We first heard about the new Borderlands DLC a couple months ago, but Gearbox has been pretty quiet with details. Â We’re just now learning more about the Claptrap’s New Robot Revolution add-on, and it sounds like it will be good for everyone. Â Coinciding with it’s release will be an update that gives everyone 8 more [...]
It’s been another great year at QuakeCon, with thousands of people coming from all over to hang out, play together, and get free stuff, all under the watchful eye of the people at id and Bethesda
Another year of QuakeCon is almost upon us, and again a car will be given away to one lucky attendee. Wait, no, it will be TWO lucky attendees that get a new car! It sounds like there will still be only 100 tickets given out during the 3 day convention, so your odds of winning are relatively high once you get a ticket.
When Video Games Live came back to Dallas, we were able to catch up with Tommy Tallarico, and ask him a few questions about the upcoming PBS special. Â He gave us some insight about how the whole thing got started, what we can expect from the DVD & Blu-ray releasese, and a little info on that curious inclusion of Jamie Lee Curtis.
Local events like the Fruitealicious Super Street Fighter 4 (SSF4) tournament are not uncommon in the Dallas area, but the quality of the execution definitely was. With a big enough venue for everyone to watch the competition, and some pretty decent prizes, Fruitealicious is definitely one of the better venues to show off your skills. [...]
September 4th, 2011 
Luke Wallace It was a goal for the first kickers who played in Cowboys stadium, and people are still trying to do it in Madden. Â It looks like it’s still not possible, maybe next year guys.
Check the video at Kotaku for the full details:
Trying to Hit the Cowboys’ Jumbo Jumbotron with a Punt in Madden NFL 12.
September 4th, 2011 Luke Wallace
Going to events like PAX usually means you get to see some cool stuff before it’s available, but it’s not often that you get free copies of the cool stuff you’re seeing. Â Luckily, Gearbox is not your usual company, and Borderlands fans are not your usual attendees. Â That’s right, Gearbox (with the generosity of 2K Games, was able to give everyone who attended the Borderlands 2 panel at PAX East a free copy of Borderlands 2!
See the video at Kotaku for the full reveal:
Gearbox Pulls an Oprah, Gives Away Borderlands 2 To Everyone in Raucous Crowd.
June 23rd, 2011 Luke Wallace It looks like CBS News has picked up on what DFW natives have known for a long time. There’s a big video game industry here, even if it’s not the first place most people think of. They don’t mention id or John Carmack by name, but they do talk about Gearbox, who has been in the news a lot lately for Duke Nukem Forever.
June 18th, 2011 Luke Wallace Dallas, TX – Gearbox, makers of Borderlands and the Apocalypse-indicating Duke Nukem Forever held a community event last Saturday, June 11th. The event coincides with the launch of DNF, but it covered all the Gearbox properties. With it being the first time Gearbox had attempted this kind of event, there were definitely some kinks that needed to be worked out, but everyone was patient and it worked out pretty well. It began with a quick introduction from Randy Pitchford, and then right into an exclusive demo of Aliens:Colonial Marines.
The Aliens: Colonial Marines panel was well received, and showed a segment from near the beginning of the game. Some new species of aliens were shown, and even interacted with the player at some points. They were very careful not to allow video recording, but the cheers and hollers were a good indicator of what people thought of the game.
The story of Aliens: Colonial Marines follows directly from Aliens. It will be considered the official sequel of Aliens, and is being created with involvement from Fox and Ridley Scott. They were able to talk to Ridley Scott during development and even get access to his storyboards. The game will allow for 4 player co-op completion of missions, with drop in drop out style gameplay, probably similar to Borderlands.
Keen eyes trained on Nintendo’s E3 keynote last week will have spotted Aliens: Colonial Marines in the presentation. Gearbox received early access to the development kit for the Wii U, and only had positive words for what they’ve seen. They have already found interesting uses for the new controller, and wished Nintendo could have shown more of that aspect of the game. They confirmed during the Q&A that the Wii U version would not be watered down compared to the other consoles.
Aliens: Colonial Marines is due out in Spring 2012 on Xbox 360, PS3, and PC, with the Wii U version likely coming at the system’s launch.
The Borderland panel started with the introduction of the Borderlands marriage proposal couple, who are from the Dallas area. It proceeded with having some key players from development recount their favorite moments from building the game, and then they answered questions from the crowd.
They also took this time to announce Gearbox Labs for PC players, which will allow users to try out beta versions of game mechanics, play styles, and even hacking prevention strategies.
Other panels included a look at a new Brother’s in Arms game, a panel on getting into the industry, and of course one on the saga of Duke Nukem Forever. John St. John, the voice of Duke Nukem was on hand to lend his talents, and was open to saying just about anything.
The venue itself had all sorts of Gearbox related activities. There were machines set up to play all their recent properties (including Duke Nukem Forever), as well as a life-sized Claptrap and Duke Nukem Throne for people to get their picture with.
It was a great event for fans to meet the people behind the games, as well as each other. Hopefully Gearbox will turn this into an annual event, as there was plenty of community support.
December 11th, 2010 Luke Wallace We saw Quake Arena for XBLA at QuakeCon 2009, in what looked like a fairly final form. Â Apparently there were some problems with getting it to market, because it’s only now finally coming to the Xbox Live Arcade. Â December 15th is the day to watch, as this classic online deathmatch game from the past will arrive.
Quake Arena Arcade finally arrives on XBLA Dec. 15 | Joystiq.
December 4th, 2010 Luke Wallace I guess the guys behind Newtoy realized that their one trick pony of Words With Friends was on it’s way out, and decided they might as well sell now while it’s still fairly popular. Â Well, it’s hard to say why exactly they sold, but a dumptruck full of money was probably involved.
The news was made in a conference call today that started with Zynga executive David Ko saying that the FarmVille company wants to do more and more with its games on mobile platforms. Hence… grabbing Newtoy which has been very successful on all of the portable Apple devices.
The more likely story is that Zynga is not real pleased with it’s current iOS division, and it’s easier to buy a small company that works well than to try to entice individual developers away.
Look for more news from Zynga on Leadershell.com, as they’re now part of the DFW area.
Source:Â FarmVille People Now Own Words With Friends People.
November 15th, 2010 Luke Wallace IGN has a short preview of the latest iPhone game from id, a spinoff in the RAGE universe that has you participating in Mutant Bash TV.
Mutant Bash TV is set in the Rage universe. Humankind has spoiled Creation, leaving behind a dustball with scarce resources – and even scarcer morality. The ultra-violent Mutant Bash game show is a distraction from the wasteland woes. You, of course, are the newest contestant. The goal is to survive gauntlet after gauntlet of crazed mutants; you use pistols, shotguns, and assault rifles to take them down before they gnaw your bones on live TV.
From what we’ve seen in RAGE so far, this looks to be a simpler version of the game suitable for mobile devices. Â They haven’t announced any other devices besides the iPhone at this time, but recent tweets from John Carmack indicate he’s at least looking at creating an Android version sometime in the future.
Be the Next Contestant on Rage: Mutant Bash TV – iPhone Preview at IGN.
November 10th, 2010 Luke Wallace We know John Carmack at id loves a programming challenge, so what better challenge is there than taking their latest engine and try to get it working on a phone? Â It looks like he succeeded, and a side-story to RAGE will be released towards the end of this month.
It isn’t really clear whether you’re playing as this same protagonist in Mutant Bash TV, but the basis of the iPhone game is that you are a contestant on a weekly game show where people are pitted against an onslaught of mutants to win fabulous prizes. It works well, and I’m sure I will appreciate it more once RAGE is actually released and I get more of the tie-ins with other elements of the RAGE world.
All accounts of this game so far are positive, with everyone being blown away by the quality of the graphics. Â Hopefully it’ll raise the bar for graphics on the iPhone, and push the industry in general.
October 29th, 2010 Luke Wallace 
Duke Nukem Forever has been making it’s way through developers for many years now. Â Joystiq has talked to Melissa Miller at 2K Games to get some more history of all the transfers, and trace the developers and management as they’ve transitioned to other companies. Â Of course the end of the line is Gearbox, our local developer behind Borderlands and several Half-Life expansions.
Miller confirmed that the Triptych staff is currently working out of the Gearbox offices in Plano, Texas. “It’s all these guys who’ve been working for years and years and years,” she explained. “And when people are like, ‘Gearbox are taking over the game! Are they gonna change it?’ It’s like, ‘No!’ They have a group of guys who are part of the vision of making this game. Guys like Allen Blum — who’s the guy who created Duke, way back when.”
If you’ve ever been curious about how Duke Nukem ended up at Gearbox, it’s a good read. Â It’s easy to see how developers and other people involved have survived, even if the different companies they’ve worked for haven’t.
October 27th, 2010 Luke Wallace We heard it mentioned some time ago that a new free title update would raise the level cap for everyone playing Borderlands, but it’s now being confirmed by Gearbox that it’s ready to go, and should be out the door “within a couple weeks, possibly sooner.”
The main changes include:
Level cap increase for all players of 8 levels. That means that all
It’s been a year since the launch of Borderlands, so it’s exciting to know that the developers still love the game, and are releasing new content and responding to feedback. Â We have to expect them to focus on Duke Nukem Forever and Borderlands 2 sometime though, so perhaps this will be the last major update? I’ll guess we’ll all have to wait and find out.
via Gearbox Forums:Â An update on Title Update 1.41 – Gearbox Software Community.
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