2K unveils free-to-play hero shooter Project Ethos, an extraction game with a little roguelike twist

2K Games has finally joined its competitors: it has a hero shooter. (Aside from the defunct Battleborn, that is.) The company flew a few dozen streamers (and me and a few other press) to LA this week to unveil Project Ethos, an upcoming free-to-play competitive game that’s calling it a ” roguelike hero shooter.”

It’s not really a roguelike: you can just choose from random sets of buffs during a match. Otherwise, it’s a third-person shooter similar to Fortnite, but with hero characters with unique weapons and skills, and a low-stakes PvPvE extraction mode as the main attraction.