Borderlands 2 PC uses Steamworks

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• INF INF INF : Masem
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  Thanks, Steve : EricZBA
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    Hey are they having a community day this year to show off this game? You should ask Faylor! : dnagenome
    • I'm sure they are working on something. In Faylor I Trust. : EricZBA
• yay!!! : kbnerd
• Thank fucking god!! : Shadowdane
• Awesome! Next up: native AA in game and adjustable fov, i know you can make it happen Steve : creeping-death
• So that means they're dumping the war crime that is Gamespy, right? : Ride-My-Rocket
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  Nice, good stuff. Now the question(s) remaining are: - FOV slider, config file, basically the abili... : valcan_s
  • Yep, one bullet point down, a bunch more to go. Hope they keep it up. : Marrbe
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    If, after all the previous bullshit, they still fail to handle FOV correctly, then I am seriously never b... : Rehevkor
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      I don't understand what's so hard about putting in a slider. : bill crystals
      • Hell I do not even care if there is a UI element in the menu that does the FOV, at least have a config fi... : valcan_s
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  Ohhhhhhhh yessssss, back on the radar with this one : nevlos
  • woot : dahanese
• Can't wait for this game! : saunders45
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  Ah, well. Good thing I wasn't planning on buying the PC version anyways. :) : ATimson
  • Oh dear. : Rehevkor
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    Are you seriously still a Steam holdout? : Schnapple
    • They'll ruin gaming forever!!!!!!!! : bill crystals
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      It looks like he's a GFWL fan and likes achievements based on his post history. This post I read as him p... : LoioshDwaggie
      • No, buying the 360 version. :) : ATimson
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      I'm a <i>Steamworks</i> holdout, not a Steam holdout. There's a difference. :) : ATimson
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        and what would that difference be :) : Downforce
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          I can let other people in my household play Steam games that don't use Steamworks. I can't do that with S... : ATimson
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            THIS is your grip and yet you play on the 360? : bill crystals
            • Well the 360 is a little bit better in this regard. You can have multiple users play the game offline fr... : dedgecko
      • Oh, well that clears it up. :) What the hell are you talking about? :) : Ebu
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        Sounds equally retarded to me! : bill crystals
        • :) : shirif
      • it's called being idiotic : Halen
  • http://i.imgur.com/RHrLj.png : at0micgarden
  • k : aaarrrgh
  • Cool story, hermano. : shirif
  • ATimson, more like Atotaldisregardforthingsthatareawesome : devi| dog
  • k : onji
  • *smooshes your cheeks together* LOOK AT YOU ( ' ˘ ' ) : SpaecKow
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  ok, so how Steam really works.... You rent a game. Sure you rent it for as long as steam allows you to, ... : Locster
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    GabeN has stated he would fully support used game transfers, but the publishers do not allow it. : LoioshDwaggie
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      Why don't they do that with Valve games, then? They could start a precedent and work out a way to get th... : bill crystals
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        Lest you forget: Valve games are EA-published : LoioshDwaggie
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          It's weird how Valve works with EA on some things even when EA pulled a few of their games off Steam and ... : Mecha Tofu Pirate
          • Reminder: We have Borderlands and Killing Floor to play. : AxeMan808
        • Lest you forget Valve own the IP and used the EA Partners program. That is not the same thing as being p... : schnitz76
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          How did I not know this. I thought Valve self published because they're awesome and have uber moneyhats?... : bill crystals
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            Physical copies are published by EA, digital is still Valve. : mojoald
            • *distributed, not published : mojoald
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          That's simply not true. : deject
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            You're correct, EA is the distributor : LoioshDwaggie
            • ...of their boxed products. : etherboy
            • Yeah, that's my point. All EA does is make the discs and boxes and send them to stores. Calling them "pub... : deject
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          No, Valve games are EA DISTRIBUTED. And in only for the retail store/physical market. They aren't involve... : DedlokPM
          • http://www.shacknews.com/chatty?id=27747420#item_27747420 : LoioshDwaggie
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      Green Man Gaming does support it to some extend, you may not fully get your money back, but it helps. : azuvatar
      • *extent : Sgt_Boomstick
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    Do you see how logically stupid this post this? The ability to give the game away once you've used it ope : Entity
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      hahaha, shows what you know about piracy or I should say do not know. Blame it on something you are misin... : Locster
      • you think he's the misinformed one? wow this is really going places : Downforce
      • HA HA HA HA HA HAAAAAAA!!! COOL STORY BRO! -- Parent has logic. Pay attention to it, an... : icedcool
      • What is there to know? What is this stupid post? Piracy is about stealing games. Used games in a digit... : Entity
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    The game companys dont want you to sell your games/swap/second hand games, they make no money from it, id... : okellyc
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      Well, I can see the argument for personal peer-to-peer sales. I understand that Jim might want to give Bo... : Entity
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        Gamestop is getting rich because the publishers are too dumb to figure out their own resale channels. : Lukiopimp
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          Gamestop is getting rich because physical media hasn't died yet (and for consoles, it never will). That's why they have shunned the PC in their retail stores.

          Feb 29, 2012 9:09am PST
          Gamestop is getting rich because physical media hasn't died yet (and for consoles, it never will). That's... : Schnapple
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        I agree that I see a dip in sales with peer-to-peer sales, but then again I also see a rather large amoun... : Locster
        • No in the end you are being a whiny little bitch because you don't get to have games in the form you want... : Schnapple
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    how is gamefly the same thing? I can't have 150 games out at the same time with gamefly. : GloriousCow
    • not the exact same, but same type of thing. Steam just does is much better, for now. : Locster
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    Your analogy of rental isn't correct. Blockbuster rented a physical disc to you. At the time they r... : sukabljat
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      "physical constraints (basically) don't exist." it does in Steam as it is on my harddrive. Just the forma... : Locster
      • Any analogy can be pushed to break, that's one of their tests. Having said that, Steam isn't limiting th... : sukabljat
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    ok, so how retail really works.... You rent a game. Sure you rent it for as long as your transient life o... : Zek
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      Well also you never own the game as per the EULA. You just own a license to play the game which can be re... : Schnapple
      • There's always a risk somewhere. With a physical copy the risk is that your house burns down or your dog ... : Zek
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        true, just like really you never own anything at all, house, car, land, etc. But there is always the extr... : Locster
        • I rent my toilet paper, toilet paper is bullshit : nevlos
  • Two things: 1. OnLive and GameFly are not good analogies since both of those involve a monthly fee. Al... : Schnapple
  • You are profoundly silly. Like a puppy fart. : Rauol Duke
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    no, I get what I pay for. YOU are trying to make steam something it isn't, your end goal of reselling and... : Downforce
    • sorry if I was not clear, I'm not trying to make steam what it is not and I understand what it is. Just t... : Locster
  • it's not a rental, it's buying a license : RikiTiki2
  • I agree that you are just renting, hopefully for a long (but indeterminant) time. But I disagree that la... : Freon
• Well, that's certainly a step in the right direction. Loved the first game, but PC issues scared me away ... : Entity
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  Good start. Now how about FOV settings? : melkore
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    artistic direction man. : wurt
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      Solution: hire an art director who isn't retarded. : Rehevkor
      • FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS HOLY PLEASE. : WhiskeyFist
  • THIS. STEVE. : Barleywine
  • Its a 2k game. So it will suck. : Beady
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    the fact they aren't saying much means it's like ME3. same engine, same textures, same FOV, same multipla... : Downforce
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      no, it means we aren't talking about it yet because the game is months from release. i didn't hit my ... : dahanese
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        Also important? An ending. Thanks.txt! : bolange
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          i've read the script and the story does indeed end! i was disappointed it was not an infinite word doc. t... : dahanese
          • If it ends then there won't be a Borderlands 3. : Vegtro
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    did they ever add that to the 1st one, i stopped playing because it was too low : devpaul
    • I can't imagine that after the brouhaha of the last game, they'd let it slide again. : Entity
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      Nope, and the "fix" is kind of broken because it gets messed up when you sprint/drive. : aethyr
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        It doesn't mess up while sprinting if you are the host or play SP, but always when you drive yeah. : pyide
        • Well I guess it depends on the fix you used, so yeah it's still a crappy solution all around. : pyide
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  They finally wised up. : Godhatesfatpeople
  • they still have a long way to go : wurt
• I will buy, since it is on steam. : icedcool
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  wait, people give a fuck about this game? : Vogerl
  • its like diablo 3, yeah it's repetitive but it's meaty and worth a lot of hours of some fun combat, co-op... : kainen1
• Something tells me that river doesn't carry water. : Longgshot
• Best news today. Multiplayer in borderlands was awful. Cannot wait to play this. : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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  hm. well this is not on my radar. i just hope it's not a giant fuckin slog like the first game. : ETPC1
  • now on* : ETPC1
• Zero really REALLY needs to be able to find different swords. If not different shapes and looks, at least... : AxeMan808
• Thank you, Gods of All Things Gaming. RIP, lousy Gamespy. : kartooner
• Neat. Now I want to know if this game will crawl out of B-Game territory with this latest iteration. : Sgt_Boomstick
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  Actually, this does solve my Day 1 Retail Box $49.95 purchaser problem. Did you know that the Borderland : AxeMan808
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    The individual DLCs are still $10 each on Steam and Xbox Live (and I would assume PS3), too. : Ivory Moclips
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      They go on sale on steam though, they never go on sale for the retail version. The only dlc that works fo... : AgentPothead
      • Ah, gotcha. : Ivory Moclips
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkQ6u9ADuA4#t=0m5s : Dr_Cube