Pitchford Clarifies: Gearbox Waiting On Sony To Approve Borderlands Vita

It sounds like the situation with Borderlands 2 on Vita is more complicated than it first seemed.

Last week, we brought you news that Gearbox would love to see a Vita version of Borderlands 2, but weren’t able to develop it in house – speaking at Rezzed, studio head Randy Pitchford called on Sony to get involved with the porting process. PSU followed up with Pitchford at an event for the game this week, where he revealed that three (unspecified) teams have approached the studio about the project since that appeal.

There are no direct quotes in PSU’s piece, but it sounds like Gearbox need Sony to approve the port, and oversee the porting process in some way, but that they are still waiting to hear back from the company. Pitchford comments that he would have liked to have seen Borderlands 2 Vita at Sony’s E3 press conference, suggesting that attempts to get the port off the ground have been going on for some time with no success.

Whether Gearbox eventually manages to bring Sony round to the idea, Pitchford was apparently clear to state that despite the enquiries of the aforementioned mystery studios, no actual work on a Vita version of Borderlands 2 is yet underway.

Come on Sony.