Borderlands was one of the games hit by the whole GameSpy server shutdown business, which was not good news for a game focused mainly on co-operative play.
It’s all going to be okay, though, fans of shooting and looting - an update released yesterday not only removed SecuRom DRM from the game, but also added a ”Granting Tool” to turn retail copies of Borderlands into Steam versions. The accompanying Steam community post confirms that ”Steamworks multiplayer is coming in a future update”.
Still not idea when that will be, of course, but at least developer Gearbox is committing to restoring co-operative play. Which is really the only reason you’d want to play Borderlands.
They’ve also added a ‘News Ticker’ to the in-game menu, to fill players in on the latest developments in the multiplayer restoration process.
Steamworks multiplayer is coming in a future update.
Changes:
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Removed SecuRom from the title and all DLC
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Added a “Granting Tool” In the steam “Tools” section that turns a retail disc into a Steam version of Borderlands
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“News Ticker” added to the main menu to give you updates on the Multiplayer restoration updates.
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Imported SecuRom DLC keys into Steam, so if you bought DLC outside of Steam, activate it within Steam and get your matching content.
- Related Games:
- Borderlands
