Knockout City Announces 10-Day Free Trial and Events During Launch
Knockout City is making waves today as Velan Studios announces their Knockout City “Block Party,” a 10-day festival to commemorate the game’s launch next Friday. The game will be free to play until May 30, in which players will have to purchase the game for $20. However, Velan Studios is optimistic that Knockout City will entice players to give the game a try as every day after launch will be packed to the brim with tons of events for players to enjoy.
The Block Party
According to Velan’s website, Knockout City’s Block Party will contain rewards for players who join to test the game out and reward players who’ve been sold by the free trial and decide to purchase the game as well.
The free trial of the game is similar to steam’s free weekend games. The whole game will be free to download and play until the party is over. So what does this mean for player’s who want to buy it after they try it?
According to Velan, all progress will be saved to the player’s account when the free trial is upgraded to the full version of Knockout City. If the player happens to purchase the game during the Block Party, they’ll be rewarded with a full set of cosmetics to spend in the store. These rewards also stack with the game’s deluxe edition, which comes with an Epic outfit, custom crew vehicle, crew logos and banners, and $10 worth of Holobucks.
Contracts will reward players with XP boosts for Season 1, which launches four days after the Block Party starts. This means that if challenges are completed, players will level up faster during the final days of the party in conjunction with the Season 1 first week, which sees a new map, and more content to entice players to buy the game for themselves.
So, what’s to be expected for the Knockout City Block Party? With 10 consecutive days of content brewing, many are wondering what might come from the game’s release. Velan has released a full roadmap of the Block Party on their blog. Each day is something new.
May 20: Pre-Release Twitch Stream
Knockout City developers, Velan Studios, will host a “Night Before Knockout City” stream on their Twitch, allowing players to ask questions about the game and include multiple showcases of how far Knockout City has come since the previous beta.
May 21: Knockout City Launches
Knockout City becomes available to the public, allowing players on all platforms to download the game for free during the duration of the Block Party.
May 22: Community Crew Up
Streamers sponsored by the game will take to their platforms to engage with players, team up with them, play the game to complete challenges for the streamer, and get custom items for viewers.
May 23: Streamer Icons and More
Certain streamers associated with the game, such as H20Delirious, Ohmwrecker, JonSandman, AyChristine, NothernLion, and Gorillaphent will get custom player icons, crew banners, and calling card for viewers of their communities to have.
May 24: Velan Hideout
The developers will become active in the discord server, playing games, answering questions, and interacting with the community all day.
May 25: Season 1 Launch
Season 1 launches on May 25 and will include a new map, new modes, league play, and contracts that will help players get the leg up on levels while the game continues into the final days of the party.
May 26: Play Against Velan Studio
Velan will take to the streets of Knockout City, asking players to take on the “best players in the world” any team who manages to take down the developers of Knockout City will be rewarded with a prize.
May 27: Velan’s Revenge
Velan will continue to play against the populous of the game. Velan will be switching out players from the previous day, making it a whole new team. Players should attempt to take on the developers more than once for prizes.
May 28: The Tournament Begins
Two tournaments will be held in the game. A total of 64 teams will play against one another in the U.S., while another 64 will compete in Europe. The top eight teams for each tournament will be making it to the finals.
May 29: The Tournament Concludes
The top eight players from the U.S. tournament and top eight players from the EU tournament will compete for a cash prize and bragging rights. U.S. winners receive a total of $10,000, while the EU winners receive $5,000.
May 30: The Block Party Ends
At noon UTC, all players who have not purchased Knockout City will not be done with their free trial. Those who want to continue will have to pay for the game on whatever platform they’re playing on.
June 1: More Content for Season 1
Many new challenges, cosmetics, and game modes will be released into Season 1 for all players who have purchased Knockout City—giving them all the more reasons to continue playing the game after festivities have ended.
Velan Studios appears real confident in the launch of Knockout City. While they’ve set up so many events for the 10 days past launch, their option to make it free until after the first week of Season 1 means they’re confident that the game will speak for itself when May 21 rolls around the corner.
Until then, players have to wait on new information about what else the game might have in store. Velan has mentioned that some celebrities and athletes will partake in the festivities when Knockout City launches on Xbox One, PS4, Steam, Origin, Epic Games Store, Xbox Game Pass, and Xbox Series X|S and PS5 on May 21.
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