One month after going free, 'Evolve' averages 15,000 players

[Joystiq]

Pick a random moment in June and you'd likely find about 100 people playing Turtle Rock Studios'

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on Steam. That's not a lot of players in general, but this number is especially sad for a game billed as an online multiplayer extravaganza. One and a half years after launch, it looked like Evolve was dying. And then, in July, Evolve's active player base shot up to an average of 15,400 at any given time on Steam, according to current lead designer Brandon Yanez.

This didn't happen by accident: Developers at Turtle Rock knew they had to take drastic action to save Evolve and so, on July 7th, they did. They

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on PC.

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