Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel due for four DLC add-ons

By Adam Rosenberg Updated October 27, 2014

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Read our full Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel review.

If it ain’t broke. Following the runaway success of Gearbox Software’s Borderlands 2 and its year-plus worth of add-on downloadable content, 2K Australia’s spacebound follow-up Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel will make with the DLC. The dev confirmed at PAX Prime 2014 that four major add-on packs are coming.

There’s no details yet on the specifics of what’s coming, but each pack will cost $10. Those that intend to get all of them can purchase the bundle as a $30 Season Pass. 2K notes that the four packs will add new characters and missions both.

Related: Get your first look at Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel‘s playable Claptrap in action

Note that a Season Pass does not include the Shock Drop Slaughter Pit add-on that was previously announced. It’s a bonus you can only get for free if you pre-order the game, though 2K notes that it will also be sold as DLC “at a later date.”

Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel comes to PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 on October 14, 2014.

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