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If you combine the wasteland ambience and role-playing aspects of Fallout 3 and combine them with the four-player cooperative features from games like Left 4 Dead, then add in some giant creatures and a good dose of splatter humor, you end up with Borderlands. The player travels to the world of Pandora, where there isn't much to survive on, but the promise of vast riches in an ancient vault built by a long lost alien species. There are plenty of obstacles in the way, but luckily, they can all be overcome with a little skill and superior firepower.

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This new trailer for BioShock 2 demonstrates the Capture the Little Sister multiplayer mode. In it, teams work to pick up Little Sisters (although they don't seem very happy about it) and depositing her in a vent. Players will will have to coordinate with each other, because even though the Little Sister is immune to damage, you won't be.

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If you haven't given Borderlands a try then this launch trailer will show you what you're missing out on. The co-op roleplaying / first-person shooter game hybrid is out for the PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 systems. Note that split screen play is not featured in the PC release.

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Earlier this week we reported that the Steam version of Borderlands had accidentally allowed its Australian users access to a "low violence" of Gearbox Software's shooter game via a pre-load. Since the game hasn't been officially released this technically wasn't that big of an issue at the time

Games On Net now reports that publisher 2K Games has fixed the problem but there's a hitch. Those Australian players who want the full unedited version of the game must now delete what they downloaded before and then pre-load the title all over again. That means a file of 8 gigs must be downloaded. For folks who have an ISP in that country with a bandwidth cap that could mean some real trouble.

We've been down this road before and it looks like we are going that way once again. Rumors of a revival of the classic X-Com turn-based strategy PC game series have been popping up on the Internet tubes for years. This week the new rumors center on 2K Games' developer Firaxis working on a new version of the original game.

This new rumor comes from the Twitter page of the anonymously updated and trademark-obsessed web site Superannuation. The statement also revives the rumor that there's a first person shooter X-Com game that's also in the works. 2K Boston has been named as the developer for that title for quite some time and it's head man Ken Levine hasn't exactly denied that possibility. Indeed 2K Boston's sister developer 2K Australia has apparently worked at one time on such a project as Superannuation has found a (since removed) resume from a former developer at that studio that mentions such an X-Com game. We just wish 2K Games would spare us more time to speculate and come clean; the suspense is killing us.

It looks like a few folks are dealing with a rather serious issue in Gearbox Software's just released shooter Borderlands. 1Up.com reports that all three versions of the game have a bug that can set back player's skill and weapons points back to zero while either joining or leaving a multiplayer match. This issue is apparently only affecting a few players at this point.

Gearbox is apparently aware of the problem and is working on a fix. A post on their message board states, "Unfortunately there isn't a fix just yet, but when one is available we hope to be able to repair as much of your character data as possible." In the meantime we would suggest just playing the game in single player if you don't want to risk losing your character progression.

The 2005 turn based strategy game Shattered Union wasn't exactly a huge hit when it was released (indeed it turned out to be the last game for its developer Poptop Software; it's owner Take Two Interactive shut the studio down in 2006). The reviews were a bit on the average side as well. However its basic story premise of near-future where the US is split into several different countries is good enough to get Hollywood types to want to make a movie version.

According to Variety, Take Two has sold the movie rights to Shattered Union to blockbuster movie producer Jerry Bruckheimer. He plans to make the movie version at his long time studio partner Disney (where he is in post-production on the upcoming movie version of another game property Prince of Persia) Writer J. Michael Straczynski, best known to us geeks as the creator of the sci-fi TV series Babylon 5, will write the script adaptation. He's been mostly a movie writer for the past few years, scripting the recent Clint Eastwood directed drama Changling. He also co-wrote the action flick Ninja Assassin that's due in theaters November 25.

Oh, Australia. You with your shrimp on the barbie, your Great Barrier Reef and your wonky government run game ratings system. However, the latest game screw-up in your country has nothing to do with your ratings system. However it does show that even digital downloads get things wrong.

Games On Net reports that Australian users of Steam were accidentally given a "low violence" version of Gearbox Software's just released shooter Borderlands for the game's pre-load installation. However the country's ratings board gave the go-ahead for the unedited version of the game to be released. Since the game isn't due to be released internationally for a few more days there's still time to correct the issue before Borderlands unlocks for Australian games. And having started to play the final and full version of Borderlands . . . well, trust us Australia; you really do want all the added violence.

This trailer for BioShock 2 reveals quite a bit of gameplay, including some of the powerful weapons and abilities that will be at the disposal of players as a Big Daddy. There's also plenty of combat against splicers, other Big Daddies and of course Big Sister to look forward to. Fans will have to wait a bit to discover who the narrator is, since "The Voice of Rapture" clearly distinguishes herself from Big Sister. BioShock 2 is expected to release in 2010.

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Spike TV's latest episode of GameTrailersTV was broadcast earlier this morning and today the GameTrailers web site has posted up the full episode for everyone to see. As promised there's a lot of new info about BioShock 2 in this week's episode as we get closer to the February 2010 release of the first person shooter sequel.

We don't want to give away all the new info in the episode but we will say you will learn a lot more about the game's storyline, including the new leader of the underwater city of Rapture. There's also the reveal of a new multiplayer mode that sounds interesting, some more info about the splicers and more locations shown in the city. It's up to you to see if you want to spoil the surprises, particularly about the sequel's storyline, for yourself.