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Originally Posted by wraggster

First person shooter Borderlands 2 aims to be 'bigger, better and more badass' than its predecessor - but a slip up from developer Gearbox Software suggests it might be 'more sexist' too.
In an interview with Eurogamer, the game's lead developer, John Hemingway, talks about a user-friendly skill tree called Best Friends Forever, which will offer perks such as a decreased need for shooting accuracy.
The only problem? He also calls it the 'Girlfriend mode'.
He said: "I want

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Respective titles will boast 3D and puzzler play when launched on GREE's platform this autumn.
Mind Candy's online Moshi Monsters world has been entered by more than 65m children, which led the entertainment firm to expand into books, toys, and more recently mobile apps.
The latter was announced in May via a partnership with Japanese games giant GREE, but now they've revealed the two forthcoming mobile games will be called Moshi Monsters Village and Moshi Monsters: Lost Islands.

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Robot Entertainment's delayed Steam edition of Hero Academy will be available today. The developer tells us it should be available "around midday Eastern time."

"The price for the base game on Steam will be $4.99. For that, players will get the core game without ads – the ios base game is free, but is supported by ads – the Council team, the Team Fortress 2 expansion team,

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Originally Posted by wraggster

During a demo of NBA 2K13 yesterday, 2K Sports representatives showed off a new feature exclusive to the Xbox 360 version of NBA 2K13: Kinect voice commands. These commands can be used for simple things like telling a player to move to the post, as well as more advanced commands like calling isolation plays for specific ballers. Cursing at Kinect is a feature, but it'll net you a foul in-game.

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Originally Posted by wraggster

AMC The Walking Dead Social Game, a Facebook game set in AMC's Walking Dead television universe, which isn't to be confused with Telltale's Walking Dead universe or Image Comics' Walking Dead universe, has entered open beta.

The game (playable here) features all the prerequisite expendable resources of a Facebook game, requiring the player to spend energy to move, attack, heal themselves, etc.

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