Battleborn is a first-person-shooter with a deep roster of 25 playable heroes. Every hero has their own personality and comes equipped with their own unique weapons and powers. Through Battleborn’s accelerated character growth system, players will fully experience each hero’s leveling progression in a single story mission or multiplayer match.

Battleborn is set in a distant future, where nearly every star in the universe has gone dark at the hands of a mysterious enemy. Solus, the last star, is the only beacon of hope for the universe’s surviving population. The fading of stars has led to a great war among those desperate for the last remaining resources. Heroes, called Battleborn, fight for the dominance of their unique factions as all life in the universe teeters on the brink of extinction. Now, the mysterious enemy is threatening to finish what they’ve started, and only an unlikely alliance between the universe’s most powerful heroes can stop them.

2K has revealed new features for Battleborn including new Competitive Multiplayer mode maps, the next character Pendles’s release date, and exciting new Broadcaster Tools.

Before Battleborn’s release, we outlined our vision for post-launch content which talked about new modes, characters and maps, so we’re pleased to deliver new free content for Battleborn including three Competitive Multiplayer maps – Monuments, Outskirts, and Snowblind. These three maps bring a bit of a new spin on the classic Incursion, Meltdown, and Capture modes for players to enjoy.

First shown during Alani’s release, Pendles is the second of five additional free playable characters for Battleborn and will be available on July 28 at 9am PT for Season Pass holders, then unlock for 47,500 in-game credits on August 4th at 9am PT in all regions. Pendles, the stealthy, snake-like assassin who duel wields kamas, is a cold-blooded killer hailing from the same water-world as Alani, but his similarities with the Eldrid healer end there. Pendles enjoys sneaking up on his opponents, then poisoning and eviscerating his prey before they know what killed them. Details on the next DLC hero (the 28th) will also be revealed on July 28.

Finally, 2K also announced Battleborn’s new Broadcaster Tools to create new battlefield perspectives that can be shared with others over streaming services. These tools will provide new viewpoints for audiences with options such as focusing on pre-set locations, follow-cams and more.

Key Features:

• Playable Heroes: Battleborn has a deep roster of 25 playable heroes and no two heroes are the same. For example, Rath is a samurai sword-wielding melee specialist. Oscar Mike fires an assault rifle and plays like a familiar space marine. Thorn is a dangerous archer who can also deal damage through magical attacks. There are many, many more battleborn heroes, and each has unique weapons, powers, and personalities that, through the accelerated character growth system, can be fully experienced in a cooperative campaign mission, or over the course of a single competitive multiplayer match.
• Cooperative Campaign: Battleborn’s team-based cooperative campaign is a narrative experience playable with up to four other friends online, and through splitscreen, much like Borderlands. Player profile experience is earned during cooperative campaign play, will cross over to competitive multiplayer matches and vice versa.
• Competitive Multiplayer Modes: Battleborn’s team-based competitive multiplayer action can be experienced by up to 10 players online in 5v5 matches, and includes three distinct multiplayer modes.
  • Incursion: Teams of heroes defend their base from waves of AI-controlled minions while working together, alongside their own minions, to destroy their opponents’ base;
  • Devastation: Teams of heroes face off in a fast-paced death match and must capture and hold objectives on the map to win;
  • Meltdown: Teams of heroes protect their minions as they march to their death at the center of the map. Points are scored for minions who throw themselves into the incinerator, and the team with the most points wins.
• Persistent Progression System: All experience points, whether earned through playing Battleborn’s Story Mode or Competitive Multiplayer modes, contribute to leveling up individual Character Rank, as well as player profile Command Rank.
  • Character Rank: Each hero can permanently rank up from 1 to 10 outside of missions and matches, allowing players to swap out augments in their helix skill tree, as well as unlock skins.
  • Command Rank: Players can rank up their own player profile, unlocking badges and titles to impress friends, and loot that can be used to benefit any hero the player chooses to command.