Borderlands is a very entertaining shooter and a rather bland RPG. It rewards dedication with new guns and new things to shoot at, which is all kinds of fun for players who enjoy MMO-style progression. But if its charm and depth hadn’t been abandoned so quickly, it may have been absolutely brilliant.

Available on: Xbox 360 , PS3, PC
Genre: Shooter
Release date: Oct 20, 2009
Published by: 2K Games
Developed by: Gearbox

Multiplayer Modes:

Offline

4 player VS

4 player CO-OP

Online

4 player VS

4 player CO-OP

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Latest Stories

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Borderlands soundtrack set for release

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Cheats from CheatPlanet

Guns 'o Plenty

Nov 3, 2009

Invincible Jump

Nov 3, 2009

Easy Money/Weapons

Nov 3, 2009

Easy Money, Guns, and Artifacts

Oct 21, 2009

Achievements

Oct 20, 2009

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Features

TalkRadar 74 - Hey Vern!

Qore host Veronica Belmont helps us sort out Borderlands, plus we’re giving away 11 free games

Oct 23, 2009

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Aug 28, 2009

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News

Borderlands: best week one sales of new IP this...

Borderlands has thrived in the face of fierce competition from Modern Warfare 2, boasting the best...

News from N4G Nov 19, 2009

Borderlands Is Best Selling New IP in 2009, says...

The folks at Gearbox Software today declared their new game Borderlands the fastest-selling original...

News from N4G Nov 17, 2009

Borderlands Original Soundtrack Coming Next Month

Sumthing Else Music Works, through its licensing relationship with Gearbox Software, LLC, has...

News from N4G Nov 17, 2009

Borderlands soundtrack set for release

The Lost Gamer writes Sumthing Else Music Works, from its licensing relationship with Gearbox...

News from N4G Nov 17, 2009

Gearbox had 8 hour Borderlands demo planned

Gearbox have said that a demo was planned for their critically acclaimed shooter Borderlands. The...

News from N4G Nov 11, 2009

Gearbox dev says "Borderlands 2? and...

VG247: Mike Neumann, Gearbox creative director, has given a clear indication that we haven't seen...

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Borderlands DLC The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned...

IGN: 2K Games and Gearbox are proud to announce that The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned, the first in a...

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Review

It's a dog-eat-dog world on the frontier, and the dogs breathe fire

Oct 19, 2009

Borderlands lacks the charm of Fallout 3, Mass Effect, or Half-Life 2, but it does offer a crap-ton of ‘roided-out bandits, effed-up dog things, giant spider demons, and screeching pterodactyl beasts to shoot with a crap-ton of guns. And that’s really what it’s about – finding weapons and shooting things with them. You have to assign a skill point now and then, and there’s kind of a story, but those things ...

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Previews

New Borderlands videos!

Never-before-seen enemies from the end of the game

Oct 8, 2009

We recently got some hands-on time with Borderlands, the hybrid shooter/RPG due out later this month. We played a massively power-leveled Lilith character in two of the game’s later areas: Old Haven and The Crimson Enclave. Old Haven is a ramshackle city setting, while the Crimson Enclave is the high-elevation fortress of the Crimson Lance. ... » Read Full Borderlands preview

Borderlands – hands-on

With a change of art direction, this looks more original than its 'Fallout 3 Western' tag

Aug 26, 2009

The voice of Gearbox’s founder Randy Pitchford cuts through the air: “These players were coming up to the crest of a hill and this wall of flame shot up. Some dude emerged and had an Alien-style flamethrower under his arm, and I was like: ‘What the f**k’s that?’” ... » Read Full Borderlands preview

Four things you need to know about Borderlands

There's a little bit of Wall-E and a whole lot of loot hiding in this hybrid RPG- shooter

Jul 30, 2009

Borderlands’ concept is easy to get excited about: take first-person shooting, add role-playing elements, customizable vehicles and potentially millions of weapons, and our brains could very well hemorrhage. We recently had a chance to stop the bleeding by playing a bit of the game’s single-player and co-op modes, an experience that revealed four important facts - one for each of the game’s playable classes - about the wildly ambitous Borderlands. ... » Read Full Borderlands preview

Borderlands

Fightin’ on the fringes

Sep 26, 2008

What makes Han Solo cool? Why does Mad Max excite us? What is it about Firefly that makes us want to sign up for the interplanetary mercenary lifestyle? It’s hard to say for sure, but the pull of a wild frontier, danger, excellent toys, and rich rewards make for irresistible TV, movies, and games. ... » Read Full Borderlands preview

Borderlands

More guns than you can shake a barren planet at

Jan 24, 2008

The most exciting thing about Borderlands is that its very similar to the ‘80s space western cartoon BraveStarr. In fact, apart from the notable absence of Confederate little people in smocks and sentient, anthropomorphic robot horses, Borderlands is just like it - but with more extreme violence. The second most exciting thing about it is that its a little bit like the ill-fated Firefly TV series as well. With that in mind, let us ... » Read Full Borderlands preview

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Latest Comments

colecarson666 - 4 days 2 hours ago

The game was fun and cool, I beat it without too much trouble, however I am somewhat OCD about achievements. Could someone please tell me why there isn't any more online cheats for this game? I mean I have browsed a few cheat sites and have yet to find a walkthrough, or any more than the "hints" offered on this site. The big problem I'm having is with the "Scavanger" missions. I can find all but one piece of each weapon and then the last piece just isn't were the waypiont on the map designates it should be. The "Shut them down" mission I am having the same problem, except the waypionts tell you a location where you are supposed to activate these levers. I only found 2, and then there isn't a switch anywhere close to the next waypiont. Now I know I could spend 20 clams on a guidebook, but my OCD for achievements isn't that far out of hand yet. Please help!!!

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asshatjenkins - 7 days 4 hours ago

it's a good game. Fallout is better of course but then again, fallout has less action it seems. sure there's a cool scenario once in a while but this game is all about action and guns. If I'm looking for a deep rpg, I'll play fallout. If I'm looking for some stupid-fun action, I'll play borderlands.

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oryandymackie - 27 days 16 hours ago

I wouldn't get so excited.....Borderlands is an RPG, and the complete lack of character customisation really puts me off....and I know it will others too.
Me? I'd rather stick to Fallout.

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SugahDaddy - 1 month 22 days ago

im not so sure bout that but it will have spliyscreen, online, and system link co-op. I also read there might be some kind of PvP(player vs Player) and some kind of 2 on 2 deathmatch type thing.All in all this game looks so awesome

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