The gathering was authoritatively reported on January 20, 2015, as The Handsome Collection, for a discharge in North America on March 24, 2015, and somewhere else on March 27, 2015. A restricted "Blarney in-a-Box" release was likewise declared; this US$399 package incorporates lithographs of the playable characters from both diversions, a Steelbook case for the amusement, and a remote-controlled adaptation of the robot character Claptrap; it can be controlled from an Android or iOS gadget utilizing the "ClaptrApp", highlights a solitary haggle adjustment, would play be able to Claptrap's in-diversion cities and has a camera in its eye that can be seen from inside the app. Only 5,000 duplicates of this version were produced. The gathering does exclude the principal Borderlands: talking at PAX South, Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford expressed that they may consider making a port of the first diversion if The Handsome Collection is "uncontrollably successful". On 18 March 2015, Gearbox Software and 2K Games affirmed that the amusement had been proclaimed gold, showing it was being set up for duplication and release.