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Dec 13 2012

Borderlands 2 Xbox 360 Update Information !

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You can download the latest update by launching Borderlands 2 while connected to Xbox LIVE. You will be prompted to install the update if you do not already have the latest version.

All updates are cumulative; you only need to install the most recent version to receive all updates.

12/13/12 Update

General

  • Modified profile behavior to better protect Badass Rank and related data.
  • Added functionality to detect and restore Badass Rank in the event it was lost. To ensure you are credited for as much progress as possible, please load your character, select “Continue” on the Main Menu, and then “Save and Quit” after you enter the world. Repeat this process for each character in your character list.
  • Fixed an issue that caused players to sometimes crash or freeze after killing Master Gee in the Captain Scarlett DLC.
  • Added a confirmation dialog when opening the Golden Chest in Sanctuary.
  • Fixed a bug causing players to sometimes get stuck zoomed in when in “Fight For Your Life” mode.
  • Fixed a bug that could sometimes cause skill points to be reset when loading a character.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause weapons to not stop firing when the “Gunzerking Autoswitch” option was enabled.
  • Fixed the Mechromancer’s Anarchy skill sometimes losing stacks incorrectly for multiplayer clients.
  • Fixed some cases where enemies were getting stuck and unable to move.
  • “Inverted reverse steering” option now works correctly for clients in a multiplayer game.
  • Fixed an issue that could cause the trade icon to get stuck on the screen.
  • Fixed a bug where a splitscreen player would sometimes not receive the appropriate default weapon when creating a new character.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause the message “processing vehicle change request” to get stuck on the screen.

Missions

  • Fixed a bug that could cause enemies and missions to be locked to an incorrect level.
  • Fixed issues with the following missions that could cause players to get stuck or not be able to complete them:
    • Plan B
    • Wildlife Preservation
    • Mighty Morphin
    • Fink’s Slaughterhouse
    • Animal Rescue: Food
    • The Man Who Would Be Jack
    • Get To Know Jack
    • Where Angels Fear to Tread
    • Trailer Trashing
    • Clan War: First Place
    • Stalker of Stalkers
    • The Once and Future Slab
    • Home Movies
    • Shielded Favors
    • You Are Cordially Invited: Tea Party
    • (Captain Scarlett) Freedom of Speech
  • Fixed a bug where the player’s active mission would sometimes fall back to main-game missions when completing other missions in DLC areas.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause mission waypoints to not display in DLC areas.
  • Reduced level of Captain Scarlett and Mr. Torgue DLC raid bosses in Normal Mode.
  • Captain Scarlett and Mr. Torgue DLC raid bosses no longer drop Seraph crystals in Normal Mode.
  • Fixed a bug where Master Gee (Captain Scarlett DLC) would sometimes not drop any items when killed.
  • Increased the health of Terramorphous, Willhelm, and Blue.
  • Addressed an infinite leveling exploit with Fleshstick.

Equipment

  • Fixed a bug that could cause players to lose mission rewards that they had not claimed when switching between Normal mode and True Vault Hunter mode.
  • Fixed a bug causing the item-of-the-day not displaying “sold out” sometimes when opening a vending machine where the item had already been purchased.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause non-droppable inventory to be lost when trying to equip it from the world.
  • Fixed the player’s backpack sort setting not persisting.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause players’ backpacks to display empty under rare circumstances when trading.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause the critical hit bonus to inconsistently be included on the item card of weapons that modify this stat like Miss Moxxi’s Bad Touch.
  • Fixed bug causing Tediore reloads to get Amplify shield damage bonuses for each round remaining in the clip.
  • Fixed an exploit giving the player unlimited grenades by picking up a specific grenade mod.
  • Fixed customization items getting sorted as “ammo” in the inventory.
  • Amplify damage from Amplify Shields is now divided among all projectiles fired from a single shot.
  • Balance adjustments to “The Bee”:
  • Increased Recharge Delay
  • Significantly increased Recharge Rate
  • Reduced Amplify damage
  • Additional miscellaneous balance tweaks.

Challenges

  • Added “(undiscovered)” entries to the challenge log for challenges that the player has not yet found.
  • Fixed challenges showing inaccurate completion amounts for area-specific challenges.
  • Players can now reset all challenge progress for a character once they’ve completed 85% of all non-DLC, non-area-specific challenge levels. This will keep the player’s current challenge bonuses and rank, but reset all challenge progress to 0 and allow challenges to be re-completed for additional ranks and bonuses. This option will appear as a tooltip at the bottom of the “challenges” screen within the status menu if the player has met the criteria.

Xbox 360 Update Information : Gearbox Software Support.

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Nov 30 2012

Xbox 360 – Redeeming a SHiFT Code in Borderlands 2

1) In the main menu of Borderlands 2, select “Extras.”

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2) Select “Shift Codes” from the “Extras” menu. SHiFT requires Xbox Live Gold.

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3) From the “My Offers” screen, hit X to bring up the “Shift Code” menu.

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4) Enter your 25-digit SHiFT code, then hit “Submit.”

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Xbox 360 – Redeeming a SHiFT Code in Borderlands 2 : Gearbox Software Support.

Nov 29 2012

Borderlands 2 Golden Keys Incoming !

This weekend, we’ll be handing out SHiFT codes that can be redeemed for a Golden Key in Borderlands 2 on the Borderlands Facebook and Gearbox Software Twitter!We’ll be posting five sets of codes across 24 hours, specifically:

Friday, November 30 – Post at 6PM CT, Active until 9PM CT (What time is that for me?)
Friday, November 30 – Post at 11PM CT, Active until 2AM CT (What time is that for me?)
Saturday, December 1 – Post at 5AM CT, Active until 8AM CT (What time is that for me?)
Saturday, December 1 – Post at 11AM CT, Active until 2PM CT (What time is that for me?)
Saturday, December 1 – Post at 3PM CT, Active until 6PM CT (What time is that for me?)

Each code will be active for three hours from its initial posting and will be usable once per account.

To learn more about SHiFT codes, Golden Keys and how to redeem them, visit support.gearboxsoftware.com

Borderlands 2 Golden Keys Incoming – Gearbox Software Community.

Nov 5 2012

Blockbuster Sequel Borderlands 2 Ships More Than 5 Million Units Worldwide

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Season Pass, fifth playable character class and four substantial, story-driven add-on campaigns fuel popular shooter-looter’s market mayhem

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New York, NY – November 2, 2012 – There are more guns, more mayhem and more gamers on Pandora than ever before, and they’ve brought friends. 2K and Gearbox Software announced today that, to date, more than 5 million units of Borderlands 2 have been sold-in to retailers worldwide, making it one of the most popular video games of the year. With the recent release of the all-new Mechromancer character class, the Captain Scarlett and her Pirate’s Booty add-on campaign, and three new add-on campaigns scheduled to release throughout the coming months, the shooting and looting mayhem continues to gain momentum.

A sequel to the 2009 breakout hit, Borderlands 2 released on September 18  to critical acclaim across the globe and currently has an average Metacritic score of 90*. G4TV scored it a perfect 5 out of 5 and said “This is the grand, loot-filled adventure you’ve been waiting for.” Game Informer and IGN awarded it a 9.75 out of 10 and 9 out of 10 respectively with IGN declaring, “This is an excellent shooter no one even remotely curious should overlook.”

“We’re thrilled with the momentum of Borderlands 2 and it’s really a testament to all the hard work that the team at 2K and Gearbox put in to make this a must play game,” said Christoph Hartmann, president of 2K. “The Borderlands series has never been more popular, and with continued support through substantial add-on campaigns, Borderlands 2 has cemented itself as one of the industry’s mega franchises.”

A fifth playable character class, Gaige, the Mechromancer, was released earlier this month and is free for members of the Premiere Club who pre-ordered Borderlands 2 from participating retailers. For those who are not members of the Premiere Club, Gaige is available for purchase separately for $9.99 (800 Microsoft points). Captain Scarlett and her Pirate’s Booty, the first add-on campaign content for Borderlands 2, was also released earlier this month and can be downloaded now by anyone who has purchased a Season Pass, or can be purchased individually for $9.99 (800 Microsoft points).

The Borderlands 2 Season Pass includes $39.96 of add-on content and is available for $29.99 (PlayStation®Network) / 2400 Microsoft Points (Xbox LIVE) / $29.99 (PC). Once purchased, the Borderlands 2 Season Pass enables gamers to download all of the announced add-on content campaigns for free as they become commercially available on the PlayStation®Network, Xbox LIVE and PC. All four add-on content campaigns are scheduled to be available by June 2013.

“The overwhelmingly positive response to Borderlands 2 from our fans has been incredible,” said Randy Pitchford, President of Gearbox Software. “Players have embraced Borderlands 2 as their next hobby with over 50 million interactions with Claptrap in the central town of Sanctuary and 12,000 real world years’ worth of time spent shooting and looting their way through Pandora! We are just getting started and have incredible momentum to improve and add to the game all the way through the holiday season and beyond. We can’t wait to show everyone what more we have in store for Borderlands 2.”

“The Borderlands franchise has redefined cooperative online gaming and the original game’s ability to engage users years after its 2009 launch has been a guiding light for the rest of the industry,” said Jesse Divnich, VP of Insights & Analysis at research firm EEDAR. “Borderlands, has been able to achieve attach rates north of 25% when the industry average is 14% and we anticipate that downloadable expansion packs for Borderlands 2 will generate similar attachment rates.”

Borderlands® Legends, a new mobile gaming experience, extends the critically acclaimed and award-winning Borderlands universe and is available via the iTunes App Store for $4.99 on iPhone and iPod touch, and $6.99 on iPad. Borderlands Legends is designed specifically for mobile devices and combines two popular genres, action-RPG and strategy, to create addictive, top down tactical gameplay.

Borderlands 2 is rated M for Mature by the ESRB and is available now on Xbox 360, PS3™ and Windows PC. For the latest Borderlands 2 news and information, please visit the game’s official website. Also check out Borderlands 2 on Facebook.

2K Games is a division of 2K, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO).

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*According to Metacritic scores for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and Windows PC as of October 30, 2012.

Jul 9 2012

BL1 Vault Veteran Rewards in Borderlands 2 !

Borderlands 2 will reward veterans of the first Borderlands with exclusive character customization elements — here’s a look at the character heads and skins that are unlocked when Borderlands 2 detects save data from the original Borderlands!

Gearboxity – Gearbox Software Community Portal – BL1 Vault Veteran Rewards in Borderlands 2.

Jun 28 2012

BORDERLANDS 2 COMPOSERS BREAK OUT GENRE-BUSTING NEW MUSIC SCORE FOR 2012′s MOST RADICAL SHOOTER 

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Jesper Kyd, Cris Velasco and Sascha Dikiciyan Return To Pandora with Explosive Original Music Score

Los Angeles, June 27, 2012 – Award-winning composers Jesper Kyd, Cris Velasco and Sascha Dikiciyan have created the genre-bending musical score for the highly anticipated Role-Playing-Shooter video game Borderlands™ 2 from Gearbox Software and 2K Games. Borderlands 2 is the sequel to the multi-million selling cooperative shooter-looter that combined intense first-person mayhem with role-playing gameplay.

Composers Velasco/Dikiciyan and Kyd were assigned the task of creating a colorful and dynamic music score for Borderlands 2‘s adrenaline-fuelled combat and diverse atmospheric environments. To accompany players’ loot-hunting adventures in the cell-shaded, eclectic world of Pandora, the soundtrack fuses multiple music styles and cutting-edge sonic palettes which exude the multi-faceted personality and thrilling co-op action of Borderlands 2.

Borderlands 2 features all-new characters; skills; imaginative, diverse new environments with unique missions and enemies, and more exciting and fun weapons, equipment and loot than ever before. All of these features come together in a story that takes players to the world of Pandora to take down the notorious Handsome Jack and his corrupt Hyperion Corporation as a solo campaign or with up to four cooperative players.

Borderlands 2 will be available on the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and Windows-based PC in North America on September 18, 2012 and internationally on September 21, 2012. For more information on Borderlands 2, please visit www.borderlands2.com.

May 31 2012

Aliens: Colonial Marines officially confirmed by Sega

Sega, publisher of Aliens: Colonial Marines, has announced that the game will see a Collector’s Edition.

 

Aliens: Colonial Marines Collectors Edition officially confirmed by Sega

At $99.99 a pop, here’s what you’ll find in the box:

  • Resin Powerloader statue.
  • Four multiplayer characters based on the movies — Hicks, Drake, Apone and Hudson.
  • Ripley’s Flamethrower.
  • Extra character customization options.
  • Exclusive weapons — Phase Plasma Rifle and Sonic Electronic Ball Breakers.
  • Exclusive level — USMC Firing Range.
  • USCM Dossier — includes mission brief, USS Sephora schematic, Recruitment card, LV-426 recon photo, USCM iron-on badges, USCM graduation certificate.
  • Xenomorph “Hive” packaging.

Many of these items will be available as a pre-order bonus through various retailers.

May 21 2012

SEGA and FOX CONSUMER PRODUCTS TO LAUNCH Aliens: Colonial marines Globally on February 12, 2013

E3 2011 - Aliens: Colonial Marines (Sega)

E3 2011 – Aliens: Colonial Marines (Sega) (Photo credit: PopCultureGeek.com)

Fight the Fear in 2013’s First Blockbuster Shooter

LONDON & SAN FRANCISCO (May 21st, 2012) – SEGA® Europe Ltd., SEGA® of America, Inc., Gearbox Software and Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products are thrilled to announce that the highly anticipated first-person shooter Aliens: Colonial Marines™ will be in stores worldwide on February 12, 2013. As the authentic addition to the ALIENS franchise canon, the game’s stunning visuals and adrenaline pumping action will deliver breathtakingly immersive single, cooperative and competitive multi-player modes. Providing for an innovative asymmetrical competitive multiplayer experience, Aliens: Colonial Marines lets players fight in first person as the ultimate combatants – the United States Colonial Marines, or in third person as the universe’s deadliest killers – the Xenomorphs. Plunging into familiar and new environments from the iconic film franchise, players will have to fight the fear and face the true horrors of the ALIENS universe.

“I am thrilled to announce the definitive launch date for Aliens: Colonial Marines,” said Randy Pitchford, President of Gearbox Software. “Aliens: Colonial Marines is the culmination of a life-time of inspiration from the films and relentless passion and drive from the exceptionally talented development team behind the scenes.”

“We knew this game would be incredible from the moment Gearbox began developing Aliens: Colonial Marines,” said, Gary Knight, Senior Vice President of Marketing for SEGA Europe and SEGA of America. “Now that the title is in its final stretch of development, we can confidently release the exact date that gamers will finally get to experience this blockbuster thrill-ride.”

“SEGA has a proven track record with the ALIENS franchise. ALIENS vs. PREDATOR released by SEGA in 2009 became one of their top-selling titles,” said Gary Rosenfeld, Senior Vice President for New Media for Fox Consumer Products. “We look forward to working with them and bringing an exciting new way for fans to immerse themselves in the ALIENS world.”

In partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products and developed by critically acclaimed studio Gearbox Software, Aliens: Colonial Marines will bring new levels of bone-chilling suspense and adrenaline-filled action to the renowned franchise. Aliens: Colonial Marines begins with an ostensibly abandoned ship, the U.S.S. Sulaco, recovered in orbit around LV-426. Players lead a group of highly trained United States Colonial Marines as they board the deserted craft to uncover the fate of the crew. They will have to fight to survive unspeakable horrors and their own anxieties as they chase down the truth behind a galaxy-spanning deception that places humanity at the mercy of the most murderous and deadly species in the universe. Aliens: Colonial Marines features authentic environments, such as the surface of LV-426 and Hadley’s Hope, weapons inspired by the film series and is designed to provide an exhilarating and engaging new chapter in the ALIENS universe.

Aliens: Colonial Marines will be available in stores across the globe on February 12, 2013 on PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and Windows PC. A release date for the announced Wii U™ version will be revealed at a later time.

Mar 2 2012

Borderlands 2 FAQ !

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Below you’ll find answers to some of the most frequently asked questions we’ve received about Borderlands 2.

Before posting any questions you may have, please review the list below to make sure they haven’t already been answered. Additional questions and details will be added over time.

When will Borderlands 2 be released, and on what platforms?
Borderlands 2 is being developed for PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 and will be released on September 18th, 2012 in North America and September 21st, 2012 internationally.

What is the Borderlands 2 Premiere Club, and how can I join?
Members of the Borderlands 2 Premiere Club will receive in-game items and bonuses. Access to the Borderlands 2 Premiere Club can be obtained by pre-ordering Borderlands 2 from a participating retailer. For more details, including a list of participating retailers, visit borderlands2.com/preorder

Is the Borderlands 2 Premiere Club going to be available from my retailer or in my territory?
Our hope is to make the Borderlands 2 Premiere Club available through as many retailers and territories as we can. Visit borderlands2.com/preorder for the most recent listings.

Will there be a Collector’s Edition of Borderlands 2?
We don’t have any news to share about a Collector’s Edition of Borderlands 2 at the moment, but we have asked for suggestions about what you’d like to see in one: http://forums.gearboxsoftware.com/sh…d.php?t=129937

Will there be a pre-release demo or beta of Borderlands 2?
A pre-release demo or public beta can be extremely time-intensive from a development standpoint, and we’d prefer to focus that time and energy on making the game the best it can be. However, feedback and testing is extremely important. To that end, we often invite gamers in the Dallas / Fort Worth area to Focus Test our in-development products and provide feedback. For more information on Focus Tests, click here: http://www.gearboxsoftware.com/focus/

Will Borderlands 2 be available on Steam? Will Borderlands 2 use Steamworks?
Yes, the PC version of Borderlands 2 will be available on Steam. In addition, all copies of Borderlands 2 PC will be shipping with Steamworks, so even copies of Borderlands 2 PC purchased at retail can be added to your Steam Library and utilize Steamworks features like multiplayer matchmaking, Steam Cloud support, Steam Achievements, auto-updating and more.

What sort of PC-specific options are being included?
That’s a great question, and one we’d like your input on. If you have any PC-specific requests, let us know here: http://forums.gearboxsoftware.com/sh…d.php?t=128237

Can I play Borderlands 2 online with someone that has it on a different platform?
Cross-platform multiplayer is something we’d really like to support, but is also something that historically been pretty tricky to implement across all platforms. It’s something we’re continuing to look into, both for Borderlands 2 and our works beyond, and hopefully something we’ll be able to do in the future.

Does Borderlands 2 support split-screen multiplayer?

Borderlands 2 FAQ – The Gearbox Software Forums.