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Borderlands 2: Deluxe Vault Hunter's Edition

Gearbox sends gamers back to the Borderlands for a shooter-adventure sequel of high-velocity combat and custom character development. The first-person action plays out in dystopian outpost environments on the…

18 September 2012

Borderlands 2: Deluxe Vault Hunter's Edition is a shooter developed by Gearbox Software, released 18 September 2012 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Linux and Mac.

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What Borderlands 2: Deluxe Vault Hunter's Edition is

Borderlands 2: Deluxe Vault Hunter's Edition is a shooter game developed by Gearbox Software and released in 2012. It was published by 2K Games. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 3.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Gearbox sends gamers back to the Borderlands for a shooter-adventure sequel of high-velocity combat and custom character development. The first-person action plays out in dystopian outpost environments on the original game's planet of Pandora, five years later, as a greedy industrialist called Handsome Jack seeks to weed out the local populace through a series of gladiator matches. Players choose from four new character types, each with three branches of specialized development in the game's RPG-like experience system. Experience comes with kills and quest completions. Expanding on the original game, Borderlands 2's gun system can create millions of different computer-generated weapons, as…
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative and Single player.

Where it sits in the Borderlands series

Borderlands 2: Deluxe Vault Hunter's Edition is the eighth of 70 entries we hold in the Borderlands series. The next entry was Borderlands 2: Mechromancer Pack in 2012.

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What it launched against

Borderlands 2: Deluxe Vault Hunter's Edition launched on 18 September 2012, within three weeks of Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition, Dishonored, Borderlands 2 and XCOM: Enemy Unknown.

Released around the same time: Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition, Dishonored, Borderlands 2, XCOM: Enemy Unknown.

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When did Borderlands 2: Deluxe Vault Hunter's Edition come out?
Borderlands 2: Deluxe Vault Hunter's Edition was released on 18 September 2012 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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