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Borderlands 2 Level Cap Increase Coming

“Good news denizens of Pandora, the Hyperion corporation has added special growth hormones to the water systems, designed by our top scientists to enhance your inlaid abilities. The weak willed, afraid of change should avoid drinking the water. There is also a 13% chance that you will be transformed into a raging monster filled with hate and despair. Those weak willed, afraid of being transformed into a raging monster filled with hate and despair, should avoid drinking the...

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Aliens: Colonial Marines Collector’s Edition and Pre-order Info

With the release date of Aliens: CM being pushed back to Feb of 2013, you now have plenty of time to save up for the collector’s edition which will run you $99. Preordering at Gamestop will include these bonuses: Four Playable Movie Characters Players will be able to fight for their squad’s survival and confront hordes of enemies as the original ALIENS film icons Private Hudson, Corporal Hicks, Private Drake and Sergeant Apone. Additional Marines Character...

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Borderlands 2 Preview : Catch a Riiiiiide!

With any successful game, there is a tiny amount of fear when a sequel is released.  I am a huge fan of the first Borderlands, and as excited as I was to hear that Gearbox was working on Borderlands 2, there was a little part of me that was afraid the sequel wouldn’t live up to the original.  When I played the game at PAX East though, all those fears were put to rest. Borderlands 2 looks beautiful.  The comic book come to life graphics style of the original game is...

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Hands on: Aliens: Colonial Marines Multiplayer

Like I said in my write up of the live demo, something seemed to be missing, that “oomph” from the live demo. Don’t get me wrong the aesthetics and sound were spot on and fantastic. The iconic sound of the pulse rifle remained and just the general look, gave no doubt about it being a game based in the Aliens universe. Brad and myself stayed away from any harsh judgments and figured we would know more as soon as we got our hands on the game for ourselves. We...

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What did the Aliens: Colonial Marines Live Demo Show Us?

Brad Beach and myself attended PAX East 2012 and there were only a handful of games we felt we had to check out, Aliens: Colonial Marines was one of those games. We were shuffled through back door into a small, dark  room with two TVs on the wall and thankfully a comfy floor, as we were exhausted. We were presented with a live solo demo of Aliens: CM and also told that if Gearbox did their job correctly that even “Alien 3 would be a better movie,” as this game...