Battleborn is a full-featured, triple A, next-gen, coop campaign and competitive on-line video game. Site is up at http://t.co/yGJXcgoed9
— Randy Pitchford (@DuvalMagic) July 8, 2014
How has your Tuesday been? Bet you didn’t see this coming, or did you? Earlier today, Gearbox Software announced their next title is called Battleborn. While 2k Marin is busy working on Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel and Telltale Games is working on Tales from the Borderlands, Gearbox is stepping away from the Borderlands franchise to work on Battleborn.
According to the end of the trailer, Battleborn will release on PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4. So what is the game about? Well, Randy Pitchford, in the above tweet, certainly hits on some of the high notes in under 140 characters. But he also tweeted this all encompassing tweet: “Battleborn is: FPS; hobby-grade coop campaign; genre-blended, multi-mode competitive e-sports; meta-growth, choice + epic Battleborn Heroes!” Clearly, the once-magician turned game tycoon is covering all the bases in his tweets.
As an exclusive to Game Informer magazine, Gearbox Software will reveal more of what the game is about in their August 2014 edition. In the meantime, Game Informer did post this quote as to provide a little more clarity about Battleborn. The game is “a fusion of first-person shooting and loot-grabbing RPG elements in a living comic book art style.” The game will include five-player co-op as well as competitive multiplayer in 5v5 matches.
Based on some of the chatter on twitter today, many are comparing the game as a mashup between a MOBA like League of Legends and the shooting aspects of Team Fortress. Battleborn has a tentative release date of sometime in 2015 or before March 31, 2016.
More quotes from Gearbox on their upcoming game, Battleborn.
“If Borderlands 2 is a shooter-looter, Battleborn is a hero-shooter,” said Randy Pitchford, president of Gearbox Software. “As a genre-fused, hobby-grade, co-operative and competitive FPS exploding with eye-popping style and an imaginative universe, Battleborn is the most ambitious video game that Gearbox has ever created.”
“Battleborn represents the combined might of the development and publishing teams behind the success of Borderlands 2, which to date has sold-in more than 9-million units worldwide and has become 2K’s highest-selling game of all time,” said Christoph Hartmann, president of 2K. “The size, scope, and ambition of Battleborn are unlike any other title in 2K’s history, and the result is a defining next-gen co-operative experience.”
Mike Mahoney originally posted this story on GamersInBeta.com