Tales from the Borderlands

Tales from the Borderlands
Developer(s)Telltale Games
Publisher(s)Telltale Games[a]
Director(s)
  • Nick Herman
  • Jonathan Stauder
  • Ashley Ruhl
  • Martin Montgomery
Producer(s)
  • Sara Guinness
  • Mark Dickenson
  • Bryan Roth
  • Chris Schroyer
  • Cody Murry
Designer(s)
  • Mark Darin
  • Stephen McManus
  • Brian Freyermuth
  • John Bernhelm
  • Luke Maulding
Programmer(s)
  • Tulley Rafferty
  • Jason Kim
  • Carl Muckenhoupt
  • David R. Chaverri
Artist(s)
  • Dave Bogan
  • Leif Estes
  • Tara Rueping
Writer(s)
Composer(s)Jared Emerson-Johnson
SeriesBorderlands
EngineTelltale Tool
Platform(s)
Release
Episode 1
  • Microsoft Windows
    • WW: November 25, 2014[1]
    PS3, PS4
    Xbox One
    • WW: November 26, 2014[1]
    OS X
    • WW: November 27, 2014[1]
    Xbox 360
    • WW: December 3, 2014[1]
    iOS
    • WW: December 11, 2014[2]
    Android
    • WW: December 17, 2014[2]
    Nintendo Switch
    • WW: March 23, 2021
Episode 2
  • Windows, OS X
    • WW: March 17, 2015[3]
    PS3, PS4
    Xbox 360, Xbox One
    • WW: March 18, 2015[3]
    Android, iOS
    • WW: March 19, 2015[3]
    Nintendo Switch
    • WW: March 23, 2021
Episode 3
  • Windows, OS X
    • WW: June 23, 2015[4]
    PS3, PS4
    Xbox 360, Xbox One
    • WW: June 24, 2015[4]
    Android, iOS
    • WW: June 25, 2015[4]
    Nintendo Switch
    • WW: March 23, 2021
Episode 4
  • Windows, OS X
    • WW: August 18, 2015[5]
    PS3, PS4
    Xbox 360, Xbox One
    • WW: August 19, 2015[5]
    Android, iOS
    • WW: August 20, 2015[5]
    Nintendo Switch
    • WW: March 23, 2021
Episode 5
  • Win, OS X, PS3, PS4
    • WW: October 20, 2015[6]
    Xbox 360, Xbox One
    • WW: October 21, 2015[6]
    Android, iOS
    • WW: October 22, 2015[6]
    Nintendo Switch
    • WW: March 23, 2021
Genre(s)Graphic adventure
Interactive film
Mode(s)Single-player

Tales from the Borderlands is an episodic interactive comedy graphic adventure sci-fi video game based on the Borderlands series. It was developed by Telltale Games under license from Gearbox Software, the developer of the Borderlands series, and 2K, its publisher. The game was released in November 2014 for Android, iOS, Microsoft Windows, OS X, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One,[1] and in 2021 for Nintendo Switch.

Set some time after the events of Borderlands 2, the game's story centers around Hyperion employee Rhys and Pandoran con-artist Fiona as they team up on an adventure to find and open a Vault. The game follows the episodic format that Telltale used for its titles The Walking Dead and The Wolf Among Us, where player choices and actions have somewhat significant effects on later story elements. Although the series received some criticism due to the aging game engine and repetition of gameplay from past Telltale Games, Tales from the Borderlands largely received critical acclaim. Particular praise was attributed to its strong characterization, emotional depth, creative setpieces, humorous writing and unexpected pathos.

Tales, like many of the other Telltale games, were pulled from sale following the studio's sudden closure in 2018. 2K Games was able to acquire the property and republished the series starting in February 2021. A successor, New Tales from the Borderlands, was released in October 2022.

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  2. ^ a b Christiansen, Tom (March 9, 2015). "Tales From The Borderlands Episode 2 Arriving Next Week". Gamezebo. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
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  6. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference Episode 5 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).


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