Borderlands PC versions printed after the release date?

[BitRogue]

Hi, I'd like to bump this thread.

The game is being released here in the UK today (Hooraah!!) but I am still a bit unclear about the online check. I travel a lot for my company and while Im at home, my desktop is connected to the internet almost 24/7 so I guess, with a bit of grumbling, Im OK for the online check.

However, I have a gaming laptop I take with me on my travels and I'd say more than half the hotels I stay at have a paid only internet service, with which I usually don't bother (since I cant claim for it anyway). But I still want to play Borderlands single player in the evenings / weekends. Is this online check going to happen every time I power up the game, or only the first time (ie I can install and run it once at home and then Im free to play remotely to my hearts content)?

This also raises another question, can I buy once and install it on both my desktop and laptop without the online check telling me I've already installed it once?

[2K Elizabeth]

Yes, you can install the game on as many computers as you want. There are no activation limits at all, just a one-time online check and then you must have the disk in the drive to play.

[BitRogue]

Thank you Elizabeth, appreciate the prompt response. Im reasonably happy with that answer so I'll probably head off to try and pick up the game just now.

I would like to add that I share the same sentiments as the original poster, Syvere, in that at some stage in the far flung future I could conceivably be firing this game up again, for old times sake like I currently do with the good ol Duke Nukem, Doom and Frontier Elite golden oldies :-) . I'd hate to find out that when I do so with Borderlands only to find out that the online server has been taken down for whatever reason and I can't install the game. I would assume there would be a patch toward the end of the lifecycle of the game that would remove any reliance on an external server (the installation single point of failure that is outside our hands), once you've milked the product for all its money's worth I guess.

Just posting my 2c in case it makes any difference. But thanks again for the short term info.

[2K Elizabeth]

BitRogue -

I understand that worry and what we've said about games in the past is what I'll say now: We don't have any intention of letting the servers go down, and we will find a way to make sure you can always use your game.

[BitRogue]

OK, thanks Elizabeth. Will have to take your word on that, although I know you've probably repeated yourself a thousand times on here already. But my apologies though, no antagonism intended. We're all just running on some healthy paranoia out here in userland. (In a rare twist of fate where it appears I am now on the receiving end of a support query instead - so this is what it feels like to be a normal person and not know everything, heh )

[Side note - busy weekend this, same day release of the long awaited Borderlands as well as that of Ubuntu Linux 9.10, no sleep for me for the next few days ]

[Colthor]

Hi,

Now that the game's released everywhere I'd like to bump the thread and repeat the question in the OP:

Will (do?) PC Borderlands copies printed after release still contain the online release-date check?

If not, is there any way to tell different copies apart? Any idea when retailers will start receiving those copies?

Not trying to pester, but I'd really like to know the answer. Thank you!

[DDAVIDOBBAR]

Originally Posted by Colthor

Hi,

Now that the game's released everywhere I'd like to bump the thread and repeat the question in the OP:

Will (do?) PC Borderlands copies printed after release still contain the online release-date check?

If not, is there any way to tell different copies apart? Any idea when retailers will start receiving those copies?

Not trying to pester, but I'd really like to know the answer. Thank you!

I have a copy of borderlands pc game i got 11-03 from gamestop and still calls for release date check and will not finish loading on drive don't know what to do??

[DDAVIDOBBAR]

Originally Posted by 2K Elizabeth

BitRogue -

I understand that worry and what we've said about games in the past is what I'll say now: We don't have any intention of letting the servers go down, and we will find a way to make sure you can always use your game.

I still cant get my borderlands pc game to get passed the release date check problem im told its a server issue from the company i am not to happy with that i hope they check into that or im out 49.99 bucks..im in virgina north part..

[Colthor]

You could try the Offline Installer thing (maybe from another computer - it could be a networking/firewall or similar problem not letting it activate):
http://www.borderlandsthegame.com/activation/

Or look/ask on the game's tech support forum:
http://gbxforums.gearboxsoftware.com...splay.php?f=90
They may know better than here.

Hope that helps, but as I don't have the game yet myself I can't really suggest much else.

[2K Elizabeth]

Originally Posted by DDAVIDOBBAR

I still cant get my borderlands pc game to get passed the release date check problem im told its a server issue from the company i am not to happy with that i hope they check into that or im out 49.99 bucks..im in virgina north part..

email me at 2KElizabeth@2KGames.com if customer service isn't helping you out and i'll help you sort this out.