If you’ve already spent countless hours playing on your PS3, don’t fret, Borderlands 2 on Vita will let you pick up where you left off using the game’s Cross-Save support, a post on the EU PS Blog has explained.

Four player online co-op support will also be included.

The Vita version contains six of the game’s expansion packs: Captain Scarlett and Her Pirate’s Booty, Mr. Torgue’s Campaign of Carnage, the Psycho and Mechromancer character classes plus the Collector’s Edition pack and Ultimate Vault Hunter Upgrade Pack 1.

It’s a generous helping of content but one that lacks the game’s last two season pass add-ons (Sir Hammerlock’s Big Game Hunt and Tiny Tina’s Assault on Dragon Keep), the level cap raising Upgrade Pack 2 and the five Headhunter DLC mini-expansions.

The news comes just a day after it was confirmed that a Borderlands prequel will be released for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. It’s not yet known what Gearbox is working on for the next-gen consoles.

Stasis Interrupted was leaked by 10 new PS3 trophies with can be found on PS3Trophies.com – look only if you don’t care about spoilers.

No word has been given on release date, however you can expect the DLC to launch on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC.

Buy it on PSN for $9.99 USD or 800 Microsoft Points on Xbox Live. European PlayStation 3 owners will have to wait one more day for the Psycho Pack to become available on PSN, when the EU PS Store update goes live.

As for Krieg, the folks over at Gearbox have finally launched the official skill builder for the newest vault hunter. Check out the skill builder here.

In addition, here’s a list where you can find all available custom Krieg heads in the game:

Custom Krieg Heads Locations

• Long Live The Meat – Complete the “Statuesque” Quest, which is giving in the Opportunity bounty board.
• My Mind Is  A Prison –  Complete ‘Pay The Bills’ challenge.
• Double Suplex Time – Dropped by any bad-ass or higher enemy
• Hell Of An Underbite – Dropped by Terramorphous The Invincible
• VideoGameFace – Dropped by badass Creeper
• Go To Hell Die Die Die – Dropped upon defeating Jack
• Ahahaha - Dropped by Vermivorous The Invincible
• Krieg!!!! – Default unlock
• I Hear Your Blood – Dropped By Geary
• Comming For You – Complete the ‘In Memoriam’ quest, giving my Lilith.
• Stay In School Kids – Complete the ‘Symbiosis’ quest, giving by Sir Hammerlock.
• Look At My Eye Damnit!! – Dropped by BNK-3R
• Turn Around Do It - Default unlock
• Choke It Outta Me – Default unlock
• I can’t breathe in this – Dropped by Henry
• Keelhaul Your Infant – Complete ‘X Marks The Spot’ in DLC 1
• Zen And The Art Of Meat – Purchased In Torgue vending machines for 35 Torgue tokens in DLC 2
• Masks Make Me Look Fat – Complete ‘Fall Of Nakiyama’ in DLC 3

Also, “Mirronda” and a couple of Gearbox community members have taken the liberty toposts images of the custom skins Krieg will be able to wear and how to get them

No more worries, my friend, below the break you’ll find what you’ve been looking for.

The Full Quencher:

Axton: Commando Skill Tree & Character Builds

Axton can fulfil many different roles, from a heavy assault rifle damage dealer to a bullet-sponge. Our builds pick one of either, as well as ways to bolster the Commando’s Sabre Turret ability.

Skill tree combinations if you want to…
…deal the most damage

This build focuses on the damage capabilities of Axton and his arsenal. His Sabre Turret ability is largely left untouched in favour of his own personal damage output, except with an increase of 30 per cent damage while the turret is active.

Our build opts for an increase of 30 per cent and 15 per cent in health and shields respectively, while reload speed is increased by 40 per cent. These can be replaced with increases to magazine size and Longbow and Nuke abilities for the Sabre Turret.

See this build.

…make the most out of the Sabre Turret

This is the most customisable of Axton’s possible builds since there are so many possible permutations. We’ll include the most useful, which excludes the Nuke ability – since this is incongruous with the Gunpowder skill tree and doesn’t really compliment much else.

Dual Turrets: Two turrets are obviously better than one, and this is our preferred method of using the Sabre Turret. The addition of a few Guerrilla skills means you can unlock rockets for them both, too.

See this build.

Jack Of All Trades: This build actives each of the lower tier Sabre Turret abilities, meaning you’ll get a shield, rocket pods and increase the range at which you can deploy the turret. It does mean you don’t get the later tier abilities, but it increases Axton’s personal damage output too.

See this build.

On Defence: Using this build will boost your ability to use the Sabre Turret for defence. It’ll add a shield, increase your grenade capacity – to throw from behind the shield – and bolster your shield and health slightly.

See this build.

…have the most health and shield points

Like most ‘warrior’ classes, the Commando can specialise in two distinct ways: either a heavy damage dealer or, as this build suggests, as a powerful Tank class intended to absorb a lot of damage.

This build increases health, shield, the speed and efficiency of regeneration and adds a couple of abilities to increase your survivability – such as ‘Grit’, which has a chance to ignore damage that would otherwise kill you.

See this build.

Zero: Assassin Skill Tree & Character Builds

As cool as Zero is, he’s still fairly limited in his set up. Built largely for sniping or melee combat, it’s hard to find a balance between the two. You’ll need to pick an angle and stick with it.

Skill tree combinations if you want to…
…focus on sniping

There’s a whole skill tree devoted to Sniping so this one should be fairly easy to understand. As such it’s one of few builds that benefits from the entire skill tree, which increases damage dealt, critical hit chances and adds the Bore ability, which makes bullets penetrate enemies.

The remaining three skill points we put into Iron Hand for increased health, but you could put these into reload and weapon swap speed or improved melee damage.

See this build.

…focus on melee combat

There are a couple of options for melee damage, one that boosts damage and makes the Assassin a dangerous melee adversary or a second one that adds a few abilities to the melee function.

This build enables you to use Deception to increase melee damage, and even re-stealth and reactivate the ability if you successfully kill someone while invisible.

See this build.

Our second build, however, is more of a mix than the last, increasing melee damage but missing off the last Bloodshed skills to unlock Death Mark, which marks an enemy after a melee attack and increases damage from all sources for 8 seconds.

See this build.

…focus on the Deception ability

Deception enables the Assassin to vanish, but can also be tweaked to be even more useful. This build increases damage a bit, but is mostly useful for its explosive holographic decoys and the thrown kunai abilities.

Elsewhere we’ve chosen to increase maximum health and critical damage, but the remaining 10 or so skill points can be flexibly applied anywhere.

See this build.

Salvador: Gunzerker Skill Tree & Character Builds

He might not look like it, but Salvador is actually the most customisable of characters, and can emphasis rate of fire, overall damage, an emphasis on Gunzerking or a focus on defence and health boosts.

Skill tree combinations if you want to…
…deal a lot of damage

To make the most of your damage dealing capabilities you’re going to want to swap weapons a lot. Bear this in mind when building your character and collecting weapons.

This build focuses on that function to deal the most damage, which is most beneficial if you use pistols. The remaining skill points can go into additional health, though we’ve gone with the ammunition bonuses from Inconceivable and Filled To The Brim.

See this build.

…take a lot of damage

The beauty of this build is that the minimum you’ll need to spend on it is 25 skill points, or 26 if you fancy ‘Come At Me Bro’ (you should, it’s a life-saved).

You could spend the additional points – as we have – by increasing damage and fire rate when health and shields are low, with the rest fitting nicely into more efficient ammo consumption.

Or, alternatively, you can spend the remaining 20 points in increasing damage or looking to unlock abilities like Auto-Load or Double Your Fun.

See this build.

…fight with dual pistols

This is similar to the build that focuses on damage dealing, except that it forgoes some Gunlust skills in favour of a few more Rampage ones. This is because relying on pistols means you’ll need to increase reload time, rate of fire and improve ammo consumption.

There isn’t really any room to alter this build to your liking, though you can alter it if you don’t care too much for the Gunzerking ability. If this is the case, swap out Keep It Piping Hot and Yippee Ki Yay for whichever alternatives you prefer.

See this build.

…make the most of Gunzerking ability

The aim of this build is to unlock ‘Keep Firing…’ in Rampage. You can be as direct or filled as you like, though you can save a few skill points if you just go for the Gunzerking-based skills.

The remaining points can be spent either on bonus damage while Gunzerking (though this does require matching dual weapons) or our preferred option, which boosts health regeneration and overall gun damage.

See this build.

Maya: Siren Skill Tree & Character Builds

Maya is a weaker character and largely plays a support role within the game. As such, her character builds tend to require you to pick an aspect of her play style and stick to it.

Skill tree combinations if you want to…
…deal as much damage as possible

The majority of skill points will go into Cataclysm here, with 5 in Motion and a few in Harmony. If you want the last Cataclysm ability Ruin you can either replace it with Acid Cloud (not recommended) or take a point off Recompense.

As such, there isn’t really much room for alteration here. That said, if you prefer you can swap out some Harmony skills for Kinetic Reflection and Converge abilities in Motion.

…provide a better support role

Healing is probably the best role for Maya, so most of your skill points here will go into Harmony. This build will unlock life orbs and regenerative health when Phaselocking enemies, as well as the ability to heal allies by shooting at them.

You can also selfishly add Sustenance and Life Tap to this to improve your own personal health regeneration.

The remaining skill points can go into unlocking either Converge in Motion or Cloud Kill (and bonuses to status effects) from Cataclysm. Of course you can also remove Sustenance and Life Tap to free up 10 more points to spend on alternative Phaselock improvements, such as Quicken and Sub-Sequence.

See this build, or the alternative Sub-Sequence version.

…enhance Phaselocking

The idea with this build is to unlock as many Phaselock enhancements as possible, and though we’ve focused on getting the mind-controlling Thoughtlock you might want to knock a few extra off the later tiers of Motion for alternative options in Harmony or Cataclysm.

We’ve split the remaining skill points into Harmony and Cataclysm to increase damage while using Phaselock, as well as imbue it with explosive damage. Again, if you prefer you could tweak these skill points to unlock ricochet or healing bonuses when using Phaselock.

See this build.

In Borderlands 2, you can play as one of four distinct characters (five if you download Mechromancer), however Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford has made known that they’re now working on a new protagonist to join the fray.

That by itself was great news when Pitchford tweeted it, however the upper people at 2K Games have dampened the mood of optimistic fans, essentially saying that though the character is being worked on by Gearbox, its implementation into the game is another story.

Said 2K Games:

The necessary systems are in place for us to create additional playable characters, however the decision to make use of those systems has always relied on the community’s response to the Mechromancer.

So that’s that. If you want it real bad, download the Mechromancer if you haven’t already. Because it’s all about numbers, people.

What kind of character would you like to see included as a new protagonist in Borderlands 2?

Discuss. It’s The Official Games Thirst Pentagon!

Take-Two Interactive definitely has a strong line up in my opinion, and with Grand Theft Auto V right around the corner, it seems 2013 will be one of Take-Two’s best years. Is there anyone here who pre-ordered Borderlands 2? Discuss below.

“I’m actually astonished that we’re about to launch a sequel and no one’s stole it from us,” he continued. “The formula’s right there. No one’s stolen it yet. That’s weird.”

“Not that I want anyone to steal it, or I’m challenging people to steal it,” he continued.

Pitchford said it was a difficult time for them when the first game was being promoted, because on one hand you must scream as loud as possible to get recognition for the game, then a new IP. But in tandem you must be careful as the formula was new and exciting, and could easily be stolen by another studio. That, however, hasn’t happened.

“When talking about Borderlands 1, it was really confusing, because on one hand we gotta scream from the highest mountain to get attention because it’s a new IP. On the other hand, it’s like, ‘Shit, we don’t want to tell people our secret because then they’re all gonna copy it because it’s so good.’”

Borderlands 2 comes out in September for PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. Gearbox wouldn’t mind a PS Vita version.

We look at it as a hobby, and that isn’t even counting the new Badass Points system and how that’ll affect every character you do. We want it to feel like you get more for your money. We’re happy for people to pay their money once and feel that they get ongoing value.” – Gearbox marketing VP Steve Gibson speaking to Gamerzines.

“Apart from our cool splash screens that last about five seconds, there’s maybe three cutscenes in the entire game – one at the very beginning, one at the very end, and one in the middle,” Borderlands 2 writer Anthony Burch told Game Informer. “I’m not certain on that number, but it’s very low.”

That being said, Borderlands 2 will indeed include a plot, it simply won’t be told only in cutscense, says Burch, instead it’ll be more organically and environmentally delivered.

“The story informs the gameplay and makes you feel like the things you’re doing in the gameplay are for a bigger reason. It’s never, “Hey, I’m going to grab you by the neck and make you watch this nine-minute cutscene about this character I really like, so deal with it,” he said.

“It’s more about making sure the world itself has more environmental storytelling. Characters constantly tell you why you’re doing what you’re doing, cheer you on, warn you about things that are coming up.”

Thanks, Gamefront.

Fourteen minutes of Borderlands 2 shaky cam footage have surfaced on the web, but it might not last long so head past the break quick to quench it.

The sandbox title sees a release in 2012 for PS3, Xbox 360 and PC.

“It’s something that we’re still thinking about and we’re not talking about any aspects of that yet. We already smashed two genres together to create one so let’s not get too ahead of ourselves [laughs]. It really eats into our development time to make the main core game as solid as possible.” – Gearbox speaking in an interview with NowGamer.

Borderlands 2 was announced earlier this week and already we’re seeing screen of the highly anticipated sequel pop up all over. So we’ve gathered them like a mother hen gathers here young, and have posted all below the break for your quencher pleasure.

Nice, wouldn’t you say? The game gets out next year for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.