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Time to hunt Big Daddies again?

Today, 2K announced the founding of Cloud Chamber, its newest development studio. This team of storytellers has begun work on the next iteration of the acclaimed @BioShock franchise, which will be in development for the next several years.

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This series features one of my favorite games of all time and one of my most hated games of all time. I love the original BioShock. To this day I don't believe there is another game that has you hunting down things to kill, like how you would hunt down a Big Daddy. I hate BioShock Infinite. Just when you thought you were going to get some next-gen Big Daddy or weird-big-hand-dude, Big Handy! The hunting aspect of the game was gone. Super boring and nothing memorable. Except how much I hated playing it. And I played all the way through. BioShock 2 is definitely better, but not as good as the original.

Here's to the New BioShock being a throw back to the classic, creepy, underwater game we played many, many years ago. Good luck, take your time and make a great game!

Prev Feb 9, now May 3

Battleborn just wrapped up its closed technical test. It seems Gearbox wants more time to polish the game up based on what they've learned.

"We at Gearbox are feeling energized by the data of our Closed Technical Test, and the additional time will allow us to better act on the feedback for Battleborn competitive and cooperative play when it releases.  We sincerely appreciate your patience as we work tirelessly on Battleborn. We look forward to sharing the Open Beta with everyone next year."

Previously scheduled for Feb 9, 2016, Battleborn will now ship out May 3, 2016.

Coming Feb 9, 2016

From the creators of Borderlands comes Battleborn, a new first-person shooter for every kind of badass available on February 9, 2016 for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. 

Command 25 unique heroes and save the universe from the brink of extinction! Fight alone or alongside friends, play story missions or mow down foes in competitive multiplayer matches.
Four new badasses enter the fray in this trailer: Ambra, Reyna, Mellka, and Benedict

Oh boy, more stuff to gather.

Did you like Borderlands? I did. It's one of my favorites.

Did you like Borderlands 2? I did for a while. It was fun leveling up and through the first two playthroughs. The later added third playthough was a chore though and lessened the fun for me. The only DLC I enjoyed was the D&D inspired Tiny Tina one and that was mostly for the story as the guns were crap. BL2 had some serious issues with loot, as in not giving it out, and not having the same variety and overpowered fun feel of the first. Also many of the guns used 2, 4, or even 6 bullets per shot which really hurt ammo management, forcing you to scour every box and other lootable item in the game just to keep firing. But it's still a worthwhile game if you can get it cheap with all DLC included.

Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel takes place chronologically in between the two games (hence the odd title), but make no mistake, this is BL2's engine.

A sequel to the first game and a prequel to the second game = pre-sequel. Playable claptrap and we finally get an ice element!

Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel takes place between the first and second games in the series. Witness Handsome Jack's rise to power as you play as Athena, Wilhelm, The Sheriff, or Claptrap.

So it looks like Borderlands is not immune to the "ship it off to another studio for a quick follow up while you work on the next-next version" disease. Obviously I'm not a fan of this, but the stuff in the video looks alright and it's on PC so it's next-gen for me. No love for PS4/XBone users is a surprise though. 

The game will be released "later" in 2014.