Looks like the term "cel-shaded" is not the one that should be used for Borderlands after all. After a post on Gearbox Software's message board seem to confirm that the upcoming FPS was switching to a more cartoony art style the developer's head Randy Pitchford has chimed in himself. He states flat out, "Borderlands is not cel-shaded."

But he also states that the art style for the long-in-development game has indeed gone through some changes since its last public appearance, saying " . . . we have made big advancements with the art direction and the technology to support the art and have produced some pretty impressive, even shocking results." Pitchford is being a bit cryptic about all of the changes but states that the official Borderlands web site will be getting a revamp this coming Monday. That revamp will show some new media from Borderlands and Pitchford says, " . . . that will expose how far we've gone with the art."