Gearbox Software

Gearbox Software LLC ( gearbox, Eng. Literally gear box or gear ) is an American computer game development company based in Plano, Texas. It was founded in Dallas in January 1999 by several experienced game designers (including Randy Pitchford ).

Company History

After the founding of the company first developed games for Valve ( Half-Life: Opposing Force, Half-Life: Blue Shift ). Later, she also took over several ports ( Half-Life for PlayStation 2, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 for PC James Bond 007: Nightfire for PC, Halo: Combat Evolved for PC and Macintosh) for other companies.

First game development studio working on the game Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30, which was released in the first quarter of 2005. The sequel to Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood has a new single-player missions, improved artificial intelligence, more tactical depth and EAX 4.0 support. Because of the marginal improvements Brothers was in Arms: Earned in Blood of players called jokingly " Brothers in Arms 1.5". The third part of the Brothers -in- Arms series goes by the name of Hell's Highway and was developed for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. As a graphic frame the Unreal Engine 3 has been used.

In addition, Gearbox produced on behalf of Sega Aliens: Colonial Marines, a first-person shooter based on the Alien films. Furthermore, the game Borderlands was released end of October 2009, which was developed on behalf of 2K Games. It is a post-apocalyptic shooter, which was provided with numerous RPG elements. Borderlands is held in the cel-shaded look.

On September 3, 2010 Gearbox Software announced via his Twitter account announced that it had taken over the development work on Duke Nukem Forever. The game was previously developed for twelve years by 3D Realms, but failed the studio on 6 May 2009 final financial reasons to completion. The game was released in June 2011 after 14 years of development. Colonial Marines published: In September 2012, Borderlands 2 and Aliens in February 2013 was.

Currently Gearbox working on Furious 4, which was originally planned as a spin -off to the Brothers -in- Arms series. President Pitchford wants to expand the Duke Nukem brand. After the insolvency and subsequent destruction THQ Gearbox took over after an auction on April 15, 2013, 1.35 million U.S. dollars the rights to the real-time strategy series Homeworld series.

Released Games

  • Half-Life: Opposing Force (1999)
  • Half-Life: Blue Shift (2001)
  • Half-Life (2001, PS2 version)
  • Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 (2002, PC version )
  • James Bond 007: Nightfire (2002)
  • Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 (2005)
  • Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood ( 2005)
  • Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway ( 2008)
  • Brothers in Arms: Double Time (2008)
  • Borderlands (2009)
  • Duke Nukem Forever ( 2011)
  • Borderlands 2 (2012 )
  • Aliens: Colonial Marines ( 2013)
Types of business entity Limited Liability Company Plano (Texas) Environmental Audio Extensions Borderlands (video game) Role-playing video game Spin-off (media) MobyGames
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