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Borderlands 2
Sign in to save2012 action role-playing first-person shooter video game developed by Gearbox Software
Game data
Metacritic 89- Released
- 2012-09-18
- User rating
- 4.01 / 5
- Genres
- Shooter, Action, RPG
- Platforms
- PC, Android, macOS, Linux, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PS Vita
- ESRB
- Mature
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Game details · IGDB
A new era of shoot and loot is about to begin. Play as one of four new vault hunters facing off against a massive new world of creatures, psychos and the evil mastermind, Handsome Jack. Make new friends, arm them with a bazillion weapons and fight alongside them in 4 player co-op on a relentless quest for revenge and redemption across the undiscovered and unpredictable living planet.
- Released
- 2012
- Genres
- Shooter, Role-playing (RPG)
- Platforms
- PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
- Game modes
- Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
- Engine
- Wwise, Unreal Engine 3
- Franchise
- Borderlands
- Developer
- Gearbox Software
- Publisher
- 2K Games, Sony Computer Entertainment of America, Aspyr Media
Key facts
- Developer
- Gearbox Software
- Publisher
- 2K
- Director
- Paul Hellquist
- Producers
- Sean Reardon Matt Charles
- Designer
- John Hemingway
- Programmer
- Steven Jones
- Artist
- Jeramy Cooke
- Writer
- Anthony Burch
- Composers
- Jesper Kyd Sascha Dikiciyan Cris Velasco
- Series
- Borderlands
- Engine
- Unreal Engine 3
- Platforms
- PlayStation 3 Microsoft Windows Xbox 360 OS X PlayStation Vita Linux PlayStation 4 Xbox One Android ( Nvidia Shield Tablet and Nvidia Shield TV ) Nintendo Switch
- Genres
- Action role-playing , first-person shooter
- Modes
- Single-player , multiplayer
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- borderlands.2k.com/borderlands-2
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- publication date
- 2014-05-30
- Commons category
- Borderlands 2
- review score
- 83/100
- social media followers
- 197195
- units sold
- 30000000
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Article
Borderlands 2 is a 2012 action role-playing first-person shooter video game developed by Gearbox Software and published by 2K. Taking place five years following the events of Borderlands (2009), the game is again set on the planet of Pandora. The story follows a new group of Vault Hunters who must ally with the Crimson Raiders, a resistance group made up of civilian survivors and guerrilla fighters, to defeat the tyrannical Handsome Jack before he can unlock the power of a new Vault. The game features the ability to explore the in-game world and complete main missions and optional side quests, either in offline splitscreen, single-player or online cooperative gameplay. Like its predecessor, the game features a procedurally generated loot system which is capable of generating numerous combinations of weapons and other gear.
With the unexpected success of the first game, Gearbox was able to secure a budget of $30–35 million to develop the sequel. Like its predecessor, the game adopted the "concept art style", which features graphics inspired by both photorealistic imagery and comic-book-inspired visuals. The team attempted to address players' feedback from the first game, and recruited Anthony Burch who wrote the game's script which is seven times longer than that of the original game. Among the game's diverse cast of characters, Handsome Jack, the central antagonist, was created to be a charismatic "douche" that mirrors Burch's own personality.