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Development studio Gearbox Software announced that it has made the necessary improvements to "Battleborn" based from the feedback of those who participated in the game's first closed technical test. Hopefully, these enhancements will be reflected in the second technical test happening next year.

According to Inquisitr, the developer held a closed beta test for the upcoming first-person shooter earlier in October of this year. During the event, selected gamers were allowed to test the game and try out some of its features.

One of these is the Meltdown arena mode, which pits players against other players in an all-out death match. During the closed beta, however, some participants experienced a few matchmaking issues which prevented them from joining Meltdown matches. Fortunately, Chris Brock, the producer of the game, said that these problems have already been fixed after the technical test.

"Thanks to the tests, we found matchmaking issues, which we've been able to address," he said in the official Battleborn website. "We would never have found those without testing at such a large scale."

Gearbox Software was also able to fix an issue that affected the game's character balancing. In "Battleborn," players can choose from a total of 25 different playable characters. Since each character comes with its own set of skills and abilities, the developers need to make sure that the game still delivers a relatively fair gameplay experience for players.

However, during the technical test, the Gearbox Software team noticed that the character named Phoebe was too powerful to defeat. This, of course, was considered unfair by the other gamers who were using more balanced characters.

To solve the issue, Gearbox Software immediately adjusted the character's abilities during the match. Aside from resolving the problem, the studio also learned that it can fix balancing issues even while matches are going on without having to release patches in the future.

"Battleborn" is scheduled to arrive for the Microsoft Windows, Xbox One and PlayStation 4 platforms on May 3, 2016. But, before the game's official release, Gearbox Software will conduct an open beta test for the game sometime next year. PC Advisor reported that the upcoming beta event will only be available for owners of Sony's next-gen console.