The famed Borderlands title update you’ve all been waiting for has finally arrived. Starting today, you can gain another 8 levels for your character, bringing the cap to 58 for out-of-the-box players and 69 for those of you own The Secret Armory of General Knoxx DLC. You know you want some 69 action.
A few other fixes are in place, including enemies scaling to new level caps throughout the whole game as long you’ve played through at least twice, item drops now scaling to new enemy level caps, and various glitches being fixed here and there.
I loved Borderlands when it was released a year ago and Gearbox has done a great job keeping up with the DLC and patches. But it’s a bit late for me as I’ve moved on to other titles with even more on the way. Sadly, I don’t think this new level cap increase will take me back to the game. I’m waiting on a sequel. Please make a sequel. Please.
Have you been passing by OnLive because of the potential monthly membership fees, even though the first year has been free? Well, stop waiting and get on the bus. OnLive announced today that the core membership to the service will be free forever. That means you don’t have to pony up any cash per month to access the service. Hot damn!
You can fire up OnLive on your Mac or PC now to take advantage of the platform. I’ve been playing on my MacBook Pro and love it, especially now that they’re working with the WiFi Beta for all members. In the coming months, their MicroConsole TV Adapter will be available if you want to connect a box to your television in order to play.
I’m interested to see how this will impact both the user install base of OnLive as well as the company’s bottom line. We’re going to be speaking to OnLive shortly about the new business decisions, so stay tuned. For now, go make an OnLive account and join of the world of streaming gaming.
Taking a break from all the FPS action I have been engrossed in, I ventured into the RTS genre with R.U.S.E. I was a little apprehensive when I saw I would be fighting in WWII for the umpteenth time. As a noob to the RTS world, I also thought I would be bogged down by farming for unobtanium and making sure my base was sufficiently powered. R.U.S.E. is the love child of Command and Conquer meets RISK. Let me tell you, it is one kick ass kid.
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I have to be honest with you, I never played any of the Myst games. I do know that there wasn’t a very cohesive story other than the game takes place on an island and there is something about books and puzzles. The game spawned several sequels that sold well, but I’ve never had a PC powerful enough to play anything more graphically complicated than Minesweeper so I’m at a loss as to how this game is going to translate to the big screen. I know the game is huge with PC gamers, so this is obviously a money grab for whatever studio is working on this, but with so many more popular console games out there with a broader fan base I’m confused as to why a studio would choose a title that’s pretty obscure to non PC gamers. I’m all kinds of “meh” about this news, but I’ll keep the Loot-Ninja community posted with any new developments. If we have any Myst fans in the Loot-Ninja community I’d love to hear from you and what you think about this news. Maybe you an turn my “meh” into a “hmm”. Trust me, that’s a step up.
It’s StarCraft II. You already bought it. If you didn’t, you’re dead to me.
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You might be wondering why we haven’t run our StarCraft II review yet. Well, the game is massive and will have legs more than any console FPS you’ve seen in the past 5 years, so we want to give due diligence and make sure we’re covering every nook and cranny of the biggest RTS to be released in 10 years since the first StarCraft.
I’ve been rolling through the campaign and challenge modes and absolutely love every minute of it. Once that’s all done, it’s on the ladder and qualifying matches online where I’ll get stomped, then quite a few more online matches before we run our review. It’s going a bit slower than I would like due to some major family issues that I’ve been dealing with the past few weeks (and have me currently out of town).
So, the review is coming. In short, I already know the score it’s getting. Yes, you should absolutely buy it. It’s a strong to very strong game of the year candidate.
For those not familiar with the ArmA games, let me give you a quick refresh. While these games are technically a FPS, there are as far from Modern Warfare and Medal of Honor games as you can possibly get. The ArmA series is a very realistic foray into combat and bunny hopping around the maps will get you dead. Plain and simple. ArmA II: Operation Arrowhead is an expansion to ArmA II, but it is standalone. If you have the time, patience, strategical fortitude, and a hell of a gaming setup, this might be the military FPS/Sim you have been looking for.
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Back at GDC 2009, we first heard of OnLive, the game streaming service that was supposed to revolutionize the way we all played and purchased games. No more discs, no more downloads, just streaming goodness with instant access to new games without waiting. Skeptics were abound, myself included, at the validity of OnLive’s statements, fearing controller and internet lag would cause major problems. Fast forward to June 2010 and the launch of the service in the United States. I was among the early members given access and spent a good deal of time playing around with everything OnLive has to offer. Is it worth your hard earned dollar? Click on through to find out.
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Are you looking to go completely digital in your gaming world? Steam has you covered. Along with being able to download your favorite PC and Mac games, you can now get Prima Strategy Guides right there on your computer. No more paper books for you.
The initial launch guides include Dragon Age: Origins (and Awakening), Just Cause 2, Left 4 Dead 2, Splinter Cell: Conviction and Battlefield: Bad Company 2. To celebrate, each of those games is 50% off right now bringing the price to $9.99, so if you’ve been waiting to pick any of them up, now’s your chance. None of them work on the Mac, unfortunately, so I’m still out in the cold on the computer front.
How many of you out there still use strategy guides anyway? It’s been a long time since I’ve picked one up (I believe it was GTA San Andreas). If I get stuck now, I just use the good old Google machine, so I’m not sure that even going digital would give me a reason to pick up a Prima guide. Let us know if you’ll be buying any of these in the comments.
In case you haven’t started playing the StarCraft II Beta yet and your invite is just sitting there collecting dust, you might want to get on the ball. Blizzard reminded the world that the servers will be shut down May 31st, so you have slightly more than 10 days to get your fill of the epic multiplayer action before it goes dark for a short while.
I would have liked to play more of the Beta before now, but my PC gaming time has been very limited. After a long download, the beta is fully installed on my MacBook Pro and I have a feeling I’ll be shredding faces with Protoss later this week.
With the game releasing July 27th and the Beta having run for quite some time, I think Blizzard is in perfect shape with their balancing and tweaks for launch. So the real question is – how many of you are getting the super special collector’s edition?
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