Author: Valhalladidde

Feeling lucky? Hi everyone, I’m Tommy Westerman, Senior Character Designer on Borderlands 4. Today, I’m thrilled to share insights into the making of C4sh the Rogue, the new playable Vault Hunter coming to Borderlands 4 as part of Story Pack 1: Mad Ellie and the Vault of the Damned* on March 26! I’ve been a character designer at Gearbox since Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, where together with the team I designed Claptrap as the playable Fragtrap class, as well as Jack the Doppelganger (aka Timothy) and Aurelia the Baroness. In Borderlands 3, the team and I designed Amara the Siren and…

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It ain’t easy, but I’m doing my part.Starship Troopers was a seminal film from my youth; all of my friends and I had seen it in theaters and then countless times on VHS. I’ll always have a fondness for the property, and so the announcement of an indie first-person shooter set in that universe was one that definitely caught my eye. It turns out that my time with Ultimate Bug War coincides with my online gaming group getting into Helldivers 2, so I’ve enjoyed my fair share of bug busting the last couple weeks. An interesting wrapping and decent gameplay…

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I was a little resistant to picking up the Pulsar X3 CrazyLight Mini because of the last part of its name: ‘Mini.’ My previous experience with a Mini mouse was with the X2H CrazyLight Mini, and that one did not gel well with my grip style at all. Although that was mostly because the ‘H’ designates a large rear-weighted hump, which is lacking in this X3. The X2H CrazyLight Mini is also a symmetrical, ambidextrous design, whereas this X3 is a right-handed ergonomic one—though note that there is a mirrored version, too, for all you lefties.All of that is to…

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A new weekend has arrived, and today, you can save big on Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter, Mario Kart World, Square Enix RPGs, and more. Check out our top picks for Sunday, March 15, below.Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter for $49.99Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter – Nintendo Switch0Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter is the very first entry in the beloved Trails series, and this remake from last year brought new life into the original game. Considering 2nd Chapter is set to release later this year, this is a great time to pick up 1st Chapter if…

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Category: ID@XboxMarch 13, 2026 Apolune 2: Boost your Retro Space Mining Experience Solo or with Friends Herb Gilliland, Founder, Lead Game Designer, Lost Astronaut Studios SummaryCasual survival game of experimentation and discovery.Supports up to eight controllers for group play on a single Xbox.Pro tips to get the most out of your solo or co-op gameplay. What Kind of Game is Apolune 2? Apolune 2 is a love-letter to those classic console experiences. Travel back to the early 1980s, when video games were in their infancy, and 8-bit gaming ruled the day.  Apolune 2 is a joke – and that’s intentional. …

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Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly Remake is absolutely terrifying. Team Ninja delivers unequivocal, spine-chilling survival horror, if — and it’s a really big if — you’re willing to stomach a few familiar frustrations. In recent years, Koei Tecmo has attempted to resurrect the Fatal Frame/Project Zero series with mixed results. Both Maiden of Black Water and Mask of the Lunar Eclipse received the remaster treatment, though we were not particularly impressed with either. Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly, however, gets the full works. This is a proper top-to-bottom remake, and it’s clearly paid dividends. The most notable shake-up is the…

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