Borderlands 2 to Use Steamworks on PC

Developer Gearbox Software and publisher 2K Games sent out a press release in which they announce that their upcoming loot-driven FPS/RPG hybrid Borderlands 2 will use Steamworks as its DRM and digital delivery service of choice on PC, which, for those who are not familiar with it, means that to play the title on PC you’ll have to own a Steam account and tie your copy to it. Here’s the full press release:

2K Games’ and Gearbox Software’s BorderlandsTM 2 Shipping with Steamworks

Game will be available on September 18, 2012

New York, NY, February 29, 2012 2K Games, Gearbox Software and Valve today announced an agreement to power all PC versions of the highly anticipated Borderlandsâ„¢ 2 with Steamworks when the game launches on September 18, 2012 in North America and September 21, 2012 internationally. Currently in development by Gearbox Software, Borderlands 2 is the sequel to the critically acclaimed four-player cooperative shooter-looter that combined intense first-person mayhemwithrole-playing gameplay.

Borderlands 2 players will enjoy the benefits of Steamworks features, such as Steam Achievements, downloadable content, auto-updating, multiplayer matchmaking, Steam Cloud support and more. Customers who purchase the PC retail version of Borderlands 2 will also be able to enjoy all the great Steamworks features as well. Borderlands 2 features all-new characters and skills, imaginative and diverse new environments with unique missions and enemies, and more exciting, fun weapons, equipment and loot than ever before. All of these features come together in a story that takes players to the world of Pandora to take down the notorious Handsome Jack and his corrupt Hyperion Corporation as a solo campaign or with up to four cooperative players.