{"id":94614,"date":"2025-09-12T03:48:44","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T03:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/battleborn-servers-go-offline-shutting-it-down-for-good\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T03:48:45","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T03:48:45","slug":"battleborn-servers-go-offline-shutting-it-down-for-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/battleborn-servers-go-offline-shutting-it-down-for-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Battleborn Servers Go Offline, Shutting It Down For Good"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/battleborn-servers-go-offline-shutting-it-down-for-good.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\" typeof=\"Image\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><span><span>Battleborn, Gearbox\u2019s ill-fated competitive hero shooter\/MOBA, finally went offline for good yesterday, January 31. According to publisher 2K Games earlier in the month, Battleborn is now completely unplayable, which includes its single-player campaign.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>This marks the end of a sad and painfully long decline for the game. Battleborn\u00a0had an intriguing premise, blending first-person shooter gameplay with MOBA-style arenas and design. However, it had an uphill battle from the get-go, due in no small part to launching within the same window as Overwatch, which caused a fair amount of confusion and (perhaps unfair) comparison between the two at the time. Unfortunately, while Overwatch would thrive, Battleborn struggled to find the same mass appeal (<\/span><\/span><span><span>Game Informer<\/span><\/span><span><span> scored it a <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/games\/battleborn\/b\/xboxone\/archive\/2016\/05\/16\/game-informer-review-battleborn.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span><span><span><span>6 out of 10<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span>), <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/b\/news\/archive\/2016\/08\/05\/battleborn-sales-below-take-two-expectations-but-company-not-giving-up.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span><span><span><span>performing below sales expectations<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span> at the time.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>The game\u2019s audience and relevancy rapidly declined almost immediately after launch,\u00a0though it did receive the occasional new character and gameplay mode for the small but dedicated audience\u00a0who stuck with it. In September 2016, only a few months after release, there were rumors Battleborn would go free-to-play, but they were <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/b\/news\/archive\/2016\/09\/29\/gearbox-software-ceo-denies-that-battleborn-is-going-free-to-play.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span><span><span><span>shut down<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span> by Gearbox CEO, Randy Pitchford. However, Gearbox launched a substantial <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/b\/news\/archive\/2017\/06\/06\/battleborn-receives-substantial-free-trial.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span><span><span><span>free trial version<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span> in June 2017 that was pretty close to a free-to-play version of the game. That didn\u2019t remedy the game\u2019s woes, and Gearbox released Battleborn\u2019s final update in the fall of\u00a02017. Gearbox announced the gradual shutdown of the game in late 2019, removing the game from sale and disabling in-game purchases in early February 2020.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>As the story of Battleborn finally comes to a close, let us know if you have any fond memories of playing Battleborn and\u00a0relive old memories\u00a0of our experience with the game\u00a0in this classic episode of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/b\/features\/archive\/2016\/05\/06\/test-chamber-the-many-missteps-of-battleborn.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Test Chamber<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2021\/02\/01\/battleborn-servers-go-offline-shutting-it-down-for-good\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Battleborn, Gearbox\u2019s ill-fated competitive hero shooter\/MOBA, finally went offline for good yesterday, January 31. According to publisher 2K Games earlier in the month, Battleborn is now completely unplayable, which includes its single-player campaign.\u00a0 This marks the end of a sad and painfully long decline for the game. Battleborn\u00a0had an intriguing premise, blending first-person shooter gameplay with MOBA-style arenas and design. However, it had an uphill battle from the get-go, due in no small part to launching within the same window as Overwatch, which caused a fair amount of confusion and (perhaps unfair) comparison between the two at the time. Unfortunately, while Overwatch would thrive, Battleborn struggled to find the same mass appeal (Game Informer scored it a 6 out of 10), performing below sales expectations&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/battleborn-servers-go-offline-shutting-it-down-for-good\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":94615,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-informer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Battleborn Servers Go Offline, Shutting It Down For Good | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Battleborn, Gearbox\u2019s ill-fated competitive hero shooter\/MOBA, finally went offline for good yesterday, January 31. 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