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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
03:54 GMT |
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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
06:34 GMT |
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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
17:01 GMT |
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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
04:52 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
10:31 GMT |
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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
04:00 GMT |
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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
07:40 GMT |
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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
08:48 GMT |
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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
04:05 GMT |
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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
16:01 GMT |
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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
04:34 GMT |
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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
02:44 GMT |
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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
11:11 GMT |
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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
05:05 GMT |
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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
03:04 GMT |
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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
13:21 GMT |
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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
14:31 GMT |
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We've recently heard from Gearbox that Borderlands, the bleak-looking shooter that had entered “stealth mode” a few months back, was indeed still set to arrive in 2009, with more details related to gameplay being unveiled at this year's E3 trade show.Now, a preview seen in the PC Gamer magazine ... |
10 April 2009
05:02 GMT |
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There are some games that garner at lot of publicity at some point and then slip into stealth mode, only to emerge just before the publisher announces the release date. Borderlands seems to be such a game, with little being said by 2K since a pretty impressive video was show at the Leipzig Games Convention last year.... |
8 April 2009
15:11 GMT |
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It's a very tough market for World War II-based shooters nowadays. The huge number of games that have their action placed in the historical conflict saturated users, who have now come to reject anything remotely based on the legendary war. That is why games like Crysis or Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare have had ... |
21 October 2008
08:22 GMT |
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Having just received the review copy for Ubisoft's new squad-based World War II shooter, Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway, we were very excited to test it out. Based on Operation Market Garden, one of the most ambitious ones from the whole World War II, the game puts you again in the shoes of Staff Sergeant... |
17 October 2008
19:01 GMT |
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Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway (review coming soon) has recently been launched and Gearbox, the independent development outfit behind the game, is now looking to the future, after devoting the better part of the last three years to the World War II game.The president and Chief Executive Officer of the company,... |
17 October 2008
12:51 GMT |
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Halo rumors are always nice especially because there's a huge number of fans of the franchise that can't wait to hear something interesting about the Halo universe and the new games set in it. For the moment, we know that there's only one game related to the multi million selling first person shooter w... |
28 August 2008
06:59 GMT |
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Hell's Highway is again getting delayed. The tactical World War II shooter, which was in development for the last three years, is now expected to reach gamers no later than the end of September, when the original date was set for August. Most retailers are now saying that September 23 will be the final date, but... |
31 July 2008
14:06 GMT |
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Right now, you must be waiting eagerly for Brother in Arms: Hell's Highway, the new upcoming squad based shooter from Gearbox. Set to develop the story of the first two games in the series, it offers players the chance to live the life of an Allied soldier who takes part in Operation Market Garden, the late-1944... |
3 June 2008
05:31 GMT |
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After game publisher Electronic Arts recently signed an in-game advertising deal with Massive Inc. regarding advertisements in games distributed by the industry giant, it seems that the in-game advertising concept is picking up steam yet again.Double Fusion, another important player in the market, doesn't want t... |
26 March 2008
03:58 GMT |
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In a Swedish TV interview, Gearbox's Randy Pitchford discloses some details on its upcoming Aliens licensed first-person-shooter, which although not dubbed Aliens yet, will surely contain the word in it later on, when it starts to take better shape. The good news are that the Aliens game will be a next-gen title... |
4 June 2007
02:42 GMT |
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