Left on the church steps, crying in the rain. How could they?
It looks likeBorderlandsis going through a pretty rough time at the moment.Borderlands 2writerAnthony Burch left Gearboxback in January, andPre-Sequeldeveloper2K Australia closed its doorsfor good last week. I bet ol’ 2K was anxious enough about the future of its flagship series before the bloody creator of theBorderlandsseries left.
Things changed.No longer working at@GearboxSoftware. I will always love Gearbox, but it’s adventure time.
— Matthew Armstrong (@MisterArmstrong)June 25, 2025
In a single tweet, Matthew Armstrong announced that he is moving on from the studio to look for “adventure”, whatever that means. AsVG247 points out, it appears Gearbox wouldn’t be too far into the development of anything new at the moment. Maybe Gearbox has finally started on a fresh project and as such it is just the right time to leave.
Either way, it’s interesting to see just how much is changing at Gearbox and at 2K Games. I’m not entirely sure if we should be worried yet, maybe we should just have a gentle chat with them over a cup of tea. People move between projects all the time, but on the other hand Armstrong announced he was leaving the same day 2K Australia shut down. I alsoreallywant to know what Armstrong meant by “things changed”, but I suspect we won’t find out for a long time. Damn it!
