Borderlands 2 Officially Announced

2K Games has today announced that the previously rumoured Borderlands 2 is headed to the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC during 2012. Borderlands 2 features all new characters, skills, environments, enemies, weapons and equipment tucked into new and unexplored areas of Pandora.

[Rrobba]

Great, I loved the original!

[Errod88]

Same Here

[Anarki]

Epic news!!! About damn time!!!

[Blacktric]

And same here. I hope it sells more this time though. It deserved more than 4 million.

[Mr Patriot]

No third person view, meh

[NukaCola]

YES! Borderlands is one of the best games around. I loved the intergration off online too! Art style was awesome, and the gameplay is amazing. Getting this day one. I wonder if your file will carry over, or maybe this game will go a whole new way.

[The_Devil_Hunter]

So you guys really recommend this? I just picked it up last week still havent opened it yet. So im looking forward playing it.

[ThanatosDMC]

Hopefully they add more levels and abilities.

[lil Titan]

hope they keep the same humor like the last one

[bayport]

I hope the next one works out better on PS3.

The PS3 version was plagued with issues. Especially at launch

[stevenhiggster]

+ another one
It's one of my favorite games, loved it so much I have it for the PS3 and the PC!
I had the PS3 version first, but thanks to Steam and their crazy prices, it was cheaper to get the GOTY edition off Steam than buy just the DLC for the PS3 version. A no brainer really.

[superadvanced]

i hope they make it for the vita

[Iroquois_Pliskin]

might give it a go

[badz149]

I just picked it up on sale on PSN. not far in but love the art style definitely! great that it's getting a sequel!

[Hellsvacancy]

I didnt, found it to be too much of the same, i was expectin more of a Fallout 3 kinda game (with nicer graphics) still Platinum trophied it though, i didnt hate it, just found it abit.........easy

[MysticStrummer]

You could have read a single preview for Borderlands and known it wasn't much like Fallout 3. Personally I forced myself to finish F3 and had no interest in it's DLC, while Borderlands kept me hooked with it's gameplay and I bought all the DLC. Bring on the sequel.

[ThanatosDMC]

Well, Borderlands is more casual after all with our overpowered guns. My revolver can 1 shot or 2 shot all non-boss enemies in the game.

[superrey19]

Play co-op with other people and the enemies become exponentially harder.

[ThanatosDMC]

I play 4-player co-op and it becomes even easier. They have more HP that's true but we have overpowered guns and we're hardcore killers so everything around and above us dies.

[paintsville]

I can't wait. Borderlands was an incredible game on 360, which ended up being the best console version of the game http://www.lensoftruth.com/...
Borderlands 2 will be freaking awesome too. I can't wait. Oh and getting DLC first on xboxlive is a given. awesome.

[Cmpunk]

sorry i didn't like it all it's just not my type of fps style maybe it is for other's but not for me but if the game was succesfull enough to warrant a sequal go for it, you have some great fans following this game.

[TBM]

Great news loved playing this co-op. Me, my brother, and some friends even started playing it like an MMO power leveling newer characters we would use.

[n4gisatroll]

I wish I could play co-op. Every time I'm online with my ps3, it freezes up my ps3. On my girls it works great. Still trying to get a fix for the online co-op. I'm sad i can't play online, they need to make sure the game isn't as buggy as borderlands is right now :(

[INehalemEXI]

woooot !

[J86blum]

Agee with Rrobba, I loved the original, short and sweet.

[showtimefolks]

i spent over 150hrs into borderlands and its dlc. While it was fun it has a lot of room for improvements.

1. better story
2. better loot
3. better guns and a way to create our own guns
4. more varied missions
5. single player should be fun without co-op
6. improve the driving
7. no loading times
8. bigger world but more varied world
9. better characters upgrades and maybe customizable character
10. NPC's in the area are not just standing around make the world a living breathing place

and keep the graphics style the same while improving upon it

otherwise i can't wait to get my gameinformer issue and can't wait to checkout the game at gamescon and pax

[mastiffchild]

Yeah, I think a lot of gamers who traditionally like their SP would have made the leap to playing a bit more co-op with this one had they made it more appealing as a SP game too. That way you'd get hooked by the world and actively harrass your mates to have a shot or even have a blast with some randoms. I like a bit more of a frame of reference to go with my MP or co-op too and had it not been for a couple of mates who loved it I can easily see me never having stuck with Borderlands after a day or two.

Shame, it would have been, but if they crack SP they have a GREAT game.

[HenryFord]

Also - SplitScreen for PC!!!
I hate that every developer out there just assumes that PC people don't want SS, it is riddicoulus.

[CrimsonEngage]

Wish i could be excited. They promised over 400,000 random weapon varieties before the last game came out and when i played it i only found out that they were the same guns only with different colors and a few different stats.

[50Terabytespersec]

Loser fest , Boring repetitive, game , Ill pass or play it on PC for couple minutes..
Then go back to my real life the outdoors with females and sports and go back to work for a living, and i'm not obese either..))

[superrey19]

You want a cookie or something? Lol please stop acting like you're special by generalizing that people who enjoy video games don't also enjoy sports, get women, or have a job, especially on a site like this... it just shows your immaturity.

On topic, I loved the first Borderlands. More populated towns is all it needed.

[Shinuz]

are you insinuating that you're gonna pirate the game then?

[PooEgg]

And yet you seem to find time to pop by a gaming website and act like a troll. Real constructive use of your time.

[_Aarix_]

Hahahahahahahahahaha

[jke82]

@ devil hunter

the games amazeing the dlc and online multiplayer questing are what make the game...that or coop with a friend when i first got it me and my friend cracked out on it for months....def worth it the replayiblity is insane on this title

[zeddy]

never really liked the game. it just reminded me of fallout 3 and i didnt like that game either.

[HenryFord]

It reminds you of what now? Fallout 3 and Borderlands are completely different... It is okay that you don't like it, but comparing those games to each other doesn't do any of thoses games any justice.

[thelostviking]

the current borderlands sucks.. I hope the newer will be better.

[Urrakia34]

The announcement was imminent. Bring on some more Claptraps!

[Shepherd 214]

Mm, mm, mm, mm, oh come on, oh come on, get down! Im dancin, im dancin!

[_Aarix_]

Wasnt there one where he ran from one side of the screen to the other on fire yelling "oh god, ill never do it again"

[Quagmire]

Damn, I better finish the first off quick then, been sitting in the shelf for months!

[schlanz]

Hell yeah. I hope this is a true sequel and not the same exact game.. there is a lot of room for improvement from the first.

[Drekken]

I hope they get rid of the cel shaded graphics and way less glitches. Very ambitious first outing that is well deserving of a sequel.

[fanboys-R-dumb]

yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeees finally

[Cpt_kitten]

wheeeew cant wait to see that beautiful art style once again

[kingslayer1000]

buying it on release

[Ja555on]

Fuck yes!

[Convas]

Winning! Gamescom's gonna be EPIC.

[BornToKill]

Winning?! Charlie Sheen is sooooooo a couple of months ago.

[Urrakia34]

You sir, are evidently most definitely not winning!

[WhiteLightning]

Woah.....brand new classes/characters

What was wrong with the other guys, easily could of added character development

[Cpt_kitten]

create your own would be awesome char would be awesome and just choose a class

[WhiteLightning]

It would be fun but as I've said before the characters each had a reason for being on Pandora but they never had a mission focused on that or some own character development.....I thought it was because the game was a new IP and they didn't know if it would be successful. I liked those characters aswell, it's like L4D2 they added new characters when the first ones were already good and better then the new ones.

I don't mind if theres extra classes/characters on top of the old ones but I'd rather play as the old ones because I have a funny feeling the new characters will have the same abilities as the old guys which would be pointless.

[Cpt_kitten]

that's why im saying create your own, if its just new defined chars (which there is nothing wrong with) i just don't want the game to be get to the vault again

new classes would be interesting if the balance out like the old ones did, they each work perfectly in coop not one having more power than the other

but the chars. from the first ones were great minus the char. development, but there was no variation you would have 4 Lilith's running around or 2 Bricks and 1 Lilith and someone else, by interesting to see custom chars. like a guy Siren (though that sounds funny) why can't a guy become invisible, or a Girl Hunter? thats my thinking behind it

[antz1104]

...Maybe port in existing characters, build on acquired abilities? I know, wishful thinking....

[KingDustero]

Well the issue is that they would obviously not be ALIVE anymore.

If you played Borderlands you should know that the Vault ONLY opens every 200 years. It opened in the first game, which means it'll be another 200 years before it opens again. The whole plot for Borderlands is about the vault. It wasn't very well developed in the first, but it was there. So it is quite obvious in Borderlands 2 the Vault is the focal point of the story. Which means it has to be opening again, thus meaning that the game takes place EXACTLY 200 years after the first one. Everyone from the first game (besides possibly the claptraps) will be long gone.

[WhiteLightning]

Yeah but we don't know if it's about the Vault it would be silly if Borderlands just focused on the same story....again. Pandora is a big place and even the solar system has another 13 planets some which are apparently much worse then Pandora. It dosen't mean that were going after the vault again.

and if your saying everyone is going to be gone then obviously not the psycho's because there still in the game and look exactly like they did in the first game.

[KingDustero]

Everyone character-wise would be gone. Zed, Marcus, Scooter, TK, and all of the other non-enemy characters wouldn't be alive anymore.

It is already confirmed the game takes place on Pandora. So I see no point in not having the story focus on the vault again. The first game did a pretty poor job at telling a good story. So Borderlands 2 can very easily tell the same story, but much better this time. That way it won't feel like the same thing.

We never did get inside the vault in the first game. I'm really hoping we do in the second.

[Cereal]

I still haven't finished the first one...I'll probably never finish it so I'm not interested in another one.

[vickers500]

Then go away.

[RAmar101]

1st one was ok for a while but was to dry

[padz1]

Dry? :L

[Kran]

YES YES YES YES YES!!!!

One of 2009's delights!

[Urrakia34]

And boom goes the dynamite...

[Kran]

Uhhhh.... what?

[Buzz7S]

Hoping they keep the co-op system which worked tremendously for a newbie like myself.

The game was something rather different, which was quite a good thing.

Come on Gearbox! Don't let the poor reviews of DN: Forever get you down. The only way is up! =]

[palaeomerus]

Are you kidding? This is almost like hearing that Denis Dyack is making Eternal Darkness 2! IF he did that then Too Human would be immediately forgiven! Similarly Borderlands 2 makes me forget about Duke Nukem Forever.

[Excalibur]

I'm looking forward to it but I was hoping more for a BorderWORLDS since they said in the DLC there were 13 other planets in the Sector and some FAR worse than Pandora.

[Disccordia]

Borderworlds was trademarked a while back by Gearbox. Maybe they'll visit it next gen.

[BeOneWithTheGun]

Glad to see that the fans are getting a sequel. I just couldn't get into the first one. Can't really say what it is but I think it just felt to cartoony for my taste. The game play was pretty good but I just felt like I was fighting Bugs Bunny all the time. Waiting for a big "Splat!" and "Boom!" to pop up when I hit things.

Happy for you lovers of the game, though. Glad you get to play a second one.

[Valk]

It's really sad that some people cant enjoy something because someone else drew it...My grandparents and parents had cartoons and didnt think they were childish. Today we have SImpsons,Southpark,Family Guy, etc and yet kids in the 13-18 range feel its not an adult thing...

Saddest part is the only one missing out you..Maybe one day you'll get off your high horse and realize that just because someone drew it doesnt mean its for kids.

Seriously it reminded you of Looney toons?Wow talk about a mind warp.

[vickers500]

Easy now, Valk. I agree with most of what you say, but maybe he has actually genuinely tried to like Borderlands/Cartoon style graphics, but just couldn't get into it.

I mean yeah, he is missing out, but just because he can't particularly enjoy that style of graphics, doesn't mean he thinks highly of himself or lowly of those who like it. In fact, it seems the opposite, as he did express several times in his comment that he's happy that fans are getting a sequel.

[BeOneWithTheGun]

High horse? What the hell are you talking about? I don't like Fords but I don't think lessor of people who do. I actually played it for a few hours, it just wasn't my cup of tea. I didn't say one derogatory thing about the actual game itself. I just said it is too cartoony for me. And it is. I love cartoons to watch. I love South Park and it has some of the most horrid graphics ever.

How about you get off YOUR high horse. People are allowed to voice opinions in the comment section and I think I did so in a tactful manner. So, in other words...fuck off.

[krazykombatant]

I liked this game, but as it went on idk it felt kinda meeehh. Good game to play in coop, but other than that MEEEH.

[spunnups]

I liked the first one, in fact I got to level 40+, but please, Dear God, add a little direction to the story, quests, and the game in general. I felt like every quest was so random and I had no clue where to go next to advance the story.

[Der_Kommandant]

Cracklands!!!!!!

[JellyJelly]

Hells yes!!!

[Nizzy79]

loved part 1. i'm on my 2nd play through right now. the story was a tad weak, but i love the game and the art style.

can't wait for part 2 :B

[sprayNpray]

Bring back the original graphics and I'll buy (before they slapped some ugly a** cell shading on there).

http://www.rockpapershotgun...

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[TravUK]

No thanks, plenty of generic post-apocalyptic games already out there.

I'll stick with something a little more original.

[sprayNpray]

You can be original and still not look like crap.

[vickers500]

@sprayNpray

The old graphics look generic and would have become outdated REALLY fast.

Cell shading isn't all that commonly used, so it still looks great years after the games release.

Taking away cell shading would be taking away a big part of what makes Borderlands, well, Borderlands. My guess is that you didn't much care for the first one and you feel like they "can get it right" this time by going with a more conventional generic art style/graphics.

Borderlands was amazing, and if you didn't like the art style, well that's your own fault. Most people love the cell shaded art style and want it to come back in B2, and most of those people are the actual fans.

[SuperStrokey1123]

Judging from the awesome reception the game got it wont go back to that. Its rather goofy attitude makes more sense to have a strange cell shaded type layout as it fits the game more. I say bring it on!

[TravUK]

It looks fine, much rather have something colourful and different than the typical grey, dull post-apoc that we've had a little bit too much of recently.

What with RAGE coming out soon looks like we'll have both types to choose from.

[Ravenor]

http://images.eurogamer.net...

Because Borderlands with the old look, looked great. /s

[sprayNpray]

*posted in wrong spot* removed

[SuperStrokey1123]

JUST AWESOME! Such a good game. Cant wait for 2!

[ape007]

fantastic

[SuperSaiyan4]

I was soo keen on getting the first game when they showed the original graphics then on the last min changed it for a cartoon style! I know many love the game and really like how it looks but if you followed it like I did before the change then it threw me right off from getting it.
I have seen countless videos to try and like the new art style but just cannot get to like it.
But then I guess they won't change the visuals for the second one...One can only hope...

[Ravenor]

You aren't the only one who had been watching Borderlands before the switch. The switch served the game well, I really can't see any detractor or reason the game would have been better with a different or more realistic style.

With the humor and vibe they were going for the old style would have been much more of a throw off then any Cel Shading. Honestly, I find it hard to believe this is even a point of contention for people and Borderlands.

It's one of the best coop experiences ever made, especially on the consoles. Anyone I have sat in front of that game has loved it, part of that is the art style and how it doesn't look like MOST games on the 360 or PS3.

[antz1104]

It definately wasn't last minute, they had dev diaries for months leading up to the release. The cel shading combined with the leveling up rpg style were two main reasons people bought it over a generic fps.

[Parasyte]

Awesome! Can't wait for this. It'll be a definite pre-order for me! I've beat the first one at least 8 times!

[Jejojaja]

Damn, i'd love to see a WiiU release.
but still fantastic news, ps3 or pc version for me.

[Empow3rd]

Hopefully they make the game they actually promised it to be the first game. Diablo with guns. They tried to combine the fun gunplay of classics like Painkiller and Serious Sam and the addictive loot system and RPG elements from Diablo. However they failed it! Worthless classes (only true difference was the looks and the unique ability), weapons that only differ by color, boring environments, mediocre gunplay... the list goes on. Diablo II is over 10 years old and it is more entertaining than Borderlands could ever be!

I simply don't understand how this piece of crap is so glorified. I guess it only impressed the console kiddies who had not played Diablo II or any similar action/FPS/RPG.

I bought the game for 30€ and I felt ripped off. I'll give the franchise another shot thought but being cautious this time.

[palaeomerus]

Yeah, bullshit.

[Ethereal]

Great news. 2012 is gearing up..

[PantherDST]

Oh Yeah.... Give us more Claptrap and his friends.

[J86blum]

I hope maybe this one they bring the characters back from one, but have dialog between them I mean they are all mercs, it be cool if maybe there was a story between them that can be flushed out.

[kingme71]

One of my favorite games this generation. No surprise part 2 was coming, just needed to know when.

[MasterCornholio]

This game will be utter trash if it doesnt have a zillion guns

LOL

[Tikicobra]

Heck yeah, this is going to be awesome. I'm curious to find out what the deal is with the midget.

[OllieBoy]

Borderlands was amazing, definitely my kind of FPS.

This is day 1.

[MasterD919]

I look forward to playing the sequel. The first was hard to anticipate but ended up being a good game. I even bought some DLC.

I certainly enjoyed the different versions of guns...I think more games should attempt to do something like that. Randomize a bit more.

[ApexHell]

good borderlands is in my top 3 games of this gen

[Eiffel]

A friend of mine has had insomnia lately, he'll be glad to hear this, five minutes of this and he'll be out cold. Worked so well with the first, I hope it delivers. Hopefully it's still got the repetitiveness.

Warm milk and sleeping pills never do the trick, pop in that Borderlands and BAM. Sleep like a baby.

[Shinuz]

Alright great news indeed!! i thoroughly enjoyed the first one and its 4 DLC.
I mostly played the first one in single player, because when you play with other people they always seem to rush everywhere and i'm more the type to take my time and explore everywhere.
So i hope they add some nice little thing to find in single player or give incentive to player to explore and look everywhere.

[bonus]

Can't wait! Hopefully they do some more updating to the setting of Pandora!

[Calidreth]

Borderlands was definitely a game that was its funnest when played with other people. I could not play the game alone for some reason -- got boring too quick. Had a blast online though.

[artynerd]

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[artynerd]

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSS!!!!! !!

[NnT3291]

I hope we can modify guns and combine different parts together. Melee weapons would be sweet