10 Great Video Game Developers Who Haven't Made Anything Good For Years

6. Gearbox Software

I think we're long overdue a tell-all behind-the-scenes extravaganza when it comes to Gearbox Software and CO Randy Pitchford.

From being involved in legal disputes over diverting funds into a "playboy lifestyle", to physically assaulting the voice actor for Borderlands 2's Claptrap, I'd hazard a guess the unfocused nature of Gearbox's recent output has more than a little in common with its top brass putting his focus elsewhere.

Still Gearbox haven't been inactive - they've just not made anything anybody wanted to play.

The catastrophic Aliens: Colonial Marines saw actor Michael Beihn say the recording sessions were "passionless" and that everyone was "going through the paces", and Battleborn - despite some cool enough mechanics - was eaten alive by Overwatch's runaway success.

At time of writing, Gearbox's latest gambit is to return to the universe they last checked in with back in 2014's Pre-Sequel. Maybe the long-awaited Borderlands 3 will finally go down a storm like their various titles of yesteryear... or it'll be a loot shooter with the RNG aspects cranked up more than ever.