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Steam's page and product data give different dates. The maker's date is used here.","online_coop":"Explicitly supports online co-op.","max_players_online":"The campaign supports up to four cooperative players.","drop_in_drop_out":"Explicitly supports joining and leaving online play.","genres":"Describes a first-person shooter with role-playing gameplay."}},{"url":"https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP1001-CUSA01401_00-BORDERLANDSHDCOL/","kind":"store_page","accessed":"2026-10-24","fields":["max_players_local","local_coop","local_screen","max_players_online","platforms","free_to_play"],"notes":{"max_players_local":"The Handsome Collection includes Borderlands 2 and supports four-player split-screen on PS4. This cap does not apply to the PC version or Switch.","local_coop":"Four can play on one device in the console collection.","local_screen":"Explicitly describes split-screen.","max_players_online":"Supports up to four online players.","platforms":"PS4 edition. The page also explicitly says it is playable on PS5 through compatibility, not a native PS5 edition.","free_to_play":"The checked PlayStation full-base edition has a paid base-game access model. Demos, trials, guest passes, platform sharing and temporary grants do not establish ongoing free base co-op."}},{"url":"https://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/store/borderlands-the-handsome-collection/C4DQHRNN1ZN5","kind":"store_page","accessed":"2026-10-24","fields":["local_coop","max_players_local","max_players_online","local_screen","platforms","free_to_play"],"notes":{"local_coop":"The Handsome Collection includes Borderlands 2 and four-player local co-op.","max_players_local":"Four-player split-screen, matching the Gearbox PS4 announcement and PlayStation product.","max_players_online":"Four-player online co-op, matching the maker release announcement.","local_screen":"Explicitly describes four-player split-screen.","platforms":"The collection is playable on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S.","free_to_play":"The checked Xbox full-base edition has a paid base-game access model. Demos, trials, guest passes, platform sharing and temporary grants do not establish ongoing free base co-op."}},{"url":"https://blog.playstation.com/2015/03/24/borderlands-the-handsome-collection-out-today-on-ps4/","kind":"official_news","accessed":"2026-10-24","fields":["max_players_local"],"notes":{"max_players_local":"Gearbox employee launch post dated March 24, 2015 explicitly introduces four-player local split-screen for the collection including Borderlands 2."}},{"url":"https://www.nintendo.com/au/games/nintendo-switch/borderlands-the-handsome-collection/","kind":"store_page","accessed":"2026-10-24","fields":["platforms","max_players_local","max_players_online"],"notes":{"platforms":"Nintendo Switch edition of The Handsome Collection includes Borderlands 2.","max_players_local":"Switch supports only two on one device. The recorded maximum of four is for PS4 and Xbox versions.","max_players_online":"Switch supports four online. 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