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

Cliff Bleszinski: "Borderlands is the Diablo...

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Borderlands Now For $50

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GameStop: Borderlands Has Strong Sales Legs

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 won't be the only title moving units this holiday season.

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Gamefly Charts: Borderlands on Top

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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

The games of fall '09

Not all the good ones were delayed 'til next year – here’s what's left to look forward...

Aug 28, 2009

Upcoming games that could revolutionize the...

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Jul 3, 2009

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News

Cliff Bleszinski: "Borderlands is the Diablo...

VGarabia.com: Today, the infamous designer has praised Gearbox latest game through his official...

News from N4G Nov 6, 2009

Borderlands Now For $50

Retailer Amazon.com this week price cut 2K Games' Borderlands for Sony Corp.'s Playstation 3 and...

News from N4G Nov 5, 2009

GameStop: Borderlands Has Strong Sales Legs

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 won't be the only title moving units this holiday season.

News from N4G Nov 4, 2009

Gamefly Charts: Borderlands on Top

GamerDeals.net: Borderlands is turning into the surprise hit of 2009! Borderlands takes the top spot...

News from N4G Nov 3, 2009

Borderlands Xbox 360 version is on fire while PS3...

VGarabia.com: This month has been very crowded with the release of some of the biggest hitters this...

News from N4G Oct 31, 2009

Borderlands Patch 1.20 is live

Been playing Borderlands much? Well you probably already have been prompted to update to version...

News from N4G Oct 30, 2009

Borderlands Bug Not GameSpy Related; May Not Exist...

GameSpy not at fault for Borderlands' stat-resetting bug, but GameRanger's technology may be immune...

News from N4G Oct 29, 2009

Gearbox Working On Xbox Live Arcade Title?

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News from N4G Oct 27, 2009

Gearbox Sneaks Stellar Diablo II Reference into...

Gamervision writes: Gearbox has made their love of Diablo clear while working on Borderlands....

News from N4G Oct 27, 2009

Borderlands Accidentally Censored for Aussies on...

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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

oryandymackie - 14 days 17 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 9 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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Xtremer - 1 month 27 days ago

also, are the ps3 and 360 and pc co-ops gonna match online like me with my 360 playing with a friend with the pc? cos' that would be awesome

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Xtremer - 1 month 29 days ago

omg i'm gonna run to the store and buy Borderlands as soon as it releases. And the art-style is AWESOME! People who complain about it are stupid, Borderlands is unique and it also has unique graphix!

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SugahDaddy - 2 months 24 days ago

yea i agree,ive seen every video about this game and now i want so bad, ive already pre-ordered it

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