Free-to-play games come and go like leaves in the wind, but when one with huge name recognition shuts down, it is a sad day indeed. Think about it; Star Trek Online, Lord of The Rings Online, Halo Online, Online Online (that last one may or may not be real) are all still alive and kicking. So when news came out that Borderlands Online was being canceled altogether, fans around the world all texted their vault hunting friends a crying face emoji -probably an eggplant one too, just because.

Odds are that many of you reading this didn’t even know that there was a Borderlands Online in the works. Well, I’m here to let you know that there was one, but it was to be made available to those in China, because we all know how HUGE the fanbase is in China. Seriously, now that China lifted the ban an are allowing two kids per family, the two most popular names are Border and Lands. Yes, I’m kidding. Yes, I’m pissed we didn’t get this game as we were responsible for making Borderlands a hit.

Still, it’s sad that it didn’t work out is only because it means that we will never get to see the game for ourselves. I suppose it’s also a bummer that 2K China has shut down as a studio, laying off 150 people, but what do you expect? God knows the game would have been a hit in countries that actually play it. On a positive note, Take Two is looking to shift those out of a job to other positions within the company.

Speaking to GamesIndustry.biz, Take-Two Interactive stated that,