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Virtual currency bundles won’t be available to purchase anymore from July, before the servers shut down for good in September
Read More »2K to close Evolve servers
Turtle Rock will no longer support Evolve
Turtle Rock has announced that it will no longer work on Evolve, despite recently releasing a big update on PC that made the game free to play. In a post on the Evolve forums studio co-founders Chris Ashton and Phil Robb announced that they were moving away from Evolve, after …
Read More »Turtle Rock turns Evolve free-to-play to ‘get the magic back’ after ‘DLC shitstorm’
Asymmetric multiplayer shooter launched in early 2015 to mixed reviews largely surrounding implementation of extra characters and maps
Read More »Evolve is going free-to-play on PC
The speculation was correct – online shooter Evolve is dropping its upfront price on PC. A F2P beta is due to go live today, with the idea being to test server loads and experiment with new ideas on what sounds like could be the long path to full release. Those …
Read More »Evolve creator Turtle Rock is staffing up for a new IP
Vacancies include narrative director, animation and rendering programmers, and character and technical artists
Read More »Second season pass announced for Evolve
2K Games and Turtle Rock Studios will launch a second season pass for Evolve next week, with content arriving at unrevealed points between then and March 2016. Evolve’s Hunting Season 2 DLC will become available for purchase on June 23rd. No word on pricing yet, but the first season pass …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: February 8-14
Evolve is on top of the latest top ten selling products on Steam, finishing ahead of indie Early Access title Darkest Dungeon. Evolve claims victory despite a rough run with Steam’s user reviews, with a slew of negative posts centered around 2K and Turtle Rock’s much maligned plans for the …
Read More »Evolve receiving 3GB day-one patch to improve matchmaking load times
Evolve players will have to endure a 3GB day-one patch when the game launches later this week, developer Turtle Rock has announced. The game’s official site has word of the sizable mandatory update hitting all platforms as soon as the title goes on sale. The patch improves load times in …
Read More »Evolve dev responds to DLC criticism
The co-founder of developer Turtle Rock has insisted that upcoming shooter Evolve is not ripping off customers by hiding content behind paywalls. It was revealed earlier this week that gamers who pre-purchase the title on Xbox Live will get instant access to some of the title’s later in-game rewards. There’s …
Read More »Evolve goes gold, Turtle Rock and 2K donate $22,000 to charity
Turtle Rock’s upcoming multiplayer shooter Evolve has gone gold, and to celebrate both the studio and the game’s publisher 2K Games are making substantial donations to charity. A post on the Evolve’s official website announces that the game is ready for release, as well as details a charitable agreement made …
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