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An old school geek like me would love to see a new Blade Runner IP hit the market sometime soon. Strangely enough, Gearbox Software, the guys behind Borderlands, were considering giving us one, but it just didn’t work out. Recently, Gearbox Software acquired a bunch of IP licenses including James Cameron’s Aliens and Michael Mann’s Heat. On that list, was the Blade Runner IP, but, unfortunately, financial prospects did not look good for the title. Apparently, it would be too expensive to do it properly, and the market would be far too niche to get any sort of worthwhile return on it. Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford explained more about the deal in a recent interview. 
So this is an example of a development studio being too geeky and committed to an IP to do it poorly. For that, geeks everywhere salute you, Gearbox. |