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PREVIEW
“THE VARELSI HAVE
EXTINGUISHED ALL
THE STARS IN THE
SKY – EXCEPT ONE.”
FORMAT PS4 / ETA 2015
PUB 2K GAMES / DEV GEARBOX SOFTWARE
BATTLEBORN
Where the midwives earn
danger money for their troubles
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A new Gearbox Software game.
Brand new. No numbers following
the title, or any nonsensical
subtitles – oh, hey Borderlands:
The Pre-Sequel, didn’t see
you there. This is a completely
blank slate for the Texan developer, a chance
to flex its creative muscles and pursue a vision
without worrying about upsetting existing fans.
The result? A five-player co-op/competitive
multiplayer RPG/MOBA/shooter by the name
of Battleborn. And not a Claptrap in sight.
You’re confused. How would such a barrage of genres
play as one experience? Is it like Borderlands? What
in cel-shaded Hades is a MOBA? In that order,
and briefly: we don’t know yet, a little bit, and
Multiplayer Online Battle Arena – a scaled-down
strategy game in which you control just one character
working in a small team. What we do know is that
in amongst that divisive art style that seems to be
targeting a youngish demographic is a game with
some exciting ideas that’s still, at heart, a shooter.
The setup: the distant future. Terrible, nasty
idiots known as the Varelsi have extinguished all but
one star in the universe for reasons best known to
themselves. With almost all organic life eradicated,
heroic types from across the galaxy gather in the last
habitable corner of space and join forces against the
Varelsi, hoping to stop them before they snuff out
the last star, Solus. They are… *turns dramatically
to face the camera* …the Battleborn.