Canadians can enter the Borderlands for $40

by Xav de Matos { Oct 17th 2009 at 11:30AM }

Much like Batman: Arkham Asylum's sale price during its initial release, Canadian retailers are giving players a break with the upcoming shooter Borderlands. For a limited time, Futureshop, Walmart and Best Buy are offering the Gearbox title for the discounted price of $39.96 on both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Borderlands hits stores on October 20, giving Canadians plenty of time to dig out of their snow covered homes.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

Tags: 2k, 2k-games, borderlands, gearbox-software, pc, retail, sale

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)

foxholesniper @ Oct 17th 2009 11:31AM

What you say?

Das Boot @ Oct 17th 2009 11:32AM

Schfifty Five.

Exemplar @ Oct 17th 2009 11:58AM

You must pay... 5 + 5 is fifty, fifty, fifty!!

Levi @ Oct 17th 2009 12:56PM

what you say !!!!

Filthy Assistant @ Oct 17th 2009 8:57PM

Shigidy schwa?

WINterfang ( Now with the power to piss you off ) @ Oct 17th 2009 11:32AM

Hilarious photoshop is Hilarious.

Durden @ Oct 17th 2009 11:59AM

Wow I never would have seen that!

kentuckyfried @ Oct 18th 2009 5:42PM

It's confirmed though however some that Canadians commonly pronounce "a-boooot" instead of "about" with an "ow" sound. =D And "proooooocess" instead of "process" with an "aw".

The Canadian accent is endearing.

Kevin949 @ Oct 17th 2009 11:34AM

What the Eff?

Well, as long as the game doesn't say "ey?" after every sentence or something, and isn't primarily (I.E. only) in french, I may pick it up from there instead....uh, if I can somehow. Stupid customs.

Kevin949 @ Oct 17th 2009 11:37AM

*Le Sigh*
BB won't ship outside of canada and joystiq's Walmart link just redirects back to here and the futureshop link says it's not redirecting correctly (all in firefox).

Though I'm also at work and behind some pretty hefty websense. *Shrug* Oh well.

Xav de Matos @ Oct 17th 2009 11:42AM

The Walmart link is meant to open this post, to show off the clipping from the flyer after the break. The sale isn't available online.

The Futureshop link seems to work fine for us.

quadraphonic @ Oct 17th 2009 12:07PM

But of course.. the game will also insert mukluks, igloos and seals. Dipshit yank. Keep your money and stay out of our country.

LegendaryRedass @ Oct 17th 2009 12:35PM

I like when they say "eh". Also, that's Scott, he's a dick. +1 if you know that reference.

Kevin949 @ Oct 17th 2009 2:33PM

@quadrophoric

First off, stfu. secondly, it was a joke that apparently was lost on some. *Shrug* can't hit gold every time. Though I *am* genuinely bummed I can't cash in on this deal.

Kevin949 @ Oct 17th 2009 2:35PM

*Edit*
quadrophonic.

Sorry, your post was too light to see your name properly.

linebeginstoblur @ Oct 17th 2009 3:09PM

I guess it was lost on me. Either that or it just wasn't funny. Probably more of the latter.

Kevin949 @ Oct 17th 2009 3:19PM

Ya, probably. Oh well.

Megapixel @ Oct 17th 2009 6:42PM

As a Canadian I must say that I have never seen one person who lives in an igloo or says "eh!" to a ridiculous extent. To add, I have never seen a beaver in my life and I don't even know how to skate.

...do I fail?

calgaryalta @ Oct 17th 2009 9:30PM

@ Megapixel

Let them keep their stereotypes of others and we'll keep our universal healthcare

Freakydemon @ Oct 18th 2009 5:31AM

@ calgaryalta
Nice one, I use that fact like every freaking time xD *cyber high five!*

Kalenn @ Oct 18th 2009 10:44AM

Poutine, hockey, hot prairie girls and $40 at release games? I'll trade that any day for needing the army to come in every couple of years to dig out Toronto.

BTW, Bestbuy sale _is_ online... if you live in Canada. I got Batman:AA delivered to my house (3 weeks late mind you because of disgusting back-order). Plus you have to pay GST and delivery charge (that's why it's just below $40 as over $40 is free delivery), so total cost is ~$46 Canajun dollars.

Now I'm off to curling.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0263734/

XGM @ Oct 17th 2009 11:35AM

Canada FTW !! *Lifts poutine in the air*

CHEF B0YaR G @ Oct 17th 2009 12:50PM

Ohhhhh maaaaan, you gotta send me some of that squeaky cheese.

Friggin Amazing

XGM @ Oct 17th 2009 12:55PM

Haha we have a cheese factory that makes some very good curds not too far from where I live XD

whylekat @ Oct 17th 2009 3:04PM

What the hell is poutine?

Kanjou @ Oct 17th 2009 3:22PM

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=poutine

whylekat @ Oct 17th 2009 6:31PM

Geez... You canadians really eat that on the regular? I can feel my arteries cloggin up just looking at pictures of it!

Quattro @ Oct 17th 2009 6:46PM

Poutine is delicious.

Ballistic H @ Oct 17th 2009 10:46PM

@ whylekat: Not as bad as your Bacon Explosion

amart @ Oct 19th 2009 12:10PM

Theres a place near me (northwestern ontario) that sells a "grandmas poutine". Its got fries, and cheese curds, but instead of gravy it comes with marinara sauce all over it... Sooooo good!

nighttime @ Oct 17th 2009 10:54PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYiHfJEhR0k

WINterfang ( Now with the power to piss you off ) @ Oct 17th 2009 11:42AM

Let's hope this article doesn't turn into a Canada Pride fest bash America discussion.

Xav de Matos @ Oct 17th 2009 11:43AM

I make fun of Canada... because I'm a Canadian... living in Canada.

sonicspike41 @ Oct 17th 2009 11:47AM

And that's why we love you Xav.

oOWallaceOo @ Oct 17th 2009 12:05PM

I'm a canadian playing a canadian disguised as another canadian

BigD145 @ Oct 17th 2009 4:15PM

I live in Canada's shadow. Can you spare some cheap meds, eh?

Verrin @ Oct 18th 2009 12:51PM

It's not our fault you make it so easy. And hey, there's already Americans going off about igloos and accents. So, it's not like you don't ask for it back.

NeoK-182 @ Oct 17th 2009 11:49AM

this is legit. i have a friend who lives in canada who saw it and is buying it at that price.

Sucks that walmart couldn't do that here in the US

NeilNaS @ Oct 17th 2009 11:54AM

HEY! My home's not covered in snow!

yet..

Taiko Drum Grandmaster @ Oct 17th 2009 11:56AM

$40 consoles and $50 PC? Ouch...

Will @ Oct 17th 2009 2:13PM

$33.75 each for PC if you can get a Steam 4-pack preorder together. And we get the SDK.

Exemplar @ Oct 17th 2009 11:59AM

They sure have it good in Canadia.

Avatar @ Oct 17th 2009 2:55PM

You're damn skippy.

Nick @ Oct 17th 2009 3:44PM

Okay, let's clear this up.

We get a game on sale for $40, about a $19 savings from the US street price.

However a TV that costs $549 there costs us about $699.99 here + about 14% sales tax.

I'll take the $549 TV, thanks.

adolson @ Oct 17th 2009 5:36PM

Considering that most other games have been running at $69.99, I'd disagree. Uncharted 2 is one of the few recent games to launch at the regular $59.99. I use that term, regular, lightly, since before our dollar rose above the USD many months back, the regular price was $69.99 then, too.

I was buying Borderlands anyway, but paying nearly half price is a big bonus. I'll buy a copy for my friend, at that price.

Mostly Harmless @ Oct 17th 2009 10:54PM

@Nick
It's 13%...

But it terms of this specific moment, we do have it 1338-ly good.

I wasn't actually interested in the game much, but at this price... Fuck it, I'll buy it.
I've been bored out of my mind lately.

PedoJokerBear [Planeteer | Power of Gall Bladder] @ Oct 17th 2009 12:00PM

whats all this aboot eh?

you should hear my cockney accent

Bowser Rogozhin: England is finished @ Oct 17th 2009 12:03PM

He's that guy, that guy at the party. You know who I'm talking about. That guy.

WREturns (Please buy and rate my iPhone game, Shape Tapper!) @ Oct 17th 2009 12:07PM

Crap. I really want Borderlands but I just bought Uncharted 2 and there's no way in hell I'm waiting for either MW2 or NSMBWii, plus Nostalgia seems really cool. Maybe Borderlands will have to be a Christmas present...

Markez (attempting to call me less of a man because i knew so much about pans) @ Oct 17th 2009 4:07PM

Dunno, pal, just watched the 'choose your hero' video they're advertising on Live and unless some great reviews come out I won't be touching this one.

It has started to look reeaaaally bad to me since they started showing more gameplay. For example, the animations for people exploding, the bloody explosions, buildings exploding, etc just all look awful and poorly done in my opinion.

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