Borderlands' New Art Style Revealed in Screenshot

April 10, 2009 9:52 AM

Following reports of a new art style for Borderlands, developer Gearbox has provided a glimpse of the game's revised appearance through the cover of the next PC Gamer.

"The image is an in-game screenshot with no post process," said the company.

Referred to as "Diablo with guns" by our very own Nick Breckon, Borderlands is now slated to bring its unique blend of post-apocalyptic gunplay and traditional RPG mechanics (skill trees, level bars, etc.) to PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 before October 31.

For a better glimpse of how the game plays, check our extensive footage. As an added bonus, those videos feature the old art style, so you can see how much has changed.

In related news, the game's website teases that "more" will be revealed Monday.

Chris Faylor

Chris Faylor was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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BaronVonSnakPak

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April 10, 2009 9:55 AM

crackdown in space.
- MOB712
  
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  April 10, 2009 10:08 AM
  
  Nothing like Crackdown buddy, nothing like it
  
  Or I'm guessing you're making fun of the one guy on the internet that said that
  - jake
    
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    April 10, 2009 10:25 AM
    
    Probably referring to the new art syle.
    - MOB712
      
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      April 10, 2009 10:37 AM
      
      .......That's not the point
      
      The new artstyle looks NOTHING like crackdown
      - tharger
        
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        April 10, 2009 10:43 AM
        
        Yes it does.
        
        MOB712
        
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        April 10, 2009 11:12 AM
        
        No THIS doesn't
        
        http://i704.photobucket.com/albums/ww46/NotGabeNewell/img003.jpg
        
        manlyman
        
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        April 10, 2009 11:16 AM
        
        Looks more like the new Prince of Persia with the ink technique they used on the models and world.
        
        dedgecko
        
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        April 10, 2009 11:22 AM
        
        http://ciaran-walsh.com/images/Crackdown/Carjack.jpg
        
        It has the same black outline used in crackdown - which was very distinct at the time - so in a way, yes, it shares some similar styling as what was used in crackdown.
        
        The flipside - BIG FUCKING DEAL!! There's no reason to get this worked up about it.
        
        MOB712
        
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        April 10, 2009 11:25 AM
        
        OKAMI had big black outlines too.....catch my drift
        
        Like the guy above said it looks more like the new PoP
        
        DeBurgo
        
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        April 10, 2009 12:20 PM
        
        except it looks more like crackdown.
        
        MOB712
        
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        April 10, 2009 12:24 PM
        
        Have you seen the new PoP??
        
        DeBurgo
        
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        April 10, 2009 1:01 PM
        
        Yeah it doesn't look like that. The new PoP has this kind of semi-cel shaded look, this one has only natural-looking shading but with outlines.
        
        Well, okay, I'll give you that it probably more looks like something in between PoP and Crackdown. More stylized than Crackdown but less stylized than PoP.
        
        MOB712
        
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        April 10, 2009 1:19 PM
        
        Actually yea that makes alot more sense lol
  - chrisschutz
    
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    April 12, 2009 12:06 PM
    
    please be like crackdown in space. playing through that game right now it's the most fun i've had playing a game in a while.
- byorn
  
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  April 10, 2009 6:35 PM
  
  It has outlines! All things with outlines look the same.