With Gearbox's hero shooter slash first-person MOBA thing Battleborn out in the wild, the developer has posted its plans for future content, both paid-for and free. As part of the Season Pass, five additional Story Operations are set to drop before year's end, in addition to new characters and free additional maps and modes for the multiplayer side of things. As part of the update to its community, they offer up rough time-frames and details as to when we can expect to see it all.

The post, outlines the studio's plans to announce or release new content every other week starting in July.

FREE DLC CONTENT

• 5 more heroes, bringing the total to 30
  
  • Alani – released May 31st, 2016
    
  • Pendles – coming soon in July
    
  • Three more heroes to be revealed in late Summer through the Fall
  
  
• Three new PVP Maps in the next couple of weeks, one for each mode
  
• Broadcaster Mode coming hopefully next month
  
  • Broadcaster mode will allow you to spectate the battlefield using a set of third-person camera controls to follow players on either team, jump to points of interest, or to move freely around the battlefield in Private Versus Matches.
  
  
• In-game Reporting, our goal is to include it in the next major patch update for July
  
  • In the interest of making it easier to report players who are trying to ruin the fun for everyone, we’ve created an in-game reporting function that will be accessible through the scoreboard and allow you to flag players who are suspected of cheating, abandoning games, or ruining the overall experience.
  
  
• Matchmaking Adjustments: Ongoing
  
  • We regularly adjust and tweak matchmaking parameters in order to keep improving the matchmaking process. In fact, we’ll be testing out an overhaul to the matchmaking system starting later this week.
  
  
• Hero Balancing: Ongoing
  
  • As we gather data from matches and mission, we’ll continue to adjust and refine hero balance in the game. You can expect a bigger adjustment to 24 of the 26 characters likely coming in the next couple of weeks.
  
  
• Lore Challenges: Upcoming major patch
  
  • We are working on adjustments to lore requirements as well as how those requirements are tracked.
  
  
• New PVP mode this Fall
  
• Another new PVP mode in late Fall or Winter
  
• Weekly hot fixes as well as regular updates and patches
  

PREMIUM DLC CONTENT

Premium DLC content includes DLC packs 1 through 5, each with a playable Story Operation and unlockable skins and taunts, as well as early access to heroes 26 through 30 with the use of a hero key.

Premium DLC Timeline:

• Alani early access with hero key started May 24, 2016
  
• Pendles early access with hero key in mid-Summer
  
• Each DLC Story Operation release includes new, unlockable skins and taunts
  
• DLC 1 Story Operation “Attikus and the Thrall Rebellion” coming late Summer
  
• Heroes 28 – 30 early access, each with a hero key, coming mid-Summer through the Fall
  
• DLC 2 Story Operation around late Summer
  
• DLC 3 Story Operation coming early Fall
  
• DLC 4 Story Operation coming late Fall
  
• DLC 5 Story Operation coming this Winter

The first DLC Story Operation features Attikus and his twisted recount of the thrall rebellion he led to overthrow his Jennerit oppressors. Each DLC Story Operation is a highly-replayable scenario featuring one of Battleborn’s heroes. Each time you play through an Operation, the story, enemies, and objectives will change, increasing the difficulty but also the rewarded loot.