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Borderlands 2's Preorder Bonus Welcomes You To The Slaughter Dome

Borderlands 2 fans who preorder the game from GameStop can pick up a little bit of exclusive in-game content. The Creature Slaughter Dome drops players into an arena against scores of Pandora's creatures.

Players who survive the Slaughter Dome score additional experience and weapons, including Moxxi's rocket launcher, which they can then take into the wilds of Pandora. It looks as though it's a similar setup to Borderlands' Mad Moxxi's Underdome Riot DLC, for better or worse.

The Creature Slaughter Dome preorder bonus is exclusive to GameStop, Game Informer's parent company.

Borderlands 2 is set for a September 18 release. In the meantime, check out our special hub page for the game.

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  • I like arena modes better then the horde mode stuff. This looks awesome. And I love there slogan thing. "Mayhem Awaits. Bring Friends."
  • I wasn't a fan of the Underdome, but I'm looking forward to getting some nice loot. Moxxi's launcher seems pretty awesome too.

    Also, for anyone who doesn't know, starting September 4th the first Borderlands will be free for all Playstation Plus members. Get caught up if you haven't already!

    http://blog.us.playstation.com/2012/08/27/playstation-plus-update-borderlands-coming-to-instant-game-collection-september-4th/
  • I like Horde type of matches but the way Borderlands handled was not a lot of fun.
  • I like arena combat, which was the entire appeal of Mad Moxxi's Underdome, but since this gives experience it may actually be worth the time required to fight through it.

    Also, the soldier (can't remember his name, I keep remembering Roland) and the noises the creatures made in the trailer had me thinking of Predator. Just thought I'd throw that out there.
  • Thank you GameStop! Now I have to figure out what I'm going to do until the 18th....
  • Every time I see something on this game, it looks amazing.

  • Nice I may jump on this

  • Preorder bonus, man. They always announce them right when I plan to buy somewhere else. Welp, I guess I'll at least get my xbox 360 version their. Already pre-purchased my Steam one =/
  • Awesome. Just awesome.

  • Underdome Riot was fun, but repetitive and I mostly used it for the storage once I finished each arena once.

  • Darn. Getting this on steam...
  • This and the free DLC class are essentially the only reasons I pre-ordered the game.
  • I hope it isn't like Mad Moxxi's Underdome. That took way too long and to complete and was really tedious.
  • Kinda upset I didn't get the chance to preorder for the season pass and all that jazz. But everytime I see somethin for this game it amps me up for september

  • So looking forward to this.

  • I can't see it being very long/polished if it's a Gamestop Exclusive but Borderlands 2 will not be spoiled by anything in my eyes.

  • Ugh, nothing I hate more than DLC or pre-order bonuses for "Get in Arena, fight waves of enemies". Nothing can be more boring than fighting waves of enemies in an arena in my opinion.
  • This solves the only problem I had with Moxxi's Underdome. No XP or loot drops. Otherwise I liked the setup alot, so this should be fun!

  • Glad they let you build xp in the arena, it was crappy "Mad Moxxie's" didn't...

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