Borderlands 2 launch trailer: lots to shoot
Borderlands 2 launches tomorrow but you may not want to watch the launch trailer if you're carefully avoiding any and all story spoilers. The previous sentence was, of course, a 'joke.' Come, watch the launch trailer, see how many men, monsters and robots are waiting for you...
READ MORE >Borderlands 2 skill calculators released
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.
READ MORE >"In BL1 my builds got me all except one or two top tier skills in each of the three trees (w/o ..."
see all 66 commentsXCOM: Enemy Unknown preview: Little Gray Target Practice
A hands-on look at XCOM: Enemy Unknown, peppered with thoughts on updating the classic from lead producer Garth DeAngelis.
READ MORE >"this game is going to rock, I got UFO to learn how to play and its pretty brutal .. like no ..."
see all 8 commentsXCOM: Enemy Unknown experiments with pre-order bonuses on Steam
Ever keen to experiment with digital distribution, Steam is trying something unusual on XCOM: Enemy Unknown pre-orders with publisher 2K. Rather than offering fixed bonuses, Steam will unlock increasingly fancy goodies as more people pre-order, including extra character cust...
READ MORE >"Stack of Doom was a pretty crappy mechanic though. It always did seem like a weak spot of the ..."
see all 22 commentsBorderlands 2 trailer explains what's new
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.
READ MORE >"randomized map is much much harder to achieve when you can look in any direction. Diablo has a ..."
see all 34 commentsBorderlands 2 DLC Season Pass announced
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...
READ MORE >"Haha, you figured that out? You think they would bother if they didn't make profit out of it? xD"
see all 44 commentsSpec Ops: The Line dev says its multiplayer 'like a cancerous growth'
It's no secret that publishers often foist multiplayer modes upon single-player-focused games to make them more attractive to would-be customers, but it's rare to hear a developer speak so openly and contemptuously of this practice as Spec Ops: The Line lead designer Cory Da...
READ MORE >"Loved Loved Loved the single player game. Didn't even know it had MP."
see all 14 commentsWatch an hour of XCOM: Enemy Unknown
You wouldn't know it from watching the bang-pow-quote-cinematic-die-die trailers, but XCOM: Enemy Unknown is actually a turn-based tactical affair in the same vein as the widely-celebrated original X-COM games. Fortunately, publisher 2K decided to show off the game itself ye...
READ MORE >"That's what the rabid X-Com fans want to hear, though. And it wasn't every time something ..."
see all 26 commentsBorderlands joins PlayStation Plus in September
Just in time for the release of Borderlands 2, PlayStation Plus' "Instant Game Collection" will add the original Borderlands next month.
READ MORE >"Yup! All the Back to the Future's, the walking dead games, outland, just cause 2, Warhammer, ..."
see all 6 commentsXCOM: Enemy Unknown trailer shows casualties of war
The scene on the ground is pandemonium. People are dying out there, and the enemy is still unknown. The new trailer for XCOM from Firaxis shows off the need to train good soldiers to keep your team's casualties to a minimum.
READ MORE >"Cannot wait for this, of course I am currently playing through the first one, Really hope they ..."
see all 9 commentsShack PSA: Spec Ops: The Line co-op now available
Spec Ops: The Line is getting a free co-op update today, offering four objective-based scenarios for two players.
READ MORE >""Waves of enemies", "four missions" - as in, no campaign co-op? I'll pass."
see all 3 commentsBorderlands 2 PC video shows off fancy PhysX effects
Borderlands 2 for PC will predictably come with fancy graphics effects not found in the console versions. Among them is support for Nvidia PhysX.
READ MORE >"I don't think I've ever found any facts on whether or not a weaker dedicated Physx card will ..."
see all 17 commentsSpec Ops dev 'regrets' having achievements on choices, says sales are low
While Yager's decision to take 2K's Spec Ops series into psychological territory was commendable, there's one feature that irked many gamers the wrong way: achievements.
READ MORE >"Some of my favorite games have scores. Bayonetta has a combo score and an end-of-verse and ..."
see all 15 commentsXCOM: Enemy Unknown to feature one-on-one deathmatch mode
For the first time in an XCOM (and X-COM) game, you'll be able to partake in one-on-one deathmatch shenanigans.
READ MORE >"Having the multiplayer portion can potentially create some improvements in the single player AI ..."
see all 21 commentsReport: BioShock Infinite multiplayer modes axed, game still 'on track' for February release
After reports of key departures from the studio, another report has surfaced, claiming that the long-rumored multiplayer modes for BioShock Infinite have been axed.
READ MORE >"So whats the bad news? I loved B-Shock 1, and I thought B-shock 2 was good but the multiplayer ..."
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"Just 4 buddies, everyone with their guns, clicking those chests, grabbing that booty, pew pew, ..."
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