Free ‘Arena Mode’ Coming to Evolve™ Today
Battle to the death with intense, nonstop action in all-new game mode that changes how
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New York, NY – May 26, 2015 – 2K and Turtle Rock Studios announced today that Arena Mode
is coming to Evolve™, the 4v1 shooter featuring four Hunters cooperatively fighting to take down
a single-player controlled Monster, as a free update. In Arena Mode, players head straight into
an epic fight as one Monster battles a team of four Hunters to the death in intense, best-of-three
matches set in fixed arenas. Arena Mode is completely free on all platforms and will be available
to all Evolve players today. For an exclusive look at Arena Mode in action, tune into the Evolve
Twitch.tv stream at 12:00 PM ET here: http://twitch.tv/EvolveGame.
“Arena Mode adds a completely new way to play Evolve by bringing players straight into
frenetic, heart-pounding battles,” said Chris Ashton, co-founder and design director at Turtle Rock
Studios. “Our goal is to provide players with the most entertaining gameplay experience possible,
and Arena Mode provides nonstop combat for those who want nothing but action.”
In Arena Mode, five fixed arenas are placed on 14 of Evolve’s maps for a total of 70 locations to
brawl. A Stage 2 Monster player spawns into an arena against a team of four Hunters, and the
two sides immediately battle to the death. The round ends when the Monster or the team of
Hunters is eliminated, and the next round takes place in a new fixed arena on the same map. The
first side to win two rounds is victorious in the best-of-three Arena Mode match.
In addition to today’s Arena Mode announcement, the Evolve Proving Grounds Tournament is
also underway. Played exclusively on Xbox One, the all-in-one games and entertainment system
from Microsoft, the Evolve Proving Grounds Tournament is produced by ESL, the world’s
largest esports company. The European Semifinals took place at ESL’s Cologne, Germany studio
on May 24, 2015. The North American Semifinals will take place at ESL’s Burbank, Calif. Studio
on May 31, 2015. The top two teams from each regional semifinal will compete in the Global
Finale in Los Angeles on June 17, 2015 for a piece of the $100,000 prize pool. The Evolve
Proving Grounds Tournament Grand Finale will take place in front of a live studio audience at
Club Nokia in Los Angeles on June 17, 2015 and will be broadcast live on Twitch at
http://twitch.tv/EvolveGame. For more information on the Evolve Proving Grounds
Tournament, visit http://play.eslgaming.com/evolve/xbox/evolve-one/major/proving-grounds.
Evolve is now available worldwide for Xbox One, PlayStation®4 system, and Windows PC.
About Evolve
From Turtle Rock Studios, creators of Left 4 Dead, Evolve is a shooter in which four Hunters face
off against a single, player-controlled Monster in adrenaline-pumping 4v1 matches. Play as the
Monster to use savage abilities and an animalistic sense to kill your human enemies, or choose
one of four Hunter classes (Trapper, Support, Assault and Medic) and team up to take down the
beast on the planet Shear, where flora and fauna act as an adversary to Hunter and Monster
alike. Level up to unlock new Hunter or Monster characters as well as upgrades, skins, and
perks. Earn your infamy on the leaderboards and become the apex predator.
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