Borderlands 2and its follow-up,Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, have been available on the current-generation consoles for several years, but the original game was oddly left out of the fun. It appears that’s about to change, asBorderlands: Game of the Year Editionhas been spotted for the newer systems.
Gematsu discoveredthat the Korean Game Rating Board had ratedBorderlands: Game of the Year Editionfor Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC, despite the game not being announced.
Developer Gearbox Software — specifically CEO Randy Pitchford —has been adamantthat the long-awaited game will not be making an appearance at E3 2018. A remastered version of the original could be the company’s way of keeping players happy while it continues work on the sequel, but the wait is beginning to get unbearable.Borderlands 2released back in 2012 to critical acclaim, but there are only so many times you can replay it.
Gearbox’s last major game,Battleborn, wasn’t exactly a smash hit for the developer or publisher Take-Two. The MOBA-like shooter quickly lost its player base and eventuallywent free-to-playin the form of a “free trial” with no time limit. Gearboxstopped updatingthe game with new content more than six months ago, with its focus presumably shifting back toBorderlands 3.
We also know Gearbox is currently developing a new entry in the Brothers in Arms series, which has been on hiatus for several years.Speaking to Geoff Keighleyat E3 2017, Pitchford called the game “authentic,” said it would star Sergeant Baker, and revealed it would be self-published rather than published by Ubisoft like the previous games. He also shared that it would heavily focus on storytelling, and Gearbox’s experience working with Telltale Games has shaped how it approaches narrative. Whether or not the game will contain the copious amounts of blood and gore seen in other games remains to be seen.
If you’re looking for other postapocalyptic shooters to look forward to, there’s no shortage of them right now.Metro Exoduscontinues the grim story of Artyom in 2019, and Bethesda recently revealedRage 2— gameplay from the shooter will be shown at E3, and it looks to be much more colorful and humorous than the 2011 original.
