Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, launching today for Mac, PC, and consoles, is the third game in the popular Borderlands series. Set at a time in between the first and second Borderland titles, The Pre-Sequel, like its predecessors, is a first person shooter that incorporates RPG elements.

In Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, players can play as one of four characters, each with unique abilities: Nisha the Lawbringer, Athena the Gladiator, Wilhelm the Enforcer, and Claptrap the Fragtrap. The storyline will see gamers fighting alongside Handsome Jack in an attempt to save Pandora's moon.

Discover the story behind Borderlands 2 villain, Handsome Jack, and his rise to power. Taking place between the original Borderlands and Borderlands 2, the Pre-Sequel gives you a whole lotta new gameplay featuring the genre blending fusion of shooter and RPG mechanics that players have come to love.

Float through the air with each low gravity jump while taking enemies down from above using new ice and laser weapons. Catch-a-ride and explore the lunar landscape with new vehicles allowing for more levels of destructive mayhem.

Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel is launching simultaneously on the Mac, PC, and consoles (PS3 and Xbox 360), which is a bit unusual as major games typically launch on PC and consoles before a Mac version becomes available.

The Mac version of Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, published by Aspyr, can be downloaded from Aspyr's GameAgent.com, the Mac App Store [Direct Link], and Steam for $59.99. The game is available in North America today, with access coming to Australia and Europe on October 17.

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elmateo487 Avatar
145 months ago
Any company that supports same day releases of OS X and PC titles is a company I can stand behind.
Score: 13 Votes (Like | Disagree)
pgiguere1 Avatar
145 months ago
Why do you say that? Never been any issues for me. If you try to run a modern game on an old machine, you're gonna have a bad time...windows, Mac, Linux...don't make a piss of difference. So what if I can't make out the bumps on Nisha's areolas?
It can make a difference when the game hasn't been developed natively for Mac (meaning developers had to make an OpenGL version of their engine). A lot of developers go the easy route and release a "Cider-wrapped" version of their game which is really just the Windows version running through an emulation layer. In that case (and it's really common), then the OS choice does make a difference, since said emulation layer affects performance significantly. The same Mac running the Windows version of a game trough Boot Camp have better performance vs the OS X version.

See here for a complete explanation of the difference between a native and non-native Mac game: http://blog.gameagent.com/mac-gaming-101-understanding-native-vs-non-native-games-part-two/

That doesn't mean OS X isn't suitable for gaming, it's good enough for a lot of people, but still, if you want the best gaming performance for your hardware, you're usually served better by using the Windows version of a game on a Boot Camp partition rather than using the OS X version.
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Nunyabinez Avatar
145 months ago
Loves me some Borderlands, but I'm afraid I'll have to wait until it goes on sale on Steam. I can't pay top dollar for games anymore, Steam and Humble Bundle have ruined me.:o
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
DondurmacI Avatar
145 months ago
it is on linux aswell.
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
farewelwilliams Avatar
145 months ago
didn't finish borderlands 2. lost interest.
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
anubis72 Avatar
145 months ago
Lol @ Mac version, should be fun to see how bad it runs

Why do you say that? Never been any issues for me. If you try to run a modern game on an old machine, you're gonna have a bad time...windows, Mac, Linux...don't make a piss of difference. So what if I can't make out the bumps on Nisha's areolas?
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)

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