Developed by Gearbox Software, previously known for shooters such as Brothers in Arms and the Half-Life expansion pack Opposing Force, Borderlands is a first-person shooter and role-playing hybrid set on the desert planet of Pandora. Combining fast-paced action gameplay with a Diablo-style character progression and random loot system, it places a heavy emphasis on cooperative multiplayer and replayability. It also has a highly distinct visual style inspired by comic books and Japanese animation, featuring heavy use of cel shading and a Mad Max aesthetic.
The story in Borderlands is bare-bones and revolves around the player uncovering "the Vault", a mysterious and long-rumoured sanctuary of lost alien technology, riches, and more. Taking the role of a "vault hunter", the player has a choice between one of four character classes, representing sniper, heavy weapons, speed and balanced archetypes. Progression is made through the story by completing a large number of linear quests, and the game's open-world nature allows for both fast travel and vehicles to move between the large environments. Meanwhile, the game's most-touted feature, randomly-generated loot, allows for literally thousands of possible guns for the player, including rapid-fire shotguns, scoped pistols with electric rounds, and acid-spewing rocket launchers.
The latest entry on Jeff Vogel's personal blog acts as a delivery method for some observations regarding video game stories a...
Eurogamer reports that Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford announced at a PAX East panel that his company will begin work on a new Bo...
Lionsgate, a film production and distribution company that should be no stranger to anyone with even a passing knowledge of c...
Gearbox Software CEO Randy Pitchford has popped up for a new interview over at GamesIndustry.biz, with the primary topic of c...
Borderlands game design director Matthew Armstrong announced on his Twitter account that he would be leaving Gearbox to pursu...
According to a report on Destructoid, Gearbox Software CEO Randy Pitchford announced at PAX South that his development studio...
In case you own a copy of the original Borderlands, you'll be interested to know that the game is migrating to Steam, and wil...
Considering his track record, I'd take Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford's word with a barrel of salt, but it's still worth noting ...
For his WRPG-focused column on Joystiq, Rowan Kaiser muses about the contamination between the first-person shooter genre and...
Kotaku has a brief preview for the iOS title Borderlands Legends, which apparently is going to mix strategy and action-RPG tr...
I wasn't up to speed with Borderlands' sales data, but according to V247's transcripts of Randy Pitchford's speech at this ye...
In the event that you're looking for a new action RPG to keep you occupied until Diablo III's May 15th release date, GameSpy ...
Compelled by his reflections on a recurring sign in the original Borderlands, Nightmare Mode's Dan Cox has penned an editoria...
The original Borderlands' huge number of gun variants was one of its selling points, but apparently didn't impress BitMob wri...
Annoyed at the frequent comparisons between Bethesda Game Studios' Fallout 3 and Gearbox Software's Borderlands, WarpZoned's ...
Using Borderlands, Fallout 3, Dragon Age: Origins and Mass Effect 2 all as good and bad examples of how to do DLC right, IGN ...
EDGE is offering a two-pages feature article on Pandora, the setting of Borderlands and its sequel, arguing that it offers "v...
Gearbox Software has released a Steam-specific v1.42 patch for Borderlands, which includes Steam Cloud support and a new stat...
According to a report from Kotaku, an upcoming Borderlands patch should introduce a data-mining technology - similar to what ...
The first in what will be a series of new features to promote Game Informer's Borderlands 2 coverage is now online, with this...
Borderlands 2 has been announced today exactly one day after we've reported on a rumor coming from Eurogamer which talked abo...
Eurogamer reports that, according to a source "close to the game", the sequel to Borderlands will be released next year, and ...
IGN has put together a top 100 of modern video games, where modern means "current generation". The list is, as any other of i...
I think it's safe to assume that a sequel to Gearbox's Borderlands is inevitable, but while we await a formal announcement, a...
Those of you looking for some new video game entertainment that's heavy on the action and light on the RPG should look no fur...
Game Revolution has a video interview with GearBox president Randy Pitchford, which is mostly about Duke Nukem Forever, but a...
I'm not sure if the interviewer was expecting them to go "no we hate it", but art director Christian Lichner confides in Euro...
While we still don't have an official confirmation that Gearbox is, indeed, developing a sequel to their popular Diablo-inspi...
Randy Pitchford dismissed any and all rumors of Borderlands 2 being in development just last month. However, he now mentions...
You'll have to hurry for this as it is a Gold Box deal on Amazon and thus has limited numbers available: Borderlands Game of...
Replying primarily to rumors on Aliens: Colonial Marines being delayed, Gearbox' Randy Pitchford dismissed claims that Border...
The seventh day of the Steam sale offers second chances on the top-selling deals the service has offered the past week. A few...
Not to be left out, GameSpot enters the ring with their Best of 2010 Awards, and once again just about every major title you ...
The official PlayStation blog announces that the DC Universe Online beta run will be available to all PlayStation Plus subscr...
IGN seems pretty confident that Gearbox Software is hard at work on a Borderlands sequel, so they've put together a list of f...
As expected, Steam has kicked off a new "Give & Get" promotion that will be running through the 29th, with today's deals incl...
Feral Interactive's store now lists a Mac version of the Game of the Year edition of Borderlands, meaning the game will be a...
The much anticipated v1.41 patch for Borderlands is now available for download, bringing the action RPG's level cap up to 69 ...
Gearbox Software marketing coordinator Adam Fletcher stopped by the official Borderlands forums to let us know that the game'...
If you're curious on whether the newly release game of the year edition of Borderlands is worth your money, a couple of sites...
We didn't see a press release announcing the North American release of the Borderlands Game of the Year Edition on October 12...
A couple more reviews for the latest DLC for Borderlands, Claptrap's New Robot Revolution, have appeared online, continuing t...
To add support for their Claptrap's New Robot Revolution DLC, Gearbox Software has released a small v1.40 patch for Borderlan...
A few more reviews have come in for the Claptrap's New Rebolution Revolution DLC for Borderlands. Opinions continue to be all...
I didn't receive any sort of press release announcing the availability of Claptrap's New Robot Revolution today, so I guess I...
The first two reviews of the Borderlands DLC Claptrap's New Robot Revolution have hit the web and they're pretty far apart in...
If getting Microsoft points or PS3 trophies is a major motivator for you to purchase DLCs, take a look at the 250 points spr...
Joystiq reports Borderlands has joined the "hits" lineup on Xbox 360 and PS3, meaning the game is now available for $30. They...
The ongoing Direct2Drive Summer Ends sale offers a 50% sale on Gearbox's Borderlands, though it's good for today only.Other ...
If you're OK with spoilers for games you may or may not have played yet, you may want to check out this new editorial on Rock...
GameTrailers is hosting a four-minute video interview with Gearbox's Randy Pitchford about Claptrap's New Robot Revolution, t...
The best thing about G4's new video preview of Claptrap's New Robot Revolution is that it technically isn't a preview. Instea...
GameZone and Destructoid are the latest two websites to put together previews of Gearbox's fourth and supposedly final set of...
With Gearbox's fourth and final set of DLC for Borderlands just around the corner, we've updated our image gallery with three...
A couple of websites have made ready previews of Borderland's upcoming DLC, Claptrap's New Robot Revolution. IGN.It would se...
The upcoming Claptrap's New Robot Revolution DLC for Borderlands will not increase the level cap. Instead, Gearbox CEO Rand...
2K Games sent us over a press release today confirming that the rumored Borderlands Game of the Year Edition bundle pack wil...
A lot of people must be anticipating a Borderlands 2 announcement in the near future, as two separate articles covering what ...
If you missed out on the Borderlands deal during Steam's summer sale, you'll be happy to hear that the shooter/RPG and all of...
We already had strong evidence that a fourth set of Borderlands DLC was coming, but now it's official. Claptrap's New Robot R...
GamersGate has kicked off the second week of their summer sale, and while the next few days are technically devoted to action...
Thanks to some guy on the official Borderlands forums, we pretty much know anything and everything about Gearbox's plans for ...
Those of you who enjoy a little recognition while you're playing video games will be happy to hear that Borderlands has been ...
Microsoft has sent out a press release earlier today announcing that all three sets of Borderlands DLC are part of an upcom...
I apologize for the lack of updates over the weekend, but I was way too busy detonating explosives in the sky for my kids. An...
Valve is hosting what looks to be an insane new "Perils of Summer" sale on their Steam digital download service, with the fir...
Confusingly renamed from Defined to Shaped, GearGames continues its earlier editorial on RPGs that defined 2010 to go onto th...
The latest entry to 1UP's RPG Blog takes a closer look at a handful of action RPGs in order to pick apart the elements that m...
The guys over at Edge Online recently caught up with Gearbox Software's Randy Pitchford and grilled him about the development...
2K Games sent over a press release this morning announcing the release of a "Double Game Add-on Pack" that includes Borderlan...
For their weekend sale, Steam has slashed the price of Gearbox's Borderlands to $24.99 (50% off) or a paltry $18.75 if you're...
It's time for another round of reviews for The Secret Armory of General Knoxx, Gearbox's latest DLC addition for Borderlands....
VentureBeat brings word from GDC that OnLive will launch on June 17th, providing us with the ability to play modern video gam...
It's time for another review round-up for Borderlands' The Secret Armory of General Knoxx DLC, so sit back and make yourself ...
Between IGN and VG247, we can glean all the information we need from Take-Two's fiscal 1Q 2010 conference call earlier today...
It seems that we're not the only ones who thoroughly enjoyed the Borderlands score, as the guys at Original Sound Version hav...
Several more reviews for Gearbox's The Secret Armory of General Knoxx addon hit the web over the weekend, and they're all con...
A handful of favorable reviews for Gearbox's newly released The Secret Armory of General Knoxx addon bring us into the weeken...
GameSpy is offering up a three-page interview with Gearbox Software game design director Paul Hellquist about the development...
I haven't seen any full reviews online yet, but the evening has brought us some impressions for Gearbox's third set of Borde...
To usher in the launch of The Secret Armory of General Knoxx, Gearbox Software is releasing a v1.30 patch for all three vers...
Those of you who own the Xbox 360 version of Borderlands can now download The Secret Armory of General Knoxx from Xbox Live, ...
The third set of DLC for Borderlands is the subject of two more hands-on previews this evening, starting with the folks at IG...
GameSpot is offering up a thorough preview of The Secret Armory of General Knoxx, the third piece of downloadable content com...
Gamasutra has provided us with some hefty excerpts from a Borderlands postmortem that was published in the latest issue of Ga...
The first month of 2010 was extremely busy for us, so we're a bit late with our 2009 "Game of the Year" feature. It's a hef...
Without question, 2009 was a better year for role-playing enthusiasts than 2008 was. This past year brought us the likes of D...
Gearbox Software has released a new v1.21 patch for the PC version of Borderlands, which addresses a few pending issues with ...
2K Games sent us over a quick announcement today revealing "The Secret Armory of General Knoxx", a third piece of downloadab...
IGN managed to convince a number of developers to participate in a new four-question roundtable discussion about video gami...
IGN reports that over two million copies of Gearbox's role-playing shooter Borderlands have been sold across all three platf...
I hope you're ready for some more Borderlands coverage, because there are four more reviews of Mad Moxxi's Underdome Riot to ...
Now that Borderlands' Mad Moxxi's Underdome Riot DLC is available for all three platforms, I suppose it only makes sense to...
Gearbox Software has released a v1.2.0 patch for the PC version of Borderlands, which adds support for the newly released Mad...
Gearbox Software has released both the PC and PlayStation 3 versions of their Mad Moxxi's Underdome Riot DLC for Borderlands...
A handful of new reviews for Borderlands' The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned and Mad Moxxi's Underdome Riot are now available aroun...
There are already a couple of reviews available for Gearbox's Mad Moxxi's Underdome Riot DLC for Borderlands, in case it was ...
Gearbox Software has released Borderlands' second set of DLC, Mad Moxxi's Underdome Riot, on the Xbox Live Marketplace. 800 p...
Gearbox designer Matthew Armstrong chats with Shacknews about Madd Maxxi's Underdome Riot, Borderlands' second set of DLC tha...
The guys at Gearboxity had the opportunity to grill several members of the Borderlands development team about the game's seco...
Eurogamer continues to look back at the standout titles of 2009, with their latest article focusing on Gearbox Software's "ro...
Gearbox Software has released a 79-second trailer promoting the upcoming release of their Mad Moxxi's Underdome Riot DLC for ...
Gearbox has been giving a few sneak peeks of their upcoming Mad Moxxi's Underdome Riot DLC for Borderlands, resulting in a ha...
Should you still be debating a purchase of Borderlands or its The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned DLC, you might want to look over t...
Several more reviews for The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned have recently surfaced, so I suppose now is as good of a time as any to...
Gearbox Software has released a v1.1 patch for the PC version of Borderlands, a de-authorization tool that will make The Zom...
2K Games sent out a press release this afternoon confirming that Borderlands will indeed be getting a second set of DLC, and ...
2K Games and Gearbox Software have quietly released their The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned DLC for the PC version of Borderlands ...
MSNBC is next in line with a year-end round-up of the ten video games most worthy of their space on your hard drive. Border...
The PlayStation 3 has been updated to support a handful of new Borderlands trophies that suggest Gearbox is gearing up to rel...
GameSpot brings word that 2K Games has secured "long-term publishing rights to Borderlands sequels", which dispels any illusi...
I think we've rounded up enough reviews Borderlands' The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned at this point, so this will probably be our...
After giving Gearbox's "role-playing shooter" a full run-through, Brother None returns from the wasteland to tell us what h...
GameplayBorderlands is a fairly simple, action-oriented FPS/Diablo clone. The gameplay is as straightforward as that descript...
A couple of new reviews for Gearbox's The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned addon hit the web over the weekend, though neither one doe...
Valve's five-day "early holiday sale" continues on Steam, with the latest set of deals including Gearbox's RPG/shooter Border...
A handful of reviews for Gearbox's first Borderlands DLC, The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned, are online and ready for your viewing...
Per a 2K Games press release, Borderlands' first DLC - The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned - is now available on the Xbox 360 and Pl...
In addition to a short update on Borderlands' ending from senior designer Paul Helquist on MTV Multiplayer, there's a lengthy...
Gearbox's The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned DLC launches today, and to celebrate they've released a 108-second launch trailer. If ...
2K Games and Gearbox Software have launched a new website dedicated to their The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned DLC for Borderland...
While chatting up Borderlands design director Paul Helquist, MTV Multiplayer managed to glean several new details about The Z...
Spike TV has revealed the nominations for their 2009 Video Game Awards, though there really aren't many titles that we're con...
G4 is next in line with a hands-on preview of Gearbox's first set of Borderlands DLC, The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned. The focus...
Gearbox Software has finally gotten around to releasing a v1.0.1 patch for the PC version of Borderlands, which fixes Lilith'...
GameSpot has conjured up some early hands-on impressions of Gearbox's forthcoming The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned DLC for Border...
In addition to a video preview of The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned, IGN has cranked out a "first look" article that provides a fe...
Gearbox creative director Mike Neumann took a moment to chat with VG247 about the success of Borderlands, its upcoming DLC, t...
2K Games sent us a quick announcement this afternoon confirming that Gearbox's The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned add-on for Border...
My guess is that you've probably seen enough Borderlands reviews at this point, so this will probably be my last round-up unt...
It's time for another daily dose of Borderlands reviews courtesy of our friend, the Internet. GameSpot gives it an 8.5/10: Af...
After you're done checking out the Borderlands launch trailer on Voodoo Extreme, there are quite a few new reviews to sift th...
According to a couple of announcements on the official Gearbox forums, patches for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of...
Another day, and the supply of unanimously positive Borderlands reviews keeps coming, as the FPS/RPG is living up to its "sle...
Shacknews has slapped up a three-page interview with Gearbox's Mikey Neumann about a range of topics related to their newly r...
If Borderlands reviews are what you're looking for, then it's Borderlands reviews that you're going to get. Eleven more incom...
Borderlands continues to garner fairly high praise as another wave of reviews for Gearbox's recently released FPS/RPG hits th...
An absurd number of Borderlands reviews have been published to the web since our last round-up, so I thought I'd dive into th...
The curiously named blog No More Game Blogs has published an interview they conducted with Borderlands art lead James Sanders...
MTV Multiplayer reveals that the top tier of the Siren skill tree is broken, as the powerful skill Phase Strike is not doin...
If our review round-ups aren't enough of an indication of whether or not you should buy Borderlands, then you may want to che...
Yet another batch of Borderlands reviews are now available, and they follow the recent trend of being well above average in t...
Borderlands is now available across North America, so take a moment to read up on these latest reviews before running out an...
After a few early stragglers, we now have a massive wave of Borderlands reviews to bring to your attention. We start off at I...
We'll no doubt being seeing a slew of Borderlands reviews this week, but at the moment there only appears to be a couple to r...
With only two days left until Borderlands hits store shelves, several more articles pertaining to the role-playing shooter ha...
Because there seems to be some confusion over the "gazillions" of weapons available in Borderlands, IGN has conjured up a qui...
The guys over at College News have penned an article that lists five gameplay elements that they think will make Borderlands ...
A couple of new previews for 2K Games and Gearbox's Borderlands bring us into the start of yet another weekend. First in line...
Even though Borderlands won't actually be available for a few more days, 2K Games and Gearbox have already announced the game...
If you plan on picking up Borderlands next week, then you may want to hit the game's official website and get a jump start on...
2K Games and Gearbox Software have released the one-minute advertisement that will be introducing television viewers to Borde...
With the role-playing shooter only a week from release, we have two more hands-on previews of Gearbox's Borderlands to report...
Gamasutra has published an extensive five-page interview with Gearbox's Randy Pitchford about the design decisions that the t...
If you already plan on picking up a copy of Borderlands and hammering through the wasteland with a few friends, then Steam sh...
Gearbox Software fired over a press release earlier this evening announcing that Borderlands has officially gone gold across ...
With Borderlands' release only 11 days away, it might be a good idea to brush up on your knowledge of the game by reading th...
If you've been wondering what the deal is with the Gearbox Mercenary Weapon Pack that you receive for pre-ordering Borderland...
While you're listening to the new Borderlands interview with 2K Games' Dave Halse on EleetOnline, you can stop by USA Today f...
Gearbox gave attendees at South Africa's rAge Expo some hands-on time with Borderlands, and the first of the resulting previe...
OXM apparently thinks that we already know enough about Gearbox's Borderlands, as their new preview for the game only spans ...
Voodoo Extreme has uploaded four new trailers that highlight the skill choices available to the four characters in Gearbox's ...
IGN has cranked out a set of detailed profiles for the four character classes that will be available to us later this month ...
Gearbox has acknowledged that they haven't shown much past the first fifteen levels in Borderlands, so they've tried to recti...
Gearbox Software has released a second installment to their series of "Behind the Scenes" episodes for Borderlands. The foul-...
NZGamer is the latest website to put forth a hands-on preview of Gearbox's role-playing shooter, Borderlands.Borderlands game...
Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford continues to make the rounds answering questions about Borderlands, with two more interviews show...
The editors at MTV Multiplayer were able to get their hands on a press build of Borderlands and have kicked up some initial i...
IGN is reporting that the PC version of Borderlands has been pushed back six days in North America and ten days international...
The weekend brings us even more coverage for Gearbox's Borderlands, with yet another set of hands-on previews making their wa...
The weekend brings us two more Borderlands interviews, and this time they're with associate producer Chase Sensky and creativ...
If you just can't get enough of Gearbox's Borderlands, you're in luck, as there are several more hands-on previews for you to...
If you went searching the web for more Borderlands-related content today, you'd find another slew of hands-on previews waitin...
Gearbox's Randy Pitchford and Mikey Neumann have apparently been quite busy, having answered dozens of questions about Border...
Gearbox's Borderlands seems to be gaining a lot of momentum, with yet another hands-on preview hitting the Internet this week...
We wouldn't be ready to head into the weekend without another trio of hands-on previews of Borderlands, would we?PALGN starts...
Gearbox Software has released the first in what will apparently be a series of "Behind the Scenes" episodes for Borderlands. ...
If you haven't had your fill of PAX-based Borderlands previews, then you may want to turn your gaze over to Hooked Gamers and...
A new hands-on Borderlands preview and another interview with Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford both reached the web over the holid...
Yet another hands-on Borderlands preview has come out of the Penny Arcade Expo, and this time it's over at Thunderbolt.Border...
GameSpot has whipped up a preview-of-sorts based on a Borderlands panel discussion hosted by Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford at t...
WorthPlaying brings us their take on Gearbox's Borderlands, presumably after trying out the game during last month's GamesCom...
Gearbox's Borderlands is the subject of two more hands-on previews, courtesy of the build that was on display at this year's ...
Should you be searching for another preview of Gearbox's Borderlands, you'll find one waiting for you over at AtomicGamer.I'v...
The Borderlands hype machine rolls on, with Fragland kicking up a somewhat generic interview with Gearbox Software CEO Randy ...
The day wouldn't be complete without another GamesCom-based Borderlands preview, and this particular article can be found ove...
Voodoo Extreme is hosting two separate trailers that cover the combat-heavy Borderlands demonstration that was shown at this ...
Yet another hands-on preview of Gearbox Software's Borderlands has made its way to the web, and this time it's over at MSXbox...
Yet another pair of hands-on previews for Gearbox's Borderlands are available on the Internet for your reading pleasure.The f...
Strategy Informer recently tracked down Gearbox's Randy Pitchford and Steve Gibson for a quick discussion about their upcomin...
Gearbox's co-op friendly shooter/RPG is the subject of yet another GamesCom preview, and this time it's over at Gamereactor.I...
Eurogamer reports that Gearbox is working on some post-release DLC for Borderlands, though the base game will already steal a...
Destructoid has uploaded a set of fifteen new screenshots from Borderlands, the Mad Max-inspired "shooter RPG" that'll be hit...
The guys at Game Revolution are next in line to preview Borderlands, Gearbox Software's co-op friendly "role-playing shooter"...