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Video game developer Gearbox and publisher 2K Games have revealed that Yasemin Arslan, a model hailing from Australia, has been chosen to be the real world embodiment of Lilith, one of the main characters in the Borderlands franchise.The video attached to this post says that Arslan has been chosen from more than 1,00... |
20 January 2012
12:01 GMT |
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What we know:Borderlands was a surprising hit in 2009 and Gearbox is hoping to deliver another impressive and addictive game this year with a sequel that takes players back to Pandora and refines all the significant gameplay mechanics.For starters, the four character classes we know from the original are gone, replac... |
13 January 2012
19:41 GMT |
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Borderlands 2 might still be some time away but the developers at Gearbox are saying that they have plans to take the loot system that defined the first title in the series and mix it with an equally complex set of mechanics built around player skill and development.
Jon Hemingway, who is the lead designer working o... |
29 December 2011
02:56 GMT |
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Borderlands 2 is a chance for the developers at Gearbox to develop the world that they created in the first video game in the series and put a little more emphasis on the story of the universe, something that will even be apparent when it comes to the playable characters.Anthony Burch, who is the lead writer working ... |
28 December 2011
16:41 GMT |
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The developers at Gearbox working on Borderlands 2 are interested in keeping the core mechanics of the franchise relevant while making sure that players have access to more content than in the original video game.Scott Kester, who is a the concept designer working on Borderlands at Gearbox, told the 2K TV show that, ... |
9 December 2011
22:41 GMT |
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Borderlands: The Fallen, a novel based around the well known video game from developer Gearbox, will be launched tomorrow, allowing fans of the series to get more information on the game world and meet some characters that might make an appearance in the coming sequel.The Kindle version of the novel will sell for 9.9... |
21 November 2011
07:54 GMT |
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Borderlands 2 might still be some time away from release but fans of the series will be happy to learn that the development team at Gearbox will likely keep the art style pretty much unchanged after switching to it when the first game was being created.Scott Kester, who is the concept designer working on Borderlands,... |
8 November 2011
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The announcement that Gearbox was working on Borderlands 2 so close after the launch of the first game was somewhat of a surprise for the industry and the fan base has reacted with some distrust, prompting the developers to offer more information on how they plan to make the sequel more than just a cash grab.Jeremy C... |
21 September 2011
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The developers at Gearbox who are working on Aliens: Colonial Marines have been given a lot of freedom by 20th Century Fox, the company that holds the rights to the intellectual property based on the well-known series of movies.
Brian Martel, who is the chief creative officer at Gearbox, has talked to Gamespot abo... |
23 August 2011
17:41 GMT |
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For a long time fans and analysts believed that Aliens: Colonial Marines, the game under development at Gearbox, had been canceled but now that the developer is ready to talk about the project the company is saying that one of the core ideas behind the title is to deliver as much fan service as possible without intru... |
19 August 2011
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The September issues of video game focused magazine Game Informer has revealed that developer Gearbox is already hard at work on Borderlands 2, the follow-up to its 2009 first-person shooter that used the science fiction genre and sprinkled it liberally with humor, huge amounts of guns and bright colors.
It seems ... |
3 August 2011
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Analysis firm Wedbush Morgan has announced that it sees the recent release of Duke Nukem Forever as having a negative impact on the financial results of its publisher, Take Two Interactive, saying that the game will probably not go above 1.5 million units sold during its lifetime. Initially, the firm projected that ... |
6 July 2011
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An analyst watching the video game industry has forecast that the recently launched Duke Nukem Forever first-person shooter will only sell about 1.5 to 2 million copies during its life on store shelves, with initial reports from retail outlets showing mediocre interest in the game.Arvind Bhatia, who is an analyst wit... |
16 June 2011
16:41 GMT |
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Video game publisher SEGA and developer Gearbox have announced that Aliens: Colonial Marines, their first-person shooter based upon the well-known series of movies, is set to be launched during the spring of 2012 on the Xbox 360 from Microsoft, the PlayStation 3 from Sony and the PC.
For a long time, it was believ... |
2 June 2011
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The PlayStation Network and associated services that have been down since April 20 have been brought back online by Sony over the weekend, but the company still has some way to go before it can regain the trust of gamers, but at least one leading game developer believes that the company should be supported by all the... |
16 May 2011
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Despite a new delay, the development team at Gearbox that is working on the long-awaited Duke Nukem Forever is still confident that the project will be a successful one, and its leader believes that the gaming world will be poorer if the main character does not make an appearance in 2011.
Randy Pitchford, who is t... |
5 April 2011
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A lot of people thought that Duke Nukem Forever would never be released, especially under the implosion of original developer 3D Realms, but after acquiring the property, new owner Gearbox has not only finished up the single-player element but has also worked on a multiplayer component that has not yet been shown off... |
22 February 2011
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Gearbox Software, as the developer, and 2K Games, as the publisher, have announced that they will be launching a special Balls of Steel edition for their first-person shooter Duke Nukem Forever, which is set to be launched on the PlayStation 3 from Sony, the Xbox 360 from Microsoft and the PC on May 3 of this year.H... |
14 February 2011
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Developer Gearbox has said that it will soon be talking some more about one of its most interesting future projects, Aliens: Colonial Marines, denying that the game has been delayed into next year and that no further news about it would be delivered in 2011.
Randy Pitchford, who is the leader of Gearbox, has told ... |
12 January 2011
16:41 GMT |
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Sega, besides preparing more and more Sonic games and trying to release a Dreamcast collection for current generation consoles, is also preparing a big announcement concerning Aliens: Colonial Marines.
In case you haven't heard about the game, the title has been in development at Gearbox Software for quite so... |
16 December 2010
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Gearbox Software, as the developer, and 2K Games, as the publisher, have announced that those gamers who pick up the Game of the Year edition of the Borderlands shooter will get early access to the demo version of the long in development Duke Nukem Forever.The GOTY edition of Borderlands comes packed with all the dow... |
6 October 2010
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Developer Gearbox has offered the first details on the newest downloadable content that is set to be launched for its Borderlands title, set to arrive on September 28 on all the platforms on which the original game is available.Claptrap's New Robot Revolution is set to open up with a scene setting piece done in ... |
13 September 2010
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Gearbox is committed to creating and launching Aliens: Colonial Marines despite reports to the contrary and despite the fact that the developer is also working on more content for Borderlands and has picked up development duties for Duke Nukem Forever, the title which 3D Realms has been working since 1997.Randy Pitch... |
9 September 2010
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Gearbox Software, as the developer, and 2K Games, as the publisher, have announced that they are, as rumors have been suggesting for some time, working on Duke Nukem Forever, with the game set to arrive on the PC, the PlayStation 3 from Sony and the Xbox 360 at some point during 2011.Duke Nukem is one of the most del... |
6 September 2010
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The fourth piece of downloadable content for Borderlands has been revealed in the recent 1.31 patch that has been released for the PC version of the title. On the Gearbox Software official forum, user Legendrew managed to scout the files that made up the update and discover assets related to this fourth unannounced e... |
6 August 2010
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Randy Pitchford, who is the president of development studio Gearbox Software, revealed at the DICE Summit, which took place in Las Vegas, that their latest release, Borderlands, is a 3-million copies sold franchise and that they are ready to deliver more content for it as long as gamers are interested in it and as lo... |
23 February 2010
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After teasing us with new content, Gearbox recently announced another DLC pack for its addictive RPG-shooter, Borderlands. Announcing it as "the biggest DLC we have made," The Secret Armory of General Knoxx has already teased us with some of its new features. The downloadable content will modify the game to allow a l... |
11 February 2010
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Borderlands came out at the end of 2009, like a lot of other amazing games. After Gearbox has already given the title two DLCs, in the form of The Zombie Island of Doctor Ned, a more single-player oriented DLC, and Mad Moxxi's Underdome Riot, the game's developer has just recently announced a third DLC to b... |
29 January 2010
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Not long ago, Gearbox released its Mad Moxxi's Underdome Riot, and it was a more than welcome addition to the game. The chance to go toe-to-toe in the arena with some of the most dangerous characters of Pandora was a lot of fun, and the extra loot came in handy too. And just like most of us hoped, Moxxi isn'... |
25 January 2010
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Analysts have stated that the music genre is one of the main reasons behind the decrease in overall videogame sales in 2009 but Activision, which is the publisher of the Guitar Hero franchise, begs to differ. The company is saying that DJ Hero, the music game spinoff focused on hip hop and electronic culture, is the ... |
21 January 2010
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Randy Pitchford, the president of developer Gearbox, which has just put out Borderlands, is saying that companies like id Software and Crytek are actually hurting themselves and videogaming by creating experiences designed for the next generation of console hardware rather than for the current one.Pitchford has told ... |
19 November 2009
03:43 GMT |
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Blade Runner has three different versions, all thanks to Ridley Scott, but the games are just one short of a full set. The first Blade Runner title was made all the way back in 1985, while in 1997 an action adventure for the "future noir" was developed. There could have been a third game, and one done by a serious de... |
18 November 2009
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You may wonder why the diary starts at day four. Well there's a simple answer to that conundrum, my inquisitive friends. I've been too busy shooting everybody in the hat-mount to take notes. Seriously, since the game came out, Borderlands is the only thing I've been doing. I'm pretty sure somewher... |
30 October 2009
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As I mentioned before, I'm completely addicted to Borderlands. There's something about the game that really makes me want to come back for more. Endlessly more and more until I end up like one of those suicidal gamers that were found starved and exhausted to death in an arcade in front of a “Release s... |
28 October 2009
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It's like some games just have bad karma or maybe the universe feels the need to impose a perfect balance of ying and yang in every single thing. Borderlands managed to stand out as a really great game right from the start, as incredibly fun and really addictive. But the multiplayer seems to suffer from a horrib... |
28 October 2009
03:52 GMT |
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Randy Pitchford, the leader of Gearbox, creator of Borderlands and a known straight talker, has recently commented that Steam, the digital distribution service created and maintained by Valve, could be a problem for smaller developers because of its potential to be a monopoly and because of the conflict of interest w... |
17 October 2009
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When the Fallout series was brought back to life so wonderfully by Bethesda many hoped that this would be, like any other game, an inspiration for other companies to come out with their own great games. After all, nothing brews progress like a little competition. Except maybe for criticism, or even better, some good ... |
16 October 2009
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Most PC gamers tend to think of Steam, the distribution service from Valve, as being a very useful tool. It allows for games to be downloaded, patches are quickly applied, it eliminates the need to store a lot of disks and permits for all the game purchases to be tied to a single online identity. But it seems that so... |
8 October 2009
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Bordarlands for the PC will be coming a bit later than scheduled, but, unlike many games that don't meet the deadline by whole years, Borderlads will be delayed for only six days. Planned for release on October 20, the game will miss its deadline in order to receive further tweaking. However, the release dates r... |
23 September 2009
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The Aliens franchise has enjoyed a revival in later years, with two videogames based on it now in definite development and with another title, an Aliens team-based role playing title that was set to be created by Obsidian declared dead by the people working on it. And with SEGA controlling the release of both, it wil... |
25 August 2009
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Development studio Gearbox has been at the center of the news lately for two main reasons, the impending release of its cross between a shooter and a role playing game called Borderlands, which will be quite risky, coming in the face of the behemoth that is Modern Warfare 2, and the fact that Microsoft has firmly den... |
3 August 2009
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Microsoft has shot down all rumors related to Gearbox creating a new Halo game. Although, usually, the Redmond-based company does not comment on rumors, it seems that the Halo franchise is important enough to get a response out.343 Industries, which revealed at the Comic Con event to be in charge of Halo for Microsof... |
31 July 2009
05:36 GMT |
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Randy Pitchford, the president of developer Gearbox, has admitted that putting out Borderlands, the new science fiction shooter it has been developing in quite some time, will be a risky affair, mainly because of the heightened competition on the videogame market generated by the world wide economic crisis and the im... |
29 July 2009
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We've been hearing about video game delays left and right, especially in terms of new properties that were scheduled to appear at the same time as all of the high-end blockbuster sequels at the end of the year. But at least one new game will keep its promise, as Gearbox Software and 2K Games have announced that... |
29 July 2009
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A lot of video games are scheduled to appear this fall, from certain-to-sell sequels like Modern Warfare 2 or Uncharted 2, to extremely interesting new projects, like Brutal Legend. But one new property that stands out from the rest is Gearbox's Bordelands. Even though the game promises to take players on a fun... |
9 July 2009
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As many years before it, 2009 has a lot of high-quality video games scheduled to appear at the end of it, during the fall season, just in time for them to fill up the store shelves and to attract the eyes of anyone who wants to buy them as a present for the winter holidays, which will be just around the corner. Out ... |
7 July 2009
02:39 GMT |
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Gearbox recently filed four trademarks for the title "War Hero," with titles including "World War II Hero," "Brothers in Arms War Hero," and "Modern War Hero." The developer has just confirmed that the titles are real, saying that it's something for "down the road." Unfortunately, it has not said whether it plan... |
26 June 2009
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Game development is often a risky business, especially when studios that have experience in one genre or a specific franchise approach new things or genres that aren't completely grasped by its staff.That is why studios like Infinity Ward or Bungie, which have specialized in the Call of Duty and Halo projects, r... |
25 June 2009
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One of the big games at the E3 trade show in Los Angeles was Aliens vs. Predator from Rebellion, which aims to reinvent the long running franchise and deliver a videogame that takes the best bits of the original title in the series while offering a more modern experience.But before Aliens vs. Predators, there was a l... |
17 June 2009
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Gearbox Software, in an unusual move, has confirmed that it plans to release its newest shooter, called Borderlands, sometime in October 2009. The game has been in development for quite some and it was initially announced in September 2007.Since then, the company has made some interesting and sweeping changes to Bord... |
9 June 2009
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