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Duke Nukem Sounds Best On The Dukulele

“Tiny Bubbles”, this ain’t. YouTube people Johnny Streets and Mike Martinez played the Duke Nukem theme on ukuleles. The result is fantastic.

News

It Sounds Like The Next Duke Nukem Game Will Be Better

You don’t acquire the rights to one of video game’s most famous characters without planning on doing something great with him.

August 29, 2011
PC

New Borderlands Patch Will Test Borderlands 2 Tech, Adds Steamworks

A new patch coming September 9 for the PC version of Borderlands will add Steamworks support and will begin to test some new systems development studio Gearbox Software wants to incorporate into Borderlands 2.

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A Historical Brothers In Arms Game Is In The Works, But Furious 4 Is Next

The next Brothers in Arms will be the E3-announced over-the-top, gleeful Nazi-killing Furious 4, but fans of the series’ earlier historically authentic games need not fret. “We’re going to do more of that,” Gearbox chief Randy PItchford said at PAX today. More of Sgt. Baker’s exploits are in the works, but he had nothing to announce.

August 23, 2011
Nintendo

Aliens: Colonial Marines Shows Why It’s Smart To Wait 25 Years To Make A Movie Game

While we’ve known for a while now that Gearbox’s upcoming Aliens: Colonial Marines makes extensive use of original concept art from the movie it’s based on, 1986′s Aliens, it’s still a surprise to see it brought to life 25 years later.

August 20, 2011
PC

Ultra Disposable Gun One Of Little Improvements In Borderlands 2

The throwaway guns of the original Borderlands, which numbered in the hundreds of bazillions, were nothing compared to the fire and forget disposability of the game’s sequel. And Borderlands 2‘s “disposable razor-style” guns from fictional manufacturer Tediore, the Walmart of intergalactic gunmakers, already stand out as one of the game’s better features.

August 14, 2011
News

Feast Your Eyes On Borderlands 2 Screens Of Unknown Provenance

Gamersmint this morning popped up these six Borderlands 2 screens, at first saying Gearbox Software released them. I don’t have my Game Informer so I’m not sure if these are magscans. Don’t look like ‘em, though.

August 7, 2011
News

Better AI, Awesomer Guns In Borderlands 2, Or So I’m Told

My copy of Game Informer did not arrive today. Time and the Columbia alumni rag, which I actively do not want did. So I will not be reading about Borderlands 2 this weekend, as some are.

August 4, 2011
News

One More Reason To Go To Gamescom, PAX: Borderlands 2

Perhaps lost this morning amidst the excitement of confirmation that Gearbox is indeed making a new Borderlands, is that the role-playing shooter will be shown off at Gamescom and PAX Prime later this month. We’ll be there. Will you?

July 27, 2011
News

Duke Nukem Forever Lives On To Parody Call Of Duty, Team Fortress

We’re not done with Duke Nukem Forever. Gearbox Software has revealed the “Hail to the Icons Parody Pack”, an add-on for the recently released Duke Nukem game, downloadable content that takes a few shots at games like Doom, Call of Duty and Team Fortress 2.

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