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Battleborn

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This product is no longer playable in any capacity. It is covered here for historical reference.
Battleborn
Battleborn cover
Developers
Gearbox Software
Publishers
2K Games
Engines
Unreal Engine 3
Release dates
Windows May 3, 2016[1]
Windows June 15, 2023
Reception
Metacritic 69
IGDB 73
Taxonomy
Monetization Free-to-play
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Perspectives First-person
Controls Direct control
Genres FPS
Art styles Cartoon
Battleborn on IGDB
Battleborn on MobyGames
Battleborn on Wikipedia

Warnings

This game requires a constant internet connection for all game modes.

Key points

Servers were shut down on January 31, 2021 (delisted on June 10th, 2022), making the game unplayable[2]

General information

Official forum
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
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Always online (requires a constant internet connection to play)
Unlocks game and Full Game Upgrade DLC
Windows
Steam (unavailable)
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Always online (requires a constant internet connection to play)
Windows
All versions require Steam and Arxan Anti-Tamper DRM and a constant internet connection for all game modes.[3]
Pulled from sale on Steam, but the Free Trial version can still be installed with steam://install/394230

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Full Game Upgrade
Windows

Version differences

Free Trial grants unlimited access (no time limits or level caps) to the multiplayer of the game, with weekly rotations of the 30 available heroes.
Standard Edition / Full Game Upgrade includes the story mode of the game.
Deluxe Edition contained additional bonus cosmetic items.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions
  1. See Command line arguments.
  2. Use -nostartupmovies or -nomovies
Delete or rename video files
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\PoplarGame\Movies
  2. Delete or rename 2K_logo.bk2 and Gearbox_logo.bk2.
Manual fix
  1. Go to %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\PoplarGame\Config\
  2. Open PoplarEngine.ini.
  3. Find:
    StartupMovies=2K_logo
    StartupMovies=Gearbox_logo
    StartupMovies=Loading
    
  4. Replace it with:
    ;StartupMovies=2K_logo
    ;StartupMovies=Gearbox_logo
    ;StartupMovies=Loading
  5. Save changes.

Skip splash screen

Instructions
  1. See Command line arguments.
  2. Use -nosplash
Delete or rename the splash file
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\PoplarGame\Splash\PC in the installation folder.
  2. Delete or rename Splash.bmp

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Battleborn\PoplarGame\Config\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/394230/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Battleborn\PoplarGame\SaveData\<user-id>\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/394230/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics settings.
Graphics settings.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Up to 100°.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Up to 16x.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
FXAA On/Off.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
No frame rate cap. Optional cap or smoothing options.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Color blind mode
Limited support. Display colors for friendly and enemy teams can be changed.[4]

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Single binding per action.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Separate for Y- and X-axis.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
XInput and at least DualShock 4.[5]
Full controller support
Controller remapping
4 preset and any two button places can be swapped between each other.
Controller sensitivity
Separate for Y- and X-axis.
Controller Y-axis inversion
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration
PlayStation controllers
PlayStation button prompts
Light bar support
Player number indicator, static blue for player one, red for player two, etc.
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes

Generic/other controllers
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
XInput and DualShock 4.
Haptic feedback
XInput and DualShock 4.
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music, Sound Effects, Dialogue, Player Alert, VOIP Chat.
Surround sound
7.1. Speaker angles can be configured through the in-game settings.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

Network

Network settings.
Network settings.

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
Console versions only.[4]
LAN play
Online play
10 1 player in Story Mode
10 players in Incursion, Capture and Meltdown
Official servers were shut down in 31 January 2021.

VR support

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics PhysX [4]
Audio Wwise
Interface Scaleform
Cutscenes Bink Video
Multiplayer Steamworks

Issues fixed

Cannot move with keyboard WASD

Disable or close Synergy[6]

System requirements

Windows[4]
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5-750
AMD Phenom IIx4 945
System memory (RAM) 6 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 30 GB
Video card (GPU) AMD Radeon HD 6870
Nvidia GeForce GTX 460
1 GB of VRAM
DirectX 11 compatible
A 64-bit operating system is required.


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/394230/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (394230) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References