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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 will be bundled with the Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti in the US and Europe via a free download code which goes live the day the game releases. So, if you are in the market for a Kepler card and want Borderlands 2, the bundle will run you around $300 depending on the retailer. Borderlands 2 releases on September 18 in the US and September 21 in Europe. Thanks, Joystiq.

Here’s the third developer diary for Aliens: Colonial Marines, in which Gearbox discusses nailing down the atmosphere of the films with iconic sounds and character encounters.

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Borderlands 2′s four classes are introduced and disdainfully dismissed one by one in this new trailer narrated by antagonist Handsome Jack.

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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′s fifth character class, the Mechromancer, is available free to anyone who pre-orders the game ahead of its September 21 release in Europe. Anyone not pre-ordering will have to wait 60 days for the DLC to appear online before buying.

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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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Aliens: Colonial Marines gets another dev diary courtesy of Gearbox, this time getting under the acidic skin of the titular aliens themselves, plus lots of commentary from Randy Pitchford, which is always good fun.

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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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Borderlands 2 is out next month, so we gave VG247 readers the chance to ask Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford anything they wanted. Randy has answered your questions on camera. See what he had to say in our video.

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Gearbox has announced that all territories – including the notoriously censor-friendly Australia and Germany – will receive the same, gore-filled version of Borderlands 2.

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SEGA has released the first developer diary for Gearbox’s Aliens: Colonial Marines. Its below. In it, Randy Pitchford and the rest of the team chat about the game, and discuss developing authentic aliens for the title. If you look closely at one point, you’ll also note female characters in the artwork shown. Whether they’re for MP or not, is unknown. Game’s out in February next year for PC, PS3, Wii U, and Xbox 360.

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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’s Randy Pitchford has said despite the age of consoles currently on the market, he would really like to see more new IP from developers.

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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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Gearbox has gleefully announced that Borderlands 2 is, to all intents and purposes, done.

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Don’t think you’re going to be rattling through Borderlands 2 in five minutes. The shooter sequel’s going to last nearly 60 hours on a single play-through, if Gearbox comments are to be believed.

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