Tales From the Borderlands may not be the game that fans of the series were exactly waiting for since the end of Borderlands 2, but the game, developed by Telltale Games with collaboration from Gearbox Studios, should be one of the games to look out for in 2014. Now, it has been revealed exactly how the spinoff title came to be.

Steve Allison, senior vice president of publishing at Telltale Games, recently sat down with Polygon and explained that the game was first discussed as members from the two developers met over drinks at a event:

"We were backstage at the [2012] Spike VGAs...And Gearbox was sitting at table one and we were sitting at table two - we were there for The Walking Dead. We got to talking a little bit, and I don't remember when it the night it became, 'we should do this thing," but it happened over a few cocktails."

While this sounds like a typical conversation that developers or fans may have went out on the town, Allison revealed that the conversation left enough of an impression for both developers to begin working together:

"We could have easily left it and chalked it up to too much tequila, but we followed up when we got home...And they remembered the conversation. The Borderlands universe has so much story potential, all those great characters. There's a narrative there in Borderlands 2 but it serves a certain purpose, and we can serve a difference purpose with it for fans of the franchise."

As it turn out, Tales From the Borderlands fits into the type of concept that Telltale has been looking to get into, and the developer is looking forward to bringing existing characters to live in new ways:

"Another long standing desire, especially for our founders, is to apply our concept of episodic entertainment to a giant gaming franchise...When properties become a franchise, people fall in love with the characters. [Co-founder] Kevin [Bruner]'s dream was to find one that has great characters and passionate fans and try to do something with it."
Oh course, Tales From the Borderlands is just one of the four games Telltale is working on. Currently, the developer is releasing episodes both for The Wolf Among Us and the second season of The Walking Dead games. Telltale is also working on a new game based on the Game of Thrones television series on HBO.