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Battleborn info blowout, with a brand new trailer

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Battleborn is the newest game from 2K’s stable, and is borne – I guess – out of the publisher’s relationship with Gearbox. Gearbox is a studio with as many hits as it has misses, with Borderlands being their biggest – and most deserved – hit. Set in a distant future, this new First person shooter takes a few pages out of the MOBA guide book. There’s a brand new trailer for the game, showing some of its many, many characters.

Take a look:

Cool music. The game has a full single player and co-operative campaign, along with competitive multiplayer. And…I’m just not feeling it. It looks alright. The art is nice, and I’m sure the shooting mechanics are superlative – but the game’s just not getting me hot in my bathing suit area. Of course, these aren’t really my sorts of games, so I’m probably the wrong sort to judge. It does, however, remind me a heck of a lot of Blizzard’s Overwatch.

What do YOU think?

Oh, and here’s the official press-releasey thing for the game:

Battleborn is set in a distant future, where nearly every star in the universe has gone dark at the hands of a mysterious enemy. Solus, the last star, is the only beacon of hope for the universe’s surviving population. The fading of stars has led to a great war among those desperate for the last remaining resources. Heroes, called Battleborn, fight for the dominance of their unique factions as all life in the universe teeters on the brink of extinction. Now, the mysterious enemy is threatening to finish what they’ve started, and only an unlikely alliance between the universe’s most powerful heroes can stop them.

Game modes and features for Battleborn include:

  • Story Mode: Battleborn’s Story Mode is a narrative experience playable in a single-player capacity, as well as cooperatively by up to five friends via splitscreen or online. The Story Mode is modular, allowing players to choose which missions to enjoy next. The modular structure of Story Mode also allows players to replay missions for the chance to earn better loot;
  • 25 Playable Heroes: Battleborn has a deep and diverse roster of 25 playable heroes, each with its own personality and equipped with unique weapons and powers. An accelerated character growth system, known as the Helix System, allows players to level up a character from 1 to 10 in a single story mission or competitive multiplayer match;
  • Competitive Multiplayer: Battleborn’s team-based competitivemultiplayeractioncan be experienced by up to 10 playersonlinein5v5 matches and will include three distinct modes:
    • Incursion: Teams of heroes defend their base from waves of AI-controlled minions while working together, alongside their own minions, to destroy their opponents’ base;
    • Devastation: Teams of heroes face off in a fast-paced death match and must capture and hold objectives on the map to win;
    • Meltdown: Teams of heroes protect their minions as they march to their death at the center of the map. Points are scored for minions who throw themselves into the incinerator, and the team with the most points wins.
  • Persistent Progression System: All experience points, whether earned through playing Battleborn’s Story Mode or Competitive Multiplayer modes, contribute tolevelingupindividual Character Rank, as well as player profile Command Rank:
    • Character Rank: Each hero can permanently rank up from 1 to 10 outside of missions and matches, allowing players to swap out augments in their helix skill tree, as well as unlock skins.
    • Command Rank: Players can rank-up their own player profile, unlocking badges and
      titles to impress friends, and loot that can be used to benefit any hero the player chooses to command.

Last Updated: June 4, 2015

25 Comments

  1. Admiral Chief's Adventure

    June 4, 2015 at 14:33

    Agreed. NOT feeling it

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    • Blood Emperor Trevor

      June 4, 2015 at 14:33

      Okay, but what about the game?

      Reply

    • Lord Chaos

      June 4, 2015 at 14:34

      Indeed.

      Fallout 4 is coming.

      Reply

      • Admiral Chief's Adventure

        June 4, 2015 at 14:34

        Indeed.

        Witcher 3 is here

        Reply

        • Lord Chaos

          June 4, 2015 at 14:35

          Meh.

          *Runs

          Reply

      • Mark Treloar

        June 4, 2015 at 14:56

        So are the next versions of everything else.

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        • Lord Chaos

          June 4, 2015 at 15:20

          Like Half life 3?

          Reply

          • Mark Treloar

            June 4, 2015 at 15:37

            No like the rest of E3.

    • Greylingad[CNFRMD]

      June 4, 2015 at 14:41

      This really looks like a different take on Brink…not at all interested….

      Reply

  2. Admiral Chief's Adventure

    June 4, 2015 at 14:35

    “Points are scored for minions who throw themselves into the incinerator”

    Hehehe, ^this

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    • Lord Chaos

      June 4, 2015 at 14:36

      Now I want to play lemmings again.

      Reply

  3. Blood Emperor Trevor

    June 4, 2015 at 14:37

    The trailer isn’t too bad, just have to ask why they’re releasing a game made in 2006, now?

    Reply

    • Lord Chaos

      June 4, 2015 at 14:38

      So it can run on current gen consoles with their 500GB hard drives.

      Reply

      • Hammersteyn

        June 5, 2015 at 07:11

        XD

        Reply

  4. Greylingad[CNFRMD]

    June 4, 2015 at 14:38

    Hey look!! Someone re skinned Brink!

    Reply

  5. Hammersteyn

    June 4, 2015 at 14:42

    Intrigued. Curios. I’d like to know more.

    Reply

  6. GooseZA

    June 4, 2015 at 14:47

    Looks ok. My problem is I just can’t be bothered to play competitive games that require leveling to unlock anything other than skins. The playing field should be level for everyone.

    I just want to jump in and play when I have time, and not get blown away because the guy in the chopper on the opposite teams has unlocked heat seeking missiles and I’m stuck with a pea-shooter (I’m looking at you Battlefield).

    I miss Gears…

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    • Admiral Chief's Adventure

      June 4, 2015 at 14:49

      ^This

      Reply

  7. PointMan

    June 4, 2015 at 14:56

    Some of those characters……they look exactly like some of the Overwatch characters….. Which of these games came around first?

    Reply

  8. Jonah Cash

    June 4, 2015 at 15:03

    Too cartoony for me…. so no thanks!!

    Reply

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