{"id":16453,"date":"2026-01-09T01:28:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T01:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo4.dedicatedhost247.com\/newstime\/xboxs-towerborne-is-switching-from-a-free-to-play-game-to-a-paid-one\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T01:28:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T01:28:14","slug":"xboxs-towerborne-is-switching-from-a-free-to-play-game-to-a-paid-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo4.dedicatedhost247.com\/newstime\/xboxs-towerborne-is-switching-from-a-free-to-play-game-to-a-paid-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Xbox\u2019s Towerborne is switching from a free-to-play game to a paid one"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\"><em>Towerborne<\/em>, a side-scrolling action RPG published by Xbox Game Studios that has been available in early access, will officially launch on February 26th. But instead of launching as a free-to-play, always-on online game as originally planned, <em>Towerborne<\/em> is instead going to be a paid game that you can play offline.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">\u201cYou will own the complete experience permanently, with offline play and online co-op,\u201d Trisha Stouffer, CEO and president of <em>Towerborne<\/em> developer Stoic, says in <a href=\"https:\/\/news.xbox.com\/en-us\/2026\/01\/08\/towerborne-launches-february-26-with-massive-full-game-update\/\">an Xbox Wire blog post<\/a>. \u201cThis change required deep structural rebuilding over the past year, transforming systems originally designed around constant connectivity. The result is a stronger, more accessible, and more player-friendly version of Towerborne \u2014 one we\u2019re incredibly proud to bring to launch.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">\u201cAfter listening to our community during Early Access and Game Preview, we learned players wanted a complete, polished experience without ongoing monetization mechanics,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.towerborne.com\/FAQ\/\">according to an FAQ<\/a>. \u201cMoving to a premium model lets us deliver the full game upfront\u2014no live-service grind, no pay-to-win systems\u2014just the best version of <em>Towerborne<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">With the popular live service games like <em>Fortnite<\/em> and <em>Roblox<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/games\/858127\/top-five-most-played-games-xbox-ps5-2025\">getting harder to usurp<\/a>, <em>Towerborne\u2019s<\/em> switch to a premium, offline-playable experience could make it more enticing for players who don\u2019t want to jump into another time-sucking forever game. It makes <em>Towerborne<\/em> more appealing to me, at least.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">With the 1.0 release of the game, <em>Towerborne<\/em> will have a \u201ccomplete\u201d story, new bosses, and a \u201creworked\u201d difficulty system. You\u2019ll also be able to acquire all in-game cosmetics for free through gameplay, with \u201cno more cosmetic purchasing.\u201d Players who are already part of early access will still be able to play the game.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\"><em>Towerborne<\/em> will launch on February 26th on Xbox Series X \/ S, Xbox on PC, Game Pass, Steam, and PS5. The standard edition will cost $24.99, while the deluxe edition will cost $29.99.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/859176\/towerborne-launch-release-date-paid-offline\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Towerborne, a side-scrolling action RPG published by Xbox Game Studios that has been available in early access, will officially launch<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16454,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo4.dedicatedhost247.com\/newstime\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16453"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo4.dedicatedhost247.com\/newstime\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo4.dedicatedhost247.com\/newstime\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo4.dedicatedhost247.com\/newstime\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo4.dedicatedhost247.com\/newstime\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/demo4.dedicatedhost247.com\/newstime\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16453\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo4.dedicatedhost247.com\/newstime\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo4.dedicatedhost247.com\/newstime\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo4.dedicatedhost247.com\/newstime\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo4.dedicatedhost247.com\/newstime\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}