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Gearbox has revealed a new Borderlands 2 character is on its way in an upcoming DLC pack. During a SXSW panel, the developer showed off a teaser showing a silhouetted figure with devastating power. "Deep beneath Pandora, an experiment has escaped,” the teaser read. "Bandits beware, a new vault hunter …
Read More »BioShock Infinite team tried to cut Elizabeth from game "many times"
She’s become the iconic face of Irrational Games’ upcoming BioShock Infinite, but the Elizabeth character was almost cut out of the game on more than one occasion. "Do you know how many times people wanted to just cut her? Over and over again,” lead developer Ken Levine told Polygon. Because …
Read More »Borderlands 2 on track to be 2K Games’ best seller
Borderlands 2 is on track to become the highest-selling title in 2K’s history – as it nears 6m copies sold. Speaking in yesterday’s financials call, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick revealed Gearbox’s FPS sequel was the company’s biggest earner in terms of digital sales across the past fiscal year. "Building on …
Read More »WWE video games find new home. But is it 2K Games?
The WWE franchise will continue, despite the liquidation of publisher THQ. The WWE licence was not up for sale as part of THQ’s auction last night and was returned to WWE. A tweet from the official WWE Games Twitter feed said: "We don’t have any details to share yet, but …
Read More »Religious sensitivities impacted on BioShock Infinite development
The BioShock series has never been one to shy away from social commentary, but with that comes a heightened risk. So much so, in fact, the creator Ken Levine admitted in an interview with OPM that changes were made to one of the characters after religious members of the team …
Read More »FTL and Spec Ops: The Line talks coming to GDC
Indie dev Subset Games to discuss how and why it took the strategy title to Kickstarter
Read More »Borderlands 2 long-term DLC plan based around fan interest
2K Games has dated the next DLC offering for Gearbox’s multi-platform blockbuster Borderlands 2, while also revealing the studio’s general plan in regards to new content for the game going forward. A 2K rep told IGN that the publisher and developer would like to support the sequel for as long …
Read More »Fate of Bioshock Vita game ‘in the hands of business people’
New, less promising, info on the Playstation Vita Bioshock game last mentioned back in April has come about. Irrational Games head honcho Ken Levine tells IGN that the game remains something he’s interested in, but its fate is currently out of his hands. That is in the hands of business …
Read More »How did 2K Games buck the 2012 slump?
2K is enjoying a golden period on the back of Borderlands 2, NBA 2K13 and XCom: Enemy Unknown. The publisher’s president Christoph Hartmann discusses its recent success, next year’s BioShock Infinite and the future of consoles… In a tough year for games, 2K?appears to have bucked the trend. What’s been …
Read More »"There’s nothing in my body doubting that the Wii U will be successful," 2K president admits
Can Wii U replicate the record-breaking success of the Wii? That’s the question gripping the industry at the moment following the console’s North American launch at the weekend and the upcoming UK arrival next week. But there’s certainly no doubt from 2K Games president Christoph Hartmann who in an interview …
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