Borderlands®: The Handsome Collection™ Coming to Next-Gen Consoles on March 24, 2015
Pre-order the very limited Claptrap-in-a-Box Edition today to secure a collectible remote controlled Claptrap
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For the first time on a console, players can experience Borderlands 2 and/or Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel in HD - looking better than ever before. With The Handsome Collection, Borderlands fans can also continue their adventure right where they left off by transferring their saved files to the next-gen consoles with new cross-save functionality**. After hours of shooting-n-looting in Borderlands 2 and Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel on prior gen consoles, players can carry their leveled-up characters and Badass Rank over to The Handsome Collection. Additionally, up to four players can play together on a single television with four-player split screen - another first for the franchise.
“The Handsome Collection gives players the opportunity to
experience the full arc of Handsome Jack’s rise and fall, from his
not-so-humble beginnings on Elpis to becoming the tyrannical Hyperion
CEO on Pandora, all in one value-packed bundle,” said
2K and Gearbox Software also announced today a very limited collector’s
edition, the Borderlands: The Handsome Collection Claptrap-in-a-Box
Edition, which will include everything in The
Handsome Collection as well as a remote controlled Claptrap
steward robot, a collectible steel case, and 12 exclusive lithographs.
The Claptrap steward robot is controlled through a smartphone app and
can move in all directions while balancing on one wheel. The Claptrap
can also say lines in character and live stream video to a mobile device
through his eye. The Claptrap-in-a-Box Edition
is limited to only 5,000 units worldwide and is available to pre-order
starting today at participating retailers for
Key features in The Handsome Collection include the following:
- Two critically acclaimed Borderlands games in one package – Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel and Borderlands 2;
-
Over
$100 in value and hundreds of hours of gameplay with all downloadable content* for Borderlands 2 and Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel; -
Save transfers** from the Xbox 360 games and entertainment system from
Microsoft , PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, and PlayStation®Vita onto the next-gen consoles through cross-save functionality; - Four-player split screen allowing four friends to play together on a single television, a first for the Borderlands franchise.
Borderlands: The Handsome Collection will be available on
About Borderlands 2
Developed by Gearbox Software, Borderlands 2 has
sold-in over 11 million units worldwide, won more than 55 editorial
awards and 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 genre defining characters and skill trees, diverse
environments, missions and enemies, as well as weapons and equipment
with more personality than ever before. Four friends can team up online
or split-screen to journey through the huge open world of Pandora to
take down the notorious Handsome Jack and his corrupt
About Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel is the latest entry in the
critically acclaimed Borderlands franchise that was
co-developed by Gearbox Software and 2K
*Includes all available downloadable content for Borderlands 2 and
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel as of
**Cross-save functionality must be between same console family. e.g., Xbox 360 to Xbox One or PlayStation 3 to PlayStation®4.
2K is a division of 2K, a publishing label of
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About 2K
Founded in 2005, 2K develops and publishes interactive entertainment
globally for console systems, handheld gaming systems and personal
computers, including smartphones and tablets, which are delivered
through physical retail, digital download, online platforms and cloud
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casual, and family entertainment. The 2K label has some of the most
talented development studios in the world today, including Firaxis
Games, Visual Concepts, 2K Marin, 2K Czech, 2K
***According to 2008 - 2014 Metacritic.com
and
About Gearbox Software
Gearbox Software is respected industry wide for award winning,
best-selling video games developed for all major video game
platforms. Founded in 1999 and headquartered near
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