Tag: Gearbox Software

SEGA's pushed the release of Aliens: Colonial Marines outside of its original Spring launch window

The Gearbox developed first-person shooter will now drop sometime in "Fall 2012". No reason was given for the delay, but SEGA promised that a brand new trailer would drop later today in order sate impatient fans.

Try to feign your surprise for this one, but it looks as though Aliens: Colonial Marines will be getting a premium priced collector's edition

We know — big game in limited edition shocker; we can hardly believe it ourselves. A leaked shot of said collector's edition hints at the inclusion of three additional in-game multiplayer weapons, a new game mode, an intel dossier, and a figurine to gather..

Michael John Mamaril was a huge Borderlands fan

Tragically he died of cancer last month at the unfairly premature age of 22. This prompted Michael's friend Carlo — also a big Borderlands fan — to contact Gearbox Software and ask if they could get the game's lovable robot, Claptrap, to read some kind of eulogy. Touchingly Gearbox did, and has also promised to include Mamaril in Borderlands 2 as..

We'd be curious to see the numbers for Duke Nukem Forever's multiplayer component

Are any readers still playing it? Well, if you are (why?) Gearbox has got some new DLC for you. The content includes three new multiplayer modes: Freeze Tag, Hail To The King and Hot Potato. It also includes four new maps parodying various popular first-person shooters. Which would be a great idea, if the joke wasn't..

Gearbox Software is in the initial stages of planning a new Duke Nukem title, CEO Randy Pitchford has announced

Pitchford told an audience at PAX — watched by Kotaku — that the studio picked up the Duke Nukem franchise with the intention of making more titles in the series. "And then soon… I know that you guys figured out that, when Gearbox acquired the franchise, we didn't do it just to..

Gearbox demonstrated the latest instalmment in the Brothers in Arms series this past E3

Fans seemed a little concerned by the changes that were to take place to the previously lauded series. Deciding to depart from the series' previous habit of depicting accurately-portrayed battle tactics, such as those seen in the most recent release, Hell's Highway, the series would take on a more light-hearted..

You know Aliens: Colonial Marines is going for a horror vibe because its latest trailer is packed with heavy edits

Flick to black. People walking. Flick to black. The lights are flickering. Flick to black. Good grief, there's an Alien behind you!. Turn around for goodness sake. Please. Flick to black. Phew. [Thanks VG247]

No-one is going to disagree that Borderlands 2 is all about multiplayer, not least developers Gearbox Software

Speaking to Joystiq behind closed doors, Gearbox's Steve Gibson revealed that those playing Borderlands 2's couch co-op mode will be able to take the action online with two other players. There is one stipulation however, according to Gibson. Split-screen players will not be able to join..

Here's your first glimpse of Borderlands 2 ahead of the media blow-out we're expecting later in the week

The trailer focuses on the game's new dual-wielding hero as he shoots the brains out of a variety of fresh foes. The art-style is still great. Expect lots more on Gearbox's RPG-shooter during the course of the week.

It sounds like GamesCom's going to be livestreams galore -- 2K Games will be joining Sony next week in streaming its GamesCom presentation live on the Internet

2K's show is expected to go heavy on Borderlands 2 content, with many of us given a first taste of Gearbox's RPG-come-shooter at next week's show. The livestream's set to hit the airwaves on UStream at 16:00PM BST on August 19th. [Thanks..

Super-addictive four-player co-op is back in Borderlands 2, says GameInformer magazine

But according to the publication, virtually every other element of the RPG-come-shooter has been revved up. More interactive environments, friendly NPCs that actually say more than one word, and a new elemental currency are all in. Bonza. All four original Borderlands characters will feature in the sequel, in..

Forget those rumours from yesterday, 2K Games has officially confirmed Borderlands 2 this afternoon

The game's due for release somewhere between April 2012 and March 2013. 2K's keeping a nice wide window open for the time being. The game's featured on the September cover of US games magazine GameInformer, and will be on-hand at this month's Gamescom. New characters, skills, enemies, weapons and..

Eurogamer's reporting that Borderlands 2 is in development at Gearbox and is due to be announced by 2K Games soon -- presumably at Gamescom

According to Eurogamer's source, the game will launch on PlayStation 3 next year. It's not the first we've heard of Borderlands 2 — the game has been rumoured for months, showing up on developer CVs and in hushed industry whispers. Seeing as we adored the..

Despite a number of seriously scathing reviews over the weekend, Duke Nukem Forever has knocked L

A. Noire</a> off its perch at the top of the UK sales charts, scoring a number one finish for the long-in-development FPS. L.A. Noire finished up in second, while Sucker Punch's new superhero escapade finished up just behind Zumba Fitness in fourth. The game probably deserved to do better than..

There are no words: Duke Nukem Forever releases in the UK next week

This launch trailer proves it. There are tits, one-liners, guns and swearing; what more could you ask for? Repeat: Duke Nukem Forever releases in the UK next week.

Gearbox's Aliens: Colonial Marines has been in hiding for a long time now

But that's changed this afternoon, as SEGA's finally decided to bring the title out of the darkness and confirm a "Spring 2012" launch window for the game. “To Gearbox Software and its peers throughout the industry, Aliens is one of the most influential science fiction properties of all time,” said Gearbox boss..