Borderlands

[Kageh]

Sadly, that probably still doesn't help us in Europe, where Steam ships take so long to arrive.  (awesome pun by the way, really brightened my day when I read it)

[squirrel]

Futureshop Canada has changed the release date from Oct. 27 to Oct. 24th. No idea if that's accurate or someone f'ed up.

[Tebonas]

Well, I bought it. When I'm back from Sicily it will be waiting on my PC. Hope it gets you Americans play sooner! 

[MrHat]

Heh.

I love the collective froth we get around here sometimes.

[jth]

Sadly, that probably still doesn't help us in Europe, where Steam ships take so long to arrive.  (awesome pun by the way, really brightened my day when I read it)

Lets hope it does... It's most annoying to see it sitting there preloaded and "This game will unlock in approximately 1 week, 1 day and 0 hours".

[Sky]

 

RPS posted about the in-game voice chat in their sound-off about it. RPS is exclusively PC when it comes to games, so I'm confident that VOIP is in there.

Edit: And apparently it can't be disabled at the moment, and is voice-triggered, not push-to-talk.

I hope so, since I just bought a headset for this game.

[fuser]

According to Gearbox ; if enough early copies are sold, they will unlock it on steam prior to the release date.

If this happens I gotta say gearbox has been handling the marketing and community aspects of this game amazingly well.

[Hoax]

Its been a best seller on Steam for how long now?  Its selling copies out the ass seems like.  I NEEEEDZ IT NEEEEEEEEEEEED.  Fuck I hate anticipation, its such a fun but annoying drug.

[waffel]

Looks really awesome. Hopefully its better than that trash Fallen Earth.

[schild]

What even makes you compare the two?

Oh, you're gonna respond Post-Apocalyptic right?

Borderlands isn't.

It also isn't an MMOG.

It also probably had a bigger budget.

It's also made by a veteran FPS team.

I'm not defending Fallen Earth. I'm just telling you not to be stupid.

[Draegan]

Oh man oh man oh man oh man oh man oh man oh MAN.

Oh man oh man oh man oh man oh man oh man oh MAN.

[jakonovski]

  Its selling copies out the ass seems like. 

Is that an industry term? My Borderlands experience will be delayed at any rate, half my gaming group is going to fucking Chile for two weeks.

[Malakili]

What even makes you compare the two?

Oh, you're gonna respond Post-Apocalyptic right?

Borderlands isn't.

It also isn't an MMOG.

It also probably had a bigger budget.

It's also made by a veteran FPS team.

I'm not defending Fallen Earth. I'm just telling you not to be stupid.

but...but...DESERT!

BURNNNNNNNN

[Nonentity]

Oh man oh man oh man oh man oh man oh man oh MAN.

Oh man oh man oh man oh man oh man oh man oh MAN.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9KyBdPeKHg

[Teleku]

Tycho at Penny Arcade has some good words for it:

We were sent a review copy of Borderlands to check out for the VGAs, and after an hour or so of play I went over to my computer and ordered that Borderlands four-pack. I decided then and there that I wasn't going to deal with any "should I buy it" or "I don't know man" bullshit from potential comrades. I'm just going to drop a Steam code in their laps, and then gesture in the direction of the wasteland. I didn't really understand that the PC version was coming out later than the console iterations, even though it said as much on the screen, so now I've got several days to itch and sweat while console players learn what I already know.

I know they're real busy over at Gearbox, but a demo would go a long way.  I suspect that most people won't understand what they've accomplished here, which is to make good on Hellgate's promise in a kind of Weird West milieu. Thief: The Dark Project was sometimes called a "First-Person Looter," though it is even more apt here - God help you when the shakes start, and your awareness narrows to a dark funnel that only slight variations in statistics may penetrate.

[Yoru]

I think we're approaching a supercritical frothmass.

[Nonentity]

Heh.

All that's been said is this, about an hour ago from 2K Elizabeth on the 2K forums:

Hey guys,

As you may have heard from me already (and have seen on the Gearbox forums) we know about this situation. I'll let you know when I have more to tell you, but as of right now I'm looking in to things!

Thanks.

EDIT: The situation regarding PC copies being sold ahead of the street date, and even the single player being unplayable - sorry for lack of clarification.

[Rasix]

Are we missing some context here? What situation?

[Prospero]

PC copies being sold ahead of the street date.

[Segoris]

Additional info from Ennui:

As you can imagine, things here (and I'm sure at 2K) are very very busy - we're tracking responses, cataloging reviews, reading feedback, working with tech support, and a million other things. I certainly don't mean to seem silent or uncaring on an important issue like this - I'll tell you that personally I was spending a good amount of time today creating a document to help out our tech support guys, and didn't even see this thread until a few hours ago, or I would have commented earlier.

I don't currently have any information about the Best Buy digital downloads, but I will try to get your question answered as soon as I can.

List of stuff I'm waiting for information on:

1. the topic of this thread
2. best buy digital download issues
3. steam downloads/unlocking

I'll continue checking my e-mail from home tonight to see if there are any updates that I can share on any of these issues.

[Yoru]

I hope that dude has some good espresso roast saved up. Tonight's going to be a long one for him.

[jth]

Would be nice if they unlocked it on Steam before the weekend and for Europe too, especially since my boss called today telling me the remaining two weeks of my vacation will be postponed until further notice. Not getting my hopes up too much though.

[Fabricated]

I bought and successfully preloaded Borderlands. This better not suck or I will be annoyed with the whole lot of you. *shakes fist*

[fuser]

I'm part of the decision process, and I'm staying here to figure it out for you. Only 5 PM my time, anyway. Many more hours to work!

The debate is raging on at 2K/Gearbox if to open up steam/securom activations ahead of release date 

[MrHat]

Heh, I go to Boulder, CO. this weekend to visit my bro.

If they unlock this weekend...well, I'd feel bad.


At first.

[Hoax]

ohgodohgodohgodohgodohgodohgodohgodohgodohgod

I'm doing all I can to help out by going to two lectures I don't need to attend from 6-8pm tonight.  I figure that might help and they'll unlock steam while I'm trapped afk.

[Draegan]

Pre-load complete; unreleased

Fuck you.  ...  Fuck you.

[schild]

Don't complain. At least it's loaded. That's the best you can ask for right now. I can't see why they won't unlock it in a few hours at this point.

[MrHat]

http://www.2kgames.com/borderlands/activation/

[schild]

WHAT IS THAT BEAUTIFUL PAGE

[MrHat]

I think maybe it's where the boxed PC sales have to go to activate their game?

Also, that .gif is way more annoying than I first thought.

[schild]

I love that gif.

[Yegolev]

I don't really want them to unlock it now since I have a huge maintenance weekend coming up where the various other parts of the IT division are wringing as much work out of me as they can before I am told if I have a job or not on Monday.  So....
...
I'm conflicted.

[Nightblade]

http://www.2kgames.com/borderlands/activation/

Someone needs to wipe the dandruff off that keyboard.

[MrHat]

Big Download also contacted Gearbox head Randy Pitchford who told us,"I don't know if something can be done to unlock copies for people that somehow get a copy before the street date.. I certainly can't do anything about it, but I understand and am sympathetic to the frustration. I remember getting HL2 from Best Buy before street date and being *really* frustrated that I had the game in-my-hands, but that I wasn't going to be allowed to play for a few more days. I know how that feels. I'm sorry it's happening to customers of Borderlands and I wish there was something I could do about it."