While Duke Nukem Forever – unbelievably, due next year – will contain all sorts of injokes, homage and fan-service, it’s not a nostalgia-driven game. That’s what Gearbox Boss (And former 3D Realms employee) Randy Pitchford says, anyway. Speaking to Gamespot, Pitchford insisted that if they were relying on nostalgia, they would have just done a shiny port of the game, …

It’s very seldom that you find a company – gaming or otherwise – that really cares for its customers. Gearbox seems to be one of those companies. Unexpectedly, they’re trying to do something for those unfortunates who plonked down money pre-ordering the once developmentally-challenged Duke Nukem Forever. Hopefully you’ve held on to your pre-order ticket stubs… Last Updated: October 8, …

As if Gearbox wasn’t in the news enough this week, thanks to their announcement of Duke Nukem Forever in 2011, we have some Borderlands news to add to the pile as well. Gearbox’s head-honcho Randy Pitchford announced that Borderlands will be getting a free update for the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC versions of the game. The level cap will …

Everyone is saying it at the moment but it really does feel like we are living in the Twilight zone at the moment with GT5 being released in the next few months and Duke Nukem Forever being released in the next year. And now we are confirming that a DNF demo will occur before the games release. Last Updated: September …

While Gearbox have resurrected Duke Nukem Forever, they’re not unfamiliar with games of their own stalling development. You may recall (or not) that in 2006 Gearbox and SEGA announced that they were bringing Aliens : Colonial Marines, a 4-payer squad based shooter set after the events of the third film, to consoles and PC. It sounded awesome, looked rad and …

Why. Won’t. You. DIE? Word around the water-cooler has it that the game that was in development for..well..ever before becoming a victim to 3D Realms’ demise is back in development – and the reigns have been handed to Borderlands developer Gearbox. The developer is responsible for Brothers In Arms, the aforementioned Borderlands and Aliens: Colonial Marines – and have apparently …

Remember that time when Michael Pachter said that Borderlands isn’t going to sell very well? Yeah, that was funny… good times. One of our favorite new IP’s of 2009 has now been reported as selling a massive 3 million units since its release last year, proving once more that the world is not only prepared to try out fresh IPs, …

You’re probably all getting pretty tired of me saying that Borderlands is one of my very favourite games of last year, but it’s true – and if Gearbox continues to support the game post-launch like this, it may end up being one of my favourite games this year too. The next bit of DLC for the RPG/Shooter Hybrid promises to …