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That is totally not creative. *sarcasm* | |
Sounds cool, but am I the only one a little nervous about this trend of announcing expansion packs before the game is even out? Wouldn't it make more sense to put those creative resources towards finishing the game before you start the DLC? Edit: YES, I realize now that the game comes out in a couple days, and that the devs have had time to start on the DLC. My bad. | |
I love DLC in general. Not all of it because some is a scam but to announce specific details about DLC before the game launches? C'mon it is getting ridiculous. At least Dragon Age is including it with thier CE. Soon our HDDs are going to be full of DLC before the game hits shelves. | |
Tell me again why they couldn't just package this into the game? | |
Because they started making it after the game went gold? Just like with the Batman DLC. | |
Zombies, zombies, zombies, zombies, zombies...sold. | |
Well seeing as the game is finished by now, and this DLC probably isn't... | |
Meh, I could give a damn if it was left out on purpose or not. They need the money, I have the money, and I don't like being bored with a game 3 months down the road. It's a win-win in my eyes. | |
Heard about this in the Borderlands group I'm in but I will be getting too when the UK finally gets it | |
I dunno, I find the premise rather interesting, provided it lives up to my mental image. Insanely huge numbers of zombies + infinitely customizable guns = *drool* I'm kind of interested in getting Borderlands and I don't even really like playing co-op. | |
HA! I put this in the Borderlands Group days ago! I ARE VICTORIOUS! Still, cool. | |
Ok Yay, DLC...and I will be getting it as long as the game holds up well. | |
It is? I thought it was still in the works. Nevermind then. | |
It went gold this month. Console release is in 3 days, PC on 26th. | |
Games are usually finished about a month before their actually released. They use the month to produce the game and ship it to stores. | |
Yeah, but the game went gold a while back. Once it's gold they just send it out for packing/disc making/shipping. Most companies use this to relax. I think Gearbox chose to not relax. | |
Since when did selling the game itself not sustain a game company? I like DLC, but revealing it before the game comes out is kind of a dick move to gamers. | |
brick beating the tar out of the crappy little zombies with his fists cant wait | |
I don't see it as a dick move, once the game goes gold, they don't make any changes to it and can't add anything to it until gamers have the copies in their hand(via patches), so once it goes gold, they more than likely worked either on patches and DLC, which is normal. Announcing it now, a few days before console launch and a week before PC launch is fine...if it's before year's end, I would expect it around Christmas depending on how far along it is. And Game company's lately, depending on distribution only see a fraction of the cost it was to them...most games need to sell atleast a few hundred thousand copies before it starts to see a profit. DLC is usually almost pure profit as it takes less time to develop content for something that already has an engine, unless it's like a proper expansion and not just a few levels and some new loot modifiers. | |
Oh, god yes. I want this game more and more. | |
I love zombies, so i'll probably buy it. | |
Every other news site has said that the content is actually called The Zombie Island of Dr. Zed. As in zombie. You know, the nickname for a zombie is a zed? | |
So... | |
Awesome.Some more Borderlands to go with the Borderlands.Now i can play even more of it when it comes out. | |
i think there is already a character in Fyrestone names doctor zed | |
Is this some kind of new trend?Announcing DLC before the game even launches?Seems sort of myopic to me. The initial product could suck. That would be a lot of wasted manpower. | |
New from EA, a new yet unannounced original IP, unknown release date. A man who can change his shape into cars, helicopters and tanks goes on a rampage to avenge his murdered family. I hate DLCs, it's usually the best stuff for a game that the company tries to milk extra money out of you for when it just could have easily been included in the game from the beginning. | |
more guns :O how many more guns can you have :) | |
It's not even out and they're planning DLC? | |
Yah think? | |
Yup. | |
Awesum about the content. Since its zombie related, perhaps have advertised then released oct 29th. | |
Oh god yes. I want to gratify Randy Pitchford already. | |
WOO!! ZOMBIES!! | |
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First Borderlands DLC Expansion Detailed
DLC is coming to Borderlands before the end of the year, though the premise of the first expansion may not be all that creative.
2K Games has released details on the first DLC expansion pack coming to Gearbox's Borderlands. Borderlands is a shweet looking co-op shoot-and-loot (I'm trademarking that) coming to the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC later this month.
Borderlands' first expansion is called The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned. It features an island called Jacobs Cove, with zombies on it, and a guy named Dr. Ned. Okay, there's a bit more to it than that: Dr. Ned was supposed to protect the island's inhabitants, but he seems to have gone a few steps too far into the deep end, and has made them into zombies to keep them alive instead. Zombies are notoriously hard to control, and now players must work with Dr. Ned to cure the inhabitants of Jacobs Cove, while killing as many of them as possible and looting lots of guns presumably.
I love myself some zombies, preferably the old-school ones that haven't learned how to run and chase me up ladders, but this expansion's premise could be considered a little played out. I don't really care though, because Borderlands is the type of game that would actually suffer if it didn't contain an island full of zombies to annihilate.
The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned is planned for release before the year's end, and will be priced at 800 Microsoft points, or $9.99 in real money. As will be the case with all of Borderlands' DLC expansions, it will include new guns, enemies, quests, guns, rare loot drops, guns, and guns.
Borderlands has lots of guns in it.
Source: Press Release via GamerVision
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