http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/12/08/borderlands-online-coming-to-china-next-year
Chinese developer Shanda Games announced Borderlands Online today, a PC and mobile title created alongside Gearbox Studios and 2K Games.
Borderlands Online is being made exclusively for Chinese markets, Kotaku reports. It's set for launch sometime in 2015, and while it's unclear whether it will fit into the wider Borderlands mythos, it will include the Borderlands formula of four playable characters. Specifically, what appear to be a soldier, hunter, siren and berserker, according to the press release circulated by Chinese Press.
Borderlands Online will be free-to-play, much like Call of Duty Online, which is scheduled to enter open beta in China early next year. Footage surfaced more than two years ago, revealing that investment company Tencent had exclusive rights to operate Call of Duty Online in mainland China.
Activision said Call of Duty Online could help the publisher tap into its "potential largest player base," and it appears 2K and Gearbox may be making similar maneuvers with Borderlands Online.