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Cancelled MMO spin-off Borderlands Online is playable once again, and the team behind the unofficial project thankfully didn't use any genAI to get it running
A cancelled free-to-play MMORPG spin-off of Borderlands, Borderlands Online, has been made playable again by a team of modders. The project, originally planned for release in China, was found as a build a year ago and has now been translated to English and made functional. The team emphasized their decision to use the project now due to concerns about the increasing power of AI in unofficial game development.
After a year’s worth of work, the Borderlands Online MMO from China is playable and in English
A fan modder has successfully made the Chinese Borderlands Online MMO playable and translated into English, a year after beginning the project. While still in a playtest phase with expected bugs and server issues, the game has seen over 3,500 players. This effort is being hailed as a win for game preservation, though the modder stated they would comply with any cease-and-desist orders from Gearbox or Take-Two Interactive.
The Borderlands MMO is officially saved and playable in English, 11 years after its shutdown and 17 months after…
A fan-led effort has successfully revived Borderlands Online, a Chinese-exclusive MMO that shut down 11 years ago. Modder EpicNNG and the community have worked for 17 months to translate the game into English, adapt its UI, and make it playable online and offline. The project, known as BLOL, is not monetized and is currently in playtesting, with over 1,000 accounts created in its first four hours.
