The developers at Gearbox Software gained quite a following with its Borderlands series, but also threw of players with games like Aliens: Colonial Marines and Battleborn, which wasn’t nearly as well received as the company was hoping. But that isn’t stopping it from trying to innovate once again, and now it’s introduced a new game that offers a unique take on the first-person shooter.
The game is called Project 1v1 (it’s unknown if that’s the final name), and it’s described as a “competitive first-person shooter that combines the action of fast-paced 1v1 first-person combat with the metagame strategy of a collectible card game.” And…that’s really all we know about the game right now.
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The company did indicate that a website for the game has gone live, but doesn’t really offer much more information than that, though the image of the city that’s featured in the game is pretty intriguing.
Gearbox did note that it was preparing to launch a “short” closed technical test for the game sometime this summer, and users can sign up at the website above. It will only be offered to a “limited number of players”, with the goal being to “test the online infrastructure and learn what players like you think about the game in order to inform and influence future development.”
As for the modes that will be included in the beta, there will be three to choose from – Challenge, which lets you challenge someone, well, one-on-one; Arena, which allows you to challenge the “current Arena champion”; and Ranked, where you can take on players depending on skill. It’s unknown how these will unfold within the game, but we’ll see what happens.
Hopefully, Gearbox can bounce back from the disappointment of Battleborn and really strike a chord with this new project, which will release on PC somewhere down the road. We wish them the best of luck!
