New Tales from the Borderlands
Decide the fates of altruistic scientist Anu, her ambitious, "streetwise" brother Octavio, and the fierce, frogurt-slinging Fran. Claw and con your way through five thrilling chapters!
New Tales from the Borderlands is an adventure developed by Gearbox Software, released 20 October 2022 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.
What New Tales from the Borderlands is
New Tales from the Borderlands is an adventure game developed by Gearbox Software and released in 2022. It was published by 2K. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
On the corporate war-torn planet of Promethea, three strangers are thrown together when the Tediore corporation launches a violent siege. Anuradha "Anu" Dhar is an idealistic Atlas scientist just fired over her non-lethal invention; her estranged adopted brother Octavio dreams of fame and fortune; and Fran runs a struggling frozen-yogurt shop with the help of an assassination bot named L0U13. As Tediore forces tear the city apart hunting them, the trio reluctantly bands together and follows a trail into a hidden Vault, chasing a discovery that could change their fortunes forever, if they survive the corporations closing in around them.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Borderlands series
New Tales from the Borderlands is the 60th of 70 entries we hold in the Borderlands series. The next entry was Pinball FX: Borderlands - Vault Hunter Pinball in 2023. Its critic score of 69 is 8 points below the series average of 77. The highest-rated entry is Borderlands 2: Captain Scarlett and Her Pirate's Booty at 90.
How it was received
New Tales from the Borderlands holds a critic score of 69 out of 100. That places it above 32% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2022 averaged 74, so it scored 5 points below the year average.
What it launched against
New Tales from the Borderlands launched on 20 October 2022, within three weeks of God of War Ragnarök, A Plague Tale: Requiem, Scorn and Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: God of War Ragnarök, A Plague Tale: Requiem, Scorn, Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for New Tales from the Borderlands yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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