Investigating the Original Art Style of Borderlands

Описание: The idea for the game that would become Borderlands was the dream project of those at Gearbox Software, however late in development the game received a dramatic change from a realistic shooter to the over-the-top concept art cel-shading its known for today.

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SOURCES:
The Origins of Borderlands
   • The Origins of Borderlands - Gearbox Softw...  

2K to Publish Borderlands
https://www.ign.com/articles/2007/08/...

Game Developer Magazine Post-Mortem
https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/...

Shown off at Leipzig 2007
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/gc-...

GAME INFORMER COVER STORY
https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/...

Article on GDC Talk
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/beh...

GDC - Behind Borderlands and the 11th Hour Style Change
https://www.gdcvault.com/play/1012220...

Art Style Change
https://www.destructoid.com/borderlan...

Realistic Gameplay Borderlands E3 2008
   • Borderlands - Realistic Prototype [2008 Be...  

How Gearbox has become one of the Most controversial studios in the industry
https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain...

Kotaku article
https://kotaku.com/separated-at-birth...

Ben Hibon Interview
https://web.archive.org/web/201211171...

Borderlands 2 Interview
   • Randy Pitchford Talks Borderlands 2  

Randy Pitchford Rolling Stone Interview - 2017
https://web.archive.org/web/201710141...

Game Reactor - Post Change Interview
   • Borderlands interview by Gamereactor  

Giant Bomb - Post Change Interview E3
   • Randy Pitchford on Borderlands  

Rage shown off
https://www.shacknews.com/article/482...

Ron Cobb Concept Art and Website
https://roncobb.net/

Codehunters
https://vimeo.com/channels/wearedn/74...

Hellgate London Gameplay
   • Hellgate London - Gameplay (PC)  


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