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MercurySteam, the developers of the Castlevania: Lords of Shadow series and Metroid: Samus Returns, is relaunching their 4v1 Shooter Raiders of the Broken Planet as Spacelords and making the game Free-to-Play.
Originally, Raiders of the Broken Planet was released in episodic chunks that cost $9.99 each. Each chapter allowed up to 4 players take on one other player dubbed as the Antagonist and a legion of AI-controlled enemies through story-based missions. To help sell people on the idea of an episodic multiplayer adventure, MercurySteam released the prolog to the game for free.
“When we launched Raiders [in] September last year, we hoped its low price point of [$]9.99 per campaign- would open it up to a large number of users, but it didn’t work as we planned.” Spacelords game director Enric Álvarez said in an official announcement, “Our vision is to see our game enjoyed by millions of users for years to come and putting all of the game’s rich content into their hands for free is the way to realize it. We’ve answered our community and hope this removal of any payment barriers will build our devoted community further.”
According to MercurySteam, Spacelords is “a new game built on the back of Raiders” with enough of a difference that “The best way to communicate them to players is by re-branding and inviting everyone to experience the new Spacelords by themselves.”
Spacelords is set to officially go live on Aug. 23rd. Those who purchased access to Raiders other chapters will be receiving some dedicated gear, which MercurySteam will be commenting about soon.
