The battle royale-slash-survival sport present The Darwin Project has gone free to play, trying to appeal to new gamers and fill server queues.
Battle royale positive is well-liked – almost a full third of PC gamers are playing one now.
Scavengers Studio artistic director Simon Darveau mentioned The Darwin Project’s early entry gamers have complained lately of lengthy queue instances and troublesome even discovering matches.
“To bring in new players and maintain a level of activity that ensures players are able to get the most out of Darwin Project, we’ve decided to make it more accessible by removing the price tag,” Darveau mentioned in a submit on Steam.
Players who’ve already bought the sport gained’t be overlooked within the chilly: they’ll be getting Founders Packs, which embrace a bunch of legendary gear and 5 “fan gifts.” The packs will present up in participant inventories Tuesday.
Naturally, going free-to-play means The Darwin Project will probably be getting cosmetics, and 200 objects are coming to the sport Tuesday as effectively. Scavengers Studio say they’ll by no means promote objects that present aggressive benefits within the sport, nonetheless.
You can obtain The Darwin Project on Steam.
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