Paul Sage sits opposite me, his intense eyes staring down at me from behind his glasses. Sage has worked on some of my favourite games which include the first two Borderlands, and he’s on the verge of launching the long-awaited next mainline entry into the beloved franchise. And he’s also busy telling me about a guy stuck in a porta-potty.
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We were kept waiting for a long while. Myself, as well as a handful of other press and media are sitting in a small corridor, about to get our hands on Borderlands 3. We’re all chatting, having a good time, but I can definitely sense that some people are getting annoyed. Our appointment was meant to start 15 minutes ago, …
For as long as WWE wrasslin’ has been an annual fixture in the video game release schedule, one developer has been at the helm of those games. Yuke’s is the name of the studio, and from the sunny shores of Osaka in Japan they’ve been pumping out WWE games at a steady clip that dates back to the early days of when THQ handled the license and through to the modern era that is currently under the stewardship of 2K Games. Well they were, until this week when the studio announced that they’d been future endeavoured.
The leaked expansion to the looter shooter that came out roughly seven years ago launched last night and is completely free for all players until July 9th. With the ever-growing hype surrounding Borderlands 3 consuming a vast portion of many gamer’s brain stems, it seems like an almost obvious idea for 2K and Gearbox to return to the beloved second …
I mean, we knew it was coming right? It would be unreasonable to think that 2K and Gearbox wouldn’t be showing off some more of Borderlands 3 at E3. Building on what we already know about Borderlands 3, it seems that this brief stinger only really served as a hype-train for the highly anticipated looter-shooter. Still, I’m not complaining because …
Ahead of the highly anticipated Borderlands 3 gameplay reveal last night, Gearbox producer Chris Brock stated that the studio was making an active effort to shy away from some of the more questionable naming decisions in the past in order to promote a more inclusive and welcoming environment for all players. Brock stated that Borderlands 3 will not be incorporating …
With the recent announcement that Borderlands 3 will be exclusive to the Epic store on launch, players have been review bombing previous games to do…something? Let’s be honest with ourselves here, review bombing…is nothing. It’s nothing! And it always happens when a fanbase doesn’t get what they want so rather than just accepting some news they find unpleasant, they try …
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A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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