Borderlands 2 confirmed - source

Eurogamer: "Borderlands 2 is in development at Gearbox Software, Eurogamer understands. We've heard an announcement from publisher 2K Games will be made soon.

A source close to the game told Eurogamer the Gearbox-developed shooter will release on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 next year."

[Chocoboh]

Meh.. Borderlands 1 was ok

[Heartnet]

Yeh bit to Grindy for my tastes :P but graphics were nice :)

[LordRydell]

I really liked the first one.Actually,I felt excited during the whole playthrough.
I don't think it's just the graphics.
The game was supposed to be fun,and that's what it was.At least for me...

[GrieverSoul]

Borderlands is a great game.
They just need to focus a little bit more on the story. Pandora premisse was good but the game failed to develop it.

Cant wait for Borderlands 2.

[WildArmed]

@Rydell

Exactly.
I loved the game. I had a blast when I co-oped w/ a few friends. Easily one of the best co-op games I've played this gen.
(Lilith ftw!)

I actually own 3 copies of borderlands ^^

[DarkTower805]

I was a bit disappointed by the ending, but I loved the game. Claptrap is easily one of my favorite characters of this gen. Imo, Claptrap made the game.

[Elwenil]

I enjoyed the first one a lot. I didn't like the idea at first but it grew on me. The story could have been a bit more engaging and they oculd have done a little more variety in some of the missions to keep it from feeling sort of lost sometimes but overall it was a good, quality game with some really good DLC. I am hoping we will be able to disassemble weapons in the next one and swap some parts around. Finding cool weapons was great but I really wanted to be able to use one scope or high capacity magazine on other models and so on. With the custom weapons cheats out there it made it pretty obvious how some parts could easily be swapped to make a lot of possible combinations.

[Reibooi]

I loved Borderlands. It's in my opinion the perfect blend of RPG lootfest and FPS. It's just so fun. I recently bought the game of the year edition and am loving all the DLC. So far General Knoxx is my favorite but I still haven't gotten started on Clap Traps Robot revolution.

I also have no idea where the "to grindy" complaint came from the game is set up so that 90% of your leveling up comes from doing quests. Most of which are done naturally as you play through the game. Very rarely do you ever need to grind.

[Anon1974]

Couldn't get enough of the first game. I must have put in at least 100 hours into it with all the expansions and everything. One of the best co-op experiences I've ever had and there's been a hole left ever since my wife and I finally wrapped it up and put it aside.

[TBM]

i loved the first one. it was great when playing coop too.

[Heartnet]

@Reibooi

Hmm I was playing with friends and quite alot of the time we were obtaining quests 3 or 4 levels above us so we had to go grind out some lvls before we could even attempt to complete them..

No game should do that imo hehe

[saladthieves]

Meh.. Borderlands 1 was ok.

It wasn't ok, it was AWESOME. How could you not love that game?

Sure the story line was weird and it had cartoonish graphics, but the game delivered fully on the fun content. This is one hell of a fun game to play.

What got me hooked was the guns, RPG elements, customization, different side missions and last but not lease, THE LOOTING SYSTEM...going around, looting for MONEY and GUNS was one hell of an addictive thing to do.

[ClimateKaren]

I was really into it at first, but it got to feeling like one huge grind after a while, and I found myself not really caring about it anymore. It definitely could've benefited from more of a story presence to give the missions a sense of purpose, and the overall experience a sense of progression outside of stats.

I'm definitely going to keep my eyes on this sequel though, the devs just may tweak the right elements and make this a solid 9 or 10.

[Hockeydud19]

I loved Borderlands, but the only thing that I was like WTF! about """"SPOILE R""""is when you get to the Vault there's nothing there. I was hoping for a stockpile of amazing weapons haha

[WildArmed]

lol stockpile of weapons.

Thinking like a true vault hunter man ^^

[rabidpancakeburglar]

*SPOILER*
You can't say that there was nothing there, there was a big ass monster and you never got into the vault. Hopefully that's something that will actually happen in Borderlands 2.

[Hockeydud19]

So I work my ass off to kill the monster and I get no reward lol. I wanted it to be like the Valhalla of weapons in there lol

[Micro_Sony]

Doesn't the vault open up like evry 50 y3ars - does that mean borderland 2 will be in the distant future?

[Disccordia]

It will be called Borderworlds

[showtimefolks]

i invested over 200hrs into borderlands and its dlc.

anyone who loves FPS done right with loot system get borderlands GOTY edition you won't regret it.

please have a better story
more level caps to start
i should not need to play twice to level up to 50
bigger world
more diverse world
a system that lets us build our own weapons
money in the game should mean something i had unlimited money by just selling old weapons
driving needs to be fixed

and please please have a bigger world and a story that actually makes sense

and no need to change graphics keep the cell shaded

Hockeydud19

i agree after leveling up all the way to get to the vault you get nothing that you already don't have. Weapons in the game were about the same with different stats this time just please let us build our very own any weapons we want

[snipes101]

Give me a more fleshed out story, customization options for my weapons (not just a gazillion throwaway guns) such as color, attachments, etc. and the armor and I'll be ecstatic. Oh, and a streamlined open world a la Elder Scrolls.

That's all stuff I'd like to see...but if they didn't add anything I'd still be happy. Borderlands was great :D

[solar]

i have no idea why this game was so loved here. other webby's put the game in its rightful place, mediocre.

no mini map, the missions didnt scale to your level, the boss battles were snooze fests, the ending was atrocious, sure the co-op was fun and claptrap was a hoot, but the game had no redeeming qualities.

hopefully the 2nd is better.

[snipes101]

Well perhaps the game didn't scale to your level because it required some actual work. Scaling is a plague on the RPG genre and should have never been in games like oblivion. I like the idea that there's areas I can't go to right away, it makes sense.

[Tru_Blu]

Well said snipes, scaling has no place in RPG's and I wish they would just do away with it once and for all.

[JsonHenry]

I played it on the PC and on the 360 with friends. If I had only played the game in single player then I probably would have never finished it. But with friends this game was a blast. Easy to get into and easy to play.

I hope the newer one expands on the missions and gives it more of an open world vibe than the last one. Even though it was fun the world felt "empty" even though badguys were everywhere. not sure if that makes any sense but it is the best I can describe how I feel about the game.

[atticus14]

Single player = one play through and never wanted to see it again

Multiplayer = played it through once then rolled alts and did it again and bought all DLC

:>

This game really shines with friends, but single player felt kinda empty

[dkgshiz]

First game was a snooze fest.

[Nicaragua]

I enjoyed it but the ending was piss poor.

[NukaCola]

The ending was weak. I enjoyed the fight, but it just ended right out. Shame. Well the overall game was a blast so I hope they took all the feedback of the first and make something really superb.

[Mr Patriot]

Make it third person and im in ..... tired of fps

[hay]

Try coop. I foung single player boring as f*ck, but had a blast in coop.

[lMHl]

The ending was stupid but the rest was sweet

[lMHl]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fxVeA Vl2I8

Burger King!

[jozzah]

Am I the only who thought it was amazing? Coop is sweet in Borderlands. Story was completely "meh" but that game is a blast.

[InNomeDiDio]

Hi, I have not played the game yet. But a friend of mine plays this game Coop with friends and he said it's amazing Fun. So I think you're not alone.

[NukaCola]

Borderlands was in my top multiplat GTOY for 2009, right next to Arkham. This was not to be missed. It's on PSN right now for $15 and comes with all the DLC, I recommend it.

Side topic: If you like the co-op, Dead Island will be doing a similar thing.

[JellyJelly]

I loved it and this is one of my most wanted sequels this gen!

[kingslayer1000]

yeah the game was excellent and iv'e spent so many hours on it

[AKS]

No, you're not the only one. I think this is great news.

[FunkMcnasty]

it was amazing. Especially playing through the campaign on co-op online with friends.. especially friends who were at a higher level than you were they could share their more powerful guns and sheilds etc.. I'll definitley be looking forward to the next game.

[vickers500]

Borderlands is me and my friends most played game this gen. It's an amazing game with amazing dlc.

[solar]

yes co-op was fun, but that's all the game had going for it. everything else was below average.

[Chocoboh]

the main reason why I said Borderlands 1 was "meh" was because of the story. If I play an RPG I expect to see a good story but besides that the gameplay was fun.

[chidori666]

YAWN..

another generic sci-fi shooter in existence for the last years.just another pointles FPS in an overcrowded market.

[JellyJelly]

Borderlands is one of the most innovative FPS games this gen. The way it succesfully mixes RPG elements with FPS gameplay in an open world setting is pretty unique. So is its artstyle, and the fact that there are 17 750 000 different variations of weapons in the game.

[solar]

the open world setting was a yawn to say the least mr. Jelly. the RPG experiences were hallow, didnt really seemed to make much of a difference to my character. the weapon variations were not even close to enjoyable and only a very select few guns actually were cool.

maybe i expected more :/

[MysticStrummer]

Borderlands is far from generic.

[vickers500]

YAWN..

another generic comment from someone who has obviously never played the game he is commenting on, or if he has, never spent more than a few hours with it. Just another pointless uninformed comment in an overcrowded and uninformed comment section.

[coolfool]

I played the first with a friend.

COOP was fun as you use tactics to defeat enemies. Would have like some more Coop vehicles though.
Story was a little non-existent for my taste.
Grindig was ok at first but did wear us down after a while.
Art style was nice.
Technically the games wasn't really that great. In split screen there was numerous frame rate issues and texture pop-in which is a bit poor in a world which doesn't really have much going on.

What saved it for us was the basic shooting mechanic was just so damn fun! I think they nailed that aspect.

[sealion88]

Borderlands is one of the best coop games to play with your buddies. Crawmerax!

[felidae]

great ... Borderlands 1 is an amazing game!

[Ja555on]

I am really regretting selling it, I didn't think I would miss it so much

[Motorola]

Ha I did the same to my PS3 copy. Bought it for 7.50 GOTY edition on steam. Totally worth starting over for the price.

[beast242tru]

i played part one briefly its different and from other games in graphics and gameplay i kinda liked it

[wallis]

Fuckin A'! :D

[DarthJay]

One of my favorite games of all time. The ending to the story was a tiny bit of a let down, but it made total sense and was extremely well written. Yeah, it's "grindy," but who cares if you like it?

I can't wait for 2!

[Pintheshadows]

Good news everyone!

[criticalkare]

ohhh yeah!

[rickybadman]

How the hell is Gearbox going to pull off releasing 3 games in one year?

[WhiteLightning]

They need to have some real weapons in the next time that feel unique but are super hard to aquire.

I hope they add some character development to the characters aswell, they all had a backstory kind of like there own reason why they were on Pandora but we never saw much of that. I want to hear different reactions off them so differen't missions which lead to differen't outcomes.

[CanadianTurtle]

3 of my good friends and I are actually currently playing the campiagn on online co-op. I have to tell you that this is the most addictive multiplayer co op I've played in years. We've put into so much hard work into this game, its amazing.

I'm actually one of the lucky ones that have actual friends to play this game with. Others that played the game alone really only experienced 20% of the fun.

And I played the game by myself for a little bit and I have to say, its not bad. Its actually really fun grinding and finding loot. I have to say this is one of those games where grinding can be fun because you can have fun using all the different guns.

I'm super excited for this game

[Saryk]

Loved the first game but played the whole game as a group from start to finish. Each expansion has it own humor and was good also……..

[MysticStrummer]

Sweet. I was just talking about Borderlands and my desire for a sequel a few days ago. Great co-op fun and one my favorite games this generation.

[AngelicIceDiamond]

Borderlands is the only innovative/origininal FPS game out there. I loved it, so can't wait for Borderlands 2.

[fOrlOnhOpe57]

Finally Gearbox !!
Borderlands really finds the gaming sweet spots! Opening every weapons chest is just soooo addictive! Pearls, pestilent defilers, combustion hellfires, volcanoes. Never knowing whats in the next one!
Cel-shaded graphics give it a unique identity (though I will always wonder had Gearbox stuck with their original, if slightly more conventional look) and the humour! General Knoxx messages just crack me up everytime. Pure gaming FUN.

[vickers500]

Double anarchys. Those are really good for crawmerax. I hope Borderlands 2 stays cell shaded, just with an upgraded and different looking cell shaded style.

[lochdoun]

Obvious sequel is obvious.
A more open world and a different setting would be great.
Really enjoyed the first one, still enjoying it actually (GOTY edition).

[Der_Kommandant]

This is how i feel...

http://i53.tinypic.com/291h...

[gamingisnotacrime]

Borderlands was great, now bring it to the next level

[JimboJones]

it will be announced at the end of the week in GameInformer

[CaliGamer]

Just beat the main portion of Borderlands 1 last night son, still have the DLC to get through. Great game, reminds me of games like Privateer and Wing Commander, not the space ships, but the mission structure.

Purchased the GOTY Edition on PSN for $15, best investment I ever made really. Can't wait for this one.

[Relientk77]

FINALLY Borderlands was fuking awesome, had a blast playing it solo and with my friends

[EazyC]

I speak on behalf of gamers when I say:

FUCK.YES!

[Relientk77]

Damn. Straight

[scotchmouth]

It's like Christmas!

[LtSkittles]

Awesome. First one was great, haven't stopped playing it.

I love how it mixes RPG with FPS, and can't wait for number 2.

[MasterCornholio]

Cool just need a billion more guns in the next one

[likedamaster]

My body. Ready.

[EazyC]

All we need now is a trailer to bowl us over for a while ;)

[sprayNpray]

ditch the crap cell shading and go with what the graphics originally were and I'll buy.

[unicronic]

Whilst the original may not be for everyone I found it to be one of my favorite games of that year.

Plenty to improve upon for a sequel.

[RAAMzilla]

Good news, Borderlands is one of the best, most addictive, most beautiful looking games I have ever played. All you haters can eat a dick.

[XabiDaChosenOne]

Stopped playing after 5 hours.

[HacSawJimThugin]

Can't wait for this game!!! Borderland 2 is going to be so much sicker than the 1st.

[Brownghost]

first one was amazing i have it ion xbox and pc i hope the art style and environments are the same and the gameplay was very fun i just want a better story but the humor better stay especially scooter

[J86blum]

I think it be cool if they bring the characters back but age them, and maybe even throw in a 5th and that can be a custom character with its own power you pick out of having 3 options.

[Knightofelemia]

I hope they fix the load times when warping to a new area and when the lobby leader leaves the game the game does not kick you out. Hopefully they fixed that problem by automatically switching lobby leaders while still playing the game.

[zero_cool]

Well they did over promise on the number of weapons that would be available in the game but they cut the number of weapons down & they said that no two weapons would look,feel or play the same in the game but many did seem the same.I say they need to full fill those unfull filled promises from the first game first with the sequel before anything else is applied to the sequel.

[zero_cool]

The game is overall solid but they made promises they fell short on that they should be obligated to full fill in the sequel!

[earbus]

For me it was almost as boring as oblivion online coop was just show and tell with found weapons.

[Rrobba]

Awesome. I loved the original.

[Snowii]

thank god!

the first game was truly amazing the comic graphics awesome rpg elements

the only thing they should change is the free roaming

like possibility to talk with people

and a multiplayer deathmatches capture the flag and such