It looks like Bethesda is throwing their hat into the free-to-play ring. Today the publisher announced Battlecry, a free-to-play online game that will be able to support 32-player games.
Battlecry is set in an alternate universe where gunpowder has been banned after a brutal world war at the beginning of the 20th century. Instead of warfare like we’re used to now days, conflicts are settled by chosen warriors who battle in WarZones. Here is some more information from the press release.
Choose your faction and progress your warrior through the ranks. Each rank unlocks new abilities and effects allowing deep strategic builds for your warrior on every level. Risk life and limb as the powerful Royal Marines or the fearless Cossacks in imaginative WarZones each designed to combine positioning, spacing and verticality to redefine your core combat experience. Fight with transformative melee and ranged weapons that harness iron and energy and eviscerate your opponents with swords that transform into shields, bows that can punch an arrow straight through an armored skull or electrocute your foes with high powered blades crackling with electro-static energy.
Check out the reveal trailer for Battlecry below. The game is set to release in 2015 for the PC.
