Turtle Rock Studios officially announced today that Evolve will re-launch with a free to play model. The announcement comes after the title was mysteriously removed from sale on Steam last night. In addition to removing the entrance fee, players will be able to unlock everything simply by playing the game.
Evolve has been completely overhauled on PC with new game design, gameplay mechanics, and improved gameplay balance and system performance. All of the content in Evolve, including all the content released following its launch, is unlockable in Evolve Stage 2 completely free simply by playing the game.
Evolve Stage 2, as it has been named, will release today in beta mode and likely stay there for a while. While Evolve was critically praised upon release, both the game and Turtle Rock Studios have been heavily criticized over the game’s monetization strategy. Evolve was advertised as being “built from the ground up” for DLC, launching with more than $100 in microtransactions.
Player traffic on PC has plummeted in the year since launch, down to an average of 100 concurrent players. The question of whether the game would go free to play has been in speculation since shortly after launch.
(Source: Steam)
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