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In this lengthy video of Sega's Aliens: Colonial Marines, Gearbox head Randy Pitchford walks us through some new gameplay for the upcoming game. More »
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You don't acquire the rights to one of video game's most famous characters without planning on doing something great with him. More »
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Who cares if Duke Nukem Forever is "good" or not? It is at least as satisfying as a greasy burger, as catchy as a Ke$ha song or maybe as enjoyable as a performance of Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark in which no one suffers a debilitating injury. (Or does. Which would make that superhero musical better?) More »
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Say what you will about Gearbox's Duke Nuke Forever, but it sounds like their community party was, as the kids used to say, "Off the hook." More »
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Who is Duke Nukem, and why—after all of these years—are we still talking about him? One of our readers has described him as a "character that people actually love or hate. Or feel something about. As opposed to military personnel (1) and (1a)." In a sea of "blandness," according to the reader, the Duke is something to be excited about—outdated graphics and overlong loading screens be damned. More »
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Aliens: Colonial Marines will be an Aliens experience in three acts, an interactive exploration of the story that follows Alien 3, which promises to delve into both the horror and the action of the storied franchise. More »
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Aliens: Colonial Marines is everything I'd want in an Aliens game starring tragically overconfident space Marines. It is spectacular with sprays of gunfire, acidic green blood, and horrific death. More »
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Earlier this week we learned that Gearbox Software's Aliens: Colonial Marines is coming to the Wii U. Today the developer explained some of the really cool ways you'll be playing the game with Nintendo's tablet-like controller for their new console. More »
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When Aliens: Colonial Marines' official game announcement billed it as a "true sequel to James Camerson's classic Aliens," diehard fans of the film trilogy took that to mean the game would undo the events of the controversial Alien 3, harshly criticized by Aliens director James Cameron and some of its principal cast. Not so, says the studio making Colonial Marines. More »
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In Duke Nuke: Forever, a wide variety of heterosexual tropes get probed. "Sexuality is part of Duke's personality," game designer Randy Pitchford recently said at the BAFTAs in London. It's part of the games, too. More »
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She said yes. You're dying to know, and Kotaku can confirm that for you now. Even though her marriage proposal came from a smart-aleck robot and contained references to herpes and, well, the big A, last night Tora told Ben yes, she will marry him, More »
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Duke Nukem Forever, the game that was in development for forever, was first revealed in 1997. This year it's finally being released by another studio, Gearbox Software, which began working on the game in 2009. More »
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Some games are suited towards multiplayer components. Others are not. So why do so many games waste time and money trying to be the former when they're clearly the latter? More »
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When they heard the news Duke Nukem Forever would be delayed until June, many folks thought what I did, frankly: Maybe Gearbox and 2K Games planned all along for a June release, but gave it a May date so the game, 14 years in development, would get one last round of "Duke is Delayed" buzz with attendant teeth-gnashing. Not so, says Gearbox's boss. More »
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The game was supposed to be out this May, but won't be. It's been delayed. Again. More »
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Does Duke Nukem Forever, with its strippers and schoolgirl threesomes, rub your feminist agenda the wrong way? "Awesome," says the man now in charge of the Duke Nukem series. Duke is yours for the exploiting. More »
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What Randy Pitchford bought last year wasn't the rights to a storied video game franchise, it was a promise. More »
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Gearbox Software's Randy Pitchford does a delightful job of explaining the need for a game to "hook" the player. It can be heard on the latest instalment of the always-excellent Irrational Interviews podcast. More »
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The studio in charge of Duke Nukem Forever asked that press not film a trailer featuring strippers,"the word f—-ing" in giant letters and an alien getting punched in the balls repeatedly, because it risks a harsh rating. More »
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Duke Nukem Forever has been in development since 1997. And the man who toiled away on that game for over a decade lost a bunch of cash. Tens of millions, apparently. Ouch. More »
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Gearbox Software's Randy Pitchford is taking Duke Nukem Forever on a world tour, with the randy action hero's first international stop being the recent Firstlook gaming convention in Amsterdam, where Dutch gamers got a sneak peek at Duke Nukem urinating. More »
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The revival of Duke Nukem Forever in Seattle at the Penny Arcade Expo may be the most stunning comeback story in video game history. In an interview with Kotaku, Randy Pitchford, the man instrumental in Duke's return, explained how Duke came back from the dead. More »
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As seen nearing Penny Arcade Expo. Looks like it could be a very appropriate shirt. More »
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In game after game, there they are: guns. Weapons are a common trope. They are a catalyst for action and an instrument for destruction. In-game guns and, well, guns are different. What do game developers know about the real deal? More »
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Borderlands players might be disappointed to learn that next month's new downloadable content will not include a level cap increase. Perhaps two screens from Claptrap's New Robot Revolution will help ease the pain? More »
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There may be hope yet for the ludicrously long-in-the-making Duke Nukem Forever. Sources claiming to have knowledge of the situation tell Kotaku that Duke Nukem Forever development continues at a new home, Borderlands developer Gearbox Software. More »
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Randy Pitchford, head of Gearbox Software, makes games and performs magic. On the red carpet for the awards out here at DICE, I asked Pitchford to show me a trick. He happened to have a deck of cards. Of course! More »
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A post on reddit.com has fans pondering the connection between Borderlands, a comic-shaded video game that begins with a bus trip through the wasteland, and CodeHunters, a comic-shaded animated short that begins with a bus trip through the wasteland. More »
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In the 1940s, 1950s and right on through the 1960s, Hollywood churned out war epic after war epic. Sure, we still get war movies, but Hollywood isn't exactly popping them out bam bam bam. Video game developers are. But why? More »
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For 70 minutes today Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford was game to talk about anything and everything you could throw at him, and even indulged my ridiculous questions about robbing banks and talking to Old Navy employees. Download it all now. More »
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Randy Pitchford, the man behind Gearbox Software, the studio behind Borderlands is today's guest host on our live Kotaku podcast. We're starting now. Give us a ring and you could be live on the air with me and Randy. More »
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While our boss is away, Gearbox Software's boss plays, when the Borderlands developer's head honcho Randy Pitchford takes Crecente's place beside Totilo in this week's installment of Kotaku's call-in podcast. More »
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The main man behind Borderlands, Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford, will be our guest host on the Kotaku call-in podcast this week, continuing our December-long effort to fill a vacationing Brian Crecente's empty chair. It happens live, Wednesday. More »
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Here's a story close to our hearts. Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford has revealed that his studio recently wanted to develop a Blade Runner game. A game that, sadly, never saw the light of day. More »
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We've heard one developer say they didn't feel exploited by Valve, despite Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford's assertion that that's exactly what Steam does. Today, Ars Technica lets us hear from a few more. More »
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Randy Pitchford, the man, trusts Valve, the company responsible for Steam. Randy Pitchford, the businessman and president of Gearbox Software, makers of Borderlands, may not. He calls the digital distribution service exploitative and a "money grab." More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5376708&view=rss&microfeed=true The story Kotaku ran yesterday regarding the origin of a poker game deciding whether Valve's Gabe Newell or Randy Pitchford could name their company Gearbox was a "tall tale," Pitchford told Kotaku this morning. I regret presenting it as fact. More »
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On Friday I strolled three of the four floors Borderlands development studio Gearbox occupies atop an office tower in Plano, Texas. Some wondrous sights did I see, including Aliens game concept art I can't show (sorry!) and all of this... More »
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Coming this fall is a game that surprises even itself, a shooter that will make you say "WoW." Maybe "wow" as well. But definitely: "WoW." More »
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Brothers In Arms developer Gearbox Software recently filed four new titles for trademark, all ending with "War Hero." Gearbox president Randy Pitchford says the new intellectual property is part of its "interests" but not yet ready to be revealed. More »
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