Borderlands has been an absolute disaster for both Lionsgate and developer Gearbox Studios, no matter which way you slice it. It made back barely any of its whopping $110-120 million budget, it was outperformed by the theatre re-release of Coraline, and it was brutally roasted by Uwe Boll, one of the most infamous directors of video game adaptations out there.
If even Uwe Boll is laughing at Borderlands, maybe it's time to move on.
Borderlands 4 was announced at Gamescom Opening Night Live earlier this month, which was a brief reprieve from the criticism, but Gearbox quickly found itself back under the microscope thanks to the dodgy release of Risk of Rain 2's first expansion after its developer was acquired. Throughout all of this, Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford has been tweeting via his personal Twitter account, defending the studio's recent projects.
Pitchford has tweeted out some questionable statements ever since the Borderlands movie released, but his most recent tweet has to be seen to be believed. When confronted about the Risk of Rain 2: Seekers of the Storm's shoddy release, one fan questions Pitchford's "judgment and shot calling ability," to which he responds by comparing himself to...
