Borderlands 3 is coming this year, and it would have been easy for the game to have embraced the “games-as-a-service” rubbish that’s turned modern video gaming into the hellscape it is right now.
Last night, Gearbox revealed the first bunch of gameplay from their impending looty, shooty Borderlands 3. In a livestream, we got to see an extended look at a couple of missions, a bit of background on the story and a look at the game’s hub world.
Tomorrow, there’s a big reveal event for Borderlands 3 that’ll show off some gameplay from Gearbox’s cel-shaded looty-shooty sequel. The reveal will happen over Twitch, giving us a better look at the game and how its overhauled weapons will work. By simply joining in and watching the reveal (with an extension installed), players will be able to get themselves a bit of in-game loot.
By the time that Borderlands 3 begins, it looks like vault hunters will have a new element to play with that takes the place of Slag. Say hello, to Radiation.
In Borderlands 3, that gap between the various weapons-dealers is expanding even further, as each company doubles down on what makes their particular death-dealing tools of mass head-popping destruction so unique. Here’s a quick rundown of how guns are evolving in Borderlands 3.
A decade later, and the original Borderlands is still a heck of a diversion thanks to a recent update that celebrates the anniversary of developer Gearbox’s greatest hit.
Players will no longer need to fight for loot. It was always frustrating playing Borderlands 2 with a full party, because inevitably there’d be three people concentrating on taking down enemies or bosses, while one utter bastard would instead be running around, merrily collecting every bit of loot. That bastard was me, but I digress.
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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