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This morning, it came to light that Embracer Group was considering selling off Gearbox Entertainment, two years after acquiring the company in a deal worth roughly $1.4 billion. Now, a leaked email from Gearbox leadership to staff shows this as being true, although the company may just go independent once …

In recent years, Embracer Group has been rapidly buying up development studios, swiftly becoming one of the largest companies in the gaming industry. However, the group's financial situation has been taking a turn, leading to an internal restructuring, resulting in the shutdown of studios like Volition. Now, Embracer may be …

It has been a few years since Gearbox dropped Borderlands 3. Since then, Gearbox has worked on a couple of spin-off games but it looks like now, the studio's attention is turning back to the mainline series, with Borderlands 4 in development.  While not officially announced yet, Games Radar points …

All the way back in early 2020 it was announced that a film adaptation of the popular Gearbox FPS franchise Borderlands was in the works, with horror director Eli Roth heading its production. Though we have yet to get a trailer for the film, The Borderlands Movie has now gotten …

It has been years since Gearbox first announced plans for Homeworld 3 but numerous delays have pushed the game back. After the cancellation of a Fig investment scheme in 2021, the game had been fully funded and was due to launch this year. However, the game has unfortunately been delayed …

Following some major successes, it seems as though the floodgates have been opened wide when it comes to the number of film and tv adaptations in the works based on original video game IPs. One rumoured project was claimed to be a Duke Nukem film, said to be in the …

One of the first studios to be acquired by Microsoft as part of this most recent string of gaming acquisitions was Compulsion Games – developers of the much-hyped though ultimately somewhat disappointing We Happy Few. Despite Microsoft now owning the studio, and it being on the service for over 4 …

It is no secret that Volition's latest release, a reboot of Saints Row, did not meet expectations. The studio still has plans to fix up the game and release DLC, but the studio will be going through a much bigger shakeup. Moving forward, Volition will now become part of Gearbox.  …

Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands released earlier this year to a warm reception from fans. Taking the Borderlands formula and giving it a fantasy twist seems to have worked out for developer Gearbox Software, as according to the studio, Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands is now its own franchise. Speaking during Embracer Group’s annual …

When Borderlands 3 was first announced and released, many of us were surprised to find the game being part of the Epic Games Store program, receiving funding in exchange for timed exclusivity on the EGS Store. Now, Gearbox and Epic have teamed up once again, this time to give Borderlands 3 away for free...

Telltale Games has been revived in recent years, leading to the return of games like The Wolf Among Us 2 and the final season of The Walking Dead. Now, one of the best Telltale games, Tales from the Borderlands, will officially be getting a sequel too.  Gearbox head, Randy Pitchford, …

In the past few years, we have seen the video games industry consolidated into fewer but larger publishers, with holding companies growing faster than ever as all manner of developers and publishers scramble to acquire as many studios as is legally possible. Embracer Group is one such company, and according …

Last year, Gearbox updated Borderlands 3 with full cross-play support, allowing players on console and PC to group up. However, for reasons unknown, cross-play was not allowed on the PlayStation version of the game. This was brought back up again recently, as it was confirmed that Gearbox's new game, Tiny …

Sony was initially very resistant to allowing game developers to enable cross-platform multiplayer in their games. This unfortunately had an impact on Borderlands 3, which received cross-play on all platforms except PlayStation. Fortunately whatever hang-ups that were present previously have been resolved just in time for the release of Tiny …

As the video games industry continues to expand, we are beginning to see the consolidation of many smaller studios, publishers and ancillary companies by larger holding companies. Such is the case with Embracer Group, which has now announced that they have acquired the comics and manga publisher Dark Horse Media. …

Update: In a statement sent shortly after publishing, a Gearbox representative sent over the following statement: “There is no validity to this claim, and Randy Pitchford will NOT be stepping down as the CEO of Gearbox Entertainment Company.” See our updated articled HERE. Back in February, Embracer Group acquired Gearbox …

Embracer Group has been on a huge acquisition spree recently, snapping up the likes of Gearbox Software, Deep Silver, THQ Nordic and a slew of smaller studios. Today, the company announced that it has acquired another eight studios, including those behind recent indie hits like Deep Rock Galactic.  Embracer Group …

While work on Borderlands 3 has finished and a number of key developers have left Gearbox, the studio is not leaving the Borderlands IP behind just yet. At E3 this year, Gearbox announced a spin-off title, Tiny Tina's Wonderlands, which will seemingly be releasing in early 2022.  As part of …

With the final two expansions now out and all previous in-game events unlocked for players, it would seem that Gearbox's work on Borderlands 3 is officially done. Now, six creative leads on Borderlands are leaving Gearbox in order to team up and form an independent studio.  According to Axios, all …

This week, Gearbox officially brought crossplay to Borderlands 3 across PC and and console. Players can now team up across PC, Xbox and even Stadia, but as previously announced, PlayStation is not included. As of yesterday, crossplay is live for Borderlands 3 across Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Mac, Stadia, …

A few years ago, Gearbox announced plans to publish Homeworld 3, which is being developed by Blackbird Interactive. Following the announcement, the game launched an investment campaign on Fig, but a lot has changed at Gearbox since then. As a result, the investment scheme on Fig is shutting down.  The …

Gearbox has some good news today – Borderlands 3 is finally getting cross-play support. The bad news is that this won't be enabled for PlayStation, as publisher 2K Games requested that the feature be disabled for Sony's console. Gearbox CEO, Randy Pitchford, made the reveal on Twitter this afternoon, stating: …

While Gearbox originally announced a March release date for Borderlands 3's Director's Cut DLC, the game is going to need a couple more weeks in development. This afternoon, the release date was pushed back to April. In a tweet this afternoon, Gearbox announced that due to the severe weather in …

Back in late 2020, Gearbox announced a second season pass for Borderlands 3. We are now coming to the end of that season pass, with the Director's Cut DLC coming out next month.  Borderlands 3: Director's Cut will introduce plenty of new content, including a new mechanic for crime scene …

Recently we reported that Embracer Group has agreed to acquire Gearbox Entertainment for $1.3 Billion (depending on performance targets). At the time, we postulated as to what this would mean for the studio’s Borderlands series, which has historically been published by 2K. According to 2K Games, Borderlands titles will continue …

Gearbox missed the mark back in 2016 with Battleborn. While the game presented an interesting mix mechanics in both single-player and multiplayer form, it ultimately failed to garner much of a playerbase and as a result, Gearbox stopped working on it in 2017. Now, the game has officially shut down …

Back in 2016 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Duke Nukem, the Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour was released. That re-release ended up causing some legal issues for Gearbox, as composer Bobby Prince filed a lawsuit claiming his music was used without permission. Now after a year of lawyers …

Though Godfall was the first PlayStation 5 exclusive to be announced (back in December 2019), the ‘looter-slasher’ has received a much more tepid response when compared to many other PS5 launch titles. Still, while it undoubtedly bolsters the PS5’s exclusive launch line-up, Xbox players seemingly won’t be left out for …

Borderlands 3 wrapped up its first batch of season pass DLCs earlier this year but it looks like Gearbox isn't done with its latest looter shooter just yet. Today, the studio announced Borderlands 3 Season Pass 2, which will contain two more add-ons.  This season pass will bring two DLCs- …

While some developers and publishers are holding their next-gen game upgrades behind a number of paywalls, others are taking a much more pro-consumer approach. Gearbox has now announced that it’ll be providing free next-gen upgrades for Borderlands 3, bringing new improvements including 4-player split-screen and 4K 60fps gameplay. Making the …