Zombies, Run! isn’t headed for the grave after all

Zombies, Run! isn’t headed for the grave after all

Earlier this year, it looked like time was up for ZRX: Zombies, Run!, a popular fitness app that mixed couch-to-5K plans with postapocalyptic audio storytelling. Now, cocreator and author Naomi Alderman has announced that she’s bought back the franchise from the brink.Zombies, Run! was first founded in 2012 with about 10 million users worldwide. The app, made by Six to Start, immerses runners and walkers in an episode-based storyline where the u…

Author Naomi Alderman buys back Zombies Run for six figure sum

Blockchain firm OliveX has sold Zombies Run and The Walk back to their original co-creator, novelist Naomi Alderman. The games were sold for a ‘high six-figure’ sum, we were told. Both Zombies Run and The Walk were originally created and launched by The Power writer Alderman and UK studio SixToStart in 2012. The latter company was sold to fitness/blockchain firm OliveX in March 2021. Zombies Run claims to be the most successful smartphone fitnes…

Zombies, Run! isn’t headed for the grave after all

The beloved fitness game has been bought back by cocreator and author Naomi Alderman. | Image: Six to Start Earlier this year, it looked like time was up for ZRX: Zombies, Run!, a popular fitness app that mixed couch-to-5K plans with postapocalyptic audio storytelling. Now, cocreator and author Naomi Alderman has announced that she’s bought back the franchise from the brink. Zombies, Run! was first founded in 2012 with about 10 million users wo…