Gearbox boss says Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands was greater than the primary Borderlands: ‘It is cheap for our followers to count on extra there’

Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford says that Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands, the fantasy-themed spinoff from the Borderlands collection, was “wildly profitable” and that it is cheap for followers to count on extra from the collection sooner or later. Pitchford’s feedback echo what he stated across the launch of Wonderlands, when he stated that Gearbox might properly have “a brand new franchise” within the fantasy collection.

“What we demonstrated with the primary Wonderlands sport was that there is one thing there. It was wildly profitable and exceeded our expectations,” stated Pitchford throughout an interview with GamesRadar+ throughout San Diego Comedian-Con.

“We had a much bigger consequence with the primary Wonderlands sport than we did with the primary Borderlands sport,” he stated, “in order that’s one thing we will construct on.”

Pitchford was additionally clear in that each he and the broader studio of Gearbox had a passion for fantasy, and that given the sport’s success, “it is cheap for our followers to count on extra there.” Pitchford’s feedback just about reiterate what businesspeople at Take-Two have been saying in the course of the launch of Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands just some years in the past.

You in all probability should not count on any sequel instantly, although: Pitchford did simply just about affirm that Gearbox’s subsequent sport was one other entry within the mainline Borderlands collection. With Wonderlands being a derivative in and of itself, although, a sample might properly emerge the place a Wonderlands sport exhibits up simply after a Borderlands launch utilizing the tech pioneered and established within the flagship collection.

Gearbox was not too long ago offered by the ailing Embracer Group and is now owned by a former writer of its video games, Take-Two, on the acquisition worth of $460 million. The Borderlands franchise, together with Homeworld and Threat of Rain, went together with that sale.

Critics loved Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands, giving it decent-to-good evaluations, however did not rave about it. See PC Gamer’s personal 70% assessment for extra on that.