2K Games picks up Borderlands, Gearbox's new shooter

by Christopher Grant { Aug 16th 2007 at 2:29PM }

2K Games, who are on the cusp of releasing another "groundbreaking" FPS next week with BioShock, have just announced that they'll be publishing Gearbox Software's latest, Borderlands. Christoph Hartmann, President of 2K, gushed, "By utilizing revolutionary new technology to create thousands of unique, randomly generated missions, weapons and situations, Borderlands will raise the bar for next gen action games."

Part of that raised bar is also the game's cooperative online experience, which allows for four players to "share the same game experience simultaneously" by joining or leaving the game at any time. Hate other people? Go through in single-player mode (you grump). If you think this sounds like a more action-oriented Hellgate: London, you're not alone. Borderlands will be available Holiday 2008 for PS3, Xbox 360, and Games for Windows.

Tags: Borderlands, Gearbox, Take-Two

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Ethan @ Aug 16th 2007 2:40PM

"Borderlands will be available Holiday 2008 for PS3, Xbox 360, and Games for Windows."

which, since it is also on the ps3, means it will be out around spring of '09...

turok64 @ Aug 16th 2007 2:48PM

test

Jouten @ Aug 16th 2007 2:49PM

"...Borderlands will be available Holiday 2008 for PS3, Xbox 360, and Games for Windows."

Whereas the Xbox 360's special feature will be, it can run at 60fps and have more vibrant and clearer graphics than the PS3 version... =P

samfish @ Aug 16th 2007 2:52PM

I wish someone would make a First Person game where you DON'T just run around and shoot things. No guns. At all.
THAT would be ground breaking.

uru8 @ Aug 16th 2007 4:33PM

try thief series ;)

Nicholas @ Aug 16th 2007 2:54PM

Nice, next year's gonna be the year of the "post-apocalyptic worlds" with Borderlands, Rage and of course Fallout 3. Some people will probably say "OMG it's the new WWII", which has a ring of truth to it, but personally I LOVe post-apocalyptic stuff.

The other thing I'd like to see more of is steam-punk...

Johnny Bloom @ Aug 16th 2007 4:55PM

I've always thought a game in a steampunk setting would be sweet. I want to be a game designer, and I want to know: what genres would benefit from steampunk trappings, in your opinion? Oh, and look out for Bloomin' Games:D

phhowell @ Aug 16th 2007 3:09PM

Very cool, good to see Gearbox get their mits on a new IP.

DurhamNC @ Aug 16th 2007 3:22PM

Ohh great! Another FPS! Yay!

kyle @ Aug 16th 2007 4:48PM

First person is quickly becoming a standard for many genres not simply shooter(such as adventure, many sports games offer a fp mode as well) and in some ways can be a more immersive experience. at least wait for a review or rent the game before you write it off simply because its mentions fps.

Rare Hare @ Aug 16th 2007 6:48PM

I'm really not a big FPS fan at all. I prefer 3rd person games(or "2nd person", as coined by Cliffy B to refer to games like Resident Evil 4 or his own Gears of War).

However, a lot of the games I'm looking forward to right now are first person.

Fallout 3, Halo 3, Call of Duty 4, Bioshock, Project Offset. Also, I enjoyed what little bit of Resistance I played on my friend's PS3.

So, while I'd prefer to be able to see the character I'm playing, I don't think the FPS genre is a bad thing. I do wish, however, that more games would adopt the "2nd person" style. It's really the best of both worlds.