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Borderlands 4's 2025 release window just got narrowed down as Gearbox owner says it won't release before April, but also won't clash with GTA 6

2025 is set to be very busy for game releases

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The Borderlands movie's $90m box office failure "was indeed disappointing," but it did still help sell some old Borderlands games

The publisher's CEO has washed his hands of the commercial failure

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Two months after the disastrous Seekers of the Storm expansion, Gearbox details its Risk of Rain 2 rescue plan, and players are actually pretty excited

Gearbox says it's going to take months to fix what it broke, but it's determined to make it happen.

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Gearbox will fly fan with terminal illness to see Borderlands 4 early—says he's been 'floored' by the kindness, donations, and the gamers who helped him get in touch

"When I received an email from Randy I couldn’t believe it."

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Borderlands fan will get to see Borderlands 4 early after Gearbox agrees to fly him to the studio following cancer diagnosis: "I never expected anything like this"

"It was awesome to see the CEO of Gearbox emailing me and telling me that he would do whatever he could to help me out"

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As Borderlands 2 fan flexes their super-fast loading, Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford appears to tease "seamless" Borderlands 4 loading, then refuses to elaborate

"Seamless, you say?"

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Borderlands fan with terminal illness asked to see Borderlands 4 early and Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford says 'we're going to do whatever we can to make something happen'

Caleb McAlpine asked on the Borderlands Reddit if anyone could get him in contact with the developers.

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Terminally ill Borderlands fan asks if there's any way he can see Borderlands 4 early, Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford says "we're going to do whatever we can to make something happen"

The 37-year-old Borderlands fan was diagnosed with terminal cancer this year

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Gearbox marks 5 years of Borderlands 3 with another loot-packed Shift Code to help tide fans over: "We're excited to have you along for Borderlands 4"

Get some more free loot keys in Borderlands 3

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The Borderlands movie limps out of theaters with a reported $115 million loss for Gearbox and Lionsgate after a run of just $30 million

But the good news is that you can catch it on digital

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Embracer's Lost Boys Interactive studio hit with another round of layoffs

The studio says it has to "adapt to shifting market conditions within the videogame industry."

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Brilliant Borderlands fan uncovers "the most valuable SHiFT code" for all players after solving a bonkers puzzle — here's how they did it

After Borderlands developer Gearbox Software hid a special SHiFT Code in a PAX West handout, one clever fan has cracked the cipher and revealed the key to everyone.

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‘Half-Life’ Developer Valve Gobbles Up An Indie Studio For An Unknown Project

'Risk of Rain' creator Hopoo Games is closing its doors as its staff joins Valve on an unknown project.

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After Gearbox's disastrous Risk of Rain 2 DLC launch, the roguelike's original devs announce their move to Valve: "We love making games – and will continue to do so, for years to come"

Many of Hopoo Games' devs - including its co-founders- are now at Valve

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'The Beatles had a 25% hit rate': Randy Pitchford reassures fans that he'll carry on 'making stuff' even after a disastrous Risk of Rain 2 expansion and the Borderlands movie

"I don't know if I will ever make anything again that you like."

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Borderlands 4 concept art provides hope for the upcoming installment

Could the new game make up for the terrible movie?

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Risk of Rain 2 creators comment on Gearbox's first DLC without them: 'It's great to see new content for the game, but it's hard to see growing pains of the new team in real time'

Duncan Drummond and Jeffrey Hunt expressed sympathy for the dev team at Gearbox.

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Gearbox says Borderlands 4's humor will be grounded in its world: 'We want to make sure that it's situational, that it emerges naturally'

Borderlands 4's creative leads showed off concept art and discussed their design philosophy in a livestreamed panel.

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Borderlands 4 will add "4 brand-new Vault Hunters," and the devs want classes to add depth to the RPG mechanics but not "at the cost of complexity"

"We think it's important that we switch it up and not do just rote designs"

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Amid Risk of Rain 2 DLC blowback, the roguelike's creators say "it sucks" for fans and the new devs at Gearbox, but those new devs say fixes are coming and this is "just the beginning"

"It's great to see new content for the game, but it's hard to see growing pains," says Hopoo co-founder

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"My poor baby": As Risk of Rain 2's first Gearbox-made DLC takes a hammer to the beloved roguelike, the game's original programmer fears it "must have been rushed out"

Risk of Rain 2 programmer weighs in on Seekers of the Storm

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As the Borderlands movie slides into oblivion and Risk of Rain 2's new DLC burns, Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford compares himself to The Beatles, who he says only "had a 25% hit rate"

"I'm sure every song they recorded was done with love and commitment to the art"

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Gearbox's first Risk of Rain 2 expansion gets hammered on Steam as developer admits the PC version 'is in a really bad place'

Seekers of the Storm, Gearbox's first crack at Risk of Rain 2, is a full-on mess.

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Randy Pitchford says Tiny Tina's Wonderlands didn't get DLC because there was 'no way to do that and put the focus on Borderlands 4 that we needed to'

The Gearbox boss says Tina Tiny was a hit, but circumstances didn't allow for more.

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And you thought the Borderlands movie's $90m flop was harsh: Gearbox is getting eviscerated for botching the first Risk of Rain 2 DLC it's made after buying the IP

Risk of Rain 2: Seekers of the Storm is the only negative mark on the series' Steam record

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