Borderlands PC Gets Gearbox Lovin'

*hal* · 28th Sep 2009, 01:13 PM

According to a confirmed story at Destructoid, the PC version of Borderlands is getting the star-treatment. Not only will high-end PCs gamers see the game at its best, graphically speaking, but the menu and inventory system are being designed specifically for the mouse/keyboard combination.

Other nice touches include the ability to export a .jpg of any one of the (reportedly millions) unique weapon combinations you find. The game will also ship with a timedemo benchmark utility. Steam users will also be glad to know that Gearbox will soon announce that Borderlands will be available on that platform.

Finally, Kotaku seems to have unexpectedly called out Gearbox's Mike Neumann on an offer he made on Twitter:

Quote:

"Twitter me a screen of you (pre-order) buying the game and I'll play BLs with you and give you loot."

Blue's News points out that he has just declared he will make good on the offer.

Hunter · 28th Sep 2009, 02:10 PM

think I may have to pick this up on Steam.

Super-Moose · 28th Sep 2009, 02:13 PM

It's a sad day for PC gaming when mouse and keyboard support becomes something to shout about.

Rohit · 28th Sep 2009, 02:32 PM

Indeed.

Death to consolification.

Mozi · 28th Sep 2009, 03:07 PM

Good news that it will be coming to steam.

Just wondering though if I get a retail copy, I want it for the box art, can I use the same CD key to register my copy on steam and download the game without buying it twice?

RoadKillGrill · 28th Sep 2009, 03:45 PM

Great to hear that it will have a steam release.

That is really how I've been buying all my games for a while, not seen a "collectors" edition worth collecting to buy a retail copy. Games don't even have boxes, some devs are so lazy the manual is a pdf.

Jackal · 28th Sep 2009, 06:51 PM

Not lazy, but cheap perhaps or saving money. Besides, do you really want to cut down a whole tree for a manual?

I will also agree to the fact that having a mouse + Keyboard menu is news worthy.

However, I'm extremely excited about the PC version and Steam as that's how I have bought the last 4-5 games for PC that I now own. And that's really cool for the Gearbox guy to do that.

I was gonna preorder it anyways, but this should be fun.

-5 points because this is just another potentially awesome game that's coming out too soon to other potentially awesome games. I don't have enough money to pay the water bill!

elmuerte · 28th Sep 2009, 07:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jackal

Not lazy, but cheap perhaps or saving money. Besides, do you really want to cut down a whole tree for a manual?

Yes, because if it's something I'm not going to read I would at least have it occupy some space.

q_mi_4_3 · 29th Sep 2009, 01:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jackal

I will also agree to the fact that having a mouse + Keyboard menu is news worthy.

Did you mean not news worthy? They are basically saying they are giving you something they should be giving to you by definition.

JaFO · 29th Sep 2009, 01:23 PM

Will the retail-version use Steam as DRM as well ?

Gone are the days when buying software meant you got something worth holding on to.
Might as well use torrents instead ...
Why pay for something when you're only allowed to rent it anyway ?

dub · 29th Sep 2009, 02:39 PM

Precisely because a lot of companies don't give that extra attention to the PC versions any more, this is good news. <3
(and also shows other companies that we can actually do with at least a PC-optimised menu taking advantage of the fact that most are on KB and mouse

)
Hope this game does well on PC... would show devs it's worth the effort.

Jackal · 29th Sep 2009, 07:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by q_mi_4_3

Did you mean not news worthy? They are basically saying they are giving you something they should be giving to you by definition.

lol yeah. Sorry.

"not news worthy"

Armagon917 · 1st Oct 2009, 05:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Super-Moose

It's a sad day for PC gaming when mouse and keyboard support becomes something to shout about.

developers have been treating the PC like an afterthought for a while. i think what Gearbox is saying in this statement, is that they are going to address the obvious issues we see so many other developers ignoring.

i think it's great that Gearbox is basically saying, look, we are not going to overlook the obvious, while many other developers do. what's to complain about? btw, the statement was one that meant a PC specific menu UI specifically for m+kb and not m+kb support in general for the entire game. that's kinda what you make it sound like.

sounds like Borderlands PC will get the proper attention. they are kindly saying in a very PR way, we will not give you a bull**** console menu. i applaud Gearbox and they in turn will get my money.

q_mi_4_3 · 1st Oct 2009, 10:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Armagon917

what's to complain about? btw, the statement was one that meant a PC specific menu UI specifically for m+kb and not m+kb support in general for the entire game. that's kinda what you make it sound like.

That is what is being said. They may support kb/m with the menu, but then can have the whole gameplay be design for a gamepad.

pine · 2nd Oct 2009, 03:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Super-Moose

It's a sad day for PC gaming when mouse and keyboard support becomes something to shout about.

Hey, I was just thinking the same thing.

*hal* · 2nd Oct 2009, 07:37 PM

It may be sad commentary on the state of mainstream PC gaming, but I'm certainly glad they're doing it and wish more developers would join them.

q_mi_4_3 · 2nd Oct 2009, 09:12 PM

So its ok to let them tell PC gamers they should beg harder? Cause thats what it comes down to.

q_mi_4_3 · 2nd Oct 2009, 11:48 PM

Well I try to do no more than someone's spam account.

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Rohit Registered User Join Date: May. 29th, 2008 Posts: 51	Indeed. Death to consolification.

28th Sep 2009, 03:45 PM	#6
RoadKillGrill Got Lead? Join Date: Dec. 11th, 2004 Posts: 80	Great to hear that it will have a steam release. That is really how I've been buying all my games for a while, not seen a "collectors" edition worth collecting to buy a retail copy. Games don't even have boxes, some devs are so lazy the manual is a pdf.

28th Sep 2009, 06:51 PM	#7
Jackal JACKAL Join Date: Nov. 13th, 2003 Location: Somewhere over the rainbow...where skies are blue. Posts: 6,802	Not lazy, but cheap perhaps or saving money. Besides, do you really want to cut down a whole tree for a manual? I will also agree to the fact that having a mouse + Keyboard menu is news worthy. However, I'm extremely excited about the PC version and Steam as that's how I have bought the last 4-5 games for PC that I now own. And that's really cool for the Gearbox guy to do that. I was gonna preorder it anyways, but this should be fun. -5 points because this is just another potentially awesome game that's coming out too soon to other potentially awesome games. I don't have enough money to pay the water bill!

29th Sep 2009, 02:39 PM	#11
dub ‏ Join Date: Feb. 12th, 2002 Posts: 2,828	Precisely because a lot of companies don't give that extra attention to the PC versions any more, this is good news. <3 (and also shows other companies that we can actually do with at least a PC-optimised menu taking advantage of the fact that most are on KB and mouse ) Hope this game does well on PC... would show devs it's worth the effort.

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