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Get Tons of New Loot and ‘Pirate Booty' with First Add-On Content Campaign for Borderlands® 2 - Now Available Worldwide
<p class='bwalignc'> <i>‘Captain Scarlett and her Pirate's Booty' immerses players in an all-new storyline, expansive environments, and hours of additional shooter-looter action</i> </p>
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Get Tons of New Loot and ‘Pirate Booty' with First Add-On Content Campaign for Borderlands® 2 - Now Available Worldwide08:00 EDT Tuesday, October 16, 2012
NEW YORK (Business Wire) -- 2K Games and Gearbox Software announced today that the first add-on
content campaign for Borderlands® 2, Captain
Scarlett and her Pirate's Booty, is now available for download
worldwide on the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from
Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and Windows PC.
In Captain Scarlett and her Pirate's Booty, up to four
players cooperatively enter the hostile sand dunes and wastelands of
Pirate Bay in search of ancient treasures. The add-on content campaign
features new characters, including the eccentric and eager Shade;
locations such as the town of Oasis; enemies including the Sand Pirates
and Anchormen; and special weapons and loot that make it a must-play
experience. No trip to Pandora is complete without a stop in Pirate Bay.
Captain Scarlett and the Pirate's Booty is the first of
four add-on content campaigns for Borderlands 2. These
four add-on content campaigns will be available individually or as a
combined purchase of the Borderlands 2 Season Pass. This
special offer, available now, includes nearly $40.00 of add-on content
and is available for $29.99 (PlayStation®Network) / 2400 Microsoft
Points (Xbox LIVE® online entertainment network) / $29.99 (Windows PC).
Once purchased, the Borderlands 2 Season Pass enables
gamers to download all of the announced add-on content campaigns as they
become available on the PlayStation®Network, Xbox LIVE and Windows PC.
All four add-on content campaigns are scheduled to be available by June
2013.
Also available now is a fifth playable character class, Gaige, the
Mechromancer. This mechanically menacing teenager summons a giant robot
she named Deathtrap that, through various devastating ranged and melee
attacks, helps Gaige and her fellow vault hunters clear the battlefield
of enemies. The Mechromancer character class is a separate piece of
downloadable content and is free to all customers who pre-ordered Borderlands
2 at participating Premiere Club retailers and is available to
anyone else for $9.99 (PlayStation®Network) / 800 Microsoft Points (Xbox
LIVE online entertainment network) / $9.99 (Windows PC). Customers who
purchase the Mechromancer will also be rewarded with other Premiere Club
bonuses including a free Golden Key and Lucky's Relic.
“We're so excited at how the Borderlands 2 experience
continues to grow with Captain Scarlett and her Pirate's Booty
and the fifth playable character class, the Mechromancer,” said
Christoph Hartmann, president of 2K. “With hours of new story-driven
content to play through and an entirely new character to play as, gamers
are getting a lot of additional value. The really exciting part is that
we're just getting started.”
“The love we've felt for Borderlands 2 is driving us wild
and ever since we completed development of the main game, we have been
fired up about creating great, new content to expand the experience,”
said Randy Pitchford, President of Gearbox Software. “I am thrilled to
announce the release of Borderlands 2's first additional
player character, Gaige the Mechromancer, delivered ahead of schedule.
I'm also incredibly excited about Captain Scarlett and her
Pirates' Booty, which is an all-new grand adventure for Borderlands
2 and the first of a four-part season full of big, original
campaign expansions.”
Borderlands 2 is rated M for Mature by the ESRB and is
available now on Xbox 360, PS3™ and Windows PC. For the latest Borderlands
2 news and information, please visitwww.borderlands2.com.
Check out Borderlands 2 on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/borderlandsgame.
2K Games is a division of 2K, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive
Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO).
About Borderlands 2
Developed by Gearbox Software, Borderlands 2 is the
critically acclaimed sequel to the breakout original that invented a new
genre, the FPS/RPG hybrid known as “shooter-looter.” Borderlands 2
features all-new characters and skill trees, diverse new environments,
missions and enemies, as well as weapons and equipment with more
personality than ever before. Players experience an all-new story that
takes place five years after the events of the original game. Four
friends can team up online to journey through the huge, open world of
Pandora to take down the notorious Handsome Jack and his corrupt
Hyperion Corporation.
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major video game platforms. Founded in 1999 and located near Dallas, TX,
Gearbox Software is well known for the creation, development and
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the best-selling new property of 2009, Borderlands, and its record
setting downloadable content, the critically acclaimed award winning
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