Borderlands 2 confirmed - source

By Wesley Yin-Poole Published 2 August, 2011

Announcement soon. 2012 release.

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.

Borderlands 2 has been rumoured for months now. In April Borderlands 2 was spotted on a game developer's online CV – sparking speculation that the sequel will be announced at E3 in June.

Following that revelation, Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford told Eurogamer the Duke Nukem Forever developer had every intention of revisiting the Borderlands franchise at some point in the future.

"I can tell you that myself and everyone at Gearbox LOVES Borderlands and we have been absolutely thrilled at the reception it's gotten from our customers and the fact that it's sold over four million units now," he said.

"So you can see that we supported the game like mad with lots of great DLC and you can imagine that we're going to want to do a lot of things with Borderlands in the future.

"But we've only announced what we've announced. If we haven't announced it, it doesn't exist.

"Plans and efforts towards the future always exist with a forward looking studio like Gearbox, of course," he continued, "but brainstorming and blue sky research and development should never be allowed to be construed into a customer promise.

"A customer promise should not be made until that promise becomes sufficiently clear and ready and the commitment is there to deliver upon the promise."

The 2009 co-op fuelled shooter was a hit with critics and gamers, and publisher 2K Games has described a sequel as "a no-brainer". Eurogamer's Borderlands review looted an 8/10.

2K had not responded to Eurogamer at the time of publication.

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Comments (51) Latest comment 7 months ago

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  • TeeHee #1 7 months ago

    yay?

    Didn't think it was worthy of a sequal, but i guess somebody out there will be happy.

  • FogHeart #2 7 months ago

    ^^Oi! Stop talking claptrap!

  • Kano-11 #3 7 months ago

    I guess Gearbox needed to purge themselves from Duke nukem forever ASAP. Looking forward to this.

  • TeeHee #4 7 months ago

    @fogheart

    you're right.

    nobody out there wanted this.

  • mechamonkey #5 7 months ago

    I'm balls deep into Borderlands again at the moment, this is truly fantastic news. I just love the Borderlands atmosphere.

  • scowat #6 7 months ago

    Post deleted at 16:41:01 08-02-2012

  • Gambit1977 #7 7 months ago

    Woohoo!! New character types please :)
    I'll be on this like a rash!!

  • superfurry #8 7 months ago

    One of the best games in the last five years, chuffed to see there's going to be more.

  • Redflooch #9 7 months ago

    Next year is shaping up to be a cracker

  • Hindle #10 7 months ago

    This will be the Gameinformer cover i reckon.

  • Jonathan_Fakenham #11 7 months ago

    Hell yeah! Best news in months.

  • DonnieDarko333 #12 7 months ago

    I'll keep my eye on it..but i didn't get on with the first sadly.

  • roquey Verified Lead Quality Assurance Tester and Compliance Specialist, Universally Speaking #13 7 months ago

    I got bored when it decided to unlock every quest on any new character i started. maybe didnt help when i completed everything then went and hacked a couple of weapons to solo craw.

    Ah well ive formatted since then so it might be worth a restart.

  • metalangel #14 7 months ago

    Good, but a tedious grind (even a level differential of two or three made a tougher foe all but unkillable) and the whole 'loot!' thing was tempered by finding a billion appalling guns and one barely decent one. Likewise, every else seemed able to customise their weapons, why couldn't we? That had better be in the sequel, being able to break down the components (each of which having their own quality and level) to customise our guns.

    I think my favourite part was General Knoxx, the variety of vehicles and locations made it all great fun.

    My least favourite was Claptrap. Being able to slaughter them wholesale in the final DLC was nice, but the little bastard himself still didn't get everything he deserved for announcing how he was fucking dancing every 15 seconds.

  • elephantjuice #15 7 months ago

    Really pleased about this. I've probably put more hours into Borderlands than any other game over the past few years.

  • Vortex808 #16 7 months ago

    Glad to hear that. I will be buying this no matter what. Loved the first one, and look forward to even more loot whoring.

  • Lunastra78 #17 7 months ago

    I enjoyed Borderlands (enough to get the Platinum trophy) but once I was done with the game I was DONE with it.

    Borderlands 2 better bring a lot of new features to the table or I won't be tempted again this time around.

  • brseg #18 7 months ago

    Not a surprise, but brilliant news anyway. A very rare day 1 purchase for me.

  • AdamAsunder #19 7 months ago

    Borderlands was a great start yet the world felt devoid of life for an RPG. It suffered too much from the Warcraft signpost-quest-givers to maintain my interest for any length of time. The controls were perfect however.

  • Pastici #20 7 months ago

    Hell yes! One of my favorite games this gen.

  • kinky_mong #21 7 months ago

    Best news I've heard in ages.

  • jumpdeveraux #22 7 months ago

    Very much enjoyed the first game and some great DLC too (well except maybe that arena one).

    Oddly I played through twice and a third of way through first playthrough I got an SMG that set things alight. Kept that gun ever since even through second playthrough - it literally destroyed everything!

  • arcam #23 7 months ago

    Not Borderworlds then?

  • Seoh #24 7 months ago

    However it will use the DNF engine

  • darleysam #25 7 months ago

    This time, give it a story!

  • Kanjin #26 7 months ago

    Sounds good, but better quests, please?! If I wanted to get 20 bear asses I'd go to Alaska

  • fragglerocks #27 7 months ago

    YEY! I love Bordlerlands :)
    Lets have new characters, lots of new weapons & more story this time please!

  • gallow #28 7 months ago

    Target hit!

  • Khosrau #29 7 months ago

    Nice! Borderlands was a solid 8 as far as I'm concerned. Very fun.

    There's still a lot of potential left, so here's my wishlist Gearbox, pay attention please :)

    - More variety (both locations and enemies)
    - Give it at least a decent story this time!
    - Less static world
    - Please keep Lilith around (but even more playable characters would be cool ofc).

    Wonder if it will be cell-shaded again... Can't wait for some screenshots or footage.

  • Vedfolner #30 7 months ago

    Thank, God. Here's to hoping it won't go all DRM/voucher/ingameauction/day1DLC/constantwebconnectionrequi red on all of us. It's not easy to like games these days.
    Edited by 1 at 02/08/11 @ 13:48

  • Tryhard #31 7 months ago

    They'd be stupid not to make another one.Still we can buy Rage to keep us going.

  • agparrot #32 7 months ago

    Borderlands, the only game I ever bought xbl gamerpics for, in addition to buying all the DLC.

    I really should get around to playing the bits of DLC I haven't played yet.

    Copying the controls from COD was also inspired - you don't have to learn a new scheme to play it.
    Edited by 1 at 02/08/11 @ 13:30

  • ManBeast #33 7 months ago

    Didn't get so much into Borderlands when it first came out. I went back a few weeks ago and completed the game and got all Achievements. Hopefully the sequel will have a few more larger and more varied environments.

    I actually own two copies of the game (standard and GOTY) because the DLC is much cheaper to buy with the GOTY than individually on XBL. Digital fail.

  • andywilkie35 #34 7 months ago

    After hearing this Pitchford prick describe DNF as "the best FPS experience since Half-Life 2", he can fook right off!

  • geox30 #35 7 months ago

    What a refreshing,original,beautiful game the first one was!

  • Pastici #36 7 months ago

    Maybe they need to remap the Melee button though, maybe add melee weapons too!

  • Puzza #37 7 months ago

    Borderlands is one of my favourite games, ive lost count of the amount of play throughs ive done. Also one of the few games i bought all the DLC for. Been waiting for this sequel for ages

  • agparrot #38 7 months ago

    I actually agree about the melee button, Pastici, it was even in my mind as I typed my comment about copying COD controls.

    Borderlands was also a game vastly improved by co-op. Whilst many games are improved simply by the presence of your gaming chums, it really upped the quality of both the enemies, and the loot when you had other people in your game - playing with four players, with Larrybong having his 'extra awesome loot' mod on was a constant source of fascination in some of the more prolific loot spawning areas.

    I must confess I bought all the DLC in the sales at half price, but Knoxx in particular stands out as one of the best bits of DLC of the generation, in my humble opinion.

  • bratmandu #39 7 months ago

    Ain't no rest for the wicked!

  • Thrawny #40 7 months ago

    Strip the flesh! Salt the wounds!

  • Peter_LIAR_Molyneux #41 7 months ago

    How is Borderlands 2 "confirmed"? There is no official announcement from Gearbox on it, we only have an unnamed source "close to the game" cited by Eurogamer so once again, how is Borderlands "confirmed"? I fully expect it to be in development but I think Eurogamer jumped the gun here and I will look at future declarations with a hefty dose of skepticism now.

  • Flying_Pig #42 7 months ago

    Excellent news - Love Borderlands and have been holding out for a sequel

    \o/

  • AgentBalti #43 7 months ago

    Best news of the gaming year by country mile.

  • RobTheBuilder #44 7 months ago

    So good I bought it twice.
    Got to level 34 before my 360 broke, now at level 35 on PC...

    Great game.

  • alcides #45 7 months ago

    surprisingly addictive game.

  • vegard #46 7 months ago

    In other words, not confirmed at all (as of yet)

  • handsonhips101 #47 7 months ago

    My most played game this gen. Can sit and play multiplayer for hours. Brilliant news.

  • dsmx #48 7 months ago

    Since 2k actually TM borderworlds in april do we really need to be calling in borderlands 2, we already know what the next game is actually called.

  • shortyluke2010 #49 7 months ago

    Oh really? Why... If they are releasing it, then please make the storyline good! Take care of the bugs in the game and take out the pointless missions and put it decent ones. While your there think of good DLC.

  • shortyluke2010 #50 7 months ago

    Oh really? Why... If they are releasing it, then please make the storyline good! Take care of the bugs in the game and take out the pointless missions and put it decent ones. While your there think of good DLC.

  • KDR_11k #51 7 months ago

    I found it pretty boring, no idea why. They should add some actual variety to the character progression, give you more than one active skill (I was a soldier, most boring active skill in the game) and make the weapons differ in more than appearance and numbers (Diablo gear had all kinds of extra attributes, even Hellgate had a ton more weapon types than Borderlands with drastically different base behaviour instead of the same gun with different damage/accuracy/clip size stats).

    Oh and make shooting any claptrap NPC silence it, those things are fucking annoying.