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Borderlands 2 (PC Digital Download)

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Steam has Borderlands 2 (PC Digital Download) for Free.

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  • A new era of shoot and loot is about to begin. Play as one of four new vault hunters facing off against a massive new world of creatures, psychos and the evil mastermind, Handsome Jack. Make new friends, arm them with a bazillion weapons and fight alongside them in 4 player co-op on a relentless quest for revenge and redemption across the undiscovered and unpredictable living planet.

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Written by ValPal2011 | Staff
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    • Free to keep when you get it before June 8 @ 10:00am PT or while supplies last.
    • Please see the original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion.

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Steam has Borderlands 2 (PC Digital Download) for Free.

Thanks to Deal Editor slickdewmaster for sharing this deal.

Note: A Steam account is required to activate/purchase and play (free to join).

About this game:
  • A new era of shoot and loot is about to begin. Play as one of four new vault hunters facing off against a massive new world of creatures, psychos and the evil mastermind, Handsome Jack. Make new friends, arm them with a bazillion weapons and fight alongside them in 4 player co-op on a relentless quest for revenge and redemption across the undiscovered and unpredictable living planet.

Editor's Notes

Written by ValPal2011 | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • Free to keep when you get it before June 8 @ 10:00am PT or while supplies last.
    • Please see the original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion.

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It's worth noting that all TakeTwo games, including the borderlands games, are currently being review bombed due to controversial updates in their eula and privacy policies. Based on a cursory search, a lot of the stuff in the eula is the standard mega-corporation boiler plate garbage: ie. forced arbitration everywhere it's legal, and you have 0 rights whatsoever unless you are expressly mandated to have those rights where you live by law. Interestingly, there's a lot of heavily anti-mod and anti-consumer language in the tos now, you can be banned for using mods, you can be banned for using a vpn, you can't connect using a virtual pc, etc. The privacy policy is also the standard boilerplate "we can and will collect every shred of personal information about you we can in every way possible, then sell that information to as many advertisers as physically possible". Depending on where you live you might be able to request your data not be sold, but in the US most likely not.

TakeTwo eula: https://www.take2games.com/legal/en-US/
TakeTwo privacy policy: https://www.take2games.com/privacy/en-US/

I do think some of the blowback against TakeTwo specifically is overhyped, since unfortunately incredibly anti-consumer and anti-privacy practices are absurdly widespread, and this doesn't go far beyond the (unfortunate) norm. Anti-modding activities are likewise incredibly common by the largest players in the industry (I'm looking at you nintendo). Still, if you're a privacy conscious user, I'd steer clear, and I'd also personally recommend against supporting companies that crusade against consumer rights.
Sad that it has come to this. Not only do you fork over hard earned cash to purchase these games, you continue to pay with your privacy.
Seems like publisher pissed a lot of owners. I never played it but ill pass because of it

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It's worth noting that all TakeTwo games, including the borderlands games, are currently being review bombed due to controversial updates in their eula and privacy policies. Based on a cursory search, a lot of the stuff in the eula is the standard mega-corporation boiler plate garbage: ie. forced arbitration everywhere it's legal, and you have 0 rights whatsoever unless you are expressly mandated to have those rights where you live by law. Interestingly, there's a lot of heavily anti-mod and anti-consumer language in the tos now, you can be banned for using mods, you can be banned for using a vpn, you can't connect using a virtual pc, etc. The privacy policy is also the standard boilerplate "we can and will collect every shred of personal information about you we can in every way possible, then sell that information to as many advertisers as physically possible". Depending on where you live you might be able to request your data not be sold, but in the US most likely not.

TakeTwo eula: https://www.take2games.com/legal/en-US/
TakeTwo privacy policy: https://www.take2games.com/privacy/en-US/

I do think some of the blowback against TakeTwo specifically is overhyped, since unfortunately incredibly anti-consumer and anti-privacy practices are absurdly widespread, and this doesn't go far beyond the (unfortunate) norm. Anti-modding activities are likewise incredibly common by the largest players in the industry (I'm looking at you nintendo). Still, if you're a privacy conscious user, I'd steer clear, and I'd also personally recommend against supporting companies that crusade against consumer rights.
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Quote from BeigeRoad455 :
It's worth noting that all TakeTwo games, including the borderlands games, are currently being review bombed due to controversial updates in their eula and privacy policies. Based on a cursory search, a lot of the stuff in the eula is the standard mega-corporation boiler plate garbage: ie. forced arbitration everywhere it's legal, and you have 0 rights whatsoever unless you are expressly mandated to have those rights where you live by law. Interestingly, there's a lot of heavily anti-mod and anti-consumer language in the tos now, you can be banned for using mods, you can be banned for using a vpn, you can't connect using a virtual pc, etc. The privacy policy is also the standard boilerplate "we can and will collect every shred of personal information about you we can in every way possible, then sell that information to as many advertisers as physically possible". Depending on where you live you might be able to request your data not be sold, but in the US most likely not.TakeTwo eula: https://www.take2games.com/legal/en-US/TakeTwo privacy policy: https://www.take2games.com/privacy/en-US/I do think some of the blowback against TakeTwo specifically is overhyped, since unfortunately incredibly anti-consumer and anti-privacy practices are absurdly widespread, and this doesn't go far beyond the (unfortunate) norm. Anti-modding activities are likewise incredibly common by the largest players in the industry (I'm looking at you nintendo). Still, if you're a privacy conscious user, I'd steer clear, and I'd also personally recommend against supporting companies that crusade against consumer rights.
Sad that it has come to this. Not only do you fork over hard earned cash to purchase these games, you continue to pay with your privacy.
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Seems like publisher pissed a lot of owners. I never played it but ill pass because of it
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Quote from BeigeRoad455 :
It's worth noting that all TakeTwo games, including the borderlands games, are currently being review bombed due to controversial updates in their eula and privacy policies. Based on a cursory search, a lot of the stuff in the eula is the standard mega-corporation boiler plate garbage: ie. forced arbitration everywhere it's legal, and you have 0 rights whatsoever unless you are expressly mandated to have those rights where you live by law. Interestingly, there's a lot of heavily anti-mod and anti-consumer language in the tos now, you can be banned for using mods, you can be banned for using a vpn, you can't connect using a virtual pc, etc. The privacy policy is also the standard boilerplate "we can and will collect every shred of personal information about you we can in every way possible, then sell that information to as many advertisers as physically possible". Depending on where you live you might be able to request your data not be sold, but in the US most likely not.

TakeTwo eula: https://www.take2games.com/legal/en-US/
TakeTwo privacy policy: https://www.take2games.com/privacy/en-US/

I do think some of the blowback against TakeTwo specifically is overhyped, since unfortunately incredibly anti-consumer and anti-privacy practices are absurdly widespread, and this doesn't go far beyond the (unfortunate) norm. Anti-modding activities are likewise incredibly common by the largest players in the industry (I'm looking at you nintendo). Still, if you're a privacy conscious user, I'd steer clear, and I'd also personally recommend against supporting companies that crusade against consumer rights.

I wonder if blocking ports and/or in and out telemetry requests via firewall specific to data collection violates the EULA as it doesn't modify the code? If it doesn't, it's worth a shot I suppose.
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Quote from SpEddie :
Sad that it has come to this. Not only do you fork over hard earned cash to purchase these games, you continue to pay with your privacy.
Its a problem with modern industry related to anything 'connected,' not just video games. internet connected TV, internet access itself, Netflix, Uber, email, cell phone, banking, smart thermostat, etc.

BTW, you might want to check your SlickDeals EULA then read your ISP's EULA you used to check the SD page....then review your Operating System's EULA while you are at it. You probably lost your pretend privacy 5-7 times in that small part of the process and you never even played Borderlands.....

Fact is, in 2025, if you want the illusion of privacy, you'll need to buy a hut in the woods in a country outside of the Western World. Not saying if that is good, bad, or ugly, just the reality of the situation.....something review bombing random video game dev won't solve or even help.

Back to the topic at hand....great game and great deal. I 'own' this on Epic (another freebie) but also happy to grab it here!
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Thank you OP.
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Quote from sshlyk :
Seems like publisher pissed a lot of owners. I never played it but ill pass because of it
Which is sad because it's an excellent co-op game. But there are a lot of great co-op games out there that don't have terms like this so I wouldn't blame anybody for skipping it.

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Quote from sshlyk :
Seems like publisher pissed a lot of owners. I never played it but ill pass because of it
Developer is also pissing off everyone about pricing of the up and coming Borderlands 4. They essentially said the price will be high (probably $80) and if you are a true fan you will "find a way" to pay for it.

Stating the development cost was very high, as if that is the customers fault. High prices compounded with all AAA games trying to push political agendas these days instead of just trying to be a fun game, have put the hurt on these publishers, all while "indie" or smaller budget games like Clair Obscur wipe the floor with sales.

All that said, Borderlands 2 was, in my opinion, the best borderlands game, specially with co-op.
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Everyone has my data anyway. May as well get a free game out of it.
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Before anyone cries "wolf!" it's not spyware. It's just sending information about their game and services (online MP). If you don't believe me, this includes the EU which has very strict and enforceable laws against this. So just let it go, At least they tell you about it, other games just do it and worse.
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I wonder if you could block any of their servers from accessing your stuff via pi-hole or some other DNS limiting system?
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One of my fave co-op games of all time.
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Quote from BeigeRoad455 :
It's worth noting that all TakeTwo games, including the borderlands games, are currently being review bombed due to controversial updates in their eula and privacy policies. Based on a cursory search, a lot of the stuff in the eula is the standard mega-corporation boiler plate garbage: ie. forced arbitration everywhere it's legal, and you have 0 rights whatsoever unless you are expressly mandated to have those rights where you live by law. Interestingly, there's a lot of heavily anti-mod and anti-consumer language in the tos now, you can be banned for using mods, you can be banned for using a vpn, you can't connect using a virtual pc, etc. The privacy policy is also the standard boilerplate "we can and will collect every shred of personal information about you we can in every way possible, then sell that information to as many advertisers as physically possible". Depending on where you live you might be able to request your data not be sold, but in the US most likely not.

TakeTwo eula: https://www.take2games.com/legal/en-US/
TakeTwo privacy policy: https://www.take2games.com/privacy/en-US/

I do think some of the blowback against TakeTwo specifically is overhyped, since unfortunately incredibly anti-consumer and anti-privacy practices are absurdly widespread, and this doesn't go far beyond the (unfortunate) norm. Anti-modding activities are likewise incredibly common by the largest players in the industry (I'm looking at you nintendo). Still, if you're a privacy conscious user, I'd steer clear, and I'd also personally recommend against supporting companies that crusade against consumer rights.
TY. hard pass as much as i absolutely love this game. these companies are setting a precedent

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