restored: Bodycam’s photorealistic co-op zombies were already the most atmospheric thing the game did; ultra-realism plus the undead is a genre unto itself.
- A seasonal wrapper: October timing plus the studio’s “future event” framing suggests Halloween-flavored content, and “potentially new content” is doing deliberate work in that sentence.
- Integration with v0.8’s systems: the new Reissad Points economy and the stressed animation layer didn’t exist when Zombies last ran, and the studio says it wants the mode rebuilt on those systems.
What Changed Around It
While Zombies rests, v0.8’s mode lineup runs Team Deathmatch (now 75 kills), Deathmatch, the new Wingman 2v2 ranked mode (which replaced Bodybomb), Hardpoint (expanded to Trenches and CQB), Gun Game with new weapon pools, and Versus. Two maps (Oil Rig and Tumblewood) also rotated out; the developer note says “we have plans for both maps in the future.”
While You Wait
October prep for returning Zombies players:
- Grind RP now: whatever shape the mode returns in, the weapons and attachments you unlock this month carry in. Patch #6 also raised the Reissad Points cap to 50,000.
- Relearn the game’s feel: v0.8’s stressed weapon handling and ammo-check mechanics change survival-horror pacing more than any mode design could.
- Watch the official Steam announcements as Halloween approaches. This studio ships fast when it ships: six patches in the three weeks after v0.8.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why disable it at all? Per the studio, a few regressions hit the mode during the v0.8 rework and it had grown stagnant; rather than ship it in that state, the team benched it to rebuild it on the new systems.
Will Zombies progress from before v0.8 return? Nothing about mode-specific progression was detailed; the account-level unlocks are what persist.
Is it a permanent seasonal mode now? Not announced either way. The studio has said only that Zombies returns for Halloween as part of “a future event,” potentially with new content; whether it stays afterward has not been confirmed.
Could new maps come with it? The developers say they have plans for Oil Rig and Tumblewood but have not tied either map to the Halloween return, so treat any reunion as speculation.