Hero shooter Gigantic could have shut down 5 years in the past however Gearbox Software program is bringing it again for one weekend solely in a restricted time throwback occasion.
A Reddit put up from TemptedTemplar shared an e-mail asking gamers to the occasion, whereas the sport’s subreddit can be stuffed with others who obtained the invite. “You are invited to play Gigantic (once more) throughout our restricted time throwback occasion,” learn the e-mail, despatched to Reddit person HeirOfRhoads.
The occasion will happen from October 5 at 12noon Pacific / 3pm Japanese / 8pm UK to October 6 at 9pm Pacific / 12midnight Japanese, so October 7 at 5am UK. It is unclear if gamers apart from those that obtained the e-mail will have the ability to play.
Gamers will even get to get pleasure from “by no means earlier than seen options” based on the e-mail, together with a Rush mode, new loadout system, and “revamped content material”. The basic Gigantic gameplay and options might be current too, after all, bringing again the team-based mostly aggressive motion in groups of 5 heroes.
Gigantic shut down all the best way again in July 2018, a number of months after developer Motiga was shut down in November 2017. “The present state of the sport has restricted choices for additional progress and related content material updates, and delivering fundamental options whereas additionally fixing long-standing points was extra sophisticated than anticipated,” the closure announcement learn.
In our 7/10 evaluation, IGN mentioned: “Gigantic’s multi-phase recreation mode and large monsters distinguish it from the MOBA crowd, but it surely may use extra selection.”
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll discuss The Witcher all day.
