MercurySteam have announced today that their self-published shooter Raiders of the Broken Planet will be getting a rebrand, launching on August 23rd as Spacelords. Better still, Spacelords will be ditching the episodic structure and become a free to play experience. Players will be able to play all 18 missions, as either a raider or an antagonist.
This change to Spacelords coincides with the launch of the fourth and final episode of year one content for the game, Council Apocalypse, which will include four new missions and a brand new character.
In a press release, Spacelords Director Enric Álvarez said: “When we launched Raiders September last year, we hoped its low price point of 9.99 per campaign- would open it up to a large number of users, but it didn’t work as we planned. Our vision is to see our game enjoyed by millions of users for years to come and putting all of the game’s rich content into their hands for free is the way to realize it. We’ve answered our community and hope this removal of any payment barriers will build our devoted community further.”
The team over at MercurySteam are viewing Spacelords as an entirely new game built off the back of Raiders of the Broken Planet, with the new updates changing huge aspects of the game. Specifically, the Spacelords brand is designed to embrace both the Raiders and Antagonists “under one umbrella”, as opposed to the Antagonists feeling like an afterthought.
Of course, anyone who has already purchased Raiders of the Broken Planet content will be rewarded when Spacelords goes live, and MercurySteam are adding some new changes from today. The Mission of the Week will become the Mission of the Day, and be free for all players, and the Gold cost of renting missions will be reduced significantly.
We reviewed Raiders of the Broken Planet when launched last year, and though there was potential, it was a somewhat flawed experience. Hopefully, the move to free to play and the proposed updates will push the game to the next level. Besides, Spacelords just rolls off the tongue better.
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