A bold prediction: it will have lots of guns
Alongside announcing plans tobuy Borderlands developers Gearboxfrom the collapsing wreckage of Embracer Group, Borderlands publishers Take-Two overnight casually mentioned that they are “in active development on next installment in Borderlands series”. This isn’t a formal announcement as much as a businessblast to hype shareholders, so it didn’t have anything specific to say about what Gearbox are up to with their wildly popular and deeply unfunny looter shooter series. It had seemed curious that the much-delayed Borderlands movie was coming out five years after the latest main series game and with no new one in sight.
“Clearly, we’re working on something,” the Gearbossteased the Ian Games Networkback before this, in February. “And I know what we’re working on, and holy shit… It’s the greatest thing we’ve ever done. And I can’t wait, but it’s not time yet. It’s not time yet. There will be a time.”
Ominous words. And they are indeed making good upon that threat. But today’s announcement was a formality for the benefit of businessmen, not for us, so I might not expect to see much of the yet-unnamed game for a while yet. But with the Borderlands movie due in August, that might be a good time to pipe up. I wonder when we’ll hear more about the rest of their stuff, of which there is apparently a fair bit.
“Gearbox currently has six key interactive entertainment projects in various stages of development, including five sequels, two of which are from the Borderlands and Homeworld franchises, and at least one exciting new intellectual property,” Take-Two added intoday’s announcement.
