Living up to the mantra “bigger, better and more badass,” Borderlands 2 features all-new characters; skills; imaginative, diverse new environments with unique missions and enemies; and more exciting and fun weapons, equipment and loot than ever before. All of these features come together in a story that takes players to the world of Pandora to take down the notorious Handsome Jack and his corrupt Hyperion Corporation as a solo campaign or with up to four cooperative players.

Borderlands 2 will allow friends to play together locally via split-screen, as well as online with drop-in-drop-out capabilities. With seamless cooperative gameplay and action, Borderlands 2 is extremely accessible for gamers and their friends to play alone or together in a variety of configurations.

Just like the physical version, digital pre-orders of Borderlands 2 come with access to the Borderlands 2 Premiere Club, featuring a free download of the Mechromancer character class once she is available (plus much more).

There’s more. For those of you who still haven’t tried Borderlands 1 (it sounds crazy but they assure me there are some of you out there), you can purchase Borderlands 1 and all of its DLC at 75% off through 7/30 at participating digital retailers.

So what are you waiting for? Head on over to your favorite digital retailer and get your pre-order placed! Here are some of our digital retail partners that are also running some great promotions on Borderlands 2 through the weekend:

Steam | Gamestop | Amazon | Gamefly | Metaboli | Gamersgate | Greenman Gaming