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Borderlands 2 confirmed

2K Games and Gearbox acknowledge postapocalyptic shooter sequel in development, planned for release in fiscal year beginning April 2012.

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Yesterday, Eurogamer cited a source close to Borderlands 2 for news that the game was in fact in development, with an announcement "soon." That "soon" may as well have been "imminent," as 2K Games and Gearbox today confirmed Borderlands 2 is in the works for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC.

It's good to know that Breathe Right strips will survive the coming apocalypse.
It's good to know that Breathe Right strips will survive the coming apocalypse.

Set for release during Take-Two Interactive's next fiscal year (April 2012 through March 2013), Borderlands 2 will have new versions of just about everything: character classes, enemies, weapons, equipment, skills, and sections of Pandora to explore. 2K is also touting "an ambitiously crafted story," though the only thing more specific offered was that it will involve secrets being revealed and mysteries being escalated.

More specifics about Borderlands 2 should be revealed soon, with "soon" meaning at Gamescom in Cologne August 17-21, and Penny Arcade Expo, which runs August 26-28 in Seattle, Washington.

For more on the original Borderlands, check out GameSpot's review.

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Being hours and states away from close friends, it's hard finding 4 player co-op games. This game was one of our favorites. Thank god for a sequel.

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Heck yeah 8)

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I can not find words for how excited I am for this game.

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Cool, its about time.

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First game was ok, got bored seeing the same looking weapon just a different color, I mean come on they're whole selling point was a billion guns or w/e and then you just get color changes for the same looking weapons.

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@veggie530 i know what I'm talking about i played as sniper and used snipers with 98 or higher accuracy and had the talent to improve accuracy hit detection was still bad

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Borderlands is definately my favorite game in the last few years so this is freaking awesome! However, one thing about this is bugging me. They keep calling it "post-apocalyptic." That's inaccurate. The game takes place on Pandora which didn't have an appocalypse. It's just a very hostile environment.

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I'm really happy to hear about this but wasn't it just yesterday that the guy said that until we make an announcement it doesn't exist?

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This is officially my most-anticipated game of 2012. Hope they make it better in every aspect, because Borderlands was amazing!

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Give it a fleshed story and characters and I'm in.

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YEs!!!! Borderlands is one of the few games I have completed 100%. Can't wait!

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lol breath right stripes survived the apocalypse.

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I've read the top line and inside me wa already like this: "FFFFFFKN YEEEEEEAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH" Best co-op game i've ever played, can't wait for the sequel

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toss in some team death match and some races. Races would be sick think of death race.

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i loved the first game but it needed more guns, there just was too little loot. i hope they address this issue in the sequel :P

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@tttooooozzz The hit detection in Borderlands was fine... weapons had accuracy ratings and were effected by movement and such. If a weapon had lower accuracy it was generally because it had better stats somewhere else.

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I'm really happy for this, but I also hope they add a few improvements to the story mode. It doesn't have to be over the top, but a story mode that is at least worth paying attention to would be nice.

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Great news, as the first one was a Gem of a game IMO. Tracking........

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YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please let this keep split-screen co-op!

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i hope Borderlands 2 will have new graphic engine (not cartoon) and great co-op fetchers

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Helllllllllz yeah

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Boarderlands was ok I guess, to damn repetitive with the backrounds thou, and no "inside" places to scavage, jus alot of outside envro's. And no story or character dev at all, I can't remember one persons name in that game or hardly the name of any place I went. I can still give tons of details about places and chatacters from Fall out 3 and I've already put 150+ in New Vegas. But I can you all about Sherriff Lucas Simms from Megaton or describe the android named Harkness from Rivet City, or Moira from Crater Side Supply. I'm only comparing the difference in story telling and character dev not directly comparing Boarderlands to Fall Out, it jus makes my point. To me a game can only be considered good or great if it all around is good or great. I really like Boarderlands but it seemed really slapped together in alot ways and jus unfinished in other aspects. But overall they have laid ground work to make one hell of a sequel, I hope they do cuz I can see the potential the game has, I jus hope they deliver. And let me tell ya, the definition of a "Skagg

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Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!

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i just hope they fix the hit detection and AI this time they were abyssal in borderlands the game was still fun though

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Just please Gearbox no respawning enemies every couple of minutes in this one. Great game but that was a little annoying in the first one. It's the main reason I haven't beat Far Cry 2 yet.

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Hope Cage The Elephant be in the soundtracks again!

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please let me create my own gun

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Nice. Loved the first one :)

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Definitely it need's a create a character, so everyone in multiplayer finally looks different & not just a color change.

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Best gaming news i've heard in awhile. I played many, many hours of the original, all the DLC (even Mad Moxxi's for the added locker space). Such a great game, small nitpicks aside. Can't wait to see where they go with the next one!!

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Awesome! I just got the first game last week and haven't even started playing. Looks promising though!

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Borderland was a grea surprise for me. I pretty much passed over it when I saw articles and news on it but ended up getting it after a friend suggested it to me. I did not knowing what to expect from it but I loved it. Great with Co-op and just all around fun. Especially the duel feature (thats how we decided who got what loot, or just to mess around). Story was good until the end (was really disappointing) but still it is one of my favorite games and one that easily was a sleeper game for me. Definitely will be getting this one also.

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hell yeah i enjoyed with evertyng wiht every dlc and final dlc was awesome too, hmm we knwo that they moved on other planet but if they will be on pandora again it will be cool anyway! Claptop robots rules :D

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Great! I can't wait. I hope the old character make an appearance, with some new tricks of course. I kinda grew to like them.

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best news all day!! That game is like crack! I need more!!

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I do hope they leave stuff out so they can drop the DLC on us real fast like the last one. lol.

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I hope they keep the cel-shading or whatever it is, instead of pandering to the idiotic cry babys who want every game to look like a boring grey and brown snooze-fest.

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awesome! i cant wait!!!

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Awesome! cant' wait. on a side note to those idiots at gamespot, just because the planet of 'Pandora' was trashed doesn't make it a "post-apocalyptic shooter" morons. Yeah! Borderlands 2 AWESOME!!!x7

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Hell ya!! Loved the first game

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So it's still on Pandora? I hope they at least mix up the terrain.

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Great news!!!

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if they could go all-out with character customization(ala fallout), this may be epic.

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I still hate the cel shaded style. Makes it look like a N64 game. Gimme TEXTURE please. :roll:

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Can't come soon enough, this game was a lot of fun COOP.

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Borderlands:good

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caption under picture says "It's good to know that Breathe Right strips will survive the coming apocalypse." this isn't after the apocalypse. this is a different planet. it just happens to somewhat resemble an atmosphere that we often envision in post-apocalyptic themes. way to know what game you're talking about, gamespot. yeah. i went there.

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Well this is pretty sweetness, but I STILL haven't finished the first game yet...MAN I'm behind on games. :P College does that.

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Hope this time we're allowed to create our own characters!

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Awesome!! Great news. I love the first game even though I never finished it. I need to go back and play it some more. I'm happy they're going to make a sequel though.

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