It will launch in February as a ‘buy once, offline game.’
It will launch in February as a ‘buy once, offline game.’
by Jay PetersJan 9, 2026, 1:05 AM UTCJay Peters is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme.
Towerborne, a side-scrolling action RPG published by Xbox Game Studios that has been available in early access, will officially launch on February 26th. But instead of launching as a free-to-play, always-on online game as originally planned, Towerborne is instead going to be a paid game that you can