No game has seen such a hellish and convoluted development process since Duke Nukem: Forever, but why have gamers recently lost faith in Gearbox and what’s all this controversy surrounding the game in aid of?
Gearbox Entertainment has confirmed layoffs at the company, following the announcement of its sale by Embracer.
I’m glad Embracer is selling them. I hope someone other than MS buys them and frees them up to make great games.
Less than a day after the news that Take-Two Interactive would acquire Borderlands developer Gearbox Entertainment from the embattled Embracer Group, layoffs have already begun. In the hours since former Gearbox employees were made redundant, they've taken to Twitter, and while the total number of staff impacted remains hard to determine, it sounds significant.
I am glad to see Gearbox under Take Two. But lay offs I am not surprised they aren't the only company cutting staff and they won't be the last. And I have a feeling the Borderlands movie honestly will tank when it comes out. The cast is just wow a complete mess Lilith is too old Roland is to small and scrawny. They are missing Brick and Mordecai and I don't think Tiny Tina will be as bat shit nuts as she is in the games.
Pfft, literally said yesterday how it must be nerve wracking for the devs and then this shite. People aren't looking to get fired, and these companies don't care in the slightest.
Inflation post 1/20/2020 is really causing pain to everyone. The cherry on top was companies waiting post 11/8/2022 to start doing layoffs. Hmm, I wonder why they waited past that date... Staring with Google in January 2023 and everyone following suit there after.
Companies that over-hire should be fined heavily and the CEO loses his/her bonus during layoffs, and that money can go to the workers that they laid off.
I hope Pitchford got let go for the sake of employee safty. The man is a walking grease fire waiting to happen.
The game developer is best known for Borderlands, which has generated more than $1 billion in revenue
Hey n4g, can we maybe not allow articles where you can only read 3% of it before hitting the pay wall?
They just bought them not long ago. This is absurd. Embracer owns so many gaming studios and IP’s. They just don’t know to manage them right TBH
Give us saints row 1-2 proper HD remaster (3-5 million in sales confirmed as long as no major bugs)
Focus on AA games that cost less than 40 million go develop while funding 2-3 major AAA titles. Those smaller titles should aim for 8/10 type games with focus on fun and be released within 2 years while bigger games are given 3-5 years
If they would have bought Bethesda their stock would have crashed and sunk the company a couple days ago.
They lied
Simple as that
People like the license. Game sucked. Gearbox lied. Not too complicated.
I think the answer can be summed up in one word : Expectations
I'm a huge Aliens fan and I was interested in the game, but had no expectations so I enjoy it. Apparently people expected Gearbox to make a game with elements none of their other games have, namely great AI, great graphics, and a great story. Add that to the fact that it's a game based on a movie license, and their high expectations are even more mystifying. A:CM is a very average shooter that's best played co-op through the campaign or in the online modes. It doesn't deserve all the hate it's gotten in my opinion. My current score for it is 7 but a patch or two could bump that up to as high as 8.
No diapers?
Coming from someone who owns it on the PC... It isn't no where near as bad as these so-called reviews are claming. To the others giving it negative feedback have not even touched it and are just jumping on the flame bandwagon..