Today, 2K and Gearbox Entertainment debuted the inaugural episode of Borderlands: Dead ECHOs, the first-ever audio drama set in the iconic Borderlands universe.
Dead ECHOs is darkly comedic in tone and packed with the unpredictable energy that defines Borderlands. The podcast follows Watts, a disenchanted DAHL Echo Operator who moonlights as a black-market secrets broker, sifting through undeliverable ECHO Logs and selling what he finds to the highest bidder. His operation gets a jolt when Junie, a curious stranger with big ideas and a mysterious past tied to a well-known weapons manufacturer, pulls him out of a jam and the two strike up a partnership.
What starts as a small-time criminal hustle quickly spirals into something much bigger. Their ECHO-brokering operation attracts the attention of ruthless corporations, violent outlaws, and DAHL’s notoriously lethal accounting department. As the heat rises, the two venture out into the wider Borderlands universe, visiting familiar locales like Pandora and Eden-6, and run into both new faces and beloved returning characters, such as Claptrap.
The series was created, written, and produced by April Johnson and Joel Watson of Gearbox’s Narrative team, who also voice Junie and Watts respectively.
The first episode of Borderlands: Dead ECHOs is available now, with new episodes planned to launch weekly. The series will be available on Borderlands and Gearbox’s YouTube channel, as well as all major audio platforms including Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music & Audible, iHeart Radio, and Pandora.
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