Yesterday we reported on a rumour that Gearbox is busy working on Borderlands 2, and that it is planned for release. Today 2K Games has officially confirmed that Borderlands 2 is a real thing.

“Borderlands 2 is headed to the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC during our next fiscal year (which begins on April 1st, 2012),” reads the 2K Blog.

The game will feature “all new characters, skills, environments, enemies, weapons and equipment tucked into new and unexplored areas of Pandora.”

America’s largest games publication, Game Informer, has the scoop, and according to 2K it will publish the first details about the game in its next issue, as well as the first official images.

2K Games is “taking Borderlands on the road”. More specifically, it will be on display at Gamescom from 17 August onwards, and PAX Prime from 26 August. Our own James Etherington-Smith will be attending Gamescom, so I’m sure we’ll have some nice hands-on coverage up in the next few weeks.

Borderlands was one of 2009’s sleeper hits, and did exceptionally well for a new IP. A healthy dose of visual innovation, as well as an interesting mixture between first-person-shooter and RPG-lite gameplay made for a unique experience. It earned a Metacritic score of 84/100, although we thought it was better than that, giving it 92/100. Check out our Borderlands review if you missed the first game.

Borderlands was also one of the games which local distributor Megarom was able to demo at rAge 2009, where it was playable in SA for the first time. Whether or not Borderlands 2 will be playable at this year’s rAge is unclear, as Megarom has not been able to comment.

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