![]() While Borderlands 2 and Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel copped the re-release treatment already with The Handsome Collection, the first game was conspicuously absent. Only this time, it’s in the form of Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition, a cheekily-titled ‘remaster’ of the game for current platforms. Not just in Borderlands, but in the idea of the co-op shooter with loot and RPG elements, a concept that has only grown more popular since.įast forward just over ten years and two sequels later, and I’m once again playing the original Borderlands. ![]() My cousin and I jumped on, happy just to be doing something mildly interesting, and it was at that exact moment that I became a believer. Publisher 2K had the marketing train going full steam though, and part of that was to set up an enclosed booth area in the middle of this dingy convention hall with a playable demo of the game. The game hadn’t been released yet, but I’d seen plenty of talk about it in magazines (remember those?) and it looked… okay. Availability varies by region check your local retailers for details.My first experience with the original Borderlands was at a really sad tech/gaming expo in Perth when I was 18. **Valid on digital purchases at select retailers. Xbox offer only available to Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members. Xbox offer available until 11:59 PM PDT, July 21, 2019. *PC offer available until 1:00 PM PDT, July 21, 2019. Now’s a great time to revisit Borderlands’ beginnings ahead of Borderlands 3, so get out there and enjoy Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition for free this weekend. All your progress will carry over, so you can pick up where you left off in the story and continue perfecting your favorite Vault Hunter’s build and weapon loadout. If you run out of free shooting-and-looting time and would like to keep playing, Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition will be on sale for 50% off until July 22 on Steam / July 29 on Xbox One**. ![]() Ned, Mad Moxxi’s Underdome Riot, The Secret Armory of General Knoxx, and Claptrap’s New Robot Revolution. Steam: July 21 – 1:00 PM PDT / 4:00 PM EDT / 9:00 PM BST, July 22 – 4:00AM GMT+8 / 6:00 AM AESTīorderlands: Game of the Year Edition includes all four of the DLC add-ons, so in addition to the main campaign you can play through The Zombie Island of Dr. Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition includes remastered Ultra HD visuals as well as new features like local co-op for up to four players and even a handy minimap, so it’s well worth revisiting even if you played Borderlands back in the day. Lilith the Siren, Mordecai the Hunter, Roland the Soldier, and Brick the Berserker explore the desert wastelands of Pandora in search of a legendary Vault Key, killing hundreds of crazed bandits and collecting some killer loot along the way. Today through Sunday, July 21 (exact times listed below), you can jump into Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition on your PC or Xbox One to wreak havoc as the four original Vault Hunters. Before you embark on a planet-hopping adventure in Borderlands 3, how about you take another mayhem-filled tour of Pandora and see where the shooter-looter genre was born? Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition is the best way to experience the series’ start-and you can try it for free this weekend* on PC (via Steam) and Xbox One (exclusively for Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members).
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