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=== ''Battleborn'' ===
{{Main|Battleborn (video game)}}
Released in May 2016, ''Battleborn'' was a cooperative first-person shooter video game with [[multiplayer online battle arena]] (MOBA) elements. ''Battleborn'' takes place in a space fantasy setting where multiple races contest possession of the universe's last star. Players select one of multiple pre-defined heroes, customized with passive abilities gained through end-of-mission loot, to complete both player-vs-player and player-vs-environment events. During such events, characters are leveled up through their "Helix tree", granting one of two abilities at each level.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Truri |first1=Tim |title=August Cover Revealed – Battleborn |url=https://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2014/07/08/game-informer-august-cover-reveal-gearbox-battleborn-654814351318.aspx |access-date=July 24, 2014 |magazine=[[Game Informer]] |date=July 8, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724055442/http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2014/07/08/game-informer-august-cover-reveal-gearbox-battleborn-654814351318.aspx |archive-date=July 24, 2014}}</ref> While ''Battleborn'' was well received by critics, it was released within a month of [[Blizzard Entertainment]]'s [[Overwatch (video game)|''Overwatch'']], a [[hero shooter]] with similar concepts, and which quickly overshadowed ''Battleborn''.<ref name="glixel" /> The title went [[free-to-play]] in June 2017<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.polygon.com/2017/6/6/15745252/battleborn-free-to-play-founders-bonus |title=Battleborn goes free-to-play today, owners get bonus content |first=Brian |last=Crecente |date=June 6, 2017 |access-date=June 6, 2017 |website=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]] |archive-date=June 6, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606150755/https://www.polygon.com/2017/6/6/15745252/battleborn-free-to-play-founders-bonus |url-status=live }}</ref> and was shut down in January 2021.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://kotaku.com/battleborn-is-shutting-down-in-2021-1840037358 |title=Battleborn Is Shutting Down In 2021 |first=Nathan |last=Grayson |date=November 25, 2019 |access-date=November 25, 2019 |website=[[Kotaku]] |archive-date=November 25, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191125221542/https://kotaku.com/battleborn-is-shutting-down-in-2021-1840037358 |url-status=live }}</ref>