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HISTORICAL FACTS: Gearbox - Caught on Camera

2026's weirdest tech leak involves scuba diving, a Caribbean island, and Gearbox head honcho Randy Pitchford, and no, it's not what you expect

Water reveal.

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The Google Pixel Watch 5 has reportedly leaked in a bizarre scuba diving discovery, but the incident is more than a bit fishy

A Google Pixel Watch 5 has been found at the bottom of the sea, and it's the most unhinged tech leak since the iPhone 4 in 2010.

TechRadar

Borderlands' last-minute art style change cost the company $50 million, Take-Two CEO says: "Borderlands wouldn't have been a hit"

"It was insane"

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Randy Pitchford says Gearbox has a firm no-AI policy after posting an AI-generated image of an AI working at Gearbox

Randy just wanted to have a little fun, but it didn't work out so well.

PC Gamer

Gearbox head Randy Pitchford says Borderlands maker won't use AI for "any work that could ever be seen" after posting ChatGPT-generated image of a Gearbox employee

That guy is not real, and does not work at Gearbox

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Gearbox provided "creative guidance" on the new Borderlands game, which isn't actually Borderlands Mobile but is out now in a "limited-time test"

Borderlands Mobile is still untitled, Zynga says

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New Borderlands 4 DLC review bombed on Steam as players complain about its price and length: ‘This is a small story pack, not an expansion, and it should be priced accordingly’

Not the first time.

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Borderlands 4 performance issues have been "pretty stressful," admits dev, but Gearbox has done "a pretty good job" fixing them

"I feel like that's part of what our jobs are"

GamesRadar

6 months after Borderlands 4 launch, Gearbox admits "we have more to do" to fix ongoing PC performance issues but promises "we're in it for the long haul!"

Gearbox has already made some big changes

GamesRadar

Borderlands 4's first story pack is the game's 'biggest DLC yet' and launches later this month

Gearbox Software has revealed Borderlands 4 Story Pack 1: Mad Ellie and the Vault of the Damned, which will introduce all-new content when it arrives later this month.

TechRadar

Borderlands 4 is finally getting Pearlescent gear this month, plus Bounty Pack 2 ahead of the March story update bringing new Vault Hunter C4SH

This looter shooter is chock-full

GamesRadar

Borderlands 4 Switch 2 port looks dead as Gearbox parent Take-Two "pauses development"

Borderlands 4 on Switch 2 was delayed indefinitely back in September, but it seems it's dead for good now

GamesRadar

Gearbox "avoiding nerfs at the moment" for Borderlands 4, dodging previous balance backlash: "I wholeheartedly want to avoid ruining someone's countless hours of farming"

Ultimate Vault Hunter levels will increase dedicated loot drops going forward

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"This is a massive fumble": Borderlands 4 players furious as drop rates are slashed after holiday event, even though Gearbox promises a "longer-term solution"

They're going back to pre-holiday levels

GamesRadar

Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford says late FPS icon Vince Zampella would "create mischievous joy" – like "trolling" Eli Roth in Borderlands during a pre-movie "tour"

"BAM, Vince would troll him again"

PC Gamer

Three shining examples of brilliant PC game development in 2025

…and three not-so-shining examples. Oh dear.

Tom’s Hardware

Sealed, physical copy of Fortnite from 2017 sells for $42,500 at auction — Perfect condition disc contains original Save The World mode and exclusive cosmetics pack

Before Fortnite became a cultural phenomenon, it was a borderline indie effort from Epic Games to revive a genre that not many cared about. It partnered with Gearbox in 2017 to release discs in an extremely limited quantity that are now classified as collector's items, one of which has just…

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As Borderlands 4 developer Gearbox decides to make the looter shooter's first DLC pack free for everyone, Deluxe Edition players aren't too happy: "I'm calling bulls**t"

Not everyone is getting into the holiday spirit

PC Gamer

Gearbox finally fixes Borderlands 4's infuriating class mod drops and snore-inducing Wildcards—oh, and its first DLC is now free

"The team realized that there was more mayhem than time when it came to getting as much into Bounty Pack 1 as originally planned."

GamesRadar

Gearbox finally fixes the most frustrating loot in Borderlands 4: "Class Mods have been adjusted to drop more for your current character"

There's also a new "legendary loot indicator"

GamesRadar

With an 'Overwhelmingly Positive' rating on Steam, Risk of Rain 2 fans finally get the DLC they deserve after the first Gearbox-led effort put the roguelike "in a really bad place"

The team seems to have turned things around following the last broken DLC

PC Gamer

A year after Gearbox released Risk of Rain 2 DLC so broken the developer admitted it put the game 'in a really bad place,' it's finally got a win: the new DLC's 96% positive reviews have blasted it up Steam's top sellers chart

It works this time!

PC Gamer

Borderlands 4 has a 'very stupid' glitch that lets you unlock a character's most powerful abilities before refunding all your skill points, but don't expect it to be around long as Gearbox says 'we're on it'

The glitch will "change the build meta for every build" according to the YouTuber who brought it to attention.

GamesRadar

Borderlands 4's "most insane glitch" yet lets you break every character's skill tree and changes "the build meta for every build," swiftly catching the attention of Gearbox: "We're on it"

Make the most of it while you can

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