Wednesday, April 3rd 2019
Borderlands 3 Confirmed to be EPIC Games Store Timed Exclusive on PC, Developed in Partnership with AMD
Well, that tweet that fans of the Borderlands seriesfeared meant platform exclusivity on PC actually manifested itself. Gearbox today announced that Borderlands 3, the hit sequel to one of the first loot-shooters, will indeed be releasing on September 13th for all platforms - but will be distributed exclusively on the PC digital platform via the EPIC Games Store. Other storefronts will have to wait until April 2020 to sell copies of the game.
The game will also feature optimized performance for AMD's CPU and GPU portfolio, with AMD aiding in performance optimizations for its Ryzen CPUs, current GPUs and, expectedly, next-generation Navi. The announcement trailer and 2K's press release points to a story-driven shooter, that Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford pitched (ahem) as "a love letter to fans of the series, but also as an ideal entry point for new players to jump-in alone or cooperatively, on or off-line, in the latest and greatest installment of the definitive best-in-class benchmark shooter-looter." The announcement trailer follows.
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via DSO Gaming
The game will also feature optimized performance for AMD's CPU and GPU portfolio, with AMD aiding in performance optimizations for its Ryzen CPUs, current GPUs and, expectedly, next-generation Navi. The announcement trailer and 2K's press release points to a story-driven shooter, that Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford pitched (ahem) as "a love letter to fans of the series, but also as an ideal entry point for new players to jump-in alone or cooperatively, on or off-line, in the latest and greatest installment of the definitive best-in-class benchmark shooter-looter." The announcement trailer follows.
54 Comments on Borderlands 3 Confirmed to be EPIC Games Store Timed Exclusive on PC, Developed in Partnership with AMD
This is not about steam, don’t really care about it, besides, I prefer the industry being more GOG approach, with games being OWNED, not RENTED - it’s just makes me sick to see such an unfair competition. And even more sick knowing that all the earnings epics made due to fortnite garbage - an undeniable monument of human dull indolence.
Gamedev needs two things ASAP: some tough, iron-hand regulation, and new wave of talented people with lots of fresh ideas and breathtaking stories - tired of all these endless, donate and chineseRainbow infested, senseless time-killing online ant-heaps
As for those talented people... they're there, but you need to dig deep, there is a huge world of indie devs out there doing cool things. Some of them hit more major releases as well.
As a Borderlands fan and a store exclusives opponent, this really pisses me off.
SteamValve has to release all of its games on competing stores? So I could buy half life on Origin, uPlay, GOG, and GASP Epic? If so, does that mean that any game released on GOG would be DRM free? At Launch or DRM for 6 months after launch? Or would GOG have to sell games with DRM and go against their values?Apparently Epic is still open to making games about to launch on other stores exclusive.
If this is a new trend we will see more of in the future, what i feel i will let this image speak for me.
My money will be going to Rage 2 & Doom Eternal this year.
On topic: the exclusive deal isn't gonna stop any time soon so everybody please sit back, relax, and enjoy the 1 year period