While Gearbox might be riding high right now with Borderlands 3, it wasn't that long ago that they attempted a whole new IP that didn't fare well. Development and updates for Battleborn officially ended two years ago and, honestly, I thought that the game was done around that same time. Apparently it's still been kicking around, but publisher 2K is now calling it quits and pulling the servers down... in another two years.
So it was that with a forum post notification of the update being available, Gearbox's Battleborn came to an end, of a sorts. The servers are still up and running, and will continue that way for at least the "foreseeable future," but content development has ended and there won't be any further balance patches.
There were some great ideas and nifty mechanics within Battleborn, but, ultimately, it seems like it was not destined to be a long-running franchise for Gearbox. In a forum post this weekend, Creative Director Randy Varnell stated that "there will be no more Battleplans and there is currently no planned content after the Fall Update." The lights may be on (for now), but nobody is home.
Yesterday, Gearbox announced and launched the new "Free Trial" mode for Battleborn, their arena-based FPS. This trial (with no planned expiration date) grants players unrestricted access to all the game's competitive maps and modes with a weekly rotation of six battleborn to select from.
Late last week, Battleborn's biggest update to date launched. Now live, the "Winter Update" adds Beatrix (a new hero), "Oscar Mike vs. the Battle School" (DLC Story Operation #3) and a whole lot of quality-of-life improvements.
The exact future for Battleborn may be up-in-the-air, but with the next update, Gearbox and 2K are hoping to attract a few more players to the title. The big ticket item with this update is that all 25 characters in the original roster, i.e., none of the new ones that have been added over the past six months, will be unlocked for free simply by completing the Prologue.
You thought 28 characters was enough? Not even close. Gearbox has rolled out the 29th playable character for its first person shooter Battleborn, and if you ask me, this one's a bit immature. Because he's a comic book obsessed kid, you see...
“Attikus and the Thrall Rebellion,” the first Story Operation for Battleborn , released late last week, bringing more PvE content to the game. This DLC is both the first premium as well as first PvE-focused DLC released for the game, and I think fans of the game will feel it's been worth the wait. Story Ops can be attempted with ...
Pendles, the serpentine assassin, has joined Battleborn's long roster of characters for Season Pass holder, and will be available to all players this week on Thursday, August 4. Much like the previous character, Alana, you can pick up Pendles by purchasing him for 47,500 in-game credits.
Celebrate the gaming lull that is the month of July by picking up a few titles on the cheap thanks to Microsoft's "Ultimate Game Sale." The sale kicked off earlier this week and features more than a few co-op titles, like Battleborn, Assassin's Creed: Unity, and Tom Clancy's The Division, at a discount ranging from 20% up to 50% off.
2K has finally released some details about the paid DLC co-op missions for Battleborn. Each of these new "operations" appear to revolve around one of the game's characters and some part of their history. The first one, "Attikus and the Thrall Rebellion," will allow you to relive Attikus' recollection of the insurgency he lead against the Jennerit.
Back in March, 2K laid out its plans for post-launch content for Battleborn. These plans included the addition of free characters, paid DLC that would add new PvE story missions, and (perhaps unsurprisingly) in-game purchases for cosmetic items only. That marketplace is now live.
