{"rewrite":{"id":"r_6310e5287302dd012e8a9ea1","clusterId":"c_2a9185e1b5880e5960f7b96a","slug":"kafi-announces-snow-panic-an-armed-ski-race-for-up-to-8-players","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"KAFI Announces Snow Panic, an Armed Ski Race for up to 8 Players","summary":"KAFI announced Snow Panic on November 7 for PC (Steam), with a release planned for the first quarter of 2027. The online ski race supports up to 8 players who shoot, mine, and call airstrikes on each other on the way down, with more than 15 weapons and items, including an exploding goat. It will ship with six mountains.","whyItMatters":"KAFI follows The Headliners, which passed 1.5 million cumulative sales and is being pursued for a live-action adaptation, with a smaller, faster multiplayer game, and the studio says it began earnest work on it around April 2026 after canceling another project.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe Steam store page lists Japanese in-game text for Snow Panic, and the race track comes with hazards beyond the other skiers: bullets and rockets fly in from rivals, and wild animals also attack. Ragdoll physics send a hit skier tumbling down the slope or into a tree.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnline play has public and private lobbies, bots fill open slots, and proximity voice chat is included. A Custom Championship mode lets players set races, rules, and banned items, and a customization feature covers flashy 1990s-style ski wear, eccentric hairstyles, and skis. KAFI is a three-person studio based in France that includes Lucas Bouyoux and Bruno Grégoire.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"KAFI pairs ski racing with airstrikes and an exploding goat, so Snow Panic has to keep eight racers readable when the track itself turns hostile. Six mountains is a modest map count for that chaos.","twitterPost":"Six mountains for eight players firing airstrikes: Snow Panic's design has to keep the downhill line legible while the track turns hostile.","threadsPost":"KAFI is selling Snow Panic on chaos, airstrikes, mining, a goat that explodes. Six mountains is a lean map count for an 8-player game where the track itself attacks you. The comedy reads easily; keeping eight racers readable in that noise is the harder problem KAFI has to solve before Q1 2027.","newsletterBlurb":"KAFI announced Snow Panic, an online ski race for up to 8 players where everyone is armed, for PC (Steam) in the first quarter of 2027. The game packs more than 15 weapons and items, including bazookas, airstrikes, and an exploding goat, and six mountains will be available at launch. KAFI is the France-based three-person studio behind The Headliners.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Automaton\",\"url\":\"https://automaton-media.com/articles/newsjp/snow-panic-20261107-477963/\",\"title\":\"Up to 8-player armed ski race battle 'Snow Panic' announced, launching in early 2027. 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