No word on anything related to BRINK which...svcks. http://www.splashdamage.com/content/919/2012-message-paul-wedgwood

here's hoping they make Brink free to play

It sounds like they are going in that direction but how far is Free-2-Play when your doing charges.

If Brink does go F2P, Splash should do all right making some extra coin through micro-transactions. Off the top of my head, one bit of DLC that'd do all right would be female character models, and a couple of female character model outfit and weapon custom skin packs. Also single player campaign levels and new solo/co-op challenges.

Obviously new maps would be welcome but only when enough players are onboard otherwise they'd split the player-base. I'd keep charging for Agents of Change and the old pre-order skin packs. But yeah, F2P Brink via Steam would do very, very well me thinks. The last Steam Free Weekend got the player pop up to around 6/7000 a day over the weekend, a lot of those would have been purchasers of the -75% off Brink bundle too though.

What svcks about it is you get a metric crap-ton of doods who have no friggin' idea what they're doing. But hell, better to have servers and maps full of n00btards than one or (maybe) two full 16/16 servers a day of players who do know WTH. Heh ha.

Edit: Also from Wedgwood's post it sounds like they might be going into Mobile or maybe Social Networking games. Might actually start getting invited to something *worth* playing via Facebook. lol

I could certainly see Brink operating like TF2. It may even work out better since the customization system is far more details and also less obtrusive.

Thanks for the post - it certainly gives hope that Brink won't be forgotten. I could cope with Free to Play.

It also sounds like they're developing for other platforms like IOS. I really think they can do a lot with the Vita, like making a Free-2-Play game like Brink. Because if you think about it the controls would work very well for online play; if you want to slide swipe your hand on the front or back screen, mantle over objects by sliding on the back part of the Vita (similar to Uncharted:Golden Abyss). There's just a lot S.D. and Bethesda can do with this title STILL, I honestly think that would be a fun idea plus you can have it on the go!

I can imagine the cheesy commercial now......and I can't forget it.....
Also, making Brink f2p doesn't sound like a good idea.....Brink wasn't big like TF2 when they made it f2p.....I bet that's the last thing on their minds.

That it doesn't have players isn't a reason *not* to go F2P, it's a reason *to* go F2P! The game isn't even a year old and despite selling well, *nobody* is playing it. If the Steam top 100 only has your game listed when you promote a bundle sale at a massively reduced cost, and a free weekend - that shows that gamers are willing to jump in and play, and also that they're willing to part with a few quid/dollars for something. On average the bottom games in the top 100 generally level off at a peak of 4/500 players a day. On good days 5/600 players. Brink is never listed here, even on a bad day for other, older games. For an online multiplayer shooter, that ain't good.

F2P ain't a perfect option, but it's better to have a game riding somewhere in the top 100 with X000 players at any one time, with a nice peak somewhere around DCUO or some other F2P MMO, with the ability to make a return on micro-transactions. Better to have people playing it and potentially parting with some money - than it is to have nobody playing it, and with too few people willing to part with ￡20/$18 dollars for the base game.

If the quality of the DLC is of a good standard, and new games modes shake up the dynamic a bit. Like say, giving all players one Revival Syringe each, in a perma-death team match, in which players die permanently if they have used their one syringe, and the team medic is dead (one medic per team) it'd make for some mightily different team-based play with players being less likely to sprint into danger and more likely to plan their defence and assaults. Insta-gib matches. New weapons. Abilities. Perhaps even a new fringe class available at level 24 (all to reward sticking around for longer).

From what I can judge of the guys and gals in the Brink offiicial Steam group and the Brink TV group, most who played Brink stopped at about rank 2. Very few of those who played attained the Rank 5 cheevo. With Steam achievements being more a personal deal, than a means to garner a gamer score, they give a good idea as to what point in the game players are dropping out. Somewhere around Rank 2. lol 360 and PS3 players are more likely to have played long enough to reap the achievements/trophies for the score, but a majority stopped playing as soon as they had them all. Can't judge whether they stuck around because they liked it, or stuck around for the score. lol

Anyway... IMHO F2P is worth a shot. I can see Brink riding somewhere in the Steam Top 20, of the 100, with a few thousand players a day logging on to shoot some crap at crap.

BRINK was one of my favorite games, but it flopped don't care who let it. it just did and that's sad.

Agreed but hey we can still waste bots!

Brink broke my heart. It is so good that it hurts, but after 3 hours there is NOTHING to do.

Well, regardless the community from what I have seen has pretty much moved on including the hardcoe group. But if anyone wants to meet up or play online add me on PSN: Lightning__V or WhiteV

Sorry V but I have to take issue with your tone. The community has moved on because the community had no interest in maintaining it plain and simple. While there has always been complaints about not having central servers the beauty of it is that the community could have maintained clan matches for years with no fear of servers being shut down. You full well know the solution that was presented and that the infrastructure for a self run system has been in place since July when it was originally proposed. We are long past blaming Beth/SD for lack of support and a broken clan system...bottom line the hardcoe group had no interest in maintaining the community or clan matches. If the players don't want to play then they can't complain about it and will have to be content with running in pubs with a few friends and a bunch of bots.

Main issue i have is content, Just bored of same ol same ol, someone sends me an invite I'll jump on, but for the most it's been shelved.

There is always building up other characters - each has its own different strengths and weaknesses to explore.

I'll treat this game when I need to get away from something. I hate seeing this game shelved in the way as it is now....

After day of practicing Parkour IRL, I find that a game of Brink really helps, especially since you can't get fatigue in Brink, so PK the Day away!

This thread really got my hopes up because of the title, and then I read the post. Maybe Beth/SD can have a one year anniversary DLC.

Brink is falling apart just like the ark . Stupid Halo and CoD