Borderlands 2 Director Joins Robot Entertainment

Paul Hellquist, director of Borderlands 2 and lead designer on BioShock, is joining the team behind the Orcs Must Die! franchise.

Hellquist spent nine years at Irrational Games, where he worked on the seminal first-person shooter, before joining Gearbox Software. After seven years at the Borderlands creator's studio, he will begin work at Robot with Orcs Must Die! Unchained, the third-person/tower defense game in beta for PC.

Unlike its two predecessors (Orcs Must Die and Orcs Must Die 2) Unchained is focused on competitive multiplayer. IGN spent hands-on time with the MOBA-esque tower defense game, which tasks players with fighting through enemy traps, or defending against invading minions.

In October, Orcs Must Die! Unchained received a massive update, with a new hero, new skills, new maps, skins and more.

According to a Robot Entertainment press release, the next beta phase for the MOBA is coming soon, and updates will be shared in the near future. Stay tuned to IGN as news rolls out.

Mike Mahardy is a freelance journalist writing for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter at @mmahardy, where he rants about Wet Hot American Summer.