After crafting nuanced, human drama in The Walking Dead, and exploring the complex, murky characters of The Wolf Among Us, Telltale Games is returning to its sillier side with Tales from the Borderlands. It's a strange crossover project with Gearbox: a game that conforms to the Telltale adventure formula, but one that's set in the Borderlands universe and incorporates elements of the first-person shooter series. You have money, you have a loot system, you'll equip and control a large robot in a complex scripted sequence--but you probably won't find the emotional resonance of Telltale's more recent games.
Telltale disagrees; it feels that if you look past Borderlands' fast-paced action, explosive weaponry and looting cycle, you'll find a truly human story beneath it all. It's that human side that the developer is attempting to explore in Tales from the Borderlands--but after seeing the opening forty minutes of the first episode, I was left feeling like the developer was grasping at straws. The dialogue was poorly written, coming across as Borderlands fan fiction rather than something immediately relatable, and the attempts at jokes fell flat. Vocal delivery was a strong point, with this probably being the first Telltale game to feature Nolan North.
Earlier today, Nintendo announced the amiibo statues, which contain NFC chips. The first game they will be used with is Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. How will they work, though? In a roundtable discussion at E3, Masahiro Sakurai explains. Amiibo figurines will function as CPU characters that become stronger as you fight with them. They can be raised to [...]
Happy Wars for Xbox One will feature a story-driven campaign mode and action-packed multiplayer modes for up to 30 players.
Enter the fray as one of the six player character classes - Warrior, Mage, Cleric, Berserker, Zephyr, or Engineer, each with different tactical strengths.
Work together as a team to take down the enemy team and conquer their castle!
Happy Wars will support cross platform matchmaking with Xbox 360 and 4-player local multiplayer mode in split-screen.
Battle it out against the world across geographic and platform boundaries, and share the fun with friends and family on one console.
Only on Xbox One Features:
- Online cross platform multiplayer battles between Xbox One and Xbox 360
- Bring your characters and items from Xbox 360 to Xbox One using Xbox Live.
- 4-Player split screen local multiplayer allows family and friends to play together on the couch.
- Enhanced Xbox One game graphics, while maintaining all the great core gameplay from the Xbox 360 version.
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*Broadband internet access and account on Xbox Live required. Xbox Live Gold membership (sold separately) required for online multiplayer. Additional in-game content available and sold separately.
Happy Wars for Xbox One will feature a story-driven campaign mode and action-packed multiplayer modes for up to 30 players.
Enter the fray as one of the six player character classes - Warrior, Mage, Cleric, Berserker, Zephyr, or Engineer, each with different tactical strengths.
Work together as a team to take down the enemy team and conquer their castle!
Happy Wars will support cross platform matchmaking with Xbox 360 and 4-player local multiplayer mode in split-screen.
Battle it out against the world across geographic and platform boundaries, and share the fun with friends and family on one console.
Only on Xbox One Features:
- Online cross platform multiplayer battles between Xbox One and Xbox 360
- Bring your characters and items from Xbox 360 to Xbox One using Xbox Live.
- 4-Player split screen local multiplayer allows family and friends to play together on the couch.
- Enhanced Xbox One game graphics, while maintaining all the great core gameplay from the Xbox 360 version.
#8195;
*Broadband internet access and account on Xbox Live required. Xbox Live Gold membership (sold separately) required for online multiplayer. Additional in-game content available and sold separately.
