Battleborn Unlocking All Characters in a Major Update This Winter

Battleborn Unlocking All Characters in a Major Update This Winter

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Richard Walker

Gearbox is planning some major updates for its ailing MOBA shooter game, Battleborn, with the biggest update yet scheduled to surface later this winter that unlocks all 25 core characters, among other things. User interface changes, various refinements, new training modes and more will be coming with the next update.

"I’ve been at Gearbox for 10 years and this is the craziest update we’ve ever done!" says Producer Chris Brock in an update post on the official Battleborn website. The update will also tweak the in-game economy, boost the level cap for Command Ranks and Character Ranks, and add Daily Quests.

Support for 4K at 30fps is also planned for PS4 Pro. Take a look at a breakdown of what's coming to Battleborn this winter.

NEW PLAYER EXPERIENCE

Whether you’re new to the game or just want to hone your skills for multiplayer, we’ve added several key features.

  • All 25 Core Characters Unlocked! 25 badass playable characters, no waiting! You’re eager to find your favorite, so get to it! With this update, the core 25 characters will be unlocked for all players after completing the Prologue.
  • What about the character unlock challenges? These challenges now award a brand new skin upon completion! We’ve also adjusted several challenges to be more attainable.
  • Main Quests – Story Mode
    • Story Mode missions will have more guides and tools to lead your through various areas of the game. The Credit rewards have also been boosted to help you get an early edge on loot packs
  • Two New Training Modes
    • Incursion Tutorial: Build up your PVP skills and learn the key elements of competitive play in Battleborn. Your first play-through is solo, but this practice mode can be repeated with groups of up to three players.
    • Dojo: Take each and every Battleborn hero for a test drive! Learn how to slice, dice, blast, smash, and rocket your way through waves of minions.

RETURNING PLAYER ENHANCEMENTS

We’ve talked to many players who have put hundreds of hours into the game. Whether you’re coming back for the second time or your two hundredth, we are all about replayability. Listening closely to your feedback, we made some big moves to continue keeping the Battleborn experience fresh for you.

  • User Interface Changes: Battleborn’s user interface gets a major facelift. Cleaner, more vibrant, and much easier to find the information you need most. You’ll see UI changes throughout Battleborn, from the starting screen, to the Command center, character select, and even some menu changes.  
  • Draft Mode: This is one of the most exciting new additions! In Draft Mode, teams and players take turns picking and banning characters trying to find the perfect match-ups and counters for what the other team is choosing.
  • Introducing Daily Quests: The action doesn’t end when you take down Rendain. Check back daily for new objectives and rewards across both Story Mode and Competitive Multiplayer Mode.
  • Command Rank and Character Rank Increase: Keep on growing your Command and Character ranks! We pushed the cap to 150 for Command Rank, and rank 20 for each character, with all-new rewards!
  • Updated In-game Economy: We’ve overhauled the Credits system and how loot packs are made available, particularly in Competitive Multiplayer matches. Credits will now accumulate faster in public PVP matches, making it easier to grab more loot packs from the Marketplace. But not for leavers – they are out of luck and will not receive any rewards. You see, nobody likes a quitter.
    • Loot Packs: All loot pack variations will still drop in Story Mode missions, but only one type of loot pack will be available in the Marketplace: The Core Pack. The Core Pack has better odds for higher rarity gear and has a chance to drop any skin or taunt previously available in Faction packs.
    • Boosts: A bigger variety of Boosts will become available for Platinum in the marketplace.
  • PS4 Pro Support: Battleborn will also support PS4 Pro! PS4 Pro players will be able to choose between 1080p at 60fps or 4K at 30fps.

Gearbox will be live streaming the Battleborn update on Twitch this Thursday, 8th December at 2pm PT (5pm ET).

Comments
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  • Should have made it f2p instead.
  • Nice. Just got this on Black Friday for Xmas.
  • Paid £3.50 for this at ShopTo during the Black Friday sale XD may be worth the money with that update
  • @1 Totally disagree mate. The game can be picked up for buttons these days so the advantage is on the consumers side. With this rather impressive update we also have more content off the bat. Making it free to play would instigate the seedy world of microtransactions, dont see how that would be good for us.
  • pure garbage and a total failure. Maybe time to part way with Randy Pitchford. He has screwed up enough
  • Gearbox needs to focus on making the only good franchise they have: Borderlands. The rest of this stuff is a waste of time and is always poorly received. Aliens: Colonial Marines, Duke Nukem and now Battleborn -- all heaps of shit.
  • Game's sold 3€ new in micromania, now that all characters will be unlocked might consider giving it a second chance. I'll old till offline story is added though
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