Borderlands 2 Details Emerge

Borderlands 2 was recently announced and Game Informer bagged the Gearbox Software-developed sequel as their next cover. The first details for the game from the magazine has been unearthed.

The details, courtesy of the Gearbox Software forums, are as follows:

• Co-op will stick to 4 players
• Vehicles will have variety
• One vehicle: Bandit Technical
• One vehicle will have four seats
• Eridium – enhance weapons
• Eridium is a form of currency
• Salvador: Gunzerker, can dual-wield with any weapon
• Vault Hunters from the first game will be NPCs
• Bandits can access their own type of weaponry
• Unique styling, color, personality for each manufacturer
• Custom decals/enhancements for weapons
• More responsive enemies, more varied, better AI, improvement so that they interact with each other better
• NPCs will also be improved, will move around more
• Interacting dialogue for players
• Skill tree will be similar to the first game (3 branch system)
• Claptrap seems to be returning
• Apparently there won’t be any old weapons
• Story missions won’t be static
• Some pickups will provide temporary buffs

Borderlands 2 will get a full unveil during gamescom 2011 from August 17th until August 21st. A release date is scheduled for sometime after April in 2012.