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 * February 22 Gearbox Software has released the Borderlands 2 Launch Date Trailer indicating a September 18th, 2012 release for US and September 21st for the international release. The trailer includes two new class reveals as well: Axton and Zero.
 * January 17 During the season premiere of X-Play, Gearbox revealed the lucky lady who will be portraying Lilith in Borderlands 2.
 * December 27 IGN conducted an interview with Gearbox's lead designer and lead writer pertaining to Salvador, a player character in Borderlands 2.
 * December 14 Gearbox has released a holiday card for the 2011 season with a Borderlands 2 theme.
 * November 22 Gearbox Studios announced an open casting call for "someone to become Lilith" and to appear in Borderlands 2 as a live action version of the character. (Submissions closed)
 * November 20 A Borderlands novel, titled "Borderlands: The Fallen", is scheduled to hit stores on Tuesday, November 22nd.
 * November 15 All four add-on packs for Borderlands are half-off on Xbox Live until November 22, along with some avatar items!
 * November 3 Upon hearing the news that one of its younger fans of the original Borderlands had passed, Gearbox created a short eulogy and promised to honor him in Borderlands 2 as an NPC.
 * October 27 Now through Halloween Steam is running a sale on everything spooky, and Borderlands is included thanks to Dr. Ned!
 * October 26 Randy Pitchford confirmed Crazy Earl will return in Borderlands 2.
 * September 9 Gearbox has opened a thread on the official Gearbox forums asking members what they would want to see included in a collector's edition of Borderlands 2.
 * August 28 Gamespot reports that "B Test", a developer's version of the original Borderlands, will be released on Steam September 9th! This will be used as a testing ground for upcoming features in Borderlands 2 and is available to anyone who possesses a version of the original Borderlands.
 * August 25 Steam is running a 75% off weekend sale of everything Borderlands!
 * August 24 Gearboxity has compliled a large list of several Borderlands 2 previews, written after the GamesCom event by sites such as IGN, Multiplayer.it and VideoGamer.com.
 * August 12 Game Informer has posted an article detailing some of the gun manufacturers' specialty and uniqueness both gameplay-wise and aesthetically.
 * August 10 Game Informer has posted a roundtable with Gearbox and an interview with Randy Pitchford, both discussing Borderlands 2.
 * August 3 Borderlands 2 has officially been announced! Details will be released at Gamescom and PAX Prime 2011 this month. http://www.borderlands2.com/ Pre-orders of PC and console versions are up on GameStop. Expected release date is September 1st, 2012.