{"id":199135,"date":"2022-08-24T12:04:47","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T10:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=199135"},"modified":"2025-07-01T20:30:23","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T03:30:23","slug":"new-tales-from-the-borderlands-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/new-tales-from-the-borderlands-news\/","title":{"rendered":"New Tales from the Borderlands brings 3 new characters into the action"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Back in 2015 Telltale Games released a narrative-driven episodic adventure based on the first-person shooter cult hit, Borderlands. Tales from the Borderlands followed heroes Rhys and Fiona and was a big hit among fans. Now, seven years later a sequel is on the way that will follow<strong> three brand new characters who are being dubbed as \u201clovable losers\u201d<\/strong> by Gearbox Software, who are developing the sequel.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"New Tales from the Borderlands\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-logo-xl,f_auto\/p\/994c1cd1-964f-47ff-aa85-fc11f81b5e5d\/2650656157\/new-tales-from-the-borderlands-New%20Tales%20from%20the%20Borderlands-icon.jpg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">New Tales from the Borderlands<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/new-tales-from-the-borderlands.en.softonic.com\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Get Pre-Release Info<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/new-tales-from-the-borderlands.en.softonic.com\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8688wNaRnD0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">trailer<\/a> launched at Gamescom,<strong> the new heroes will be on a mission to both save the world <\/strong>and get their hands on mountains of cash as the story takes place during a <strong>planetary invasion by the arms manufacturing company Tediore<\/strong>. Interestingly, the new characters will not be Vault Hunters, like Borderlands fans will be familiar with, but rather everyday downtrodden civilians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even though the protagonists aren\u2019t what we are used to, <strong>the trailer is filled with characteristic Borderlands humor, action, style, and finesse<\/strong>. The game looks fantastic and even though it will be driven by narrative choices rather than split-second FPS choices and instant reflexes, there seems to still be plenty there to keep gamers on the edge of their seats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"New Tales from the Borderlands - Official Announce Trailer\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8688wNaRnD0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>New Tales from the Borderlands is due for a release on October 21<\/strong> and will launch on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X. The price you will have to pay to get your hands on it will be $39.99 for the digital-only standard version of the game. There will also be a deluxe edition, which you will be able to buy both digitally and physically, which will come in at $49.99. <strong>If you are interested in this series but haven\u2019t played the original, then the deluxe version will likely be your preferred choice as it will ship with full versions of both games.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in 2015 Telltale Games released a narrative-driven episodic adventure based on the first-person shooter cult hit, Borderlands. Tales from the Borderlands followed heroes Rhys and Fiona and was a big hit among fans. Now, seven years later a sequel is on the way that will follow three brand new characters who are being dubbed &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/new-tales-from-the-borderlands-news\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;New Tales from the Borderlands brings 3 new characters into the action&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9073,"featured_media":199149,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1018,1015],"tags":[3640,1617],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-199135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming","category-news","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionnew-tales-from-the-borderlands","tag-gaming"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9073"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199135"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199135\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":323322,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199135\/revisions\/323322"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/199149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199135"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=199135"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=199135"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=199135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}