There Are "A Lot Of Factors" For Borderlands Demo [Gearbox]
Kotaku —
... pre-launch or post-launch, because ...there's a lot of factors there." There are a lot of factors? There must be — Neumann said that twice. "We would love to promise a demo, we can't quite yet, we just want to get the game done," he adds. "That's always the hardest thing for developers to do—you never quite know how the time's going to work out. We're doing really well, but I can't promise it." Borderlands will be out this October. Borderlands Interview: Gearbox's 'Games Are Fun' Epiphany and Why It's Already Thinking DLC ...
Borderlands DLC? Yes, Demo? Maybe
Blue's News —
The Borderlands Interview on Shacknews spoke with Mikey Neumann of Gearbox back in the old days of E3 about their upcoming cel-shaded shooter/RPG. They discuss the game's art design, dynamically-generated foes with baby arms, and his feelings that not all of today's game designs place the proper emphasis on fun. His comments on the current state of Borderlands seem a bit confusing, as at one point he indicates the game is currently in certification preparing for an October release leaving developers with nothing to do but work on DLC plans, and at another he says: "We would ...
Borderlands developer hints at possible demo-denying factors
That VideoGame Blog —
... “We would love to do a demo,” said Gearbox Software’s Mikey Neumann in an interview with ShackNews. “If and when we do one, I don’t know if it’d be pre-launch or post-launch, because…there’s a lot of factors there.” ...
Gearbox: How did we forget games were supposed to be fun?
Destructoid —
... "The art style, again, is the glue to everything. It allows us to embrace what our game actually is," he states, "and man, when we had that epiphany, when it all came together, we were like, 'sh*t man, that's what this game is, this game is about having fun.' ...
Borderlands Demo Still Up In The Air
1UP RSS feed —
... before it arrives in October? Gearbox would love for you to do just that, but it's still possible that you may have to purchase it on faith alone. According to a recent interview on Shacknews, a demo is still up in the air. ...




