Gearbox Reveals Their Next Multiplayer Scramble: Battleborn
Debuting in this month’s Game Informer, the creators of a little co-op diddy called Borderlands are following up their genre mash-up with another FPS mix drink.
Battleborn combines the trigger-happy thrills of a first-person shooter with the quick leveling, team-heavy gameplay found in most popular MOBA’s. This arena, however, is at the edge of the universe where a galaxy wide armageddon has brought together a hodgepodge of warriors to duke it out over the only remaining star.
The core conceit behind Battleborn’s huge and eclectic cast of characters is that each handles so uniquely, they feel like they were ripped out of entirely different genres. Game Informer illustrates the juxtaposition between the title’s space marine – an amalgation playstyle ranging anywhere between Master Chief and the Doom Guy – and an elven archer whose heightened maneuverability and volley of arrows instantly recalled years worth of fantasy action games.
Gearbox’s main man, Randy Pitchford, calls it a “genre-fused, hobby-grade, co-operative and competitive FPS exploding with eye-popping style and an imaginative universe” and easily the most ambitious project the studio has taken on. Both the competitive multiplayer and five-person co-op campaign will be laced together by a encompassing narrative tying the insanity together.
Gearbox, you have my utmost confidence. You’ve destroyed my confidence before – nay, obliterated it – but my almost constant vacationing to Pandora often restores it.
Battleborn is set for release Q1 of 2016 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and, of course, PC.