Knockout City Going Free-To-Play, EA No Longer Involved
Knockout City, the «dodgebrawl» game from Velan Studios, is becoming a free-to-play game on all platforms later this year with the launch of its newest season. In a blog post, Velan said it's keen to extend the game to a potentially much larger audience around the world by dropping the price of entry to $0.00. Exactly when the changeover happens hasn't been announced yet.
Anyone who purchases Knockout City before the changeover in business models will receive a «Loyalty Bundle» that comes with cosmetics, XP boosts, and 2,000 worth of in-game credits, called Holobux.
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While this will be the first time Knockout City is completely free, Velan offered the game on Game Pass on day one back in May 2021, and it came to PlayStation Plus in November that year.
Another big change for Knockout City going forward is that Velan Studios will take over as the game's publisher. Previously, Electronic Arts was the publisher. Velan thanked EA for its support over the years, and said self-publishing will help the studio «full realize» its vision for the game.
«From the day we founded our studio, we’ve worked to deliver revolutionary new game experiences to you, our amazing community of players. We couldn't have introduced Knockout City to the world without the incredible support of EA Originals, but now as we switch to free-to-play, the natural next step is for us to take over publishing responsibilities and work even more closely with our community,» Velan said.
«We have exciting plans
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