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Evolve Announcement Might Be Coming Soon [Update]

"What are you hoping to see?"

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Update: Evolve is no longer available for sale through Steam. This might be an error, or it could be an indication that the game is perhaps going free-to-play. We'll keep an eye on the situation and report back with any further developments as the countdown approaches zero.

Original Story: The website for monster-hunting game Evolve has been updated with a countdown clock that suggests some kind of reveal will take place this week. In addition to the countdown clock, there is the hashtag #StageUp, but it's unclear what that means.

Developer Turtle Rock also retweeted a tweet from Twitch streamer Robert Paz that mentioned the countdown clock (via Game Informer). What connection he may have to the game or this announcement is unknown.

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Evolve launched in February 2015 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. It has shipped more than 2.5 million copies and is now described by Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick as a "permanent" and "long-term" franchise. Others series that Zelnick has previously referred to as "permanent" include heavyweights like Grand Theft Auto, Red Dead Redemption, BioShock, Civilization, and Borderlands.

If there is a sequel to Evolve in the works, it might not be as multiplayer-centric as the first game, Zelnick previously teased. Take-Two paid nearly $11 million to buy the Evolve franchise from THQ during its bankruptcy auction.

Turtle Rock, which also created the Left 4 Dead series, is now hiring for an unannounced new IP that is described as "cutting edge" that features "unique and stunning characters." Nothing at all has tied the countdown clock to this game.

We'll keep our eye on the countdown clock and let you know what the reveal is later this week.

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should of been f2p to begin with

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People still play this? I haven't heard a word about this game since it was released.

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F2P would make sense. A wide range of players and customisable options. When i played the Beta, it was enough.

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I really enjoyed this game when it came out, but seriously it needed more content and I wasn't about to spend more money on the game to get it. I think this will go down as the biggest example of how not to sell a game.

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When they start paying people to play this garbage, let me know. Until then, this game is horse shit.

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http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2016/07/06/evolve-goes-free-to-play-on-pc-today-with-significant-gameplay-changes.aspx?utm_content=buffer9cd91&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

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Free to play I'd imagine, the game was doomed from the start. Having a silly mess around game like Left 4 Dead with public match making is fine but having something like Evolve was just fail from the moment they thought it up. Pugging in a game where teamwork is KEY never ends well, especially on the EU region where there are SOOOO many different languages spoken.

So what am I hoping for? a better match making system, like that will ever happen.

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They confirmed it's going F2P.

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Worst full-price purchase I ever made. I had fun in the beta, enough to made me buy it. But the gameplay got tiresome after just a couple of days. The concept was good, the art direction is awesome, but the minute to minute gameplay of the main modes just doesn't stay interesting. For comparison sake, Overwatch has even less content (modes/maps) but it still is fun, after 60+ hours of play, Evolve I shelved after 15 (+10 in beta).

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As part of the Mod team on the TRS official forums, we've been keeping track of all the changes the Developers have been teasing over the last couple months.

Here's the link if you want to get an idea of what's going on: https://talk.turtlerockstudios.com/t/title-update-9-everything-we-know-expected-summer-2016/82771

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I'm really going to be pissed if they make it free

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@galva86: Then enjoy getting pissed, they just announced it on Twitter, I bought the game too, worst decision I've ever made.

They're just letting have the content you have now unlocked, while people who have it for free will probably have the basic stuff, but it still sucks, when you know the game should've been either F2P at the start or 20$ like Dead by Daylight for example.

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Not a fan of online focused shooters to be honest, but we all have our tastes.

Plus, with D00M out that covers my Single Player FPS fix for awhile :)

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Free is still overpriced for that trash.

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I hope this type of game is never ever made again. They charged $60 for that POS

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i bet the game still won't Evolve

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@codisgod: you get a like sir

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F2P is a solid guess. Really, that game has nowhere else to go. Last I heard the online lobbies were a barren wasteland devoid of any signs of civilization. Maybe you found another player, but mostly you'd have to subsist on rats and cans of dog food until another wandering player momentarily appeared and disappeared.

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@7tizz: Like the deserts of Sahara, you say?

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F2P could be a very smart move, especially to reignite interest in a MUCH better sequel that hopefully lacks an abysmal marketing campaign (and gets post release DLC too).

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Some new fucking maps would be nice. We got one since launch right?

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@planetgloom: One or two, but yeah they were advertising the reason there DLC prices were so high and pretty ridiculous was because they were going to give "all maps away for free". To just give out like one is pretty lame

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They're finally releasing the rest of the game?

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This game surely isn't still selling DLC is it?

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hope they announce the retirement of this game.

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its worth the 20$? i dont want to buy it and never find a game for example

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@pochodemarco: It may be worth 20 cents. Maybe..........

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@derceto:
--it isnt worth 20 seconds of your time(you only live so long)

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--god
--what is it these days with games that FAIL HORRIBLY
--yet they still wanna make a sequel?(coughtitanfailcough)
--evolve was one of the worst games of early 8th gen

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@TheZeroPercent: Titanfall sold over 10 million copes. How is that a failure? The game simply lacked the content and progression to keep players around.

Evolve had similar issues but i'm guessing it sold a couple million copies.

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@dominoodle: Yup, Titanfall was a huge success and among the most popular new IP this gen.

Not strange to see it get a sequel idd.

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@dominoodle:
--actually the publisher announced that the game had been
--"played by 10million individual gaming systems"(not purchased)
--this included rentals
--resales(on ebay and such)
--people letting people borrow the game
--and let us not forget
--just a few months before they made that announcement
--titanfall had been free to play as one of XBLgold's games

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@7tizz:
--do you reckon that it is just ironic?
--or maybe it is straight up almost uncanny
--that if you look at the words "xbox one" and you take out the o and x
--it says xbone?(like bone headed)

--well how about titanfall?
--the game that was supposed to be xb1's gears of war or halo
--you know "that" game
--and it is called titanfall(like fall from grace)
--and then if you just change one little letter to i
--it says titanfail
--i mean
--thats some coincidence

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@TheZeroPercent: Sorry Zero gotta disagree with you on this one, although the game faced pretty harsh criticism for lacking in content, majority of peeps agreed that the gameplay itself is great and there's lots of potential to be reached in a sequel. Heck the servers are still active, I jumped in last week for a few matches and had no trouble finding players. Also EA wouldn't have greenlit a sequel if it wasn't doing well in some way, yet here we are a few months away from one.

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@koospetoors:
--well
--i played titanfall near launch
--it was "okay" (6.5/10)
--but it got old FAST
--plus
--noone was ever playing most of the modes
--i couldnt even get simple achievements like "play 10 matches of this" and such
--i mean
--i can handle titanfall getting a sequel(one ill avoid)
--but
--evolve???(my maion point onm this comment)
--haha
--i played that one also
--for about a day or 2
--it was TERRIBLE(WAY worse than titanfall)

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@7tizz:
--whut?
--how is so hard to believe I have played titanfall & evolve?
--ha?

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@koospetoors: people agreed that the game was enjoyable?? i wasn't in that discussion...I found the game to be boring as F.....a far cry from the fun of Left 4 Dead.....

the game devolves into 1 strategy and if you frack up at any point you lose or enter stalemate.....not fun.....

Titanfall even relegated to a losing console has done fairly well....perhaps PC saved it??? or being on X360 as well?????? a sequel on all relevant platforms this time will be a welcome change for Titanfall..... but Evolve was dead after a month or so, even with offering it free through various offers did nothing to boost the game.....chalk it up to bad first impressions, bad gameplay and ad business on 2K's part.....Evolve doesn't deserve to live on, Titanfall does....

I'd much rather play Left 4 Dead 3 [if it's ever made] or a remaster of the first 2 games [not really something I hope for, just an option] than mess with Evolve.....

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@7tizz: What the f ever man.....whatever floats your boat, you know what I meant.....

third party exclusivity is bad for gaming.....that's what I meant......

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I was going to make a witty remark but everyone has already said them!

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Evolve went bankrupt?! Lmao No shit?

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@push88: No, THQ went bankrupt, the publishing company that first owned the game. Then 2K bought it at auction. Evolve is not a company, it's a product.

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