Evolve free weekend

We’re very excited to announce that Evolve will be playable for free this weekend on Xbox One and PC. You can experience everything Evolve has to offer: Four Monsters, 18 Hunters across four unique classes, five game modes, 19 maps, and the newly released Hunt 2.0 - all playable for free this weekend. Following the free weekend, players that purchase the game will retain the progress they earn in the base game (not DLC unlocks).

Xbox One free weekend begins at 12:01 AM PDT on September 4, 2015 and ends at 11:59 PM PDT on September 7, 2015. Windows PC free weekend begins at 12:00 PM PDT on September 3, 2015 and ends at 10:00 AM PDT on September 7, 2015.

Already own Evolve? Try the DLC for FREE

Also this weekend, all Evolve players can experience the currently available DLC characters for free on Xbox One, PS4 and PC.

Starting at 12:01 AM PDT on September 4, 2015 all Evolve players will gain access to the playable characters included in Evolve Hunting Season 1 and the playable Behemoth Monster for 24 hours. Starting at 12:01 AM PDT on September 5, 2015, all Evolve players will gain access to the available playable characters from Evolve Hunting Season 2 for 24 hours.

In addition to the Evolve free weekend, the infamous Meteor Goliath (details below) will be made permanently available to all Evolve players, dropping absolutely free of charge on September 3^rd, 2015.

Meteor Goliath

Overview:

On the ruined planet of Shear, in the desperate struggle between Man and Monster…. Adaptation emerges as the weapon of choice.

Meteor Goliath , Evolve’s first adaptation, is a variant of the iconic Goliath Monster, adding a new look, and stunning blue-fire effects, as well as new audio, and gameplay. Meteor Goliath uses his burning “area off effect”, and increased range to spread residual fire damage across the entire Hunter team, while showcasing a fiery twist on Goliath’s abilities.

Abilities:

All Abilities have been re-balanced around residual fire damage, but the differences don’t stop there:

• Rock Throw :

• Rock Throw is still Meteor Goliath’s heaviest damage dealer but now his boulders are covered in blue fire and travel faster!

• Leap Smash:

• Leap Smash is still the foundation of all Meteor Goliath builds, this Leap Smash hits targets much farther away. Watch how surprised the Hunters are when they think they’re out of range and then suddenly get hit by a blue comet! Fair warning: The cooldown time has been increased to compensate for the ability to travel farther.

• Fire Breath:

• Fire Breath is blue, and comes with surprising range. Use it to snipe Hunters from farther away, but don’t be greedy. Share the fire with everyone!

• Charge:

• Charge has the same speed as before, but lasts much longer now. Did we need to mention it looks like a Meteor? The cooldown time is increased.

• Sneak:

• Your flames automatically extinguish when you enter stealth mode.

• Leap :

• Meteor Goliath still leaps to get around, but these leaps are faster.