Developer: Gearbox lied to SEGA, 2K over Colonial Marines

Not surprising really. Gearbox has been coasting by on the BL franchise for a while now. They have some of the most messed up practices in regards to dlc, just like EA. But time and time again people give them a pass. It was only a matter of time before something blew up in their face and this is it. Honestly this is only the start, people are starting to wake up now. What is really going to do it is when they finish releasing all the Season Pass dlc for BL2.

Once that is done they will keep releasing content and that level raise people want will also have to be paid for. They will try to justify it by adding new enemies. Then they will start selling characters and more addon packs. This whole Alien's controversy may make them cautious, but we will see how long people memories are over this.

Welcome to the gaming Industry... I have no doubt that Gearbox will make it to the next round. Duke Nukem didn't stop them from winning multiple game of the year awards for Borderlands 2, or effect the game sales. It might be harder for them to get a Publisher though. This crap happens all the time in the game industry. I can not count how many times a Developer has hyped up game or straight out lied to keep gamers focused on them. Sega recieves updates on the game an knew that the game was going poorly yet they still released it didn't they?

I have heard of publishers fucking over developers but rarely you hear about it being the other way around.

I'm more inclined to believe Gearbox cut funding for this game to bolster their other more popular franchises.

If I was SEGA, I would be in their base in a flash, demanding an explanation. This is ridiculous. If you knew you couldn't handle the job, why accept it? Seems the money to help further other projects was whispering in their ears.

Randy needs to be held responsible. Although, not sure how no one was properly overseeing this project anyways.

Gearbox is the new Silicon Knights...

I love Borderlands, and the fact they used SEGA's money to ake borderlands 1 and 2 yet fudged Aliens, has me undecisive of my opinion of them.

On one hand, Borderlands 1 and 2 is one of the most amazing franchises this gen, but for them to steal money to make it, thats...im not sure what to think.

Really the industry as a whole takes it consumers, gamers, for granted. There are a exceptions, but by and large what happened shouldn't surprising. Gamers are asked to buy on faith and then get shit on by the likes of EA when their game doesn't sell well.

How do you think this would all turn out if critics thought the AC:M was good and the gamers universally hated it? Of all involved with this industry the gamers are the least important. We only matter during the hype.

When you decide to purchase a game that 2 years away from release, you've just hand them a blank check. The reality is once we've made that decision very few things will change our minds.

We all just need to wisen up and stop treating every game like its the second coming. We should act like its our money that keeps this industry going.

A line was crossed with that demo. And it will keep happening if we keep being the "DAY 1!" sheep that we are.

SEGA should sue and get rights to slap their name on Borderlands 3. Then again Gearbox will probably make it suck just for that reason.

"Hey check out this awesome gameplay of borderlands 3!!! JK JK it's a 8 bit side scroller and you just paid 60 dollar for it!

What your mad? Oh well back in 1987 when we were making the game, this was top of the line, so it fine"

I hope this game hurts them financially very badly, and then I hope Sega sues. Not bad enough to where they go under, but enough to let them feel how I feel right now. I'm a father of two small kids,gotta wife, car payments, and what not and just like anyone else in this economy money doesn't come easily. So when I drop $60.00 on a game I at least expect to get what was shown.
I don't know how hard it is to be a game developer, but I'm a carpenter I work on hot roofs in temperatures above 100 degrees; I work my ass off for my money and for $60.00 a game I expect the developers to do the same.

Please, stop this nonsense! EVEN bad a propaganda is good some times... game is rubbish (2 great levels only) and it does not deserve more attention...

People are acting like this was gonna be a huge blockbuster triple A game or something. I don't remember this game even having any hype to it before it came out. Hell I don't know a single person who even bought the game. I'm not saying what Gearbox done is right. It's definitely wrong but it seems like SOME people are complaining just to have something to do. I could be wrong but I dont believe this game ever had much of a fan base to begin with.

For some reason this website always crashes Safari on my itouch.

I hope that greasy little weasel Pitchford gets financially crippled over this. To see him only respond to what appear to be fake Twitter people who live to kiss his ass is beyond the pale. The man completely lacks any kind of respect for gamers or the industry as a whole. He raids other devs/publishers for money and then sells the resulting $60 pile of crap to gamers on a bed of lies. He's the dirt on the heel of gaming's boot.

Developers make mistakes. Gearbox were very wrong in this situation, but this won't kill them. No one is perfect

They have one final chance to redeem themselves and this game and that's with the Wii-U version......if that version comes out looking the same or worse, people will lose all faith in them. They better do what Criterion did with Need for Speed and make the U version far superior than the other console versions. That will at least give them some redemption !!!

It is still a much better game than Capcom's much hyped RE6. I only rented this and it is not bad at all. I am waiting for the Wii U version, as it is SUPPOSED to be the best version. That remains to be seen though.

wiiu version lol smh yeah its going to be awesome. Dont you guys ever give it up? Its going to be trash regardless. If you buy into the wiiu version your an #diot.