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Aliens: Colonial Marines Gets Launch Date, New Trailer

The trailer above is actually made up of mostly (if not entirely) the game footage we had a chance to catch during the eyes-on preview at PAX East in Boston a month or so ago. There’s references to the Alien cannon within; stuff like the lower half of a once whole android. According to the folks

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Borderlands 2 Set to Host Massive Variety of Enemy Types

I loved the original Borderlands. The combination of solid first person shooter gameplay, multiplayer gaming and sweet, sweet loot made it one of my favorite games to launch for this generation of consoles. Playing the title, though, left me with two major complaints: the game’s story was terrible and there wasn’t enough diversity. When I

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Aliens: Colonial Marines Eyes-On

I am a big, big fan when it comes to the Alien universe. I even have a soft spot for Fincher’s work with Alien 3. That’s what made me so excited for a chance to take a look at Gearbox’s attempt at the franchise with Aliens: Colonial Marines. The Gearbox rep leading the demo explained what

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Going Hands-On with Borderlands 2

A few weeks back, I made the trek up to New York City in order to have a preview with Borderlands 2 from Gearbox. This was the first press demo for the game, and now I’ve had a chance to settle in, watch the embargo lift and jot down a few of my thoughts. First,

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Aliens: Colonial Marines Gets Sweet “Contact” Trailer

I’m a series fan when it comes to the Alien franchise. No, you won’t find me arguing in favor of the recent films (or the third, for that matter). But, where the first two flicks and media in the same vein are concerned? Yes, I’m a major fan. Alien, for an extended period of time, was

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Gearbox Set to Reboot Duke Nukem?

Could we be looking at the onset of the gaming world’s next, best shot at incredible vapor-ware? Gearbox Software, the company behind products like Borderlands, made sure the extremely long-awaited Duke Nukem Forever got its official release on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC platforms. They took the impossible and made it a reality.

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Borderlands 2 Gets Its First Official Teaser Trailer

The Game Informer exclusive cover reveal of Borderlands 2 was a still version of the teaser trailer you’ll see above. They both feature the same new character (Salvador the dwarf), a snowbound landscape, dual-wielding weaponry and the incredible art style that drew so many to the original Borderlands. The trailer, of course, adds motion. But

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Rumor: Borderlands 2 Announcement Coming Soon

Eurogamer has supposedly learned from a source “close to the game” that Borderlands 2 will be announced by 2K Games very soon. This rumor indicates that the game will ship next year for the PlayStation 3, the Xbox 360 and the PC. As Eurogamer points out, rumors and speculation of the almost definite announcement of

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Gearbox Founder Calls Wii U a Fantastic Stop-Gap

Given the regularly discussed 10 year life-cycles of both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, this generation of consoles might be rather long. While that may be fine for the current HD platforms, Nintendo’s Wii stands out as the overwhelmed hardware option. It makes sense then that Nintendo would release the Wii U as a way

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Duke Nukem Forever Dev Says Multiplayer Shouldn’t be Forced

Duke Nukem Forever is finally coming out, despite yet another epically announced delay on the part of Gearbox Software. As the title crawls towards its ever-distancing release date, Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford is constantly popping up in interviews and headlines on gaming blogs everywhere. His latest quote, and definitely the one I’m most inclined to

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Duke Nukem Forever Delayed, Again

In what could potentially be considered the greatest in-joke the video game industry has ever played on itself, 2K Games and Gearbox have gone and delayed Duke Nukem Forever… by a month. The game was initially scheduled to release in May of this year. It’s now set to release on June 10th internationally and June 14th in

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Gearbox CEO Says Duke Nukem Isn’t About Review Scores

Randy Pitchford, Gearbox CEO, spoke with CVG about Duke Nukem Forever and its upcoming release. During the discussion, Pitchford offered that he doesn’t care much about the review scores the game receives. Of course, he tempered that by saying that he’ll be surprised if anything falls below a 7 and that he expects a few

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