Gearbox Software

E947017

company software company video game developer

Gearbox Software is an American video game development studio best known for creating the Borderlands franchise and working on popular first-person shooters.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Gearbox Publishing	2
Gearbox Software canonical	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11794749 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Gearbox Software
Context triple: [Borderlands, developer, Gearbox Software]

A. Respawn Entertainment
Respawn Entertainment is an American video game development studio best known for creating the Titanfall series, Apex Legends, and Star Wars Jedi action-adventure games.
B. Sledgehammer Games
Sledgehammer Games is an American video game development studio best known for co-developing several titles in the Call of Duty franchise.
C. Beenox
Beenox is a Canadian video game development studio best known for its work on the Call of Duty series and remastered titles like Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled.
D. Supermassive Games
Supermassive Games is a British video game developer best known for its cinematic, choice-driven horror titles such as Until Dawn and The Dark Pictures Anthology.
E. Guerrilla Games
Guerrilla Games is a Dutch video game developer best known for creating the Horizon and Killzone franchises.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Gearbox Software
Target entity description: Gearbox Software is an American video game development studio best known for creating the Borderlands franchise and working on popular first-person shooters.

A. Respawn Entertainment
Respawn Entertainment is an American video game development studio best known for creating the Titanfall series, Apex Legends, and Star Wars Jedi action-adventure games.
B. Sledgehammer Games
Sledgehammer Games is an American video game development studio best known for co-developing several titles in the Call of Duty franchise.
C. Beenox
Beenox is a Canadian video game development studio best known for its work on the Call of Duty series and remastered titles like Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled.
D. Supermassive Games
Supermassive Games is a British video game developer best known for its cinematic, choice-driven horror titles such as Until Dawn and The Dark Pictures Anthology.
E. Guerrilla Games
Guerrilla Games is a Dutch video game developer best known for creating the Horizon and Killzone franchises.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	company ⓘ software company ⓘ video game developer ⓘ
acquiredBy	Embracer Group NERFINISHED ⓘ
acquisitionDate	2021 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
developedGame	Aliens: Colonial Marines NERFINISHED ⓘ Battleborn NERFINISHED ⓘ Borderlands NERFINISHED ⓘ Borderlands 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Borderlands 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel NERFINISHED ⓘ Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 NERFINISHED ⓘ Duke Nukem Forever NERFINISHED ⓘ Half-Life: Blue Shift NERFINISHED ⓘ Half-Life: Opposing Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Homeworld: Remastered Collection NERFINISHED ⓘ Tiny Tina's Wonderlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedBy	Brian Martel NERFINISHED ⓘ Landry Robinson NERFINISHED ⓘ Randy Pitchford NERFINISHED ⓘ Rob Heironimus NERFINISHED ⓘ Stephen Bahl NERFINISHED ⓘ
genreSpecialty	action role-playing games ⓘ first-person shooter games ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Frisco, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ
inception	1999 ⓘ
industry	software ⓘ video games ⓘ
keyPerson	Randy Pitchford NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork	Aliens: Colonial Marines NERFINISHED ⓘ Battleborn NERFINISHED ⓘ Borderlands NERFINISHED ⓘ Borderlands 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Borderlands 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel NERFINISHED ⓘ Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood NERFINISHED ⓘ Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway NERFINISHED ⓘ Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 NERFINISHED ⓘ Duke Nukem Forever NERFINISHED ⓘ Half-Life: Blue Shift NERFINISHED ⓘ Half-Life: Decay NERFINISHED ⓘ Half-Life: Opposing Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Homeworld: Remastered Collection NERFINISHED ⓘ Tiny Tina's Wonderlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
parentOrganization	Embracer Group NERFINISHED ⓘ
platformFocus	PC ⓘ PlayStation NERFINISHED ⓘ Xbox NERFINISHED ⓘ
previousHeadquartersLocation	Plano, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ
roleOfKeyPerson	CEO ⓘ co-founder ⓘ
subsidiaryOf	The Gearbox Entertainment Company NERFINISHED ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Borderlands → developer → Gearbox Software ⓘ

Borderlands → creator → Gearbox Software ⓘ

Neverwinter (video game) → publisher → Gearbox Software ⓘ

subject surface form: Neverwinter

this entity surface form: Gearbox Publishing

Star Trek Online → publisher → Gearbox Software ⓘ