Last month at E3, Gearbox Software showed off their FPS-RPG hybrid game Borderlands to the press. At the time the team said the game might be out in October but to not hold them to that date. Today, GameSpot reports that the final release date for the game has been locked and as predicted it will ship to stores on October 2 in the US. The game will ship on October 23 in other parts of the world.

Publisher Take Two Interactive has a lot riding on Borderlands' success, especially since it decided to pull the rest of its announced hardcore gaming line-up into the first half of 2010. The game itself was first announced two years ago but revealed a massive change in its art style only this year.