Borderlands 2 is free to claim and keep on Steam

There’s a big Borderlands Franchise Sale on Steam, and you can get a free to keep copy of Borderlands 2 for a limited time. It’s still one of the best co-op shooters around, even with how many years ago it was released.

All you have to do is go to the Steam page when logged in and hit the “Add to Account” button. You have until June 8th, 5PM UTC to claim it for keeps. It has an old Native Linux port and it also runs well with Proton.

I wouldn’t be doing my duty if I didn’t mention the recent reviews situation, as users have pushed it into “Overwhelmingly Negative”. A similar situation with other older Borderlands games on Steam with their reviews.

Why? It seems to be mixture of updates to the Terms of Service / EULA by Take-Two Interactive (who own the publisher 2K), along with a stupid comment from Gearbox’s Randy Pitchford on X/Twitter in reply to a user concerned about the price:

As for the EULA, I don’t know exactly what’s different and the games haven’t been updated so aren’t doing anything they weren’t doing so before. It’s mostly just the usual lawyer speak for companies to cover their butt, along with keeping up with newer regulations across different regions. Some of the claims I’ve seen about it being “spyware” are just over-blowing it into pure 100% exaggeration.

Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.