Hey there, Anthony Burch from Gearbox here! Sir Hammerlock had told me that in the past he wrote his PlayStation fans a letter, so naturally when I mentioned I was writing this blog post he jumped at the opportunity to do it for me. Sucker! He’s all book smarts.
Sir Hammerlock here, with a cracking proposal for you. Being the oh-so-well-armed badass you are, you’ve already saved the world, found a pirate’s treasure, and spectacularly murdered your way to the top of a badass leaderboard or two.
But.
Have you – he asked, pausing for dramatic effect – have you ever fought a Stalker the size of a small building? Have you ever fought a mystical shaman bandit who can level up his companions at will? Have you ever hunted down Scaylions, Boroks, Spores and Savages?
As you have not yet joined me on my excursion to the brutal continent of Aegrus, I shall pre-emptively answer on your behalf: “No, Sir Hammerlock,” you say. “I have yet to do any of these things. Pray tell – how could a no-nonsense brigand like myself experience such violent hilarity?”
Glad you asked! My Big Game Hunt starts on January 15th, 2013. Journey with me, and you shall see things the likes of which you’ve never seen before: new vehicles, weapons, skins, heads, and environments – the lot! You may also see a man open-mouth kissing a skag*, but, depending on the life decisions you’ve made, that may well be something you’ve already seen several times before.
Anyhow, this is Sir Hammerlock, once again reminding you: the Borderlands are waiting!
-Sir Hammerlock
*Totally not in the DLC.
An Addendum (the nitty-gritty details):
Sir Hammerlock’s Big Game Hunt is the third of four add-on content campaigns for Borderlands 2 and is available individually for $9.99 or as part of the Season Pass. The fourth add-on content campaign will be available by June 2013 and is also part of the Season Pass.
Any chance there’s a raise in level cap? At least some time soon perhaps?
Gearbox already stated on their Twitter or FB account (I believe that’s where it was), that there was no planned level cap raise with any of the 4 planned DLC packs. They went on to say that there was a very good chance they would do a cap increase as a completely separate patch once all the campaign DLC was out, as well as possibly announce a second set of DLC. And you should really check out Randy Pitchford’s twitter, if you use it. He’s really good about answering questions, though not always with definite answers. >>> twitter.com/DuvalMagic
Sweet. Thanks for the info
Looking forward to it. Gamebox IMO has the best/fun DLC. Three of them out already and in a short amount of time, that’s how you do DLC.
made a typo, meant Gearbox. :)
Update the playstation store NOW!!!
if they started updating early in the morning like at midnight id probably be making a bunch of impulse buys….so what im hinting is update the store when the products really released id be more willing to buy
Will be all over this once they raise the level cap. Until then, I’ll keep my money.
I’ll play it once the level cap is raised. I knew I should have waited for the GOTY edition like I did for Borderlands 1. It was excellent to just play the game, then use the DLC to level and finished the DLC and game at full level. I’m burned out on the game replaying to get to full level when the DLC doesn’t scale to level 50.
I learned my lesson wait for game releases.
@Burch
I really enjoyed the writing in the game and would like to commend you on your fine work.
You guys do realize that there is so much more to the game once you do get to 50? Just because you’re not leveling up, doesn’t mean it’s over?
It becomes much more of a strategy game. Having the right equipment or team at the right times makes nothing impossible. I’ve been 50 for months and am still finding better gear and better ways to win. Its about the grind for gear, not experience points.
If you think you just have to over-level everything to beat this game, or to even have fun, then you’re very mistaken.
If we do get the level cap increase eventually, I hope that the next season of content scales just like this one.
can anyone explain if it was released today then why is it not on the Psn Store.?
It’ll hit when PSN updates later this afternoon. Keep your eyes on PS.Blog or @PlayStation on Twitter; we’ll be sure to announce in both places when the update is live.