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GameInformer News Gearbox unveiled an infographic containing statistics about their recently wrapped up Battleborn beta, which includes the fact that over two million players took part.
The open beta launched April 8 and ended on April 18, which is a short period considering the large amount of players it received. The infographic, which you can view below, features other impressive statistics including that 57 billion life points were healed.
At PAX East, Gearbox confirmed that after it wraps up Battleborn and its DLC, the studio is moving forward with development plans for Borderlands 3. For more on Battleborn, you can watch the latest trailer here. Battleborn is releasing on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on May 3.
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GameInformer News In celebration of the basketball-themed Hoops update coming next week, Rocket League is free all weekend for PC players on Steam. Additionally, the Hoops update will include The Witcher medallion as a new antenna add-on for customizing your car.
Rocket League is free-to-play right now until Sunday at 1 p.m. PT on Steam. If you like what you see, you can purchase the game at a 40 percent discount. For those that already own the game, all bundles and DLC are offered at a 20 percent discount until Monday at 10 a.m. PT.
The Hoops update, along with The Witcher medallion, will both arrive in Rocket League for free this Tuesday. For more on Rocket League, check out our in-depth interview with developer Psyonix. The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine expansion hits June 7.
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At PAX East, Crystal Dynamics is celebrating 20 years of Tomb Raider. Because of this, they've shared a noir-esque promotional video from Tomb Raider III's launch, a music album, and a Tomb Raider book that includes artwork and interviews.
The video as previously only shown at a 1998 launch party for Tomb Raider III at the National History Museum in London. Titled Tomb Raider: The Trilogy, the short video has two noir detectives interrogating a man who is infatuated with Lara Croft. You can view the video below.
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At PAX East 2016, Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford confirmed on stage during an Inside Gearbox panel, that work would begin shortly on a new Borderlands.
“It’s no secret. Obviously there is going to be another Borderlands,” said Pitchford to an enthusiastic audience. Pitchford then threw the conversation to Battleborn's art director, Scott Kester, who revealed he would be the art director for the next Borderlands. On stage they called it Borderlands 3, but Pitchford followed up saying, “We don’t even know if we’re going to call it that.” The conversation then moved on to Gearbox writer Mikey Neumann, who revealed he would be writing the game. Neumann joked that the game may follow Scooter's son, a character named Scooper. You can find the conversation at the one hour and 18 minute mark of this Twitch stream archive.
We asked why Gearbox decided to focus on Battleborn over a new Borderlands when we featured the hero shooter on our cover. You can find that interview here. Early last year, Gearbox also publicly said it was looking to expand its team to start work on a new Borderlands, but there were few additional details at that time.
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Battleborn's Thorn, an elf-like archer, and Miko, a... mushroom, will both be playable musicians in Rock Band 4 soon.
Additional details are scarce right now, but this isn't the first time Gearbox has partnered with Harmonix to craft a bizarre, unexpected cameo appearance. Last year, Borderlands' Nisha the Lawbringer and Claptrap were both unlockable dancers in Dance Central: Spotlight. Unlocking Nisha and Claptrap in the Dance Central was actually free and only required the input of a code. Hopefully that is also the case here.
Announced at the @GearboxSoftware panel...Thorn & Miko will be playable in Rock Band 4 soon! pic.twitter.com/32C2eeLM9X
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Sony's latest flash sale has all games from all of its platforms like Beyond: Two Souls HD, Borderlands: The Handsome Collection, Evolve, and may more.
You can find the full list here, but here are some highlights:
These are just the best samplings from the PlayStation 4 selections. PlayStation 3, Vita, and even PSP games have all been marked down. The sale is happening as we speak and ends on the morning of April 25.
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Tekken series producer Katsuhiro Harada recently revealed in an interview that Tekken X Street Fighter (the follow-up to Street Fighter X Tekken) is no longer in active development.
Harada spoke with GameSpot about the upcoming Tekken 7 and when the topic of Tekken X Street Fighter came up, he had some pessimistic news, though he didn't say the game was outright cancelled. “Street Fighter V that just released – a lot of people are playing that fervently – and there's a large crowd out there waiting or Tekken 7. We don't want to split these communities,” Harada told GameSpot. “A good window in which to release Tekken X Street Fighter is something that's become difficult recently. So it's on hold for the moment.” You can read the full interview GameSpot here.
Street Fighter X Tekken and Tekken X Street Fighter were announced simultaneously in 2010 with plans for the former to closely resemble Street Fighter mechanics, and the latter meant to feature Tekken mechanics. Both were to feature characters from both fighting game franchises. For our review of 2012's Street Fighter X Tekken (which features awful original box art Mega Man seen above), head here.
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This short film about a father, a son, and their Xbox will make you cry about as much as the opening to Up.
This short film from director John Wikstrøm is honestly one of the best video game films we've ever seen, but don't take our word for it, it's right there. Press play.
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The Beatles were a popular English rock band, formed in Liverpool back in the '60s. Maybe you've heard of them. If you're a fan, you might want to snatch up their catalog of songs on The Beatles: Rock Band before they disappear from online stores in the coming weeks.
A recent post on Harmonix Forums confirmed that many of the songs in The Beatles: Rock Band's online music store will be delisted starting May 5th. However, if you already purchased any of these songs, you can keep playing them even after they are pulled from the store. Below is the full list of songs being removed.
[Source: Harmonix]
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GameInformer News The Beatles were a popular English rock band, formed in Liverpool back in the '60s. Maybe you've heard of them. If you're a fan, you might want to snatch up their catalog of songs on Rock Band before they disappear from online stores in the next few weeks.
A recent post on Harmonix Forums confirmed that many of the songs in The Beatles: Rock Band's online music store would be removed starting May 5th. However, if you already purchased any of these songs, you can keep playing them even after they are pulled from the store. Below is the full list of songs being removed.
[Source: Harmonix]