tl;dr: The game was abandoned. You may still play it but don't spend any cash on it.

I bought Steam Launch Starter Pack in June 2014. I played the game a bit and I loved it but I removed it shortly after that. So a few days ago I decided to give it a try again. I bought Blutes and XP boosts and I tried to play the game again. I thought people still play Loadout. Boy, was I wrong.

Turns out the game was almost completely abandoned. It used to have about 30 000 people playing it at the same time, now this number is closer to 500. I have a feeling most of them randomly found Loadout on Steam Store, saw it's free and decided to play it a bit. Casual matchmaking is still possible — just select European or American servers depending on time of a day.

Moreover the game was abandoned by its developers. It used to get updates almost every week. Now they won't even add PvE mode (PS4 received it almost right after launch in January 2015). After PS4 launch Loadout's creative director left the development team. Shortly after that 12 people working on Loadout were fired and the game does not receive any more content.

So don't do the same mistake as I did: do not invest money in this game, it's dead. Feel free to try it. It's sad actually, the game itself is pretty decent. I have a feeling Edge of Reality is going to keep servers running until they can cover expenses. They already shut down Australian servers.

tl;dr: The game was abandoned. You may still play it but don't spend any cash on it. I bought Steam Launch Starter Pack in June 2014. I played the game a bit and I loved it but I removed it shortly after that. So a few days ago I decided to give it a try again. I bought Blutes and XP boosts and I tried to play the game again. I thought people still play Loadout. Boy, was I wrong. Turns out the game was almost completely abandoned. It used to have about 30 000 people playing it at the same time, now this number is closer to 500. I have a feeling most of them randomly found Loadout on Steam Store, saw it's free and decided to play it a bit. Casual matchmaking is still possible — just select European or American servers depending on time of a day. Moreover the game was abandoned by its developers. It used to get updates almost every week. Now they won't even add PvE mode (PS4 received it almost right after launch in January 2015). After PS4 launch Loadout's creative director left the development team. Shortly after that 12 people working on Loadout were fired and the game does not receive any more content. So don't do the same mistake as I did: do not invest money in this game, it's dead. Feel free to try it. It's sad actually, the game itself is pretty decent. I have a feeling Edge of Reality is going to keep servers running until they can cover expenses. They already shut down Australian servers.