Take-Two Interactive said that Borderlands 2 sales are nearing the six million sales milestone.

That's around a million more copies sold since they reported that around five million copies were sold by the end of October 2012, they also called the Gearbox-developed shooter "one of the most successful releases in 2K's history".

Borderlands 2 was also credited as a "significant contributor" to Take-Two's reported 244 per cent rise year-on-year in revenues generated from digitally delivered content in its fiscal Q3 2013.

2K Games has also recently confirmed plans to release the Borderlands 2: Add-On Content Pack at retail. It will include previously released DLC expansions such as Captain Scarlett and Her Pirate's Booty, and Mr.Torgue's Campaign of Carnage.