It's been a while since we heard about Gearbox's upcoming role-playing shooter Borderlands, but that doesn't mean they've stopped working on the project. We first heard about it way back in 2007, but it's finally now due for a release in the Australian Spring of this year - and sounds like one to keep an eye on!

While at E3 last month, Bennett and the crew caught up with Mike Neumann, Creative Director at Gearbox Software, to chat about what's in store. Apparently, in addition to a pretty in-depth storyline, we can look forward to more than a hundred side-missions (including some grenade-assisted fishing!), co-op multiplayer (both online and offline), and some nifty customisable gameplay options. Want to know more? You'll have to check out our video interview now, won't you!

Download the Games On Net - E3 2009 Coverage: Borderlands Interview

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So, to summarise that, here's a handy dandy fact sheet for you to peruse:

• FPS Action Meets RPG Character Progression: Players can choose from one of four distinct characters and earn experience and gain proficiency in a number of specialties as they do battle with enemies. Upgrades can be invested in a wide variety of special abilities, allowing players to create a fully customized character that is tailored to their playing style


• Co-op Engineered Game Design: Borderlands is built from the ground-up to be an exciting and intuitive co-operative multiplayer experience that rewards players for investing in specific co-op skills


• Radical New Art Style: Fresh and exciting new visual style combines traditional rendering techniques with hand-drawn textures to paint a unique and eye-catching spin on the First Person Shooter genre


• Gun Lust: Choose from an arsenal of hundreds of thousands of weapons, each with their unique manufacturers, specifications and advantages. A revolutionary new content generation system produces almost infinite tools of destruction


• Intense Vehicular Combat: Get behind the wheel of and engage in intense vehicle-to-vehicle combat, complete with extensive damage modeling and spectacular explosions


• Next Big Original IP From Gearbox Software: Experience the action and creativity derived from the pedigree of one of gaming’s most consistent and respected developers

Borderlands is currently in development for PS3, Xbox 360 and PC - and we're all looking forward to hit hitting shelves well before Christmas.


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