The concept came from Randy Pitchford's idea to combine the mechanics of first-person shooters like Doom with role-playing games with randomized loot such as Diablo. The Borderlands games are first-person loot shooters, set in an open world, with some role-playing game (RPG) elements ( Tales from the Borderlands, however, is an episodic adventure game).
The series consists of four games, each with multiple downloadable content packs: Borderlands (2009), Borderlands 2 (2012), Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel (2014) by 2K Australia and Borderlands 3 (2019).
PlayStation 3, Windows, Xbox 360, OS X, PlayStation Vita, iOS, Linux, Android, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Stadia, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5īorderlands is an action role-playing first-person looter shooter video game franchise set in a space Western science fantasy setting, created by Gearbox Software and published by 2K Games for multiple platforms.
Action role-playing, first-person shooter