PS3 Version Of Borderlands Has Co-op Issues, Gearbox Promises Fix [Update]

The PlayStation 3 version of Borderlands is a bit broken, according to early reports from owners of that game. The game’s cooperative multiplayer mode won’t recognize other Borderlands players on the PS3’s friends list, an issue Gearbox is already addressing.

In addition to problems with the PSN friends list, Borderlands is reported by users to have issues finding public games, with waits of 30 minutes or more for a list of available games. Since we feel that Borderlands’ biggest strength is its co-op mode, that’s two very serious problems for PS3 owners.

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Fortunately, Gearbox software engineer Scott “vatoloco” Velasquez writes on the official Borderlands forums “We’ve identified the problem and are working on a fix.”

“Believe it or not, the friends feature was heavily tested by Gearbox and 2K,” Velasquez writes. “However, this particular issue we found could have never manifested itself in our or 2K’s test environments.”

“We’ll find out very soon if the issue exists for the PS3 International versions of the Borderlands. If it does, we’ll hopefully have a fix implemented before it affects those customers,” he says. “We are doing everything we can to get this problem addressed as quickly as possible.”

Velasquez addresses the timing of that fix later in the thread, saying “The only thing I can say is that we’re exploring all options of getting the fix out ASAP!”

Thanks to Mike for the heads up.

Update: Well, that certainly was “ASAP.” Gearbox reps say they’ve fixed the issue, no client side patch needed: “We are very pleased to report that using PSN friends lists with the game should now work properly for all PS3 customers. The fix has been released invisibly and should work automatically for all PSN users on the PS3 platform. No special action is required by PS3 customers to apply the fix – just play the game and you’ll find that everything works fine now. We thank you all for your patience and for making us aware of the issue!”

PS3 Friends list issues [Gearbox Software Forums]