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Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford had previously promised special bonuses and royalties to the company, but recently told workers that they wouldn't actually be getting them – at least, in the scope they were originally promised. Credit: 2K Games Employees are still going to get their hands on smaller bonuses in the form of checks, but this is[...]

While its often easy to separate game devs from their work by virtue of games being major collaborative efforts, there are some developers whose names are nearly synonymous with their games. Gearbox Software CEO Randy Pitchford is not one of those developers However, every time I think of Borderlands 3, all my brain brings up is the latest[...]

In a new interview with Newsweek, former Borderlands voice actor David Eddings, who was the voice behind the series' mascot Claptrap, discussed his complicated relationship with Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford Eddings recently revealed that he would not be returning to Borderlands 3, which sparked comments from Pitchford, alleging that Eddings was "bitter and disgruntled." Eddings hit back at Pitchford, citing[...]

credit//Gearbox Software The original voice actor for Borderlands' Claptrap, David Eddings, is not returning for the highly-anticipated sequel According to Eddings, that has to do with how much he was going to be paid, or rather, how little Yesterday, Borderlands dev studio Gearbox Software's CEO Randy Pitchford responded to Eddings' commentary, saying the voice actor was "bitter and[...]

credit//Gearbox As one of their major promises last month, Valve swore to remove negative off-topic reviews from Steam, so users could no longer "review bomb" a game Friday saw the first of Valve's efforts to curb review bombs by clearing thousands of reviews off of the Borderlands series. Gearbox's landmark franchise came under fire by fans when[...]

Credit:// Gearbox Software In a new post on the PlayStation Blog, Gearbox Software shared some new details on Borderlands 3 after the game was revealed at PAX East last weekend While the blog post doesn't give us a ton of hard informtation on the game, it does go into detail on the game's co-op mode and some snazzy[...]

Gearbox Software has basically decided to toy with your emotions going into PAX East as the company teased another game reveal, but gave two options The company posted a new image today on their official Twitter account, showing off two familiar IPs int he form of Bulletstorm and Duke Nukem, but gave absolutely no indication[...]

Fans of the Borderlands series are working themselves into a frenzy this week over a single social media post from Gearbox pointing to PAX East The company posted this tweet yesterday, showing off a roadsign for Boston on March 28th, the first day of PAX East in Boston, in the Borderlands art style, pretty much[...]

  The CEO of Gearbox Publishing, Randy Pitchford, and former General Counsel, Wade Callender, are suing each other for violating their legal duties to the company The suits include wild accusations on both sides, including Callender's allegation that Pitchford received a secret bonus from publisher Take-Two Interactive as an advance on his profits from Borderlands. Kotaku's report includes the full text[...]

It's been almost a full year since we've heard anything new about that Duke Nukem movie, which may or may not be starring John Cena, but as of today, there is at least some movement for the film. According to Variety, Assassin's Creed producer Jean-Julien Baronnet has been brought on by Gearbox to adapt the classic game title into a feature[...]

Hello Neighbor: Hide & Seek was available in an alpha build at PAX West, and the sequel was as unstable as the original was when it launched.

In addition to the digital release on all platforms, the game will also get a physical release thanks to Gearbox Publishing at retail stors for the PS4 and Xbox One versions of the game. PC players will simply have to content themselves with the digital sales on Steam. The game will release with two editions available, the[...]

Gearbox head Randy Pitchford has, in a rather roundabout way, seemingly suggested that Borderlands 3 won't be at E3 2018, despite store listings suggesting otherwise. Borderlands 3 was one of the game's supposedly leaked with the Walmart Canada listing debacle the other week With the reveal of Rage 2 prior to E3 giving that all a bit of credence,[...]

Rectify Gaming has sort of been the primary rallying voice behind the idea that Borderlands 3 is an Xbox exclusive and that Gearbox has already signed a deal with Microsoft over marketing rights Turns out, that's not the case at all The company's CEO Randy Pitchford hit up a few people on Twitter who were verbally[...]

Borderlands fans' favorite robot is getting a really cool new figure from McFarlane Toys this February featuring tons of awesome accessories!

During G2A's recent falling out with Gearbox and heightened media attention, tinyBuild has remained silent And then, tinyBuild's Alex Nichiporchik  looked at the speakers list for Reboot Develop and found the name Mario Mirek among the list of guest speakers Mirek is a senior account manager at G2A, and is also the one to start throwing[...]

The second video in Grey Box and Tequila Works’ series of Dev Diaries for RiME has hit today, along with new screenshots. The new video focuses on how the

Last night at GDC, Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford took some time during a presentation to show off some footage from Borderlands 3. According to Pitchford, the content shown was strictly to demo the Unreal Engine 4 in relation to Borderlands 3 and isn't necessarily anything we'll see in the game once it launches. Pitchford stressed several times that the footage shown[...]

Answering a fan on Twitter (via IGN), Gearbox's Randy Pitchford quite candidly admitted we probably shouldn't expect Borderlands 3 on the console He said: @dECU_nutt I do not see that as happening We were talking to Nintendo, but that stopped for some reason They have other priorities. — Randy Pitchford (@DuvalMagic) January 15, 2017 This seems… odd[...]

Duke Nukem as a property is in a very precarious place right now. Duke Nukem Forever was a colossol disaster in terms of reception, and there are real

Gearbox bet big on Battleborn, trying to really corner a Moba audience for console and casual players While it has admirers and players, the game has seen some pretty drastic price drops since its release just three months ago. This new drop is pretty insane though As part of 2K's Humble Bundle deal, you can pick[...]

As is the norm with Gearbox trailers, this one is pretty snappy with a distinct soundtrack It even does the fast punching words I've seen a couple times from them. You can get a good look at the roster of the game here too, as lots of them get screen time Take a look: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pug3VJYMbgAVideo can't be[...]

It was announced that there would be another in the series last year. However, that has been reaffirmed by Gearbox head Randy Pitchford during a panel at PAX East During the discussion, Pitchford said quite plainly: Obviously, there is going to be another Borderlands. He did however say that it might not be called Borderlands 3 when it[...]

By Adam Cook Rather than announce the third (proper) game in the series (which, by the way, really should feature the characters from Telltale's Tales

In a statement, Gearbox said: We at Gearbox are feeling energized by the data of our Closed Technical Test, and the additional time will allow us to better act on the feedback for Battleborn competitive and cooperative play when it releases Extra time is a good thing, and also February is packed, so I fear the game might[...]

Tales from the Borderlands has been chugging along since the end of last year, gaining its fair share of praise along the way. The comedy focus has been a

Battleborn has been on a huge convention tour this summer. The game was all over, trying to get the title in as many hands as possible. That is smart

I played Battleborn at E3 and while I wouldn't call it anything less than good, it just didn't grab me. The shooter x MOBA set up is interesting and it

Gearbox CEO, Randy Pitchford got a lot of flack when Aliens: Colonial Marines came out The drama as to why is long and spans several sources, but as a summary, people were disappointed in the game and due to pre-release advertising showing 'better' graphics than what it shipped with, people thought they had been lied[...]

Turns out I was probably wrong. Speaking to IGN at Develop 2015, Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford said that more Borderlands is coming, it just might not be all that soon When asked if the game was imminent, he said: Probably not It depends on how you define soon There'll almost certainly be more Borderlands, but we need[...]