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Aliens: Colonial Marines dev discusses the highs and lows of triple-A development

VB - We speak with Gearbox Software president Randy Pitchford (Borderlands 2 and Aliens: Colonial Marines) about the state of triple-A development and whether big publishers are in this business for the wrong reason.

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first1NFANTRY4087d ago (Edited 4087d ago )

AAA and this game should not be mentioned in the same sentence.

The main question this corporate nut hugger should have asked was: "So how do you feel about creating such an abomination called Aliens: Colonial Marines, and how did you have the heart to release it knowing it's a turd?"

Seems like a nice guy BUT this nice guy had hidden agendas behind that corporate smile

cleverusername4087d ago (Edited 4087d ago )

AAA? Gearbox? Nah!! AAA games don't go from being £40 to £32 within a week!

DevilishSix4087d ago

Please stop giving Randy P. attention and marketing. launching DNF and ACM in the state they are in shows he is one of the problems in the industry today.

Saleem1014087d ago

This randy pitchford guy is a total fraud im no longer buying anything made by gearbox period.. aliens colonial marines was a disaster!!!

Yodagamer4087d ago

This is what happens when you just switch devs to work on your other games. The new dev didn't know what their doing and when they probably realized it, they couldn't fix it with out delaying it again. It's a shame since i was wanting this game, but stupidity killed this project.

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Borderlands 4 And Tiny Tina's Wonderlands 2 Leaked

Multiple future Gearbox Software projects, including Borderlands 4 and Tiny Tina's Wonderlands 2 have been spotted.

Kaii155d ago

Hopefully, they fired the entire writing team after B3 cause that dialogue was truly atrocious.

jeromeface155d ago

doubtful... this is gearbox we're talking about.. Randy thinks everything the studio does is gold because he has a bad concept of reality

DrDoomer155d ago

FFS make something else. If you can't make anything new, at least bring back Brothers In Arms or something.

-Foxtrot155d ago

I know it will never happen (for obvious story reasons that's happened) but I wish we could play the original Vault hunters again with new abilities you could choose to develop in a skill branch. Never really felt I could get behind most of them after the first game, especially move wise. Lilith's phase walk will always be the best to me.

Speaking of Lilith, I'm kind of wondering how they'll get around the whole Siren thing since they wrote themselves into a corner saying there's "only 6 Sirens in the entire universe" and now thanks to Borderlines 3 they apparently pass on their abilities meaning once we see each of 6 powers available that's it, no new brand new ones. I don't know why they don't just say there's more than 6 since all of them in the ENTIRE Universe just conveniently coming to Pandora is a bit strange.

BrainSyphoned155d ago

That's super easy to get around. Each person that has the skill could have their own personal spin on it. There could be a new power that morphs them into something else. One of the weapon manufacturers could experiment on 5 of the Sirens and the 6th would have to fight a horde of siren powered bad guys to rescue the others. Fiction has been there and done that with power more complex or simple thousands of times before.

As for revisting the first game? That would be totally unlike the gaming industry to reboot a series...

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Gearbox Comes To Pinball FX

Good news for Gearbox and Pinball Fans. Zen Studios today announced a partnership with fellow Embracer Group developer Gearbox Software to bring classic game series to life in pinball form with Gearbox® Pinball. This three-pack of digital tables is set for release when Zen’s new Pinball FX platform hits PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series x/s.

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Gearbox Creative Director on Designing Loot Systems, Comedy in Games and Boss Fights

A great chat with Matt Cox, Creative Director at Gearbox Software. The conversation is about comedy in video games, Borderlands looting system, designing impactful boss fights, and his recent game, Tiny Tina's Wonderlands.

Wassup Conversations in available on YouTube and all the podcast streaming services.

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Kaii628d ago

Tina's Wonderland loot was not rewarding.

MadLad627d ago

They haven't handled comedy well since Burke left.