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Borderlands 2′s Creature Slaughter Dome is a pre-order incentive exclusive through GameStop. The Creature Slaughter Dome tasks players will facing waves of Pandora’s creatures in an arena. They will gain experience and gear to bring back into the main game. The video below explains it better than we could. Borderlands 2 is out next month on PC, PS3, and Xbox 360.

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The original Borderlands will be free to PlayStation Plus members during September, according to the US PS Blog‘s regular monthly preview of upcoming content. Members will also receive discounts on Lights, Camera, Party!; Space Channel 5: Part 2; Spelunker HD; Daytona USA and Greed Corp.

Borderlands 2 is out next month, and if you’ve yet to pick up the first title in the series, head on over through here to play it in your browser. It’s viral marketing at it’s finest. Also, Gearbox hasn’t stopped there: a video below the break adds more to this 16-bit goodness. See for yourself why it caused a boy and his sister to get in a row (thanks, DSB). Borderlands 2 is out in September on PC, PS3, and Xbox 360.

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Borderlands 2 went gold yesterday, and the best way to celebrate the occasion, is by posting the ESRB description.

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Borderlands 2 trailers from gamescom have been released, showing the various weapon produced from the manufacturers in the game. Three brands are shown off in short trailers: Maliwan, Tediore, and Vladof. Have a look for yourself below. Borderlands 2 releases on September 18 in the US and September 21 in Europe. Thanks, Gematsu.

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Borderlands 2 lead director John Hemingway has controversially labelled one of the game’s new skill trees as “Girlfriend Mode.”

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Borderlands 2 is bigger and better than the first of Gearbox’s shooter RPGs, and here’s an arbitrary numerical quantification of that.

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Borderlands 2 is a lot like Diablo 3 when it comes to the varying experience offered by different classes, Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford reckons.

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Jasper Foreman, lead AI programmer at Gearbox, has said enemies in Borderlands 2 will be much smarter than they were in the first Borderlands, and there will be 15-20 separate enemies with many variants.

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We just received a lovely notice from Steam that Borderlands 2 is now available for pre-purchase on the service. Those who decide to go ahead an drop the cash will be automatically upgraded Premier Club Edition which comes with: the Gearbox Gold Gun Pack which contains unique Gearbox Golden Guns; a Golden Key which unlocks a “rare item in the mysterious Sanctuary Loot Chest,”; the Vault Hunter’s Relic which boosts your gear-hunting fortune; and the new Mechromancer character class as soon as she’s available.

It will run you $59.99 and releases on September 21. If you already own Borderlands 1 through the service, you’ll get 10% off and it will run you $53.99 instead, but only until July 30.

Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford asks the hard questions – like why hasn’t anybody tried to rip off his tremendously successful shooter RPG Borderlands?

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During Develop, RPS sat down with Gearbox frontman Randy Pitchford to discuss Borderlands 2, where it was noted the physics of the moon where rather noticeable when running on PC, and when using the NVIDIA GTX 680, the world of Pandora pops, sparkles and buzzes electric.

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Cry “sequelitis” if you like, but Borderlands 2 is one follow-up Brenna Hillier is happy to see take an uncontested crown from its precursor.

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Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford has told CVG Borderlands has the “highest attach rate of any DLC.” Matter of fact, he said it has the “highest attach rate of anything this generation.”

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Gearbox’s Randy Pitchford has said not to expect an SDK to be released for Borderlands 2; however, he fully encourages the modding community to start mucking around with the game once it’s released.

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Gearbox’s Randy Pitchford has confirmed the studio’s commitment to delivering a stellar gaming experience to PC users with Borderlands 2. As if Claptrap’s love letter wasn’t enough to confirm this already.

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Gearbox has announced through its community portal, Gearboxity, that veterans of the first Borderlands will be handed exclusive character heads and skins when Borderlands 2 detects save data from the original game. Check it out below. Borderlands 2 releases on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 in September.

Three screenshots for Borderlands 2 have popped up on AGB. They are posted below as well. Borderlands 2 launches in the US on September 18 and September 20 in Europe for PS3, 360 and PC. Information on the various editions of the game can be found through here.

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Borderlands 2 concept art for the Assassin, Siren, Commando and Genzerker have popped up online.

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The Assassin in Borderlands 2 has been hashed out over on IGN, and according to Gearbox, the class is basically the “ninja” who runs around the place slice folks to bits with his sword.

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