Borderlands Studio Making a New ‘Household Pleasant’ AAA IP

Borderlands developer Gearbox Software program is outwardly engaged on a brand new AAA IP with the intention of constructing it “household pleasant.” That’s in line with quite a few job descriptions which have popped up on Gearbox’s web site, a few of which additionally trace at a co-op and first-person sport.

Gearbox’s new IP might be a departure from Borderlands

As noticed by of us over at VeryAli Gaming, Gearbox is in search of a lead producer with a “ardour for household pleasant, cooperative, video games.” Apparently, the job advert mentions Unreal Engine 4, which means that Gearbox has but to pivot to UE5.

The thriller challenge might be a “large-scale” AAA sport, and looking out on the job description for a senior UI programmer, we be taught that it might be performed from a first-person perspective as Gearbox is particularly in search of somebody with expertise designing first-person video games.

Different open job adverts discovered by VeryAli Gaming additionally point out crafting a “compelling and replayable” sport with “participating” enemies and fight. The job descriptions additionally point out “progression-related sport loops” and monetization methods, suggesting that the sport can have RPG and stay service components.

Gearbox has but to announce its subsequent challenge. As of 2021, the corporate is a subsidiary of Embracer Group.