Borderlands
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Borderlands

79
Critic Rating
#Shooter

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.

Playtime Estimates

Main Story22.2h
Main + Extra35.0h
Completionist63.2h
All Styles32.7h
Confidence: 100%Updated: 4/9/2026

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Multiplayer

Online Co-opUp to 4
Local Co-opUp to 2
Campaign Co-opYes
Split ScreenLocal

Languages

LanguageSupport
FrenchInterface
Spanish (Spain)Interface
GermanInterface
ItalianInterface
EnglishInterface
GermanAudio
GermanSubtitles

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Game Info

Release Date10/20/2009
DeveloperGearbox Software
Publisher2K Games
PlatformsPlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
GenresShooter, Role-playing (RPG)
IGDB Rating79/100 (1011)

Game Modes

Single player
Multiplayer
Co-operative
Split screen

Themes

Action
Science fiction
Open world

Perspectives

First person

Release Dates

PlayStation 3Oct 23, 2009
Nintendo SwitchMay 29, 2020
PC (Microsoft Windows)Oct 30, 2009
MacDec 3, 2010
Xbox OneOct 19, 2010
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