It was almost a year ago that Ubisoft first announced that they’d be bringing their platform fighter Brawlhalla to mobile devices, but it wasn’t until just over a month ago that the dream became reality when Brawlhalla finally launched on both iOS and Android with full cross-platform multiplayer with the existing console and PC versions. While on first glance Brawlhalla might just seem like a poor man’s Super Smash Bros., and that’s not totally without merit, the fact is that it’s pulled off the Smash formula incredibly well while also adding its own spin on things and, crucially, offering the entire thing up in a very fair free to play package.

This was accomplished largely with a League of Legends-ish rotating cast of playable characters that free players could check out on a routine basis, as well as numerous cosmetic items to unlock and collect if you wanted to customize the game to your liking without throwing off the balance between free and paid players. You also had the ability to plunk down a one-time payment to simply unlock all of the game’s 50 characters. It really is a pay model that has something for everyone, and the game being a level playing field for both free and paying players has made it an incredibly popular game online. Well, like many other popular free to play games, Brawlhalla introduced an additional revenue stream in the form of a Battle Pass back in May of this year. And like most Battle Passes this o...