Tag Archives: Gearbox

Over the past few years, fans have been clamouring for information on the long-anticipated sequel to Borderlands 2, with the developer remaining distinctly quiet on the matter.  Now, it looks as though Gearbox is finally preparing itself for an announcement of some sorts during PAX East at the end of …

Gearbox CEO, Randy Pitchford, is no stranger to controversy. In the most recent turn of events, Pitchford’s former lawyer has launched a lawsuit, which claims details on a secret $12 million bonus that Pitchford received, unpaid loans and the loss of a USB stick containing confidential documents alongside porn. Wade …

It has been years since the Borderlands series was last in the spotlight. We’ve known that Gearbox has been planning Borderlands 3 for quite some time but it looks like before we get around to that, we’ll be taking a trip back to Borderlands 2. This week, Gearbox announced Borderlands …

Randy Pitchford has been in the news on numerous occasions over the years and it is seemingly never for particularly good reasons. This time around, the Gearbox CEO is making headlines as it has come to light that he was scammed out of around $3 million by a former assistant. …

When publishing rights to We Happy Few were picked up by Gearbox and development shifted towards a more linear story-driven experience, it was revealed that plans for post-launch content were being laid out. Now, developer Compulsion Games has revealed the first of what’s to come, with three lots of DLC …

We Happy Few has changed quite a bit since its crowdfunding inception, swapping out its procedural survival simulator elements in favour of a more narrative-driven experience. Compulsion Games’ new trailer delves deeper into what we can expect in the final release, introducing the three main protagonists: Arthur Hastings, Sally Boyle …

Gearbox missed the mark last year when it came to Battleborn. The game wasn’t terrible but the fact that it released so close to Overwatch meant that it didn’t stand much of a chance in the grand scheme of things. Over the last year, Gearbox has continued to update the …

We Happy Few has a lot of joyful news to share today, as Compulsion Games drops its last major update before the final release, as well as announcing a launch date and a partnership to ensure all versions will deliver a full game for a full retail price. Pairing up …

Last week, Gearbox gave G2A a bit of an ultimatum, it asked that the shady key marketplace commit to several changes in an effort to be a fairer place for both game developers and customers. If G2A did not respond, Gearbox would pull out of its Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition …

Last week, Gearbox announced a partnership with G2A, bringing Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition to the key marketplace in an official capacity. This caused plenty of outcry and after seeking the help of YouTuber ‘TotalBiscuit’, Gearbox instead decided to give G2A a list of demands to better protect customers and developers …

Earlier this week, it was announced that Gearbox would be partnering up with G2A for the launch of Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition. This special edition partnership was unusual given G2A’s reputation as a fraudulent key marketplace and ended up causing quite an uproar on social media. It turns out, Gearbox …

The court room drama that’s been taking place between 3D Realms and Gearbox over the past year and a half with regards to who really owns the Duke Nukem brand, always felt a bit like a pair of dogs fighting over a dead horse, that they both wanted to beat …

The lawsuit against Sega and Gearbox over false advertisement claims with Aliens: Colonial Marines has been on-going for quite some time now. However, it looks like Gearbox is about to get off the hook as court documents reveal that the studio has been dropped from the lawsuit entirely. The case …

Relic Games’ Homeworld is one of the most well remembered strategy titles of the past couple of decades, right up there with classics of the genre. However getting older titles like that to work on modern operating systems is never easy, which is why a lot of people are particularly …

Gearbox Software is gearing up to start work on Borderlands 3 the development studio has reveled. Gearbox President, Randy Pitchford, teased the game during a panel at PAX South over the weekend, following the panel, he tweeted out that the studio was hiring for the upcoming project. “We are recruiting …

Telltale games has been working on point and click adventures for some time now, expanding some of the most well beloved universes of games, movies and TV. But it took things to a new level when it made the Walking Dead episodic series. It felt like a whole new kind of …

As if next February wasn’t exciting enough with Evolve set for release in its early days, the remastered version of one of the PC’s most legendary space strategy titles, Homeworld, is set to hit digital shelves courtesy of Gearbox, which has been working on the visually improved remastered version for …

Gearbox, the developer behind the Borderlands series and Aliens: Colonial Marines, received a bomb threat at its headquarters last Friday. Oddly enough, the threat was called in at around 7:30 PM, after most of the employees had already gone home but once the bomb squad arrived, it was revealed that …

The Aliens: Colonial Marines class action lawsuit is turning ugly as Sega starts pointing the finger at Gearbox Studios, claiming that the developer mismanaged the marketing for the game and caused all of the controversy surrounding its release. Just last month, Sega accepted a settlement deal in the case, agreeing …

Oh boy, it’s another Multiplayer Online Battle Arena game guys, this time from Gearbox. I know, I know, you might be thinking that that market is getting as crowded as the open world survival sim and you may be right, but Gearbox is trying something a little different at least. …

Yesterday we reported on rumours of a Borderlands Pre-Sequel, which was said to be in development at 2K Australia and it turns out that the rumour was true, a new Borderlands game is in the works and not being worked on by Gearbox. The game will be set in space …

Get that pinch of salt ready people, as the rumour mill just pumped out a doozy: 2K Australia – of The Bureau fame – is working on another Borderlands game, not a sequel, or a prequel, but a pre-sequel, set between the two games and with players gunning their way …

Hoping there’s a bit more blood in that gum chewing stone, 3D Realms is contesting the idea that Gearbox, when swooping in and ‘saving’ development of Duke Nukem Forever, acquired the rights to the name and franchise. That means as well, that it plans to continue developing Duke Nukem Survivor …

Even for a big Alien fan like me, when we first saw the earliest leaked images of Alien: Isolation, I sighed. It wasn’t that long since Gearbox had killed much of the world’s interest in games featuring the Xenomorph and I think most were soured on the idea of the …

With THQ’s scattering to the four winds, its developer studios going one way and IPs another, it seemed unlikely that we’d ever get another Homeworld sequel or reboot. Fortunately though, despite not having anything to do with the creators, Relic Games – now owned by Sega – Gearbox announced soon …

Interceptor Entertainment, the work from home developer that remade several of the original Duke Nuke’m classics for mobile operating systems, has bought up the creator of the character, 3D Realms, with plans to not only relaunch the company, but Duke Nuke’m as well. “Their back catalogue is quite large with …

3D Realms recently announced another flashback in video game form, with Duke Nuke’m: Mass Destruction. While we don’t really know anything about it apart from a single image and this teaser site, Gearbox wants it to stay that way, as it’s launched legal action against 3D Realms, on the grounds …

The Advertising Standards Agency has upheld a complaint from a redditor, over the way Sega and Gearbox Software advertised Aliens: Colonial Marines, by using demo footage from much earlier in development (which looked fantastic in comparison to the final product) forcing them to put a disclaimer on all future ad …