Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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WellPlayed's Ash Wayling sits down with Josh Jeffcoat (Lead Game Designer) and Eli Luna (Managing Development) from the Gearbox team to talk all things spooky and creepy with the upcoming Mad Ellie and the Vault of the Damned DLC. Shocking no-one, the horror themes are because the team loves horror – so watcher beware, you are in for a scare.

Oh and if John Carpenter is watching this: the team hopes you enjoy the DLC!

00:00 - Intro
00:17 - Welcome
01:18 - How is the team finding the reception so far?
02:19 - Is a Horror-themed DLC basically a tradition at this point?
03:33 - It's all JOHN CARPENTER baby
04:02 - Did we put Ellie out of a job...?
05:46 - PICKLE!
06:56 - Crazy Earl is a cantankerous piece of shit
08:05 - Mancubus is hella creepy, right?
09:15 - NO STORYLINE SPOILERS ALLOWED
09:44 - The Whispering Glacier seems oddly fleshy for an icy wasteland
10:29 - Hold on, haven't we shot some of these shitheads before
11:38 - You better believe those FAIR DINKUM Aussie accents are back
12:59 - C4SH has backstory with Mancubus, does this impact the DLC's narrative?
14:24 - The Whispering Glacier is a ship graveyard
16:32 - We have done ICE before, what makes the landscape of this DLC unique and interesting (besides the flesh)
18:59 - OPTIMISATION!
21:35 - What is the most exciting part of this DLC for you guys, as developers?


Video edited by Ash Wayling (twitter.com/AshWayling)