Battleborn Is Shutting Down
Gearbox’s hero shooter Battleborn is set to die in early 2021. Launching just a few weeks before Blizzard’s similar but superior Overwatch, Battleborn struggled to find enough players to justify keeping the servers on throughout its three-year lifespan. Developer Gearbox is best known for its influential first-person shooter series Borderlands, but failed to translate that success into the multiplayer arena. Reviews around the game’s release leaned more positive than negative, but that wasn’t enough to keep it afloat amidst massive competition....