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2K parent company Take Two has announced it is closing its Shanghai studio. The company confirmed the above to GamesIndustry.biz, who reports that 2K China – the studio in charge of development on China-exclusive MMO Borderlands Online – has been closed. This office was home to roughly 150 members of …
Read More »2K China closed as Borderlands Online cancelled
150 jobs lost, but Take-Two working to ‘help identify new opportunities within the company’
Read More »Take-Two: Mafia III will ‘absolutely’ be as big as BioShock and Borderlands
Take-Two wants its Mafia series to sit alongside Borderlands and BioShock as one of its biggest games franchises. The game is published by Take-Two’s 2K division and is being created by Hanger 13, a new development unit set-up to work specifically on Mafia III – which is due to launch …
Read More »Pitchford: Even if someone hates you, it’s a win
Gearbox boss says one gamer has emailed him every week since 2009 to complain about Borderlands
Read More »Major 2K Games title to be announced ‘soon’
2K Games will release a major triple-A game before March 2016, Take-Two has announced. The firm would not be drawn on what the game is, and CEO Strauss Zelnick would not even confirm if the title will appear at E3 next month. "We leave these announcements to the labels," he …
Read More »Borderlands creator leaves developer Gearbox
Gearbox Software’s Matthew Armstrong is leaving the studio. Armstrong is best known as the creator and franchise director of the firm’s wacky shooter-RPG hybrid Borderlands. He started as game design director and a writer on the first entry in the series. In comments toGame Informer, he stressed that he was …
Read More »Borderlands creator Matthew Armstrong leaves Gearbox
Developer is “ready to make something new”
Read More »2K Australia shuts down
Country's last triple-A developer closes doors
Read More »GAME and 2K team up for in-store Borderlands competition
Four GAME customers will this Friday have the chance to win a remote control Claptrap and other Borderlands: The Handsome Collection related goodies. This Friday four GAME stores – Westfield Stratford, the Birmingham Bullring, Cardiff St David and Glasgow’s Braehead – will each have a loot locker in store on …
Read More »Borderlands 2 lead writer leaves Gearbox
Anthony Burch departing to work on Hulu series, but still involved in games development
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