2K Games has confirmed what games it'll be showing at this year's E3. The tiles include:

• BioShock (PS3)

• Borderlands (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)

• NBA 2K9 (PS2, PS3, Xbox 360)

• NHL 2K9 (PS2, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii)

• Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization (PC)

Late last year I had a check to check out Gearbox developed Borderlands, and that game in particular looked impressive. Damn impressive.

2K Games Confirms E3 Lineup [IGN via videogaming247]

Take-Two Interactive announced today that Gearbox Software's Borderlands, which was announced this past summer for a Holiday 2008 release, won't be hitting until some time in 2009. The PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC sci-fi shooter was shown to press at the Leipzig Games Convention last fall—then shown to the public at the Spike VGAs—wasn't playable at the time and appeared to be very early.

According to Take-Two, the delay is due to the need "to allow additional development time for this highly anticipated game and provide a better balance in the release of Take-Two's triple-A titles."

Gearbox Hints At Something Huge

By Brian Ashcraft

"Thing I love about Kotaku is that you just don't care," says Gearbox Software boss Randy Pitchford. (Not sure if we don't care per se, but rather, that we care a little too much.) It's a few days before Christmas, and he is showing me around Gearbox's Texas HQ that occupies the top four floors of a suburban Dallas high-rise. Pitchford is open and upfront. Want to take a picture of a wall with concept art? Sure. The dev opened up its doors and showed us pretty much everything it could. Gearbox, best known for the Brothers in Arms series and the Halo: Combat Evolved PC port, is poised for a breakout year in 2008 when the company brings Dreamcast title Samba de Amigo to the Wi, puts out original FPS Borderlands and a new entry into the Brothers in Arms tactical shooter series. With its pedigree Borderlands makes perfect sense. But Samba?

Borderlands, New Halo 3 Maps, Vegas 2 to Premiere During Spike TV VGAs

Word has it that this year's Spike TV Video Game Awards, set to air on Dec. 9 at 9 p.m., will feature a cornucopia of new trailers and other goodies.

Among the list is the first footage from the new downloadable content Halo 3 Maps hitting next month, the world premiere of the first trailers for Borderlands and Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2. There will also be new trailers for Gran Turismo 5 Prologue, TNA iMPACT! and a few other surprises that haven't leaked out yet.

It's funny what can easily turn one on (and off) to an upcoming video game. In the case of Gearbox Studios' just announced Borderlands, it was Game Informer's teaser cover blurb that described the 4-player co-op shooter as "Diablo meets Mad Max" that whet my nerd appetite. Gearbox themselves pitched the shooter as "Mad Max meets Indiana Jones."

Reality, however, leveled off my personal expectations, as the game seems to be more accurately described as "Hellgate: London meets Firefly meets Pitch Black". That's the reality of it, a franchise step down that's very grounding. But is that necessarily a bad thing? Jesus. No. While Borderlands may not be a wet dream blend of two uber-franchise favorites, it still has plenty going for it—over 500,000 guns for example. Bullet point alert!

The September issue of exclusive-grabbing game mag Game Informer reveals the latest shooter from Gearbox Software—the dev responsible for the Brothers In Arms series, as well as various Valve-relatd projects—titled Borderlands. If you tuned out around "shooter", your interest might be revived by GI's drool-inducing description: "Diablo meets Mad Max." Woah. Could anything sound sexier? The issue profiling the dash-rich four-player, co-op, sci-fi, RPG-shooter should be on store shelves and subscriber mailboxes soon.

Game Informer September Cover Revealed! [Game Informer]