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Gigantic: Rampage Edition revives and expands the shuttered MOBA hero shooterSix years later
Six years later
Image credit:Abstraction Games/Gearbox
Image credit:Abstraction Games/Gearbox
Gigantic, the free-to-play team brawler from a formerStarCraftandGuild Warsdesigner, which launched (fully) in 2017 andclosed the following year, is returning asGigantic: Rampage Edition. It’s no longer free-to-play, but a “premium and definitive release” of the original, and it’s due on April 9th.
GIGANTIC: RAMPAGE EDITION | Announcement TrailerA Gigantic: Rampage Edition trailer.Watch on YouTube
GIGANTIC: RAMPAGE EDITION | Announcement Trailer
Rampage Edition isn’t just a straight re-release, but an expanded version with new features. It’ll have two new heroes alongside the original roster of 23, two new maps, and a new game mode, Rush. According to the Steam page, Rush mode is designed to be “more accessible, fast-paced an action-packed” than the regular mode, Clash, which also returns. There’ll also be custom matches, and there are plans for a Ranked mode to be added post-release.
Gigantic no longer being free-to-play means it will cost $20 at launch, and those post-launch updates will be free.
A playtest will start on February 22nd which players can sign up for onthe Gigantic: Rampage Edition Steam page.
“Team brawler” is such an awkward, unhelpful phrase, but “MOBA” isn’t much better. Gigantic was a team-based, 5v5, third-person hero shooter in which each team consists of upgradeable characters and is battling to control objectives around the map and ultimately take down the enemy Guardian. Instead of hacking down a big tree as in Dota, the Guardians are gigantic - geddit - creatures that punch back.
