At take a look at what might presumably be the subsequent Borderlands sport was proven at GDC 2017 immediately. And we are saying “possibly” as a result of it was by no means confirmed regardless of what was proven.
During Epic’s Unreal presentation on the annual occasion in San Francisco, Gearbox Software president Randy Pitchford took the stage to indicate rendering tech the studio “may use in a future Gearbox game”.
Sure appears like Borderlands three, doesn’t it? Pitchford referred to as the character you see within the picture above a “production model,” and repeatedly pressured in his speak what was being proven – character and environments alike – “may” or “may not” make it right into a “future Gearbox game.”
Just preserve that in thoughts whilst you salivate over getting your fingers on a 3rd entry in the principle Borderlands sequence and whereas trying over my horrible screencaps beneath.
During his quick chat on stage, he additionally pressured the character seen has its pauldron positioned in a fashion in order to not give who it’s away. He additionally stated to not concentrate on the character, however the shadows forged by her.
If you watch the presentation posted beneath (thanks, PCgamesN), Pitchford additionally touched upon how the tech helps create real-time shadows and relying on properties of the planet, simulate completely different physics.
“It allows the scene to simulate in real-time,” says Pitchford. “As time of day changes, or, as, maybe conceivably we have different physics if we, for example, were to explore different planets. There might be different physics and the sun and the moons might be in different positions than what we’re used to on Pandora.” So, a brand new planet, or extra one, possibly? Yes, please.
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Pitchford’s presentation on the Unreal keynote begins round 1:04:00 and ends at 1:15:47.
He closes his chat by reassuring everybody Gearbox was engaged on the subsequent Borderlands sport and would get it to you quickly.
In April of final yr, Gearbox stated it will start work on Borderlands 3 after Battleborn and its DLC wrapped up. Or it may very well be referred to as Borderlands four, as a result of that’s how Gearbox rolls.
Whatever it finally ends up being referred to as, you’ll be able to count on it to be launched on PC, PS4 and Xbox One.
