{"id":11352,"date":"2022-06-01T18:44:34","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T17:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/knockout-city-has-officially-gone-free-to-play\/"},"modified":"2022-06-01T18:44:34","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T17:44:34","slug":"knockout-city-has-officially-gone-free-to-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/knockout-city-has-officially-gone-free-to-play\/","title":{"rendered":"Knockout City has officially gone free-to-play"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\nVelan Studios&#8217; competitive &#8220;dodgebrawl&#8221; game Knockout City has officially gone free-to-play.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nKnockout City &#8211; which launched on PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, and PC last May &#8211; was initially published under the EA Originals label, but earlier this year Velan announced it would be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ea-published-knockout-city-going-free-to-play-this-spring-without-ea\">taking over publishing duties<\/a> and shifting to a free-to-play model starting with its sixth season.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nBoth the free version of Knockout City and Season 6: City of Tomorrow are now here, introducing, among other things, the new Boomerang Ball across all playlists, the Starfruit Special energy drink, the sci-flyer crew vehicle, a permanent new career contract, an expanded hideout area, various map improvements, and more, as detailed in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.knockoutcity.com\/updates\/patch-6-0\">today&#8217;s patch notes<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/knockout-city-has-officially-gone-free-to-play\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source &#8211; eurogamer.net<\/p>\n<p>All content and images belong to their respected owners. 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