After months of rumours, Borderlands 2 has been officially announced for release in 2012. With Borderlands being the critical and financial success it was, this news was inevitable.
Details of the upcoming game were also announced. The game is set to feature, new characters, new weapons, new environments and more. Game Informer has confirmed that all new information based upon the game, will be released exclusively through them before any other media outlets.
You can check out the Borderlands 2 official website here. As more updates on the game become available we will keep you posted. Please let us know what you think of this announcement in the comments below.
The Razer Imperator 2012 is an incredibly comfortable mouse that I almost immediately fell in love with. It is both Aesthetically, ergonomically and performance-ie pleasing, which is something that every gamer on the market is looking for in a mouse. The lighting and pulsating razer logo are an amazing bonus to an already awesome mouse.
During my incredibly long playtest of several games, such as: World of Warcraft, QuakeLive, Unreal Tournament 2004, Duke Nukem Forever, Half-Life 2 Episode 1 and a few others, I noticed that this mouse was incredibly comfortable to use and made playing these games a much more enjoyable experience. The mouse slides seamlessly across my desk, and in the same manner across the pixels of my monitor, which makes clicking between icons an easy task.
A lot of gamers believe that having a superior peripheral will make you a superior gamer. Now, while I disagree with that sentiment, I should point out that with the Imperator 2012 I was indeed landing more shots on a bad day than I would if I was using my old mouse (Microsoft Basic Optical Black). Now, I’m not saying that the Imperator is a substitute for skill, but it is able to keep up with your movements and thus keeping in-line with your own skillset.
The clincher for most hardware with me is whether or not it can keep up with me in a game of Unreal Tournament 2004. Now, anyone can play this game with any hardware, but I’ve gotten so good at it that I actually have to play with Godlike bots and Instagib rifle mutators just so that I can have a challenge. And well, the mouse was able to keep up with me, even if I didn’t score the highest that I had ever done. There’s too much luck involved to test it score wise, I was looking more towards how the mouse was reacting to my movements, the Godlike Instagib part is purely for a challenge. And the mouse was able to better match my movements than my old one, so I’d easily recommend this mouse to anyone.
The mouse comes with a number of additions, including a mouse speed adjustment toggle, mappable buttons 4 and 5 (which are located to the left of the mouse, a switch to move the side buttons and these pretty blue lights on the mouse wheel and in the razer logo across the palm of the mouse.
The mouse speed toggle is represented by two buttons on the mouse, a higher button located just under the scroll and a lower buytton just below the higher button. Pressing either of these will increase or decrease the mouse speed, depending on which one you hit. I quite like this feature as it allows you to adjust to certain situations on the fly, like when you need to tighten your aim to hold your lightning stream on an opponent, and can increase your versatility in combat quite quickly, without you needing to go into an option menu to adjust sensitivity.
These two mappable buttons on the side of the mouse can be used within most games that allow you to map actions to additional keys or buttons. What I liked about this is that they can come in handy for quick-use items in certain games, keeping you alive without needing to reach across your keyboard to activate them. Another useful feature with these is that they can be adjusted for your thmubs positioning by reaching below the mouse and by flicking the toggle below. I believe this would be useful for people who like to hold the mouse in a particular way, I keep mine in the upper position, but some players might prefer them to be lower.
Lastly, I want to talk about the lighting. The Lights are a beautiful blue colour that are LED in nature (I believe). The light in the mousewheel is always on, which gives it this almighty presensce when it’s not being used, though I’m not sure how much power this is costing me… it shouldn’t be too much though, aren’t LED’s low power? On the palm of the mouse lies a pulsating Razer logo which is the same blue as the mousewheel. This is a nice addition and the mouse wouldnt be quite the same without it. When lifting the mouse off a surface, both lights on the device dim, but do not turn off, which could be useful for troubleshooting should anything go wrong. With the lights though, I did notice one thing that’s kind of fun. When you hold it over a surface at a particular elevation and angle, the moise has trouble working out if its lifted or grounded and begins to pulsate between light and dim. No idea if it’s damaging the mouse or not, but, for review purposes, I had to try out a few different things with the mouse.
Lastly, I’d like to say that installing the mouse was incredibly easy. Just plugged it in and it was good to use, no messy installations, no buggy drivers, it was just incredibly easy to set-up. After setting it up, using the mouse was something that was pretty quick to pick up on, considering I’ve been using mouses for the longest time, and working out what everything does was incredibly easy to do.
The mouse was packaged with a beautiful box, some interesting documentation and some really cool stickers to stick all over whatever you want to stick them onto. Mine are still in their sheets, but I’m sure I’ll find a use for them later.
I’m guessing that products such as the Imperator are the reason why ‘The Cult of Razer’ has so many members, everything just works and it all works well. I am in love with this mouse and wouldn’t mind picking up more Razer products in the future because of the really nice experience I’ve had with this peripheral.
Thanks to all the nice folk over at Razer for such an awesome device!
While I enjoy iOS titles for the most part, I rarely find one that truly catches my attention so much that I actually become hyped for a release. After watching the new teaser trailer for “The Dark Meadow” that developer Phosphor Games released today, I can say that this title may truly break ground in the market as not only does it look fantastic, but it also seems to be truly atmospheric and eerie.
So what is this game about and how does it play? Here is a brief summary for those looking for some details:
The Dark Meadow is a visually charged, combat intense world of exploration. You awake in a hospital uncertain of how you arrived there or why. An old man warns of a beautiful witch whose minions roam the halls seeking to kill the living. It is only when the witch is destroyed that you will be released from this unrelenting torment.
As you explore the photo-realistic world, you will need both your crossbow for ranged combat as well as your sword for in close, melee combat. Gesture-based “pull back and fire” as well as slashing combat will be instantly recognizable to iOS players, and node-based movement through the world makes navigation simple yet compelling.
Role-playing game mechanics enhance the exploration, as a wide variety of items are secreted throughout the world – from hidden scraps of paper that reveal the mystery of your imprisonment, to money which can be used to purchase better equipment and weapons.
I found it a bit odd that a sword and crossbow were the main weapons in the game, but I can say that the ideas behind the arsenal are very unique to the genre. Also, the thought of exploration being the key ingredient behind such a visual title where light creeps through shutters and the sense of being alone runs high sounds like a perfect recipe for what could be one of the most in-depth horror games we have seen for the iOS service. Watch the new trailer below and expect The Dark Meadow to be launching later on this month. Once an official date surfaces, we will be sure to keep you updated.
It’s a bittersweet day for Red Faction fans everywhere today as what looks to be the last piece of content for the series as a whole is now available on Xbox Live and the PSN. Those who shell out the 560 Microsoft points (or $6.99 for the PSN) will receive 4 new missions and 2 new weapons in the Path of War add-on for Red Faction: Armageddon, with new achievements and trophies in tow.
I hope that this DLC gives a proper end to the series, as THQ have now abandoned the Red Faction name completely to concentrate on bigger properties. If you owned and enjoyed Red Faction: Armageddon, you can give this bit of content a download today and support the franchise for what looks to be the last time.
Spider-Man: Edge of Time will have the voice talents of film star Val Kilmer as Walker Sloan. Laura Vandervoort from Smallville and V will voice Mary Jane, while Katee Sackhoff, who played as Starbuck in Battlestar Galctica, will be the Black Cat. Speaking of Battlestar Galactica, there is still 10 episodes I need to finish. Hmm…
As far as X-Men Destiny goes, Milo Ventimiglia voices Grant Alexander, Jamie Chung is Aimi Yoshida and Scott Porter will play Adrian Luca. For some videos of these stars in action, check out our previous coverage here.
“These amazing casts of talented Hollywood actors help bring the rich storylines of Spider-Man: Edge of Time and X-Men Destiny to life,” said Vicharin Vadakan, Director of Marketing, Activision Publishing. “Players this spring will get to control the destiny of their own mutants or save Spider-Man and through this voice talent feel like they are part of the action.”
Activision filmed some incredible behind-the-scenes footage of Jamie Chung, Milo Ventimiglia and Scott Porter at Comic-Con. These videos are embedded below. The videos are promoting X-Men Destiny, where a new class of mutants is all set for their video game set around them this fall.
With a multi-branching storyline, you are placed into the world as mutant recruit that must train to to be the best of the best. Which character will you play as?
Hopefully, the X-Men Destiny will prove to be action packed game that sets a new standard for licensed video games.
At Comic-Con, Capcom revealed some behind the scenes videos for 4 new characters in Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3. And now, you can can watch all four videos below. Strider, Firebrand, Ghost Rider and Hawkeye are all featured in the videos below. 8 new characters have still yet to be revealed. Who do you think they are?
A “refined fighting system, eight new stages and new modes” will be available when the game launches at a “midprice.” Get it on either the Playstation 3 or Xbox 360 in November. Which character are you excited to fight with most?
On Thursday, October 6, the God of Thunder will be coming to your local Walmart, Best Buy and Kmart with a special surprise: His very own movie!!
Some have suggested that this day’s name should be changed to THORsday. Do you agree? Maybe we should send this vote to Congress. Of course, it would take an act of Thor to get them moving…. so maybe we should just all agree that yes, the day is THORsday, just not legally.
Featuring Chris Hemsworth and Natalie Portman, get the 3D Blu-ray or the DVD soon. Do you have your pennies saved up and your gas tank filled so you can get it as soon as possible?
The recent Green Lantern live-action film adaptation, was a bomb at the box office. That is why it is so surprising to hear that Warner Bros. and DC have announced that a sequel has been Green-lit.
Warner Bros. had the following to say:
“We had a decent opening so we learned there is an audience, to go forward we need to make it a little edgier and darker with more emphasis on action…. And we have to find a way to balance the time the movie spends in space versus on Earth.”
They have acknowledged the faults with the film and seem to be looking at creating a darker Green Lantern next time around. They may however just be pushing this out in an attempt to create their own film universe comparable to what Marvel has done as of late. With The Dark Knight Rises, Man of Steel, and even a Flash movie on the way, Warner Bros. and DC are looking towards setting up a Justice League film. Only time will tell.
What are your thoughts on this surprising announcement? Leave a comment below letting us know.
It looks like all of the hype about the game, as well as the uniqueness of it has made Catherine quite the success. So much of one in fact that since the games launch last week, it has shipped more units than any other game in Atlus’ twenty year history of being in business. They didn’t provide any exact sales numbers of say which version was most popular at this time.
What they did have to say to IGN however, was from the mouth of Tim Pivnicny, VP of sales and Marketing at Atlus. He said that “Catherine has exceeded our highest expectations. It released last week to tremendous critical acclaim and fan response, bolstered by the release of a demo a couple weeks prior, and continues to generate discussion among fans for its mature themes, engrossing subject matter, and frantic, challenging gameplay. It is fitting, then, that Catherine can boast the largest launch in the 20-year history of Atlus, and continues to see strong sales at retail.”
This is great news for Atlus and even better news for fans of Japanese games. Mostly because the more funding they receive from popular sales, the better chance of gamers seeing more unique titles such as this one released in the West.
