The company shares this sad news on its official channels. Landon Montgomery leaves after working on games like Half-Life or Halo.
Gearbox Software has communicated through the social network Twitter that Landon Montgomery, co-founder of the company back in 1999 in Plano, Texas, has passed away. The highly successful developer and distributor, who would start her path in the industry through Half-Life expansions for Valve, thus fires one of the key architects of a company with nearly two hundred employees.
"We are heartbroken after learning today of the death of one of our co-founders, Landon Montgomery," the statement begins. “In our early years, Landon played a major role in marking our path. We will always be grateful to you and remember you for being a part of our lives. During these difficult times, we give all our consideration, support and affection to all those close to us ”, they conclude. The reason for death has not been disclosed.
The messages of love and support to Montgomery's family and friends have not been asked, a gesture that shows the most human and empathetic face of the aforementioned social network.
In Memoriam pic.twitter.com/IYo8hMbpYH
– Gearbox Official (@GearboxOfficial) March 25, 2020
Landon Montgomery, Gearbox thinking mind
For the indelible memory, therefore, remains the contribution of Landon Montgomery to the North American videogame sector and the uninterrupted participation in the task of establishing Gearbox Software as one of the great western companies. That pack of youth ready to start a video game company from scratch was made up of Rebel Boat Rocker, Randy Pitchford, Brian Martel, Stephen Bahl, Landon Montgomery and Rob Heironimus in January 1999. Montgomery would leave the company in 2007, a time that Pitchford has also remembered in a sense message.
Sorry for unloading some fond memories … such a shock. I still need to process it all. He left Gearbox in 2007, I think, and I only saw him a couple of times over the last decade or so … I cannot imagine how those closest to him more recently are managing the news.
– Randy Pitchford (@DuvalMagic) March 26, 2020
From there, Gearbox would begin receiving orders from Valve for the Half-Life expansions and its consequent console port. Furthermore, their reputation allowed them in those early years to collaborate with other major publishers; Highlights include projects such as Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 and Halo: Combat Evolved on Activision and Microsoft, respectively. Also with Electronic Arts for James Bond 007: Nightfire. Always with Montgomery on the road. The two most prominent intellectual properties, however, have been Brothers in Arms and, above all, Borderlands, where the rise in fame, reputation and financial solvency elevated the Gearbox name to another category.
Rest in peace.
