Independent Developer MercurySteam, known for Metroid: Samus Returns and Raiders of the Broken Planet, has announced today that their self published shooter-Brawler hybrid, Raiders of the Broken Planet is being reborn as Spacelords and will become a free to play gaming experience. The August 23rd release date is set to coincide with the release of the fourth Campaign, Council Apocalypse, thus completing Spacelords first major story arc.