‘We love making free-to-play games’

Originally announced as just “Paladins,” Hi-Rez’s free-to-play team-based shooterPaladins: Champions of the Realmis set to have card collection and a sort of deck-building aspect. Details were scant during the announcement, but the video below sheds a bit of light on it.

It sounds more like a collectible card game than adeck-building game, as players collect cards and create decks outside of a match only to draw and play them during a battle for various buffs. The video isn’t explicit about pricing, but given that all characters are stated to be available for free, I stand by my initial prediction that the cards are where people will be paying for this. Hopefully it’s not too scummy; I can see that idea turning into pay-to-win very easily.

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The opening area of the Whisper mission, in a small grove.

The Divide in the Cosmodrome, where the Guardian was resurrected.

A holofoil Ribbontail, as seen in collections.

The Phoneutria Fera hand cannon, inspired by the Season of the Haunted armor set. It has a unique, galactic glow.

Three Fuses appear in a match of Apex Legends' Wild Card mode.

Mad Maggie opens a supply bin and an item with a symbol indicating infinite ammo appears.

Legends slide through a zipline in King’s Canyon in Apex Legends.

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The Yeartide Apex tex Mechanica SMG with a Holofoil glow.