Battleborn goes F2P

Battleborn will go free to play later this year! A close source to Gearbox Software said this to Kotaku. They said its going free as early as November. The unnamed source also said the game was initially going to launch as free to play but that 2K changed that.

"Sales have slowed for Battleborn since its launch in early May, and the game has struggled to topple its closest competitor, Overwatch, which arrived at the end of that month. Comparisons between the two have often left Battleborn as the butt of a joke, despite some positive reviews.

Transforming the $60 retail release into a free-to-play title is not unprecedented for 2K, whose controversial survival-based multiplayer game Evolve has found renewed success since it became a free download. 2K pulled the paid version of Evolve this summer, only to relaunch it under the name Evolve Stage 2 shortly thereafter." (Polygon)

This is pretty cool news indeed. I've watched my brother play a lot of Battleborn and it does look like a super sick game. But that $60 price tag has made me not want to play, plus I have Overwatch, which only cost me $40. The games are a lot different, especially and mainly the characters and the combat. I don't think combat in Battleborn is as fast or fluid as it is in Overwatch is but once it goes free to play I'm definitely going to be trying it out. So should you if you haven't played it already.

Nice!