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Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford teases new Borderlands game at Epic event

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Randy Pitchford, the CEO of Gearbox Software, teased the next Borderlands game at an event held by Epic Games today at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. The blend of shooter and loot games like Diablo is a favorite for millions of fans, and any word of a new game is sure to stir a lot of Internet craziness.

Pitchford said the company is working on a next-generation game that he could not name. But the scenes — a technology demonstration, not a game — are clearly set in a Borderlands-style universe. He pointed out the various nuances in 3D graphics, with shadowy and barely visible sections of a scene with lots of bright details.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.