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Borderlands 2 skill calculators released

By Alice O'Connor, Sep 10, 2012 6:00am PDT

Borderlands 2 won't arrive on shelves until next week, but you can start planning your character builds right now as Gearbox has released skill calculators for its FPS-RPG for you to pore over. Vault hunters, start your min/maxing engines.

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"In BL1 my builds got me all except one or two top tier skills in each of the three trees (w/o ..."

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Brothers in Arms: Furious 4 reworked, cut loose from BiA series

By Alice O'Connor, Sep 03, 2012 9:15am PDT

Brothers in Arms: Furious 4 was a curious announcement from Gearbox at E3 2011, both because it went silent almost immediately and because, well, it seemed to be a very silly game for a once-po-faced World War 2 series. CEO Randy Pitchford said that it was "evolving" a few m...

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"It was, undoubtedly, a tyranny of a majority. But I think looking at in those terms discounts ..."

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Borderlands 2 trailer explains what's new

By Alice O'Connor, Aug 31, 2012 8:20am PDT

Borderlands 2, then. That's Borderlands with a 2 on the end, right? If you're a bit hazy on what exactly the sequel adds, you'll want to check out a new seven-minute trailer which employs a delightful moustachioed gentleman by the name of Sir Hammerlock to explain it all.

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"randomized map is much much harder to achieve when you can look in any direction. Diablo has a ..."

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Aliens: Colonial Marines Escape mode revealed

By Alice O'Connor, Aug 30, 2012 9:30am PDT

Deathmatch is about the least interesting of all competitive multiplayer modes Aliens: Colonial Marines could offer, yet the first revealed. It's nice, then, that Gearbox and Sega today announced the objective-driven 'Escape.' The 4v4 mode sees marines fleeing various bad pl...

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Borderlands 2 DLC Season Pass announced

By Alice O'Connor, Aug 30, 2012 6:45am PDT

Knowing what you do about Gearbox and the DLC it released for the original Borderlands, would you be happy paying $30 in advance for $40's worth of Borderlands 2 DLC? Publisher 2K Games certainly you won't feel a need for reviews, as it's launching an oh-so-trendy DLC season...

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"Haha, you figured that out? You think they would bother if they didn't make profit out of it? xD"

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Borderlands 2 PC uses Steamworks

By Alice O'Connor, Feb 29, 2012 6:30am PST

The PC edition Borderlands 2 will use Valve's Steamworks suite as its DRM. Gearbox's shooter RPG will pack Steamworks features including multiplayer matchmaking, Steam Cloud storage, achievements, auto-updating, downloadable content, "and more."

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"its like diablo 3, yeah it's repetitive but it's meaty and worth a lot of hours of some fun ..."

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Borderlands 2 launching in September

By Alice O'Connor, Feb 22, 2012 5:15am PST

Face-shooting fans, prepare to return to Pandora on September 18, when Borderlands 2 will arrive on PC, Xbox 360 and PS3. Gearbox has also unveiled the in-game goodies you can snag by pre-ordering the shooter-RPG sequel, and blasted out a new trailer.

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"Even with the terrible gamespy - the first is still a complete blast :)"

- Anir see all 22 comments

Aliens: Colonial Marines trailer stays frosty

By Alice O'Connor, Jan 30, 2012 6:45am PST

Oh, cinematic trailers! So pretty; so unrepresentative! Still, if you've got a minute or two to fill this morning, stop your grinnin' and drop your linen to enjoy the snazzy new trailer for Aliens: Colonial Marines.

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"In AvP, didn't one of the Predators use an Alien Skull Shield?"

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Aliens: Colonial Marines delayed; fall 2012 release targeted

By Xav de Matos, Jan 26, 2012 2:45pm PST

Aliens: Colonial Marines has been pushed to a fall 2012 release window, according to publisher Sega.

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"Whatever. This game was looking like major Donkey Ass. Based on what I saw, I was falling into a ..."

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Shack PSA: Duke Nukem Forever $10 on Steam

By Alice O'Connor, Oct 12, 2011 5:30am PDT

How much would you pay for Duke Nukem Forever? $50? $40? $20? Perhaps $10, which is how much it costs in Steam's mid-week sale.

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"I think the fact that you're literally playing with shit in the first 5 minutes metaphorically ..."

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Duke Nukem Forever multiplayer DLC out next week

By Alice O'Connor, Oct 06, 2011 8:00am PDT

Duke Nukem Forever's multiplayer-expanding 'Hail to the Icons Parody Pack' will launch next week from October 11, with three new modes and four new maps and weapons.

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"Good for her then? If they want anyone to actually take this website as a serious source of ..."

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Aliens: Colonial Marines gameplay video walkthrough

By Andrew Yoon, Sep 30, 2011 2:30pm PDT

This presentation of Aliens: Colonial Marines was previously exclusive for the eyes of E3 attendees, but now you'll be able to see what the game looks like for yourself.

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"are you sure all alien assets are taken *directly* from the latest avo game? i don't think that ..."

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Duke Nukem 3D fan remake on hold

By Alice O'Connor, Sep 28, 2011 11:30am PDT

The authorized fan remake of Duke Nukem 3D in Unreal Engine 3 has been placed on indefinite hold for reasons not entirely clear, though the team does hopes to finish it one day.

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"this was just a resume builder. Something they can put on a demo reel. Then they can also point ..."

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Gearbox soliciting Duke Nukem Forever feedback

By Steve Watts, Sep 20, 2011 11:00am PDT

Gearbox has opened a survey to solicit feedback on Duke Nukem Forever. You can respond with your thoughts whether you played the game or not.

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"But on that note, props to Gearbox for getting feedback on the more controversial elements ..."

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Aliens Infestation debut trailer

By Andrew Yoon, Sep 02, 2011 10:30am PDT

Sega has released the first trailer of the long-awaited Aliens platformer, and it's not quite as Metroid-esque as we'd expect. In fact, it's downright action-packed.

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"I'm getting some old school Flashback/Contra vibes from that. It could be cool."

- CrustaR see all 7 comments