Sony mentioned today that Borderlands 2 on PlayStation Vita will only include two-player co-op after originally promising four-player multiplayer.

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In a new hands-on post on the PlayStation Blog , Justin Massongill, a social media specialist for Sony, detailed the cutback multiplayer offerings for Vita owners. "We checked in with the [Sony Computer Entertainment America] third-party production team, who confirmed that while they strived to include four-player co-op in the game, they made a decision late in their development cycle to focus on providing the best two-player-only co-op experience possible," Massongill wrote. "As a result, the maximum co-operative player count for Borderlands 2 on PS Vita is capped at two."Four-player multiplayer was originally planned for Borderlands 2 on Vita, as Gearbox Software detailed last year , saying that it would "truly bring the four-player cooperative experience to the palms of your hands." Last month, Sony visited IGN's offices to show off a new build of the portable Borderlands 2, after a rough version was shown in March.Borderlands 2 comes out on Vita on May 13, though a new PlayStation Vita bundle includes the game and is slated for release May 6. Stay tuned to IGN for a full review of the portable version of the first-person shooter.

Evan Campbell is a freelance news writer who chats about video games all the time on Twitter