Caleb McAlpine, a terminally sick “die arduous Borderlands fan” who requested in October for an opportunity to play Borderlands 4 whereas he nonetheless can, has confirmed on Reddit that Gearbox got here by in a giant means, saying his expertise on the studio was “simply superior.”
“Gearbox flew me and a pal down first-class the twentieth of this month and we received to tour the studio and meet an incredible bunch of individuals from a number of the devs of the entire Borderlands video games as much as Randy [Pitchford], the CEO,” McAlpine wrote. “We received to play what they’ve for Borderlands 4 to date and it was superb.”
McAlpine mentioned Gearbox put him and his pal up on the Omni Resort at The Star, the headquarters of the Dallas Cowboys NFL staff. “The resort needed to do one thing good as properly and received us in on a VIP tour of your entire facility,” McAlpine wrote. “Evidently me being a Lions fan I received to speak numerous smack lol.”
McAlpine’s journey to see Borderlands 4 started in October when he requested the Borderlands 3 subreddit for assist contacting Gearbox to ask if there was any technique to make it occur. Redditors handed alongside his request to Gearbox chief Randy Pitchford, who rapidly received in contact with McAlpine and mentioned “we’ll do no matter we are able to to make one thing occur.”
“After I acquired an electronic mail from Randy I couldn’t imagine it,” McAlpine advised GamesRadar on the time. “It was superior to see the CEO of Gearbox emailing me and telling me that he would do no matter he might to assist me out. I used to be simply floored to be sincere. In a great way. I by no means anticipated something like this. It virtually felt like a dream to be sincere.”
Simply an replace, Thanks everybody from r/borderlands3
In his replace, McAlpine additionally expressed his gratitude to everybody who helped get his request to the fitting individuals. “I don’t know if I will likely be round when the sport comes out however I simply wish to say thanks to all of you for your entire love and help and for serving to in making this occur,” he wrote. “It really was an incredible expertise and it was simply superior.”
