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Battleborn’s getting free and paid post-launch content

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Battleborn is coming! If you’re not exactly excited about that, I can’t say I blame you. There seems to be a million or so similar games all coming this year – so it’s easy for it to get lost in a world that includes Blizzard’s impending Overwatch.

It’s a game that really should be more exciting than it seems to be so far. It’s a co-operative PvE shooter, with some modes that infuse a bit of that moba magic – built on the back of Borderlands. With a roster of interesting characters, along with a bevy of playable modes, Battleborn really should be getting me at least a bit excited.

And yet, it’s just not. But that’s me! If you are excited for Gearbox and 2K’s upcoming shooter, you’ll likely be glad to know that the game is getting both free and paid content once it’s out.

A blog post by the Battleborn team has outlined both types of content:

  • Five new playable heroes will release sometime after launch – completely free – for all platforms, bringing the total roster to 30
  • The first of the five new heroes will be Alani
  • Additional competitive multiplayer modes, maps, balance updates, and community features will also be released in free updates
  • Five new add-on packs will release sometime after launch. Each pack will cost £3.99 and include a PvE Story Operation, exclusive skins and taunts
  • All five packs can be purchased as part of a Season Pass for £15.99
  • A Digital Deluxe Edition of Battleborn will be available for £62.99 and includes the game plus the Season Pass and additional cosmetic customizations

The first new character is called Alani:

“A member of the Eldrid faction who was raised as a healer, but forced to be a warrior, and is all that remains of her order after Rendain’s Jennerit Imperium stole the oceans from her world. As a warrior from a planet with vast seas, Alani’s attacks and abilities revolve around her power to control water to dish out pain, or heal her fellow Battleborn. PlayStation 4 players who participate in the upcoming Open Beta will instantly-unlock Alani once she’s available after launch.”

The game will also play host to cosmetic microtransactions; skins, taunts and other superfluous fluff that people with more money than sense will go bananas for. Its implementation, they say, will help keep the game’s meatier post-launch content – heroes, modes and maps – free for all.

“We know that some gamers really love to express themselves through cosmetic customizations that make their heroes stand-out. That’s why Battleborn has a huge variety of skins and taunts that come with the game at launch, and we will continue to release even more cosmetic customizations post-launch – some of which we will sell in-game,” explains the blog. “This kind of optional cosmetic content has absolutely no effect on the gameplay, and helps us keep all the additional heroes, modes, maps, and other features that extend the core gameplay experience, free for everyone. We’re committed to making sure that you have the means to make your favorite heroes truly your own.”

I’m not going to turn this in to an Overwatch/Battleborn fight – because the respective developers seem capable of doing that on their own. Maybe you care about neither, maybe you care about both. Do you care, at all about Battleborn?

Battleborn is out on May 3. Incidentally, Overwatch goes in to an open beta just days later.

Last Updated: March 17, 2016

23 Comments

  1. Pariah

    March 17, 2016 at 10:05

    I’m just sitting here wondering if my PoS graphics card can run anything that releases this year that isn’t an indie with pixel graphics… 🙁

    Reply

    • Geoffrey Tim

      March 17, 2016 at 10:07

      Get a console, bruh. 😛

      Reply

      • Pariah

        March 17, 2016 at 10:16

        My Xbox 360 just sits and gathers dust. And for the same price as a new console, I can buy a new graphics card (which is all I need). So, I’d rather just get the new card and play all the games I currently own, plus get new ones much cheaper.

        Reply

        • Admiral Chief [BFTS]

          March 17, 2016 at 10:23

          Attaboy, don’t listen to the Geoffus!

          Reply

    • miaau

      March 17, 2016 at 10:24

      Tetris was, many years ago, programmed onto the SpeedPoints used at a certain big bank. A very long code was required to activate it. I am not sure if it made it into the release build (I doubt it) but it was there. Not the best version, but there.

      I forget the hardware exactly, but it was the French ones, that Sagem bought out.

      Reply

    • Umar

      March 17, 2016 at 10:30

      My PC can’t even handle Downwell

      Reply

      • Pariah

        March 17, 2016 at 10:32

        I’ve never even heard of that. But a quick google showed me why that’s funny.

        It’s funny. Get a PC noob!!!!!!!!

        Or you know. Keep your PS4 and play some awesome exclusives. Whatever.

        Reply

        • Umar

          March 17, 2016 at 10:34

          Lol BTW, Downwell is amazing. Played it on mobile.

          Reply

          • Pariah

            March 17, 2016 at 10:36

            Meh, mobile. Now there’s one area where I am way behind. I can’t play anything on my phone. Hell even Whatsapp uses almost all of the resources available on my phone. LOL.

        • miaau

          March 17, 2016 at 10:35

          yeah, but my cell phone has more ram and probably a better CPU than my wifes spare laptop. It is a 13 inch screen, 2gig ram, dual Celeron beast of a machine. While it cannot play tetris very well, it have Word, Excel and many chrome windows open all at the same time and have pleasing speed switching between them.

          No idea why this comment is relevant.

          Just deal with it.

          Reply

          • Pariah

            March 17, 2016 at 10:38

            Yeah but can it play Crysis?

            😛

          • Admiral Chief [BFTS]

            March 17, 2016 at 10:39

            *has (or missed CAN)

            #JustDealWithIt

          • miaau

            March 17, 2016 at 10:48

            has, no missed CAN. CAN’s are hard to miss, them being so big. And heavy.

          • Admiral Chief [BFTS]

            March 17, 2016 at 10:52

            Especially if they are full of things, like worms

        • Geoffrey Tim

          March 17, 2016 at 10:41

          Downwell is awesome. Get it.

          Reply

          • Pariah

            March 17, 2016 at 10:43

            Doesn’t look like its my kind of game.

            It’s starting to feel like oppose Geoff day. O_o

          • Geoffrey Tim

            March 17, 2016 at 11:00

            It’s not actually my kind of game either – but hot damn, is it fun. Wish there was a trial.

  2. Umar

    March 17, 2016 at 10:10

    Isn’t Paragon something similar to this too? To many…TOO MANY

    Reply

    • Geoffrey Tim

      March 17, 2016 at 10:18

      Yeah, and Gigantic, and Overwatch, Battlecry, Paladins, Law Breakers TOO MANYNYNYyNMy

      Reply

      • Alien Emperor Trevor

        March 17, 2016 at 10:22

        That just means every MOBAFPSRPGRTS will make billions!

        Reply

      • Umar

        March 17, 2016 at 10:27

        Matty’s fault.

        Reply

        • Admiral Chief [BFTS]

          March 17, 2016 at 10:29

          I thought it was the Veggie?

          Reply

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        March 17, 2016 at 12:38

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