A couple of months in the past, Gearbox Publishing turned the servers again on for traditional MOBA Hero Shooter Gigantic, which had been turned off for over 5 years. They had been solely reside for a few days, however it was sufficient to get individuals speaking on the Gigantic Subreddit. What was the purpose of this two-day occasion? Is Gigantic coming again indirectly? Nicely, the reply is sure, and it’s trying to come again in a giant manner with Gigantic: Rampage Version on April 9, 2024.

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Gigantic: Rampage Version is how a sport revival ought to be accomplished

Usually sport revivals haven’t been too variety to avid gamers. Usually occasions revivals are merely simply rereleases, with little to no modifications at a premium value level. However Gigantic: Rampage Version seems to be greater than I might have hoped for with a revival. Not solely is the MOBA releasing with all its unique content material, however with a ton of latest content material as effectively. Oh, and it’s solely $19.99.

All 23 heroes from the unique are returning, so those that performed years in the past will be capable to relive their previous with the unique roster. Nonetheless, two new heroes are additionally becoming a member of the lineup. Roland and Kajir are the 2 new additions with every that includes a novel playstyle.

Two new maps have been added to the pool as effectively. First is Picaro Bay, a map that includes plenty of verticality with slim alleyways and a pirate ship at its heart. Subsequent is Heaven’s Ward, set in an industrialized district filled with warehouses, factories, and an outdated energy plant.

The Conflict sport mode from the unique continues to be the principle technique of taking part in Gigantic, however a brand new sport mode referred to as Rush has additionally been added. Rush is a extra accessible, fast-paced mode with a extra streamlined Gigantic expertise. Whereas Conflict matches can final half-hour or extra, Rush is designed to final 5-10 minutes total, giving gamers an incredible alternative to shortly leap into the motion and even make the most of Rush as a warm-up earlier than leaping into Conflict. Whereas it gained’t be launching with a Ranked Mode, one will probably be added later.

As if that wasn’t sufficient new content material, an all-new customization and hero development system is in place as effectively. You’ll be able to set particular personalized loadouts to cater to the 2 totally different modes, in addition to unlock hero and weapon skins just by taking part in that hero. Skins from the unique launch and brand-new ones can be found to unlock. The perfect half is that there isn’t any MTX. All of the skins are unlockable solely by play solely, and much more new skins are coming as free updates as effectively.

It’s simply so enjoyable

I had the chance to play a handful of matches within the new Rush mode with the Gearbox Publishing workforce in addition to some builders from Abstraction Video games. It solely took me one match to get within the groove and decide up the place I left off within the unique: kicking some butt. I really feel like Gigantic was already the proper aggressive sport to leap in and play once I wished some motion, however the Rush mode amplifies that even additional.

One of many matches I performed as the brand new hero Kajir—and to not brag, however I obtained an S rank—whose toolkit permits him to get in shortly, deal some harm, and get out. I want melee in-and-out type characters which Kajir is, and he was actually a ton of enjoyable to play. However on the similar time, taking part in by a few of my unique favorites like Tyto felt identical to I remembered. In just some matches I remembered how a lot enjoyable I had again within the day with Gigantic, and may actually say it’s a sport that deserves one other shot.

A playtest for Gigantic: Rampage Version kicks off in a couple of days on February 22 at 3 p.m. EST and can run by February 23 at midday EST. These can choose into the playtest on its Steam web page.

Full launch for Gigantic: Rampage Version is on April 9, 2024 at a value level of $19.99. It should launch on PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Xbox Collection X|S with full cross-platform play between each consoles and PC.