In a move that doesn't surprise me, 2K Games and Gearbox Software have announced a Borderlands Game of the Year Edition. It will be released on PC ($50) in addition to PS3 and 360 ($60). What do you think will be included in the GOTY Edition? You're right! It will include the following:
GOTY Editions can be a good value for gamers that missed the title's original release. I know I haven't played Borderlands (or any of its expansions) so this is a good opportunity to experience it all. The official release date is October 12.
2K Games and Gearbox Software Bring Carnage and Mayhem
to Video Game Consoles this Fall with Borderlands™ Game of the Year
New York, NY – August 30, 2010 – 2K Games and Gearbox Software announced today that
the superextravasplosive, mega-hit Borderlands™ will offer a Game of the Year edition this fall.
Borderlands™ Game of the Year will be available for the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment
system, Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft for $59.99 and Windows PC for
$49.99 starting October 12, 2010.
This new addition to the critically acclaimed Borderlands experience will provide fans with the ultimate
outlet to lock, load and face the madness. More than 17 million unique weapons and loot empower
gamers to blissfully blast their way through all of Pandora’s inhospitable environments and leave behind
a bloody wasteland of indigenous monsters, zombies, Claptraps and evil corporate mercenaries. Level
up with the Borderlands experience seamlessly by playing alone or with friends through extensive split-
screen or online co-op integration for the most ultimate Role-Playing Shooter fun ever created.
Borderlands Game of the Year edition will come with tokens for download of the recently announced
add-on pack, Claptrap’s New Robot Revolution, as well as the three previous best-selling destructive
downloadable adventures - the living dead-filled The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned, the ultimate video game
survival of the fittest test Mad Moxxi’s Underdome Riot, and the utterly fantastic The Secret Armory
of General Knoxx. Also included, will be a complete and comprehensive map of the Borderlands
territories.
With this definitive collection, gamers will now have the perfect chance to join in and experience
what millions of Borderlands fans already adore. They’ll find a highly addictive video game that calls
for unleashing furious anger upon a sinister corporation’s well-armed armada and Pandora’s local
inhospitable inhabitants, while searching for the secret of The Vault that is chock full of extra bonuses and
add-ons.
Borderlands, rated M for Mature by the ESRB, is currently available for the Xbox 360, PlayStation
3 system and PC. The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned*, Mad Moxxi’s Underdome Riot* and The
Secret Armory of General Knoxx* add-on packs are all available separately on the Xbox LIVE
Marketplace for Xbox 360 for 800 Microsoft Points and on the PlayStation®Network and PC for $9.99.
2K Games is a division of 2K, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:
TTWO).
For more information, please visit www.borderlandsthegame.com.
