The month ahead looks set to be a scrumptious buffet of all you can play choices. Fantasy! Action! SPORTS BALL! Here’s a look at what September has in store for hungry gamers.
While the established console base has the easiest of installs to activate, PC players will need to see if their rigs are worthy of Gearbox’s long in development threequel, as the developer has just officially revealed how many horses you’ll need to have under your hood to run Borderlands 3.
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, …
These days, getting your voice out to the masses is a walk in the park thanks to the virtual soapbox that streaming and video platforms provide. In Borderlands 3, that idea of establishing a viral following of loonies and psychopaths is being turned up to 11, as players won’t be facing a handsome corporate CEO but rather the tag team of murder streamers known as the Calypso Twins.
Borderlands 3 is coming in a month, and fans of the series are excited to head back to Pandora (and beyond!) for more cel-shaded looting and shooting. PC gamer Borderlands fans are a little less enthused right now, thanks to the sequel being exclusive – for now – to Epic’s Game Store. Now even those who don’t mind the jump to a new launcher have a little less to be excited about. The game won’t feature any pre-loading.
Mid-generation hardware updates have separated even console gamers into the haves and the have-nots. The PlayStation 4 Pro and Xbox One X are faster, more powerful variants of now six-year-old consoles that are capable of pushing out more pixels per second than the base machines. While that does mean that some games are rendered at a glorious 4K (sigh..yes, really), …
Amara may be the most rough ‘n tumble Siren to date thanks to her ability to win any arms race in Borderlands 3: Six astral ass-punching appendages that allow her to deliver grand slams and phase-grasp enemies with gusto.
Borderlands 3 is one of the year’s most anticipated games, and I know several people who’ve played through the older games in eager expectation of Gearbox’s looty-shooty sequel. That seems to be the case for many people. In its latest financial report, 2K parent company Take-Two revealed that sales of the Borderlands games have shot up in the last quarter, likely riding the hype of the impending follow-up.
A good loot box never feels like a coupon. It feels like a moment. …
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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