Borderlands Has Gone Gold

Borderlands has secured its place as the October RPG. With Alpha Protocol, the stealth role-playing game, pushed back to 2010 and Dragon Age: Origins announced as a November release, Borderlands has a reserved spot in the calendar. If the PC version has seen a delay in the past, it looks like there will be no more room for any hiccups.

Friday, GameSpot received word from Gearbox Software and it seems the game has gone gold. Inside a production plant as we speak, the game will be ready on October 20 for the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 for $59.99. The six-day delay it had to accommodate for the PC will make the game available for $10 less than the console version and will arrive on October 26 for $49.99. Besides the classic brick-and-mortar outlets that will provide the box edition, several online stores will also have the title for sale. In spite of comments made by Gearbox head Randy Pitchford, even Valve's Steam will be selling the game.

Described by Gearbox as a "role-playing shooter," Borderlands will be a sci-fi action RPG that will contain vehicular combat and logistics as well as on-foot battles. Set in a post-apocalyptic world, the game will follow the adventures of a group of treasure hunters as they try to make a living in the desolate environment. The game's universe is depicted in a Fallout fashion, with dark humor as the motive behind most events and ongoing developments.

Borderlands will have four available classes, following a classic RPG layout, with slight modifications. Each character will have its own story and gameplay style and put together they'll have access to over half a million unique, collectible weapons. The RPG will have Mordecai as a long-range damage dealer, Roland as party support, Lilith as a mage that focuses on direct damage and Brick as the tank of this war-torn world.