Tag: Borderlands

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Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – Borderlands

Directed by Eli Roth and based on the video game series of the same name, Borderlands follows Lilith (Cate Blanchett), an infamous outlaw with a mysterious past, who reluctantly returns to her home planet of Pandora to find the missing daughter of the universe’s most powerful S.O.B., Atlas (Édgar Ramírez). Lilith forms an alliance with

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Player Two Has Entered The Game!

Are you and your partner tired of the Valentine’s frivolities? Already drunk off the champagne? Have you been pricked by too many rose thorns this year? Sick from the boxes of chocolates? Fear not! You can settle down with your loved one and play with each other for a while… No, not like that! Get

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To Timidly Go: Are Sci-Fi Film Tropes Holding Back Sci-Fi Gaming?

With souped-up graphics and processing power, Playstation 4 and Xbox One will bring us one step closer to truly “cinematic” video games. But could game developers’ long quest to emulate silver-screen cool actually limit the creative potential of next-generation console titles? This question came to mind after the recent burst of publicity for Destiny and

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Borderlands 2

Launched just prior to the full holiday shopping swing in a season full of FPS competitors, does Borderlands 2 have what it takes to set itself apart? Find out here!

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2K Games Announces Borderlands 2 for 2012

In an announcement today, 2K Games revealed that a sequel to the highly successful RPG/FPS hybrid Borderlands is in the works, set for release during the next fiscal year. Few details have been released, but Borderlands 2 is slated for release on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC platforms, with new characters, skills, environments,

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A Claptrap Style Proposal

Like most gamers, I start a relationship carefully, not showing my full geeky-nees until a few months in.  That wasn’t the case for Borderland and Gearbox fan Ben.  He had written to Gearbox, explaining that he and his girlfriend Tora loved playing through Borderlands.  Ben wondered if Gearbox could help him pop the question. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fii-KPEmcMw[/youtube] Of course you can’t have an epic proposal video

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