Play-mag: "Gearbox are to release a new patch for Borderlands. That might not seem like big news, but to me it really is, and it’s a shining example to the rest of the industry on how they should be operating."
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.
@Sgt Slaughter
I just like how when a studio automatically goes up for sale. People automatically think Microsoft is just going to jump on it like a fat kit eating a cake.
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.
The movie will definitely flop. It has all the usual actors that have casted in all these video game movie adaptations. Whenever I see Kevin Hart or The Rock or Jack Black i just know it's a cash grab. More so when it's all three together. (The Rock isn't in it)
When you see actors like that in a movie you can expect it to be bad, i definitely do. They have good chemistry but the movie doesnt shine because it just banks on their presence and people going to see them.
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
You got it all figured out!
Sounds like you need to send over your resume to corporate office! Lol
All jokes aside. They need to figure it out quickly.
Lol no they need suits and number crunchers haha
What use to be available to us as bonus content for free by unlocking or cheat codes is now micro transactions
Gaming is generating so much money that we have so much soulless content simply for money grabs
Embracer's problem is that they have spent too much on acquisitions of game studios and when they did, interest rates were lower when compared to today. With higher interest rates on their loans, they have to sell studios to raise capital.
If they would have bought Bethesda their stock would have crashed and sunk the company a couple days ago.
Hopefully Microsoft saves us and buys them. Gaming has never been better because of them!
Thank you your disagrees makes me feel good to know you don’t think I’m a jerk 🤣
People are too quick to hand out praise. Let's look at it realistically, the reason it had a level cap at all is because of the DLC incentive it offered with a level cap increase. If they hadn't gimped the game to nickel and dime everyone who bought the vanilla game then there would be no need for this patch.
Secondly. The GOTY edition DOESN'T EVEN HAVE THE CONTENT ON THE DISK!?!?!?!?!?!?
wtf is that. 5.4gb download mandatory when you buy the goty edition, on top of that it requires a patch to be able to play the DLC out of the box...shouldn't they have waited, released the content on disk, with the latest patch?
patches are good no doubt, but the time they spend on pacthing a 1 year old? time they could use polishing their titles in production
Criterion also supported Burnout P. ALOT long after launch!
Same goes for Warhawk.
These are shining example of support for their game.
Only if more dev did the same.(though I understand that publishers and financial issues are taken into account for such matters)
Though I hate the upcoming trend of the DLC not being on the GoTY editions.
First Uncharted 2 GotY and now this?
Really? I know it's a way to combat used game sales, but it defeats the purpose of GoTy edition really.
Borderlands = Good entertainment, again and again.
This and Warhawk, never let me down, allways ready to pick up and play.
Keep it comming.
Game on...
Best DLC so far BUT this patch should have launched with the last DLC.I've finished it with no XP and although I will go back for the weapons and another crack at Crawmerax,I'd rather have done it all in one hit.