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Return to Pandora in Borderlands 2 and Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel Now on NVIDIA SHIELD

Return to Pandora in Borderlands 2 and Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel Now on NVIDIA SHIELD

The second installment in Gearbox Software’s blockbuster action RPG franchise, Borderlands 2, is now available to download on SHIELD Android TV and SHIELD Tablet. It is, chronologically speaking, the most recent chapter in the ongoing saga taking place after the events of the original Borderlands, Tales from the Borderlands and Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel. Borderlands 2’s arrival on SHIELD is joined by the recent launch of Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel on SHIELD Tablet, which was previously available on Android only for SHIELD Android TV.

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In Borderlands 2, we find ourselves five years after the finale of Borderlands in which the fabled Vault was found to contain a new element called Eridium.

Hyperion President Handsome Jack vows to use the find for the good of the inhabitants of Pandora but instead oversees a brutal and oppressive regime from his huge orbiting H-shaped space station. Soon, news begins to circulate of a second vault on Pandora and a whole new wave of vault hunters arrive to track down this mysterious and valuable treasure trove.

The planet of Pandora itself is a far more interesting place this time around and rather than being mostly arid desert it has several distinct regions. You begin the game in the planet’s bleak arctic wastes and over the course of your journey you will explore highland areas, blighted areas full of lava flows and volcanic ash as well as the Caustic Caverns, a network of tunnels filled with acid pools and dangerous spider ants.

In order to survive these hostile environments you're going to need to rely on Borderlands 2’s new squad of well-equipped, wise-cracking vault hunters at your disposal. Axton is a hard-bitten commando who is in possession of a feisty sabre turret that he can deploy to take out enemies remotely. Maya is a Siren and she has a unique ability called Phaselock, which enables her to trap certain enemies in an alternate dimension for a limited time to take them out of the action. If an enemy isn’t vulnerable to the weapon then it can still be used to inflict damage. Salvador’s Gunzerker enables him to dual-wield weapons. Finally, ZerO is an Assassin who can create a holographic decoy to distract enemies while he invisibly moves around taking them out.

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Borderlands 2 also boasts several more innovations. There’s a new trading system allowing for the swapping or buying and selling of objects as well as the option to take part in duels against other players using their resources as a wager. In addition the new element Eridium can be used to amplify the effects of your elementally equipped weapons as well as being a useful form of in-game currency.

Borderlands 2 arrives on SHIELD packing gloriously detailed HD visuals and gameplay that demonstrate why SHIELD Android TV and SHIELD Tablet truly are the best Android gaming devices this side of Pandora. Complete your Borderlands collection on SHIELD by downloading Borderlands 2 and Borderlands: The-Pre-Sequel on Google Play today.