New DLC in Borderlands 2 raises level cap to 72, reintroduces TK Baha

[Lady Lilith]

http://kotaku.com/new-dlc-will-bust-a-cap-in-borderlands-2-848990432

 

New DLC Will Bust a Cap in Borderlands 2

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Borderlands 2 will increase its level cap by 11 to 72 and cheerful blind amputee T.K. Baha returns in two more DLC extensions this fall that Gearbox Software announced today at PAX Australia.

The level cap raise will occur in the "Ultimate Vault Hunter Upgrade Pack 2: Digistruct Peak Challenge." The challenge refers to a new map and a mode in which you may fight overpowered enemies "for new loot and the ability to 'over level' your game for extra challenges," Gearbox said in a fact sheet. It'll be $5 and it isn't part of the Season Pass DLC. That season is over.

T.K. Baha returns in the "Headhunter Pack," which will deliver a new mission set and a boss fight with Jacques O'Lantern, so one would gess this will be out around Halloween. This would appear to be a reprisal of T.K.'s zombie role from the Halloween-themed Zombie Island of Dr. Ned way back in the first Borderlands. Otherwise, I have no idea how they're gonna bring him back, because T.K. met with a rather definitive end (killed by psychos and hanged by his wooden leg) then turned into a zombie. He was last seen eating 100 brains, if I recall correctly.

Price on Headhunter has not yet been named and it too won't be part of the Season Pass DLC as, repeat after me, that season is over.

In other news from the panel, Gearbox announced its annual community day will be Sept. 14, and it'll be livestreamed. See this URL for more info. Gearbox also discussed its acquisition of the Homeworld franchise from THQ's liquidation, saying it is "committed to bringing the classic Homeworld 1 and 2 games to digital PC stores," and is examining HD remakes for the two as well.

Edited July 21, 2013 by Sonic

[oZcuDo]

Season has...pass? I thought season pass includes all DLCs excluding of course character packs. And indeed how is T.K. Baha going to come back? He didn't look like he could afford a "new-u" lol oh well, I will pay 5$ no more!

[CasaDeBen]

I probably wont even bother by the time these roll out. I just need to get crackin on my challenges and finish up the dlc I do have and be done with it.

[LouTheDroog]

Awesome stuff. Just finished up the first one for a second time. Need to get crackin' on the BL 2 now.

[Dead Weight]

I liked TK Baha from the 1st game, was sad when I found out about his fate. Disgusted when I saw him in the Dr. Ned DLC

[zorry777]

72 - not bad  

overpowered enemies o.O - can't wait for that

[GamepartnersTV]

72? Okay... That means i won't get bored of Borderlands 2 just yet (finished captain scarlet's dlc a while ago and now fighting their raid bosses)

 

My only problem with Borderlands 2 was the lack of personality in playable character even though they do have backgrounds.

 

This article below explains a bit further.

 

http://www.polygon.com/2013/7/20/4540520/borderlands-2-devs-lament-lack-of-personality-in-playable-characters

[xSweetBunny]

For the 5th time, I'll get BL2 100%

[Guest]

havent heard good news in a while.

[Coolcat44]

im a borderlands 1 and 2 beast  bring on the level 72   why not go nuts level 100 like a god lol

[Lady Lilith]

http://www.2kgames.com/blog/borderlands-2-headhunter-1-tk-baha-s-bloody-harvest-available-on-october-22nd

 

 

Our incredible fans have been flooding our inboxes, telling us they want more Borderlands 2content. We heard you, which is why back in August, we announced Headhunter 1: TK Baha’s Bloody Harvest, the first of the downloadable Headhunter add-ons. Today, we’re happy to let you know that TK Baha’s Bloody Harvest will be hitting Xbox 360 (via Xbox Live), PlayStation 3 (via PlayStation Network), Steam and Mac on Tuesday, October 22^nd – just in time for Halloween!

These Headhunter add-ons offer additional adventures that set you off on a series of missions in new areas that culminate with you taking down some rather unique bosses and claiming their heads to wear as your prize.  They can be played in a single sitting either by yourself, or with friends (though we recommend bringing friends), and are appropriately priced at just USD $2.99 / GBP £2.39 / EUR 2,99 € each.

In TK Baha’s Bloody Harvest, you’ll be tasked by the eponymous zombified corpse to discover the pieces of a key that will lead you into the heart of the Pumpkin Kingpin’s pumpkin patch (try saying that 3 times), where you will confront the Kingpin himself in an epic battle to claim his giant pumpkin head as your own.

Oh yeah, and there’s augmented candy all over the place. As you make your way through TK Baha’s Bloody Harvest, candies will drop from enemies and provide all sorts of temporary buffs, ranging from faster movement speed to increased damage and more, so be sure to pay attention to them!

We’re excited about this release, and can’t wait to hear about your adventures with both this and the other Headhunter add-ons in the works. As Krieg would say: “NEVER STOP THE KILLING!! NEVER!!”

 

 

 

 

Next Tuesday.