Finally.
That mean Beta soon…ish.
My guess is after PAX Prime, which starts in 7 days and ends in 11. I think they will at least announce the Beta there. I mean: If they have playable stuff, they can do a Beta. Looks quite advanced so far. And updates during Beta should be a breeze with the patch system that they want to use.
I’ll be at PAX Prime, standing in line to play Battleborn 
I’ll see if I can charm some information out of them. I’ll let them touch my massive beard in exchange for information.
euphemism?
I’ll shave my head…wait, already did that. 
If they won’t give us something to discuss, we either have to create that stuff ourselves (that’s what I do) or go and ask personally (your mission).
About that: Game developers/ publisher/ whatnot say “It’s still 5+ months til release, we can’t tell you anything yet” [modified Jythri quote], but then they talk big at conventions, offer test play, and announce a release date like they’re only polishing now.
Is the game almost finished or did they just start? Decide pls 
Actually, there was a good article on Polygon discussing this strange sort of secrecy in the game industry: Polygon - No, the gaming industry isn’t too secretive
That article really IS good.
Although I think, that they could give out small splinters of info and note something like “We’re currently experimenting with X”.
I myself have no problem with managing my expectations (Might ask “why didn’t you ship X” though. Still wouldn’t demand). But I have seen the “you promised!” cries myself before, so I guess it makes sense.
This isn’t something that concerns me at all. And not because I still put an optical drive in my computer builds, but because retail outlets of all kinds have been selling digital copies of games for long enough that you can pretty much expect it to happen, certainly for any AAA title.
Speaking of retail outlets - you aren’t doing yourself a favor by thinking only in terms of Steam. There are other online places to get digital downloads from, and you can often get them cheaper than what Steam sells them for. Check out Green Man Gaming, for example. GOG.com is also a great source for games at discount prices. Bottom line, shop around, you might save some cash.
GoG.com does not sell Steam-powered games, and I prefer the convenience of Steam over GmG, even for a couple more dollars. Also, you don’t have to manually search for best deal, thanks to isthereanydeal.com
Steam-powered games? What are you talking about?
GOG sells DRM-free games. So if the game requires Steam as a DRM manager, then you won’t find it on GOG, obviously. But, news flash, Steam isn’t synonymous with “PC gaming”, it’s just another service. Which is the whole point of my post, to say “Hey, folks, Steam isn’t the only player out there”. Apparently many people think that way because we get posts in the Gearbox forums on a regular basis talking about Steam sales. You don’t have to wait for Steam for discounts, you don’t have to buy from Steam because a publisher like 2K uses the service as a DRM manager. If you buy from Green Man Gaming or Gamestop, to name a couple of examples, you’ll get a Steam code.
And, yeah, “best prices” sites can be more or less useful - but they also tend to be flawed in their searches. It’s a very good idea to spot-check, to see if the price is really the lowest by looking for yourself. So, you don’t HAVE to search “manually” (as though that were some kind of huge chore), but it’s a good idea.
Holy… Can we not? Please? Like, it’s just a more common term dude. This is not the place to start fights about Steam over GoG or GmG or anything else. You are completely derailing the topic in an effort to start something that will, just like a console war, descend into a pointless argument that can never really have an end to it.
I seriously do not appreciate someone talking a discussion I started and turn it into a place for an argument. Especially when it is something as simple as the fact I stated Steam Pre-Order, over saying GoG Pre-Order. Steam is the platform I use the most, hence why I said Steam. I use others, but Steam is not only my most used one, but the most known platform.
You make an assumption that I know nothing about these services and/or don’t use them. I just stated a fact, that games that have built in Steam support are called “steam-powered”, such as the Borderlands games. And then I stated my personal preferences. No intention to start a fight or an argument. This is my last reply to you on this. We are in a thread where people want to pre-order the game on Steam. That is our choice for whatever reason.
“Steam-powered” is nothing but a marketing phrase. I actually assumed you meant something specific, like there was some benefit you were thinking of. I wanted you to say what the benefit(s) you were thinking of more clearly.
As I have said, my point is that there are choices. I have no problems with people supporting Steam, with buying their games from Steam. But there are a number of people - particularly console gamers looking to get into PC games - that think there are 3 choices: Xbox, Playstation, and Steam. PC gaming is far more than just “Steam”. I’m not trying to say anything bad about the service at all. (I could have, but that would shift focus away from my intent.)
marketing phrase huh?
I’m not trying to start a fight, and anyone that read my first post in this thread thoroughly would know that.
I did read it thoroughly. It was extremely aggressive and condescending. If that was not your intention, perhaps you need to change the way you approach your responses to avoid issues like this happening.
Ancient Bill and Ted proverb - Be excellent to each other.
Seriously .
their adventure was excellent.