Posts tagged gearbox 
Aliens: Colonial Marines delayed to February 2013 on 360/PS3/PC, Wii U date to be revealed later
Aliens: Colonial Marines launches on February 12, 2013, Sega announced this morning. The Gearbox Software-developed game was previously given a "fall 2012" launch window, and was planned as a Wii U hardware launch title (the game is also planned for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC), though no hard ...
Expiring trademarks suggest trouble for Brothers in Arms: Furious 4
Brothers in Arms: Furious 4 may be in trouble. Some lapsing trademarks for the its title intimate the Gearbox-developed game is all but abandoned (or the name is changing), and our inquiries into Gearbox Software have yet to be answered. "We don't have anything to share at this point in time," an ...
Co-opinion: Slaughtering Skags in Borderlands 2
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Borderlands 2 conjures up Mechromancer class, adds character customization options
On the final day of PAX East, members of Gearbox detailed plans for Borderlands 2, which is set to drop on September 18. The biggest news nuggest is the Mechromancer, a class that will be added to the game as DLC after launch and free to those who pre-order. The Mechromancer is a female ...
Each Borderlands DLC pack was made in eight weeks
Borderlands 2 art director Jeramy Cooke and concept designer Scott Kester both worked on the first Borderlands, and they shrug off accomplishments such as "made Borderlands" with considerable humility. When Cooke mentioned casually that every piece of DLC for the first title was created in just ...
Aliens: Colonial Marines multiplayer, or 'How Gearbox played as Xenomorphs and dissected its guests'
At a recent preview event for Aliens: Colonial Marines, developer Gearbox didn't let us play through the single-player portion of its upcoming shooter, but gave us a shot at commanding our own marine in multiplayer. Playing Team Deathmatch, journalists took the reigns as marines, while a group of ...
Gearbox boss says impressive Wii U 'a really nice bridge' to the next generation
Nintendo's Wii U demo reel at E3 last year contained a clip of Aliens: Colonial Marines, but we haven't heard much about the version since then. Speaking with Gearbox President Randy Pitchford, we tried to surgically extract a viable specimen of information out of him, but he refrained from getting ...
Gearbox: Aliens Colonial Marines was announced before development started
Despite first being announced by publisher Sega in 2006, development on Aliens: Colonial Marines didn't begin at Gearbox until after the title was revealed to the world. "Everyone was just so excited that the deal got done," Gearbox President Randy Pitchford told Joystiq at a recent event for the ...
Claptrap wants to whisper sweet Borderlands 2 PC specs to you, baby
Borderlands 2 features a PC-specific UI, FOV slider, remappable keybindings for keyboard and mouse, complete Steamworks support, and more. That's all gathered from Claptrap's love letter to future players. Turns out Claptrap has a broader range of emotion than many people we've met in our very ...
Borderlands 2 brings the best of all worlds to Pandora, devs say [Update]
Borderlands 2 is a hybridized beast of mechanics, play styles and audience potentials, all wrapped up in one cel-shaded package (now with green!). The sequel builds upon feedback from 2009's Borderlands, tweaking many aspects of single-player mode, streamlining co-op skill sets and building new ...
