Patch 1.41 for Borderlands is now live for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360, and chief among the main changes for the game is a raised level cap by a full eight levels.Title Update 1.41 Notes:

• Level cap increase of 8 levels for all players.
  [-]Original Borderlands players will now be able to achieve level 58.
  [-]Owners of The Secret Armory of General Knoxx can achieve a record setting increase to a maximum level of 69.
  
• Enemies now scale to new level caps throughout the whole game as long as playthrough 2 has been completed.
  
• Item drops (with the exception of COM Decks) will now scale to new enemy level caps.
  

The update should apply automatically, but PC owners can also grab it right here from AusGamers files.

Anyone who's been wanting to push their maxed Borderlands characters that little bit more will be happy to know Gearbox are raising the cap to 69 (no jokes, please), and will be offering that to all players for free as part of a full game update (which will also address balance issues as a result of the changed cap).

There's also a new round of DLC coming called Captrap's Robot Revolution (September 28), continuing Gearbox's impressive support of the FPS/RPG hybrid post-release. A Game of the Year edition is also coming later in the year and will feature all the game's DLC released to-date.

Check out some screens and art for the new DLC below.

The first two DLC releases for the popular shooter/RPG hybrid, Borderlands, will receive the retail treatment; packaged and sold at retail on a single disc, available from April.

The Zombie Island of Dr Ned and Mad Moxxi's Underdome Riot will both be made available as a single purchase for Xbox 360 and PC, though the newest DLC release, The Secret Army of General Knoxx which was made available only recently unfortunately misses out.

There are no official price-tags yet, but we've contacted 2K, so stay tuned.

Continuing the content expansion for their FPS/RPG hybrid, 2K Games and Gearbox have launched yet another downloadable content pack for Borderlands - The Armory of General Knoxx.

In addition to a new adventure, The Armory of General Knoxx promises new guns, class mods, vehicles, enemy variants and bosses as well as increasing the level cap to 61.

The Secret Armory of General Knoxx picks up right where Borderlands ends – players have discovered and unlocked the alien vault, but now must face the unscrupulous wrath of the vengeful Atlas Corporation and its deadly, death-dealing badass, General Knoxx. With more than 16 million unique weapons (and the help of an Atlas insider), the vault hunters must protect Pandora and save their own necks by destroying the munitions hoard and blow General Knoxx and his Crimson Lance force to kingdom come, but not before reaping the rewards of Atlas’ weaponry stockpile.

2K Games have let us know that the content is "now available for detonation" on Xbox Live (800 Microsoft Points) with PC and PlayStation Network offerings to follow on Feburary 25th 2010 for AUD$12.95.

Check out the trailer here on AusGamers.

Patrick wrote in to let us know that we missed the Borderlands 1.20 patch, which was released early January and offers a bunch of fixes for the PC version of the game. Here's the list of fixes and changes:

* Fixed a bug that kept challenges from unlocking for the rest of a session after visiting arenas
* Fixed some formatting issues with the server list screen
* Fixed an issue causing servers to report the incorrect plot mission
* Proficiency progress to the next level should no longer be lost when leaving a multiplayer game as a client
* Fixed a progression issue in the Find Steele mission - characters affected by this issue should now be able to continue progressing
* Most instances involving character data loss when playing online should no longer occur
* Addressed some exploits involving character level and backpack size
* Fixed a bug that allowed Mordecai to spawn multiple Bloodwings
* Mordecai's "Loaded" skill now increases mag capacity by 20%
* Roland's "Scattershot" skill has had its spread adjustment corrected, and damage now increases at +5 per level
* Improved the refresh speed for the server browser
* Support for DLC 2 added

Note that this is only for boxed copies; if you downloaded a digital distribution then you don't want this one. You can download the 200mb patch now locally from AusGamers!

On December 29 PC, Xbox Live and PSN users will be able to grab the next bout of downloadable content (DLC) for Gearbox's Borderlands, this time focusing on the vixen, Moxxie.

Predictably, today's trailer showcases the stylish nature of the game and Gearbox's artistic vision with an awesome soundtrack and a witty narrative from Moxxie herself. Unfortunately not a great deal of detail beyond the DLC's existence and arrival is given, but it's still nice to know this game is much loved by its developer.

Click here for the full trailer.

Alongside today's announcement of the next DLC, 2K and Gearbox have also released a new patch for the Windows PC version of Borderlands, enabling access to the first content expansion, previously only available to PS3 and Xbox 360 users.

The 200MB patch can now be downloaded locally from AusGamers files (note: this patch doesn't actually include the content, it just unlocks the ability to purchase and install it). There's also a PC De-authorization tool provided for the purpose of managing the secure-rom 5-machine install limit.

2K Games and Gearbox have announced the second downloadable content expansion for their FPS RPG hybrid Borderlands, Mad Moxxi's Underdome Riot.

Mad Moxxi’s Underdome Riot is an intense single-player or cooperative experience that expands the mayhem by adding three new Riot Mode arenas where players will endure an onslaught of Pandora’s baddest enemies. Working together, players will fend off the masses as they fight for fame, honor, and more importantly, loot. Mad Moxxi’s Underdome Riot also adds a new bank feature, which allows players extra storage capacity for when they encounter one of the more than 16 million weapons that Borderlands has to offer; and the ability to acquire two additional skill points as quest rewards, making their characters even more powerful than before.

Look out for this one on December 29 2009 on Xbox Live for 800 MS Points and January 7 2010 on PlayStation Network for AU$12.95.

A PC release was mentioned but not dated - hopefully it won't be too far behind.

A couple of screenshots from this new DLC can be found on our game page