UPDATE: We have confirmation from Aspyr Media that they are doing the port:
Remember when Randy Pitchford of Gearbox told us not to get our hopes up? Then Borderlands: The Pre-sequel was confirmed for Linux? Well he's a funny guy as Borderlands 2 is now showing signs of coming over to Linux anyway.
Thanks to the SteamDB as usual:
There's a lot more too, but you get the idea
Borderlands 2 was ported to Mac thanks to Aspyr Media, so it's easy to assume they will be doing the porting for Borderlands 2 on Linux as well. Considering how good their first Linux port was I have high hopes for this one to not only be real, but to be a good port.
I've actually played a lot of the original Borderlands and a little bit of Borderlands 2, so I will be buying all the DLC once it is release to show my support. I might even grab a gift copy for one lucky GamingOnLinux reader, so stay tuned for that.
Borderlands 2 is a massive game with some really awesome weapons to be found. The weapons that can be found vary widly too, and no play-through will be the same. The chance to have this type of game on Linux is amazing.
I would imagine Borderlands 2 would be ported before The Pre-sequel since it's an older and more familiar code-base.
We have reached out to Aspyr Media to see if they can comment on it or point us in the direction of who is doing it.
You can check out Borderlands 2 on Steam here, but we highly recommend NOT buying it until it is released.
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A new era of shoot and loot is about to begin. Play as one of four new vault hunters facing off against a massive new world of creatures, psychos and the evil mastermind, Handsome Jack. Make new friends, arm them with a bazillion weapons and fight alongside them in 4 player co-op on a relentless quest for revenge and redemption across the undiscovered and unpredictable living planet.
Are you as excited as we are? Be sure to sound off in the comments and spread the word across the internet.
For me Randy Pitchford of Gearbox this puts you firmly back in my good backs after Colonial Marines, so don't break my heart again please. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Michael Blair, Aspyr MediaYes! BL2 Linux is absolutely real! We've been working hard on it for months and will talk about a release date as soon as possible.
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Thanks to the SteamDB as usual:
QuoteChanged App Config
launch/3/config/oslist: linux
launch/3/description: Launch
launch/3/executable: ./Borderlands2
QuoteChanged Depots
49531/config/oslist: linux
49531/name: Linux Content
49533/config/oslist: linux
49533/name: Linux Executable
49534/config/language: english
49534/config/oslist: linux
49534/name: Linux English
There's a lot more too, but you get the idea
Borderlands 2 was ported to Mac thanks to Aspyr Media, so it's easy to assume they will be doing the porting for Borderlands 2 on Linux as well. Considering how good their first Linux port was I have high hopes for this one to not only be real, but to be a good port.
I've actually played a lot of the original Borderlands and a little bit of Borderlands 2, so I will be buying all the DLC once it is release to show my support. I might even grab a gift copy for one lucky GamingOnLinux reader, so stay tuned for that.
Borderlands 2 is a massive game with some really awesome weapons to be found. The weapons that can be found vary widly too, and no play-through will be the same. The chance to have this type of game on Linux is amazing.
I would imagine Borderlands 2 would be ported before The Pre-sequel since it's an older and more familiar code-base.
We have reached out to Aspyr Media to see if they can comment on it or point us in the direction of who is doing it.
You can check out Borderlands 2 on Steam here, but we highly recommend NOT buying it until it is released.
Official About
A new era of shoot and loot is about to begin. Play as one of four new vault hunters facing off against a massive new world of creatures, psychos and the evil mastermind, Handsome Jack. Make new friends, arm them with a bazillion weapons and fight alongside them in 4 player co-op on a relentless quest for revenge and redemption across the undiscovered and unpredictable living planet.
Are you as excited as we are? Be sure to sound off in the comments and spread the word across the internet.
For me Randy Pitchford of Gearbox this puts you firmly back in my good backs after Colonial Marines, so don't break my heart again please. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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That would make me a very happy gamer. I´ve already sunk a fair bit of time into both titles at the start of 2013 when I still had a Windows partition. They´re pretty superb shooters.
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oldrocker99 2 Sep 2014
This is very good news. "First-person Diablo" is still the best desciption I've heard, from my son.
Aspyr did the Mac port, FWIW.
Aspyr did the Mac port, FWIW.
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Damn....aspyr I love u!
But we could agree that 2k aint doing anything to port both games to PC, but only Aspyr! As for MAC editions of games the same!
RAGE,Bioshock PLEEEEEEEEEEEASE!
But we could agree that 2k aint doing anything to port both games to PC, but only Aspyr! As for MAC editions of games the same!
RAGE,Bioshock PLEEEEEEEEEEEASE!
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22k playing Bioshock at moment. It still a top AAA game!
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killeri404 2 Sep 2014
Why do I even have Windows installed if all nice games are coming? 
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FutureSuture 2 Sep 2014
I absolutely love Borderlands so getting Borderlands 2 and Borderlands: The PreSequel would be amazing! If Borderlands made it too, I would buy it again!
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Why do I even have Windows installed if all nice games are coming?Yep same here. I will shrink windows HD to get more space for linux games...Anyone in 2011 would laugh at me if I said that ...lmao
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That's a very very good news! I actually bought Borderlands 2 on a sale just some weeks before deciding to remove my ex-Windows partition for good, so I think I didn't play it for more than a few hours! :P
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I didn't really like it on PS3, but will buy it again to vote with my wallet.
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I played the original til I became bore(rlands)d of it. Now I can catch up with what I missed :)
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I suck at FPS games, but I'll buy it to vote with my wallet. That's how we keep getting big name games. See also: the demise of Loki Games.
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Please let it be TRUE!
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BabaoWhisky 2 Sep 2014
My Windows partition has only 300Gb/1To of userspace ... Only for Directx11 and the futur amazing Assassin's Creed Unity. And The Witcher 3 unfortunatly.
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Article updated, see the top. It's real. It's really nice of Aspyr to confirm it to us directly.
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supermonkey77 2 Sep 2014
Yaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sunk 300+ hours into the windows version before I killed my dual boot.
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supermonkey77 2 Sep 2014
Will buy GOTY edition again just to send some cash Aspyr's way
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It's REAL!!! Goddam. I'm buying a copy for a friend and I'll be having all the DLC, thankyouverymuch. Absolutely superb news.
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