Do you remember Battleborn? Gearbox’s response to Overwatch was a similar hero shooter with flamboyant characters, but it could not capture the same way. With its launch in 2016, it received fairly positive reviews, but it did not have a big impact among consumers, and publisher 2K Games could not create any real enthusiasm.
The game was kept alive with updates until about a year later, and in 2019 it was withdrawn from sale in digital stores. Since then, business has slowly led to a final shutdown of the server. Yesterday (January 31, 2021) was the last day you could sign up and play Battleborn. Now that online support is officially over, it’s a game that got lost. It is no longer playable in any capacity.
It’s a sad story, but unfortunately not every game can capture the moment like that of Overwatch or Fortnite. The turning point is that Gearbox has recently achieved much more success with Borderlands 3, so we’m sure it’s not too sad about this. Up and up.