The long awaited PC version of Borderlands has hit the digital avenues of Steam… if you’re in the US. Unfortunately for UK and AU users, the release date was marked incorrectly until the very last hour.

Thus, instead of ticking over to an unlocked game, the release date simply changed to the 30th of October, 3 days away. Europeans and Australians have long been used to being used and abused, but this was a first in the realm of digital downloads.

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Today developer Futuremark announced that its free floating multiplayer FPS Shattered Horizon will arrive as a downloadable title on November 4.

For those of you who don’t know, Shattered Horizon has players duking it out in zero gravity. Players will have complete freedom of movement allowing for tactics and strategies that have never been seen before. Read more… »

With Dragon Age: Origins going gold over the weekend, it comes as no surprise that BioWare and EA are sending the hype train out of the station to make its rounds, settling down in London with a little worldwide competition.

On October 28th, beginning at 10 AM GMT, ten sets of four players will compete within a 24 hour Dragon Age session to complete the “Warden’s Quest”, in an effort to take home a $50,000 prize.

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For those that have gotten tired of boycotting, and have pre-ordered Left 4 Dead 2, enjoy what will surely be nothing more than a tease. Valve has announced that demo pre-loading is now available.

“The early access to the L4D2 demo is open to both retail and Steam customers on both the PC and Xbox 360. Those who pre-ordered via retail should be able to pick up their early access codes now and be ready to play the demo on Tuesday.”

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Two new DotA inspired characters have just arrived in the Heroes of Newerth Beta: Vindicator, inspired by DotA’s Silencer, and Rampage, inspired by DotA’s Spiritbreaker, bringing the amount of playable characters up to 55.

This leaves 5 left until we get a full roster!

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Plants and zombies make perfect costumes for this year’s trick-or-treaters.  On the other hand, a sale for our beloved Popcap game is a fantastic nightcap for “All Hallows Eve.”

In celebration of Halloween, two our favorite digital distributors are having a frightening sale.  Can you guess who’s selling Plants vs Zombies for a ghastly low price? Read more… »

Ubisoft has confirmed that James Cameron’s Avatar will be coming out on December 1st in the US. The title will be available for the Xbox360, PC, PS3, Wii, DS, and PSP, or basically, every single platform that the developers thought could possibly run the title. Only time will tell if this multi-platform approach will come at the cost of a quality experience.

Additionally, this release date also means that people will be able to experience Avatar a full two weeks before it hits the movie-screens.

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Yesterday Codemasters announced that it will release a patch for Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising in tandem with a dose of DLC.

According to Codemasters producer Sion Lenton, “Our intention is to align [the patch] with the first DLC pack that’s coming out as well, which is due around the end of October. Hopefully we’ll do the whole thing in one.”
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Okay all you Call of Duty-loving PC nuts, you only have about two weeks to upgrade your computer before Modern Warfare 2 is released.

The minimum requirements shouldn’t be a surprise to most, but for anyone who was hoping to run MW2 on their parent’s old laptop, you may have to resign yourself to the console version.

Hit the jump to check out the specs.

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In PC nerd world, the developers for Alien vs Predator the videogame are beginning to use DirectX11 to enhance their visuals; this is actually a huge step for PC gaming.  Every big title uses DirectX  technology, which ultimately gives PC games a slight edge over its console brethren.

On the other hand, because DX10 had never been designed and tested properly, it gave developers and gamers nightmares, reluctantly forcing players to use DX9.  Although the differences between the two versions were slight, and most people would never know the difference, it was essentially a problem for most PC gaming enthusiasts.

With the annoucement of Alien vs Predator, PC gamers have something new to look forward to: the first game of its kind to of use DX11.  Whoo! Let’s hope it doesn’t have the same problems. Read more… »

Today a new trailer for Left 4 Dead 2 was somehow leaked onto the Internet.

This time, rather than showing any actual in-game footage, the trailer feature all pre-rendered scenes that give some insight into each of the new characters, as well as showing off some of the new special infected. Oh yeah, there is also a ton of zombie guts! Read more… »

Today THQ announced that it will handle publishing 4A Games’ post-apocalyptic shooter Metro 2033. In celebration of this news, 4A released three new screenshots and a trailer.

For those of you who don’t know, Metro 2033 is a “horror/action/survival FPS” with a few RPG elements. The game is based on Dmitry Glukhovsky’s novel with the same name.

To find out more about Metro 2033 and to see the new media, read on. Read more… »