National Videogame Museum teaming up with the massively successful videogame Gang Beasts for summer gallery display, costume competition, and more from 22nd July to 31st August.

National Videogame Museum collaborates with Sheffield-based Boneloaf, developers of the massively successful videogame Gang Beasts.

• Gang Beasts Takeover is a family-friendly summer programme that runs every day from 22nd July to 31st August 2021.

• Visitors can play the game and discover never-before-seen stories behind its development.

• Beef City Fashion Week will see visitors take part in a costume competition to design an outfit for a Gang Beast, which will see winning entries judged by a local panel of games and fashion designers.

The National Videogame Museum (NVM) is delighted to announce its new Summer programme, Gang Beasts Takeover, which will see a brand new gallery display created in close collaboration with Boneloaf, the Sheffield-based creators of the massively successful videogame Gang Beasts.

From July 22nd to August 31st, visitors to the NVM will be able to get together to bash their friends and family whilst playing the game, as well as getting a never-before-seen insight into how the game was created and took the world by storm.

The curators at the NVM have had full access to the Sheffield-based offices where Gang Beasts was created, and have sourced a selection of materials that showcase the stories behind the game. This includes the famous boxing ring, which serves as an iconic symbol of the playful melee of the Gang Beasts game.

Alongside the exhibit at the NVM, visitors will be able to take part in the Beef City Fashion Week, a costume competition to design an outfit for a Gang Beast character. The winners will be judged by an expert panel of videogame developers and fashion designers from Sheffield. Lucky winners from different age groups will be awarded extra special prizes from the Gang Beasts and NVM team.

This is the first major new programme at the National Videogame Museum since it reopened after closure due to Covid-19. This marks the next step in innovative and exciting programming at the Sheffield City Centre venue. This project is running alongside other national and internationally recognised projects by the NVM, such as its recent Animal Crossing Diaries project.

Conor Clarke, Marketing Officer for the NVM, said “Gang Beasts has forever been the most popular game on display at our museum, as well as being one of the most successful games worldwide over the past few years. To be able to partner with Boneloaf on this Summer programme is an absolute delight and an honour. The team has been incredibly generous and kind with their time and support of the museum and showcasing how their ultra-successful game was created right here in Sheffield has been an absolute joy. It’s nearly been as much fun as actually playing the game. Nearly.”

The team at Boneloaf has said, “We’re excited to show some examples of the many experiments, iterations, and mistakes we made with the development and promotion of Gang Beasts to the NVM’s audiences, especially to those that want to make their own games.”

Gang Beasts Takeover runs at the National Videogame Museum from 22nd July to 31st August. All Gang Beasts related content is included with the entry price, including entry into the Beef City Fashion Week competition. Pre-booking is recommended. Visit the NVM website for more details and information on ongoing safety procedures.

About the BGI and the National Videogame Museum

The NVM is run by the BGI, a registered charity number 1183530 that educates the public about the art, science, history, and technology of videogames. The NVM celebrates videogame culture and

allows the public to play most of its exhibits, which include nearly 100 games consoles, arcade machines and other interactive experiences, including games designed exclusively for the Museum. The Museum holds one of the UK’s largest collections of nearly 5,000 videogame objects, and nearly 100 exhibitions, including arcade machines, technology, game memorabilia, and ephemera. Formerly the National Videogame Arcade in Nottingham, the Museum has welcomed over 160,000 visitors, including hundreds of school visits, since it opened in 2016. The Museum presents a mixture of permanent and temporary exhibitions, some of which tour the UK. For more details about the NVM, please visit http://www.thenvm.org.

About Gang Beasts and Boneloaf

Gang Beasts is a silly multiplayer party game with surly gelatinous characters, brutal slapstick fight sequences, and absurd hazardous environments, set in the mean streets of Beef City. Customise your character and fight local and online enemies in the melee game mode or fight with friends against the gangs of Beef City in the gang game mode. Gang Beasts is made by Boneloaf, a small independent game studio based in Sheffield, making a series of experimental multiplayer party games.