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Borderlands

2009 action role-playing first-person shooter video game
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Summary

Borderlands is a video game[1]. Borderlands ranks in the top 3% of video game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,411 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Composer: Sonic Mayhem[3]
  • Publisher: 2K[4]
  • Genre: first-person shooter[5], video game with LGBT character[6], looter shooter[7], post-apocalyptic video game[8]
  • Developer: Gearbox Software[9], Feral Interactive[10]
  • Part of the series: Borderlands[11]
  • Commons category: Borderlands[12]
  • Platform: Microsoft Windows[13], macOS[14], PlayStation 3[15], Xbox 360[16]
  • Game mode: multiplayer video game[17], single-player video game[18], co-op mode[19]
  • Language of work or name: English[20], Russian[21]
  • Software engine: Unreal Engine 3[22]
  • Distribution format: optical disc[23], digital distribution[24]
  • Review score: 83/100[25], 67/100[26]
  • Input device: gamepad[27]
  • Country of origin: United States[28]
  • Publication date: October 20, 2009[29]
  • Characters: Claptrap[30], Mordecai[31]
  • Voice actor: Julio Cedillo[32], Colleen Clinkenbeard[33], Marcus Mauldin[34], Bruce DuBose[35]
  • Distributed by: Take-Two Interactive[36], Steam[37], PlayStation Store[38], Humble Store[39], PlayStation Now[40], Microsoft Store[41]
  • Narrative location: Pandora[42]
  • ESRB rating: Mature 17+[43]
  • CERO rating: D (Ages 17 and up)[44]
  • Official website: http://www.borderlandsthegame.com/[45]
  • PEGI rating: PEGI 18[46]
  • USK rating: USK 18[47]
  • Digital rights management system: SecuROM[48]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[49]

  • Secondary type(s): Soundtrack[50]

  • First release date: 2009-12-08[51]

  • Genre(s): ambient, electronic, jazz, rock, techno[52]

  • Community tags: ambient, electronic, jazz, rock, techno, vgm, video game music[53]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 6bf26a4c-6702-4f32-af64-4f2a2ae0d68b[54]

Why It Matters

Borderlands has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] Borderlands is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]

Related Entities

2K Feral Interactive gamepad Gearbox Software macOS Microsoft Windows optical disc PlayStation 3 Take-Two Interactive United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [49] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [50] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [51] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [52] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [53] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [54] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [55] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [56] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7w ago · DivineTajic · 2026-08-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gamefaqs game id → 942812, 942810, 987729 +1
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Gamefaqs game id: 977247, Moving to Q137735591"
  2. 15w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Games/Borderlands
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38730|batch #38730]]: adding Giant Bomb Wiki game IDs matched via OpenRefine"
  3. 17w ago · Matthias M. · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Bibliothèque nationale de france id → —
    Platform → Microsoft Windows, macOS, PlayStation 3 +1
    Internet game database game id → —
    Game world navigator id → borderlands
    + 236 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Usk id: 25293, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/142813668|Borderlands (#142813668)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5476|USK]] #mix'n'match"
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