New Tales From The Borderlands is a nice little reminder that the Borderlands universe is rich in narrative potential and a very welcome return of the pure narrative formula first seen in Telltale's Tales From The Borderlands from 2014.

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It was in Tales From The Borderlands that the series’ wise-cracking robots, cynical worldviews, and satirical themes around greed, ambition, and even some down-to-earth empathy, were given room to breathe. Without the constant action-RPG repetition of shooting and looting, it showcased that the world of Borderlands was as ripe for setting a tale as it was for trying out different guns, and the potential combining those two things presents.

This of course brings us to New Tales From The Borderlands, developed by Gearbox itself, which serves as a spiritual successor to the critically acclaimed original Telltale series - whilst looking to bring the “interactive narrative in the Borderlands universe” concept into 2022. Similarly, the structure here is five episodes, and like the Telltale games of old, there are post Episode breakdowns letting you know how your decisions compared with those made by other players.

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Although Telltale Games is no longer creating adventure games like it once did, the studio closed in 2018, Gearbox has taken the initiative to bring more narrative goodness set in the Borderlands universe with New Tales from the Borderlands. Out on October 21, it’s a new narrative adventure with a look and feel that is very much classic Tales.

With the release right around the corner, we had the chance to sit down with James Lopez, Director of Production at Gearbox Software, and Frédéric Scheubel, Producer at Gearbox Studio Quebec to get a glimpse at New Tales of the Borderlands, and talk about its development. Right from the get-go, it was clear that nothing had been lost in the journey to get here, with these New Tales retaining all of the character, humour, and outlandish stakes that the original Tales and franchise is known for.

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