Borderlands

[Amiel]

that sounded a tad bit depressing...especially since my work schedule is tad bit abnormal no one is ever around to play!

[-Zer0-]

Yeah, there's some truth to it when people say it's like Diablo 2 with guns.

[Shadowhusky]

DLC is out for PC, and it has a 5 (concurrent?) install limit. SecuROM ahoy.

[Sonomaa]

DLC is out for PC, and it has a 5 (concurrent?) install limit. SecuROM ahoy.

yeah, I was ready to buy it, nothx now, yo ho yo ho a pirates life for me.

[Shadowhusky]

yeah, I was ready to buy it, nothx now, yo ho yo ho a pirates life for me.

I saw the securom after I bought it. Not that I really care either way...

[Rivero]

Any working torrent for the DLC out yet? I couldn't find anything myself.

[Shadowhusky]

Any working torrent for the DLC out yet? I couldn't find anything myself.

Give it like a week tops. They have to remove securom first.

[Insanecyclone]

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/12/10/bo...-riot-will-en/

The latest item of DLC coming to Borderlands adds new, combat-focused content to the game ... while simultaneously removing any artifice with which Gearbox was obscuring the universe's cinematic inspiration. Mad Moxxi's Underdome Riot (get it?) adds three new Riot Mode arenas for single-player or co-op, along with a new bank feature for storing weapons.

That's right, a bank. For weapons. That pretty much guarantees you'll pony up the 800 Microsoft Points when this comes out December 29 on Xbox, or the 10 bucks for the PS3 version on January 7. No date or price has been announced for PC. Full press release after the break.

New York, NY - December 10, 2009 – 2K Games announced today that the second piece of downloadable content for Borderlands™, Mad Moxxi's Underdome Riot, will be available on December 29, 2009 from the Xbox LIVE® Marketplace for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft for 800 Microsoft Points and on January 7, 2010 from the PlayStation®Network for $9.99. The downloadable content will also be available on Windows PC. This explosive piece of action-driven content is in development at Gearbox Software and provides players with more methods of destruction as they tear through the denizens of Pandora.

Mad Moxxi's Underdome Riot is an intense single-player or cooperative experience that expands the mayhem by adding three new Riot Mode arenas where players will endure an onslaught of Pandora's baddest enemies. Working together, players will fend off the masses as they fight for fame, honor, and more importantly, loot. Mad Moxxi's Underdome Riot also adds a new bank feature, which allows players extra storage capacity for when they encounter one of the more than 16 million weapons that Borderlands has to offer; and the ability to acquire two additional skill points as quest rewards, making their characters even more powerful than before.

Featuring extensive co-op integration that seamlessly blends the single-player and multiplayer experiences, Borderlands allows players to freely join or leave each other's games at any time for collaborative mayhem or the freedom to choose to play in full single-player mode to experience the world on their own. Borderlands also includes a groundbreaking weapon generation system that offers a near infinite variety of weapons to the player. Borderlands combines these fan favorite features with addictive non-stop action to form a breakthrough experience that challenges the conventions of modern shooters and RPGs.

Borderlands™, rated M for Mature by the ESRB, is developed by Gearbox Software and is currently available for the PlayStation® 3 computer entertainment system, the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and Windows PC. The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned, the first piece of downloadable content for Borderlands, is currently available for all platforms.

2K Games is a division of 2K, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO).

[Rivero]

Give it like a week tops. They have to remove securom first.

I see, thanks. :D

[Qalbert]

from kotaku:

Gearbox Software says that Mad Moxxi's Underdome Riot is "not just new deathmatch areas." CEO Randy Pitchford notes "This is an ENTIRELY NEW GAME MODE." "Think [Halo 3] ODST's 'Firefight' or Gears of War's 'Horde Mode.' Cash, prizes and competition!" Pitchford said in a statement from Gearbox. "It's like Smash TV in coop FPS, but in the Borderlands." Gearbox reps say the new Borderlands downloadable content "expands greatly on the possibilities of combat as well adding a ton of new rules such as vampire mode or low gravity mode..."

[-Zer0-]

Except midgets don't die upon headshots and explode into confetti

[Effluo]

Holy shit this sounds awesome. I was hoping for a firefight or horde mode in the future. That with the bank, I must buy this when it comes out.

[SnickySnacks]

Patch for Borderlands came out this morning for the 360.

Not sure what all it fixed aside from finally making all 5 lines of text visible on items.

Suprisingly, my nearly 3mil class mod that I was sure had "Team Find Rare Items" on it....didn't have a 5th line. lulz.

[-Zer0-]

Oh nice, they finally fixed it. Guess they decided to wait to release with MW2's patch

[Qalbert]

holy shit
http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2009/...thon-sessions/

"It's all about this crazy Moxxi character, and she's running these tournaments. You go in and fight waves and rounds of monsters, and then she starts changing it all up. She throws out what are called 'Moxxi Maxims,' these rules that dramatically change the way the game play. She'll be like, 'Vampire Rule!' which makes it so that the player's health is constantly draining, but every time you get a kill you get a whole bunch of health back. Now all the players are like, 'Holy crap, I have to play amazingly aggressive,' so you have to charge in before you basically bleed out. Another example, she'll go 'Shotgun Challenge,' where all shotguns do bonus damage and all other guns take a penalty."

The comparisons to "Firefight" seem pretty apt, but in terms of the scale and length, it seems like these battles will go considerably longer. Regarding the play time:

"There's a small tournament and a big tournament. The small tournament takes probably about an hour, and most people will be able to get through that. The big tournament...one of the things people have been asking for is for something that challenges them, and that's what the big tournament is. I think the last time I went through it, it took me six hours to get through a big tournament. You can't save your progress, you have to do it in one sitting, but you can stop, walk away from it and come back [Ed note: You just can't turn the system off]. It's really hardcore. To get through the big tournament, you'll have to get some friends who are very good and you'll all have to plan out what people are going to do and what weapons you're bringing."

[-Zer0-]

Goddamn

[Effluo]

Holy ... that sounds amazing. Yea, this is gonna change the game up a bit. Hopefully those looking for something more will feel a little better with this DLC. 6 hours of hardcore shit running at you sounds awesome. That's a lot of beer over a single tournament.

[Minions]

Borderlands Update Fixes Many A Bothersome Bug

There's a lot here. Read the full change list below.

* * Characters that have lost skill points will have them returned the next time they are loaded
* * Most instances involving character data loss when playing online should no longer occur
* * Item cards now display the intended five lines of text
* * Achievements should now unlock properly. Players should automatically receive achievements that did not unlock correctly
* * Fixed a progression issue in the Find Steele mission – characters affected by this issue should now be able to continue progressing
* * Some issues involving external data manipulation of the backpack and character level have been addressed
* * The auto-aim option should now fully disable auto-aim properly
* * Fixed a bug that kept challenges and achievements from unlocking for the rest of a session after visiting arenas
* * Fixed some formatting issues with the server list screen.
* * Fixed an issue causing servers to report the incorrect plot mission.
* * Proficiency progress to the next level should no longer be lost when leaving a multiplayer game as a client
* * Lilith's "Silent Resolve" skill now works as intended
* * Fixed a bug that allowed Mordecai to spawn multiple Bloodwings
* * Mordecai's "Loaded" skill now increases mag capacity by 20%
* * Roland's "Scattershot" skill has had its spread adjustment corrected, and damage now increases at +5 per level

http://kotaku.com/5424530/borderland...bothersome-bug

[Folant]

That's probably a huge exaggeration though, more than likely to end up half that and just as easy as the smaller tournament.

[Rivero]

Anyone got a copy of the DLC to work yet? I see there is a RELOADED torrent, has anyone tried it out yet?