Borderlands 2 ‘Mechromancer’ class announced

Binh Nguyen 9 Apr, 2012 at 11:47am ET Article published in Gaming

At PAX East, Gearbox Software president Randy Pitchford announced that Borderlands 2 will have a fifth playable class.

The playable character is called the Mechromancer, a young cyborg girl that can control mechanized units—which would include the D374-TP, also known as “Deathtrap.” According to Pitchford the Mechromancer is “a concept right now”

Pitchford also explains that they plan on releasing the new class as a post-launch DLC two or so months after the game has been released. And the best part? The DLC will be free. Borderlands 2 is released on September 18, 2012.

Comments

9 Apr 2012 ~ 11:47am primesuspect I cannot possibly love this company any more than I already do.
9 Apr 2012 ~ 12:16pm midga
I cannot possibly love this company any more than I already do.
I thought the same thing until I read this. Sadly, I don't think this country recognizes marriage to a company
9 Apr 2012 ~ 12:34pm Chooch I cannot wait to learn more about this character.
9 Apr 2012 ~ 1:40pm kryyst I put my pre-order in for this game some time ago and the more info that comes out the happier I am that I did.
9 Apr 2012 ~ 2:21pm RahnalH102 They could charge for this and I'd still be happy.
9 Apr 2012 ~ 3:19pm Canti "Pitchford also explains that they plan on releasing the new class as a post-launch DLC two or so months after the game has been released. The DLC will be free."

^ Number 1 on the list of things most other developers could learn from Gearbox.
9 Apr 2012 ~ 3:31pm AlexDeGruven I love Gearbox so much. It's like they listen to their customers and do things that they want.
10 Apr 2012 ~ 5:01am TsumeBones Pretty awesome that it's free DLC. I hope they keep the concept of the red hair. redheads.
10 Apr 2012 ~ 1:04pm UPSLynx Randy Pitchford went on record stating that this won't be free DLC unless you preorder the game.
10 Apr 2012 ~ 1:35pm Ilriyas Even so it's an incentive to preorder and I think I can safely assume that people are going to preorder this game regardless of any promised 'free content'

At least it's nice that they're releasing this later on and it really doesn't have a major impact on the game as a whole as opposed to Arkham City's 'Catwoman debacle' where people who didn't preorder literally missed out on part of the games story for a few months.
10 Apr 2012 ~ 3:30pm JBoogaloo The PAX East setup for Borderlands 2 was AMAZING! The videos and scenes that they showed were super sexy. I think I got some photos of the gameplay. I'll look when I get home and go through the photos. No promises, but I'll check.
10 Apr 2012 ~ 4:15pm Tushon
The PAX East setup for Borderlands 2 was AMAZING! The videos and scenes that they showed were super sexy. I think I got some photos of the gameplay. I'll look when I get home and go through the photos. No promises, but I'll check.
If no one else from IC attended/writing an article about PAX East, you may want to message Prime about doing an article
10 Apr 2012 ~ 4:50pm midga
Randy Pitchford went on record stating that this won't be free DLC unless you preorder the game.
Well, that sets it: I'll be pre-ordering. And, since I don't have someone to play it on 360 LAN anymore, I guess I'll be picking up the PC version (also, controller compatibility ).