1.0The Escapisthttps://www.escapistmagazine.comRon Whitaker Legacy Authorhttps://www.escapistmagazine.com/author/ffronw/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="kvBeGOIYio"><a href="https://www.escapistmagazine.com/battleborn-gets-new-free-trial-that-makes-it-basically-free-to-play/"><i>Battleborn</i> Gets New Free Trial that Makes it Basically Free-to-Play</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.escapistmagazine.com/battleborn-gets-new-free-trial-that-makes-it-basically-free-to-play/embed/#?secret=kvBeGOIYio" width="600" height="338" title="“<i>Battleborn</i> Gets New Free Trial that Makes it Basically Free-to-Play” — The Escapist" data-secret="kvBeGOIYio" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> The new Battleborn “free trial” essentially makes the game free-to-play, and those who already own the game have a bunch of new items. Battleborn has struggled since its launch in May of 2016. Despite being a pretty solid game, it was bogged down by comparisons to and competition from Overwatch. Despite those struggles, 2K said it was going to stick by the game, and Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford said that while the game would not go free-to-play, there was a free trial in the works. That free trial went live yesterday, and it seems to make the game basically free-to-play. […]