Gearbox Software: "Diablo has a huge influence on Borderlands"

"So on that side, it would be Diablo, World of Warcraft but on the shooter side, the core mechanic and the controls, looking down the barrel, things like that, we get that from all the first-person shooters out there." said Pitchford.

"Your Halos, Call of Duty and games like that. A lot of the things that we’re trying to implement in co-operative mode come from Brothers in Arms, with the squad stuff. But an RPG shooter is what we’re calling it, so it fits both those roles."

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