Gameloft launched Modern Combat 5 to an eager following in July of 2014. It launched with the typical $6.99 price tag, but hit sales at $3.99 and even landed for $0.75 for the holiday season. This morning Gameloft has announced that they are doing away with the price tag all together and making the first person shooter free to all on Android and iOS.
Before everyone goes all “I WANT A REFUND!”, which is always a big statement when a paid app goes permanently free, Gameloft will be hooking you up. If you bought the game you will be given Veteran with unlimited energy, Veteran exclusive kill sign and camo and 200 credits. Oh, and the unlimited energy is for life. Not a bad deal for your previous purchase really.
Modern Combat 5 is also picking up a slew of new things in the update that makes it free-to-play and boy oh boy is it a big one. Check out the list.
- New Soldier Class: Support
- Combat skills include:
- Heal: drop a health box that heals himself and nearby allies for a period of time
- Purge: debuffs like EMP, Slow and Flashbang have reduced durations
- Bloodlust: healing starts after performing a kill and is amplified
- Solid Grip: stability increases the more you shoot the weapon
- Emergency Reload: increased reload speed when below 15% ammo in clip
- Endurance: player’s movement is increased when using a light machine gun (LMG)
- Synergy Perk: players who die within a certain area around the Support will get the option to respawn on their death spot
- New Weapon Class: the Light Machine Gun (LMG)
- Used by the Support class
- Slightly higher rate of fire than the submachine gun and delivers slightly more damage than an assault rifle, but has lower accuracy than all the other weapons
- New Weapon Tier
- 6th tier weapons now available for all weapon classes
- New Multiplayer Game Mode: Zone Control
- Based on capturing zones placed in certain areas of each map
- The team that manages to secure a zone starts to score points
- To secure a zone, a team member needs to stay a certain amount of time in that particular zone.
- More teammates in the zone shortens the time needed to capture it.
- If an enemy enters the zone, the capture progress resets
- The more zones you secure, the more points you get and the shorter the way to victory
- Controller Support
- Standard, formfitting and extended controllers
- New Character Customization Options
- Such as weapon camos, masks and perks, solo and squad logos & kill signs
- Server Updates:
- New servers in different geographical locations will help decrease lag and provide a better multiplayer experience.
- A player’s internet connection remains extremely important, but our server split will provide the basis for more fluent multiplayer gaming.
“This update makes Modern Combat 5 available for free to millions of new players, and adds controller support, more weapons, a new class and more. All of our current players are getting Veteran status, with unlimited energy, and some other goodies as a thank you for their support. Ultimately, the switch to free-to-play means the game will have a longer lifetime, so we can invest more in the long-term update plan and in the servers which need to support a significantly larger player base. One thing we’re not messing with is the competitive balance players have come to expect in Modern Combat.”
The update isn’t quite out yet unfortunately. Gameloft says it is coming soon though. So be on the look out for it the price to vanish and all the new gear, the new class and the new weapons to make their appearance. I’ll try to keep my eye open for it and let you all know when it comes out.
- New servers in different geographical locations will help decrease lag and provide a better multiplayer experience.
- Combat skills include:
