Borderlands

Borderlands

October 20, 2009·Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
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Ratings

79
User Score
1,019 ratings
80
Critic Score
8 reviews
79
Total Score
1,027 combined

About

Borderlands is an action role-playing first-person shooter set on the distant planet of Pandora. Players choose from four characters, each with distinct combat abilities, and explore an open world rendered in a distinctive cartoon-style visual approach. Gameplay revolves around completing missions, defeating enemies, and collecting procedurally generated weapons with varying statistics and elemental effects. The game supports cooperative play for up to four players, with enemy difficulty scaling based on the number of participants.

Storyline

In a distant future where mega-corporations colonize and strip-mine entire planets, four mercenaries known as Vault Hunters arrive on Pandora, a lawless frontier world abandoned by the corporations that once exploited it. Drawn by legends of an alien Vault containing priceless technology left behind by a vanished race called the Eridians, they begin piecing together clues to its location with guidance from a mysterious entity known only as the Guardian Angel. Standing in their way is the Crimson Lance, a private military force deployed by the Atlas Corporation, which seeks the Vault's power for itself. As the Vault Hunters collect the artifact fragments needed to unlock the sealed chamber, they learn the Vault can only be opened once every two hundred years, and the next opening is fast approaching.

Release Dates

PlatformDate
PlayStation 3Oct 20, 2009
Xbox 360Oct 20, 2009
PlayStation 3Oct 23, 2009
PlayStation 3Oct 23, 2009
Xbox 360Oct 23, 2009
Xbox 360Oct 23, 2009
PC (Microsoft Windows)Oct 26, 2009
PC (Microsoft Windows)Oct 30, 2009
PC (Microsoft Windows)Oct 30, 2009
PC (Microsoft Windows)Dec 25, 2009
PlayStation 3Feb 25, 2010
Xbox 360Feb 25, 2010
Xbox OneOct 19, 2010
MacDec 03, 2010
Nintendo SwitchMay 29, 2020

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Screenshots

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Game Info

Developer
Gearbox Software, Feral Interactive
Publisher
2K Games, CyberFront, Take-Two Interactive, Feral Interactive
Release Date
October 20, 2009
Supporting
Shadows in Darkness, Demiurge Studios
Franchise
Borderlands
Collection
Borderlands
Perspective
First person

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Platforms

PlayStation 3PC (Microsoft Windows)MacXbox 360Xbox OneNintendo Switch

Genres

ShooterRole-playing (RPG)

Themes

ActionScience fictionOpen world

Game Modes

Single playerMultiplayerCo-operativeSplit screen

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