Brigada Games and Devolver Digital will release Miami Zero for Quarantine Zone: The Last Check on 15 October. The free expansion moves the outbreak to Miami and adds a scenario built around escape.
Miami becomes the next quarantine zone on 15 October. Brigada Games and Devolver Digital will release Miami Zero for Quarantine Zone: The Last Check on PC and Xbox Series X|S. The free expansion takes the zombie checkpoint simulator to the outbreak's starting point. It also adds an investigation focused on the infection's origins. The announcement was shown during PC Gaming Show Tokyo Direct 2026, according to PC Gamer and Dungen.ru.
Miami at ground zero
Miami Zero returns to the early days of the crisis in Miami, Florida. Players will run a hastily assembled checkpoint. They will process infected suspects and meet a new cast of characters.
The setting is both sunlit and stormy, but the bigger change is in the story. This is an origin story for the infection, not another operation in an established quarantine zone. Reports from PC Gamer and Gametimers.it also describe Miami as the place where the outbreak began. That makes the expansion a prequel to the known quarantine-post storyline.
The checkpoint also gets a grim local solution. Suspects judged to be infected can be disposed of by feeding them to sharks. Miami's coastline therefore becomes part of the game's resource-conscious survival problem. PC Gamer and 163.com highlighted the detail. It fits the base game's checkpoint premise while giving the new location its own way to handle contamination.
Tracing the infection
Miami Zero expands the investigation side of Quarantine Zone: The Last Check. Players will study mutations and follow the infection toward its source. They will also deal with symptoms and tools that were not part of the original experience.
The announcement suggests that the outbreak is becoming harder to explain as a simple accident. It does not reveal the cause. It also does not identify a hidden organisation behind it.
The wider goal is to find an escape route. Survivors can be recruited to help repair a damaged luxury yacht. The vessel is meant to become the player's way out of Miami. This gives the campaign a clear practical goal: keep the checkpoint running long enough to prepare the yacht before the city collapses further.
Release details
Miami Zero is scheduled to launch on 15 October 2026 for PC and Xbox Series X|S. It will be free for owners of Quarantine Zone: The Last Check. Players will not need to buy a separate add-on at launch.
PC Gamer, Gametimers.it and 163.com all describe the release as a free update or expansion. The earlier reference to a $14.99 price is therefore not supported by the latest confirmed information.
The available information confirms the Miami setting, the investigation focus, the shark disposal mechanic, survivor recruitment and the yacht repair objective. Reports also say that the exact number of missions, total content volume, campaign length and complete list of mechanics have not been disclosed.
The current material provides no technical specifications, performance targets, file size, multiplayer details or evidence from an independently tested build. Readers following Tokyo Game Show 2026 announcements can also find our earlier event report elsewhere on NGB. Miami Zero itself was presented as part of PC Gaming Show Tokyo Direct 2026.
What players receive
Miami Zero's main draw is the change of setting. Instead of adding another checkpoint, it connects daily screening decisions to a larger question: where did the virus begin, and can the official explanation be trusted?
The yacht objective should give the campaign a practical line to follow. The mutations and new symptoms may offer more information to interpret, rather than simply adding more targets to process.
That makes the release worth watching for existing owners. The announcement is still a feature outline, not proof of the final quality. Until the expansion is available to play, its scope, balance and technical condition remain untested.
Brigada Games and Devolver Digital have confirmed a specific date, free access for owners and a substantial new scenario. They have not supplied enough detail to show how extensively Miami Zero expands the simulation.
For players who already own Quarantine Zone: The Last Check, the confirmed value is simple. Miami Zero arrives on 15 October 2026 without a separate purchase. It takes the investigation to Miami, Florida, treats the city as the outbreak's starting point and adds the unusual option of using sharks to dispose of infected suspects.
More information about the number of missions, campaign duration and full mechanical scope is still pending.
