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The annual Toy Fair is happening right now in New York City and for the 2011 edition action figure companies are breaking out plans to release new figures based on current and upcoming games. NECA always has a ton of game-related action figures coming down the pike and Figures.com has a gallery full of what the company is showing off at Toy Fair this year.

As you can see one of the upcoming NECA figures is a highly detailed Duke Nukem that's slated for release in April just before Duke Nukem Forever comes out in May. It also showed off some upcoming figures from its BioShock line and announced that in 2012 it would be releasing figures based on the next game in the series BioShock Infinite.

Over at Kotaku they have posted up a video showing off some current and upcoming collectible statues from Gaming Heads, who have previously released statues based on Valve's games. Upcoming products in the video include a Smoker Infected from the Left 4 Dead series and a Portal 2 turret. Gaming Heads is also working on more Valve-based statues including a Gordon Freeman statue from Half-Life 2 that we suspect will sell out quickly.

[Picture credit: Figures.com]

Borderlands has been a big hit for the PC platform since its release in October 2009 but Gearbox Software's first person shooter-RPG hybrid will soon be heading to Mac hard drive. Publisher Feral Interactive has announced plans to release a native Mac port of the game for a December 3 release date.

The Mac version is actually a port of the Game of the Year Edition which means Mac gamers will get access to the main game plus all four of Borderlands' downloadable mini-expansion packs (he Zombie Island of Dr. Ned, Mad Moxxi's Underdome Riot, The Secret Armory of General Knoxx and Claptrap's New Robot Revolution). The game is priced at $49.95.

Tomorrow Need For Speed Hot Pursuit is released. Thanks to the pre-release reviews praising this game we can't wait to get our hands on the PC port. Running down and crashing racers in million dollar police sports cars is pretty much the perfect game for us.

• New Steam bug fix updates for Plants Vs Zombies Game of the Year Edition, Sol Survivor and Supreme Commander 2 have been released.
• Steam also has all four of the Borderlands DLC releases in one bundle for the price of $29.99.
• Telltale Games has launched a free Back to the Future Facebook game, Blitz Through Time.
• Check out some very brief footage from the now canceled Mercenaries 3. It's not that exciting
• Someone found an Easter Egg while playing the Nuketown level in Call of Duty Black Ops. Again, it's not that exciting.
• Direct2Drive has Manhunt 2 on sale for today online for just $4.95.

Yet another busy day is finally over. Tomorrow Activision reveals its quarterly financial numbers and on Friday we get a reveal of the next Battlefield game. And you never know what else is coming up in the wings:

• City of Heroes has released its new Origins Pack with 10 character auras and five caps for $9.99.
• Sony Online's free-to-play MMO Free Realms is now available on the Mac.
• Steam has a new Team Fortress 2 bug fix update.
• EA's full version of FIFA Manager 11 is now available to download and purchase from several sites like Steam and Impulse
• Steam has the Front Mission Evolved Wanzer Pack 2 with two "wanzers" available for download for $3.99.
• OnLive has added Dark Void and the Borderlands DLC content to the streaming PC game service

If for some reason you simply have never bought Borderlands, we suggest you wait just a little while longer. According to a post on Gearbox Software's message page the FPS-RPG hybrid will soon be getting a Game of the Year edition that will heading to retail stores.

The $49.99 Game of the Year version will contain the original game plus all four DLC mini-expansions. That includes the recently announced Claptrap's New Robot Revolution that will be released for owners of the original game sometime in September. In addition the Game of the Year edition will have an exclusive bonus; a map that shows off all of the territories in the game. Look for the Game of the Year editions to ship to stores on October 12.

[Via email press release]

Once again a big sale has caused a game to shoot up to the top of Steam's top 10 best selling games for the past week. This time Gearbox Software' shooter Borderlands, which had a 75 percent sale in the middle of last week, found itself at the number one spot (based on revenue). In fact two of the game's DLC mini-expansions, which were also on sale at 75 percent off this past week, made it on the top 10 list as well.

A two game S.T.A.L.K.E.R. bundle, boosted by a weekend sale, made it to the number two position on Steam's list this week. The full list is as follows:
1. Borderlands - Gearbox Software/2K Games
2. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Weekend Deal Bundle - GSC Game World
3. Mafia II: Digital Deluxe Edition - 2K Czeck/2K Games
4. Mafia II - 2K Czeck/2K Games
5. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 - Digital Illusions/EA
6. Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days - Io Interactive/Square Enix
7. Borderlands: The Secret Armory of General Knoxx - Gearbox Software/2K Games
8. Worms Reloaded - Team17
9. Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition - Bethesda Softworks
10. Borderlands: The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned - Gearbox Software/2K Games

Steam's big mid-week sale is a particularly nice one. From now until Thursday Steam users can purchase and download Gearbox Software's 2009 first person shooter-RPG hybrid game Borderlands for just $10.19, a 66 percent savings from the game's normal price.

That price cut extends to Borderlands' four-pack bundle (one for you and three for your friends) which is now just $30.58 for the next two days. Finally all three previously released DLC mini-expansions for the game are available for just $3.39 each. Gearbox recently added Steam achievements to Borderlands and also announced a fourth DLC mini-expansion that is scheduled for release sometime in September.

As promised a little while ago by Gearbox Software's head man Randy Pitchford, today comes the official announcement for the fourth DLC mini-expansion for the developer's first person shooter-RPG hybrid game Borderlands. The DLC is titled Claptrap's New Robot Revolution and as you can guess from its title centers around one of the original game's most loved characters, the one-wheeled robot Claptrap.

In fact players can expect to see a lot of the robot in the DLC as the player characters are recruited to stop hundreds of Claptrap-type robots as they seek to overthrow the Hyperion Corporation. The DLC will support both single and co-op gameplay with over 20 missions that include dealing with lots of Claptraps, including their leader the Ninja Assassin (yes, Ninja Assassin ... stop laughing). The DLC will be released sometime in September for $9.99.

Fans of developer Gearbox Software's hit first person shooter-RPG hybrid game Borderlands have something to look forward to. While the game has had its fair share of downloadable content it looks like some more is coming up in the pipeline.

According to a recent post on the Twitter page of Gearbox's head man Randy Pitchford he states, "I get a LOT of questions about more DLC for Borderlands. Yes, more is coming! T2 already said so! Let's talk soon :)". As we said, Borderlands has had three $9.99 mini-expansions released for download (The Zombie Island of Dr Ned, Mad Moxxi's Underdown Riot and The Secret Armory of General Knoxx). Last March, publisher Take Two Interactive's CEO Ben Feder stated, "We will continue to support the title with more add-on content." There's been no word since then on what that might be or when it will be released.

[Via Destructoid]

More and more games have some action figure licensed tie-ins but to be quite honest most of them are just, well, "Eh?". However we leave some room to be surprised from time to time and at the San Diego Comic-Con allowed us to be surprised with word that Borderlands' wise cracking robot Claptrap will be getting the toy treatment.

Kotaku reports that the toy, which looks like it came out of the cel-shaded universe of Gearbox Software's 2009 first person shooter. will be released sometime in October from NECA Toys. According to their story the Claptrap toy will be able to say a few of his lines from the game. We want one for Christmas. Heck, we want one now.