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Gearbox Software, LLC is an American video game development company based in Frisco, Texas.

It was established in 1999 by developers from companies such as 3D Realms and Bethesda Softworks, with one of the founders, Randy Pitchford, as CEO.

The company initially created expansions for the Valve Corporation game Half-Life, then ported that game and others to console platforms.

In 2005 Gearbox launched its first independent set of games, Brothers in Arms, on console and mobile devices.

It became their flagship franchise and spun off a comic book series, television documentary, books, and action figures.

Their second original game series Borderlands was released in 2009, and by 2015 had sold over 26 million copies.

The company also owns the intellectual property of Duke Nukem and Homeworld.

First-person shooter (FPS) is a video game genre which is centered on gun and projectile weapon-based combat through a first-person perspective; that is, the player experiences the action through the eyes of the protagonist.

The first-person shooter shares common traits with other shooter games, which in turn fall under the heading action game.

From the genre's inception, advanced 3D or pseudo-3D graphics have challenged hardware development, and multiplayer gaming has been integral.

Borderlands 2 is an action role-playing first-person shooter video game developed by Gearbox Software and published by 2K Games.

It is the second game in the Borderlands series and the sequel to 2009's Borderlands.

The game was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and OS X on September 18, 2012.

It was ported to the PlayStation Vita on May 13, 2014, and released for Linux on September 30, 2014.

2K Games, Inc. (shortened as 2K) is an American video game publisher.

Notable titles include Borderlands, Civilization, The Darkness, BioShock, NBA 2K and WWE 2K.

2K Games is a publishing subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive.

It was created on January 25, 2005 after Take-Two acquired developer Visual Concepts and its wholly owned subsidiary Kush Games from Sega for.

The name "2K Games" comes from Visual Concepts' sports game lineup, typically referred to as the 2K series.

Action role-playing video games (abbreviated action RPG or ARPG) is a loosely-defined subgenre of role-playing video games which emphasize real-time combat whereby the player has direct control over characters, instead of turn-based or menu-based combat.

These games often use action game combat systems similar to hack and slash or shooter games.

Action role-playing games may also include action-adventure games that include a mission system and RPG mechanics, or massively multiplayer online role-playing games with real-time combat systems.