Borderlands

Borderlands is a 2009 action-role playing first-person shooter videogame developed by Gearbox Software and published by 2K Games for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC platforms. The game was originally released worldwide in October 2009.

Set on the vicious and unpredictable planet of Pandora, Borderlands follow the adventures of four Vault Hunters on a search of a vault thought to contain mysterious alien technology. On their journey to find the vault, the Vault Hunters encounter murderous bandits and mutated beasts, as well as a private military company.

Borderlands is played from a first-person perspective and combines loot-focused shooter gameplay with action-role play elements. Players can choose to play as any one of the four Vault Hunters, each with their special abilities and skills. Players can explore several areas of Pandora and complete both story missions and side quests. The game can be played in both single-player and a co-op mode up to four players.

Coming from the then-moderately unknown Gearbox Software, Borderlands became an unexpected success both critically and commercially, selling over 4.5 million copies during its lifetime. Critics praised the setting, humor, visuals and the loot-driven gameplay, though criticism was directed towards the game's narrative and lackluster role-playing elements. Gearbox continued to support Borderlands with several expansion packs, including three new campaigns. A sequel, Borderlands 2 followed in 2012.