Okay, here’s a bit of unexpected news: Shanda Games, a Chinese publisher, announced that it’s bringing an MMO version of Borderlands to China, with 2K opening up a Chinese studio to help make the game, entitled Borderlands Online. But how is this relevant to you, dear mobile enthusiast, who recalls that there’s only really been one attempt at making Borderlands for mobile with Borderlands Legends ($4.99) a couple years ago? Well, Shanda Games has announced that this Borderlands Online will be both a PC and mobile game, according to translations of one of the Chinese outlets reporting on the game.
This does sound intriguing, because, hey, a real Borderlands game for mobile, and in MMO form? Sure, that sounds interesting! But there’s plenty of reasons to cool your jets about this: first of all, it’s just for China at the moment, so the odds of any western release for this is unknown. Second, we really don’t know when this will come out – Kotaku points out that even Call of Duty Online has yet to leave open beta in China, and that’s been kicking since early 2013. It’s possible Borderlands Online might not even be a real proposition for a long time, and who knows, maybe one of the actual Borderlands games will get to ported to mobile by then. Hey, it happened with Bioshock ($9.99), didn’t it?
