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Rob Manuel, Brian Leahy, and Matt Keil's Five Recommended Games From 2009

It turned out to be quite the interesting year, didn't it? Even though a batch of games got pushed back to next year, 2009 still had a pretty impressive roster of titles. The obvious ones we've already covered, but we wanted to break down our favorites from the year on a more personal level. All this week we'll be featuring G4tv.com and X-Play...

Posted December 16, 2009
Patrick Klepek, Andrew Pfister, & Michael Demski's Five Recommended Games From 2009

It turned out to be quite the interesting year, didn't it? Even though a batch of games got pushed back to next year, 2009 still had a pretty impressive roster of titles. The obvious ones we've already covered, but we wanted to break down our favorites from the year on a more personal level. All this week we'll be featuring G4tv.com and X-Play...

Posted December 15, 2009
Adam Sessler & Abbie Heppe's Five Recommended Games From 2009

It turned out to be quite the interesting year, didn't it? Even though a batch of games got pushed back to next year, 2009 still had a pretty impressive roster of titles. The obvious ones we've already covered, but we wanted to break down our favorites from the year on a more personal level. All this week we'll be featuring G4tv.com and X-Play...

Posted December 14, 2009
Borderlands' Mad Moxxi's Underdome Riot DLC Detailed And Dated

Borderlands fans will be getting a belated [insert holiday of choice] present this/next year from Gearbox Software in the form of a second round of downloadable content for their stylish shooter Borderlands. The "Mad Moxxi’s Underdome Riot" DLC is single player/co-op focused, adds three new, horde-like Riot Mode arenas, and...

Posted December 10, 2009
Sessler's Soapbox: Game of the Year Edition

It's that time of year. All the major games media outlets are posting their lists of nominees for many different categories of awards, most importantly Game of the Year. G4 is no different, and Adam has taken the time out of his busy schedule to use this week's Soapbox to explain how our editorial staff determined which games made the cut. So...

Posted December 9, 2009
Take-Two Continues To Mention Borderlands Sequels

It might be called Borderworlds, it might not, but there should be no doubt that Take-Two Interactive is interested in partnering with Gearbox Software on a sequel to Borderlands. Take-Two said Borderlands was on the cusp of becoming a powerful franchise for the publisher on their last financial call and Take-Two chairman Strauss Zelnick...

Posted December 7, 2009
Gearbox Software Still Has Plans For Borderworlds, PC DLC On The Way

At any point while playing Borderlands have you thought to yourself, “You know, this Borderlands place isn’t nearly big enough to accommodate all of my open-world needs. I wish the game world were significantly larger and filled with much more post-apocalyptic role-playing shooting madness”? Probably not, but the folks over...

Posted December 4, 2009
Take-Two Expects Borderlands To Become "Important, Longterm Franchise"

Gearbox Software has speculated about the future of Borderlands and Take-Two Interactive is, too. On a conference call discussing an adjusted financial outlook the company today, Take-Two chairman Strauss Zelnick stressed how happy the company is with the performance of Borderlands. "[Borderlands is showing] every sign of becoming an...

Posted December 3, 2009
Borderlands: The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned Impressions

2K and Gearbox promised more content following Borderlands' launch last month, and they've certainly delivered. 2K dropped into our offices yesterday to show off upcoming DLC pack The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned, which launches on Xbox Live and PSN shortly. Brian Leahy, our in-house Borderlands reviewer, got hands-on with it. Here's a snippet of...

Posted November 17, 2009
Gearbox Designer Calls Borderlands 2 "No Brainer" If "Everything Makes Sense"

No, Borderlands 2 hasn't been confirmed yet. The surprise success of Gearbox Software's first-person action RPG -- based on word-of-mouth, anyway, as official numbers aren't in until later this month -- prompted someone to finally ask the developer, "hey, what about Borderlands 2?" You can guess what an excited creative director might...

Posted November 11, 2009
First Wave Of Borderlands Downloadable Content Slated For Nov. 24

If you've already pushed through the content on the Borderlands disc, 2K Games and Gearbox Software are happy to provide you with more...for a nominal fee, of course. The very-cool-looking first slate of downloadable content, The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned (complete with zombie hordes), will be released on November 24 through both Xbox Live and...

Posted November 9, 2009
Feedback -- Borderlands Edition, Controversial Call of Duty, and Netflix on PS3

True story: I was prepping this post for this week's episode of Feedback, when I realized that Brian was about to describe what was contained in the leaked Modern Warfare 2 footage this week. I stopped the video player just in time, then decided to get a soda. Came back to my desk, and without thinking I hit "play" and boom: spoiled. I...

Posted October 29, 2009
Throwing Away A Gun That Lights Things On Fire In Borderlands Is Really Hard

(Super sweet fire-breathing weapon not featured above. Just fire. And guns.) I'm early yet into my adventures into Borderlands, but I can already foresee one problem that's going to become more and more difficult as cooler and cooler weapons fall into my hands. When I polished off the first major boss in Borderlands, he dropped a fast-shooting...

Posted October 27, 2009
Sessler's Soapbox: Grinding is Good

Borderlands came out this week, and as you can probably tell from the reviews, the RPG element to this FPS is a big reason why people are enjoying the game so much. While playing the game, Adam recognized how much he was enjoying the simple yet masterfully crafted gameplay, leading him to the conclusion that grinding can be very satisfying if...

Posted October 21, 2009
Launch Primer -- Borderlands

Ever find yourself in a situation where all of your friends are talking about the latest and greatest game, and you can't contribute to the conversation because you haven't been paying attention? Solve that problem with our Launch Primers: everything you need to know (except the spoilers) about a game that's about to be...

Posted October 19, 2009