Randy Pitchford

Nintendo

11 Minutes, 30 Seconds Of Aliens: Colonial Marines

5:50AM October 1, 2011 | Brian Crecente

In this lengthy video of Sega’s Aliens: Colonial Marines, Gearbox head Randy Pitchford walks us through some new gameplay for the upcoming game. More »

News

It Sounds Like The Next Duke Nukem Game Will Be Better

1:00AM August 31, 2011 | Stephen Totilo

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

In Real Life

Gearbox Could’ve Made A Blade Runner Game, But It Didn’t Want To Go Out Of Business

11:00AM July 2, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

The studio behind Borderlands, Aliens: Colonial Marines and Duke Nukem Forever once had an opportunity to make a Blade Runner game. It passed, its founders say, just like it passed on the planned video game version of Michael Mann’s Heat. More »

PC

The Man Who Brought Duke Nukem Forever Back To Life Likens It To A Greasy Hamburger

11:00AM June 18, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

Who cares if Duke Nukem Forever is “good” or not? It is at least as satisfying as a greasy burger, as catchy as a Ke$ha song or maybe as enjoyable as a performance of Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark in which no one suffers a debilitating injury. (Or does. Which would make that superhero musical better?) More »

In Real Life

Gearbox Dev Beatboxes His Way Through A Duke Nukem Party

12:00AM June 15, 2011 | Brian Crecente

Say what you will about Gearbox’s Duke Nuke Forever, but it sounds like their community party was, as the kids used to say, “Off the hook.” More »

PC

In Defence Of Duke Nukem Forever

7:00AM June 14, 2011 | Drew Cohen

Who is Duke Nukem, and why – after all of these years – are we still talking about him? One of our readers has described him as a “character that people actually love or hate. Or feel something about. As opposed to military personnel (1) and (1a).” In a sea of “blandness,” according to the reader, the Duke is something to be excited about – outdated graphics and overlong loading screens be damned. More »

News

How Aliens: Colonial Marines Will Marry Alien’s Suspense To Aliens’ Action

6:00AM June 10, 2011 | Brian Crecente

Aliens: Colonial Marines will be an Aliens experience in three acts, an interactive exploration of the story that follows Alien 3, which promises to delve into both the horror and the action of the storied franchise. More »

PC

Aliens: Colonial Marines Is A Living Tableau Of Death, Bloody And Alien

4:00AM June 10, 2011 | Brian Crecente

Aliens: Colonial Marines is everything I’d want in an Aliens game starring tragically overconfident space Marines. It is spectacular with sprays of gunfire, acidic green blood, and horrific death. More »

Nintendo

3 Amazing Things You’ll Do With Aliens: Colonial Marines On The Wii U

5:00AM June 9, 2011 | Brian Crecente

Earlier this week we learnt that Gearbox Software’s Aliens: Colonial Marines is coming to the Wii U. Today the developer explained some of the really cool ways you’ll be playing the game with Nintendo’s tablet-like controller for their new console. More »

News

Clearing Up – Sort Of – Where Colonial Marines Fits In Aliens Canon

10:30AM June 3, 2011 | Owen Good

When Aliens: Colonial Marines‘ official game announcement billed it as a “true sequel to James Camerson’s classic Aliens“, diehard fans of the film trilogy took that to mean the game would undo the events of the controversial Alien 3, harshly criticized by Aliens director James Cameron and some of its principal cast. Not so, says the studio making Colonial Marines. More »