Borderlands 2 announced!

For those of us that enjoyed playing and beating Borderlands, Borderlands 2 was just announced. Below are the details… When it comes out, will you be getting it? Tell us below!

Fans can get their first glimpse of the bold evolution of the Role-Playing Shooter at Gamescom and PAX Prime 2011 this month

Exclusive Battlefield 3 pre-order content at Best Buy

Below is a list of free stuff you get when you pre-order Battlefield 3 at Best Buy. I recieved this email from Best Buy telling me this and I thought I would share it with you in case you really want to purchase the game, and you are considering pre-ordering. Are you planning on getting BF3 when it comes out? Let us know below!

Pre-order your copy of Battlefield 3 Limited Edition and receive an exclusive SPECACT Kit Upgrade, including:

• A set of 8 Multiplayer skins – one for each class and side
• Two uniforms per multiplayer class
• One customized weapon skin per class

Also, pre-order now to get the Battlefield 3 Limited Edition with Back to Karkand expansion pack, including maps, weapons and vehicles from the acclaimed prequel, as well as unique rewards and achievements.

Link to Pre-order

Dead Island hands on preview (G4TV)

With the launch of Dead Island around the corner (September 6th 2011), if you’re a fan of zombie killing games, you’ll probably enjoy this game. I myself am huge into games like Dead Rising. Below is part of a hands on preview of Dead Island, provided by G4TV.com… Hope you enjoy!

Dead Island. Its debut trailer was heralded as one of the most daring and emotionally-charged of all time. The slow, somber music – which I’m listening to even now as I type this preview – was even a small meme for a time, covered by Toby Turner of literal video game trailers fame and inserted into Lord of the Rings. And damn if it doesn’t make me tear up just thinking about it.

With many GOTY possibilities, which are you most looking forward to?

There are many game of the year possible winners, which game are you most looking for? Below are a list of games coming out this year along with trailers that I think have the most potential to become a GOTY winner.

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Elder Scrolls: Skyrim

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This is one of the many games that I am looking forward to playing. Below is a trailer of the video game that has the possibility of becoming GOTY.

A few summer video game deals…

Looking for a few good deals? We love finding new deals, here at Styroscope. Below this are just a few of the many great deals you can find…

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Goozex:

Here is a sample of the current Goozex game sale deals:

Catherine $53.99 (Xbox 360, PS3)
Infamous 2 $53.99 (PS3)
NCAA Football 12 $53.99 (Xbox 360, PS3)
Call of Juarez: The Cartel $53.99 (PS3)

Pre-Orders are available too! These titles will be available to ship after September 6, 2011:

Resistance 3 $54.99 (PS3)
Dead Island $54.99 (Xbox 360, PS3)
Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten $54.99 (PS3)
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine $54.99 (Xbox 360, PS3)

Link to deals

Let’s Play Trine Part 1

I have finally got around to uploading part 1 of my Let’s Play of Trine. I was able to get this game through Steam for $4.50 and it is quite good for the price I paid. It was a challenging game at times but I am just not that great with keyboard controls for platformers. This is part 1 of 22, so I will be uploading another part each day (as long as I don’t forget about it, which I have for the over the past 5 days or so). So enjoy.

Ubisoft E3 Conference Summary

– Ubisoft conference starting. Yyves Guillemot onstage. Thanks everyone for their support over the last 25 years. Looks forward to another 25 years.

– Rayman Origins upcoming. Really bad but funny Shakespeare re-enactment on stage, it lightened the mood. Hand drawn graphics. game being demoed.
Very nice environments, looks gorgeous. Refers to the secondary thing following Rayman as Blue Thing. Platforming looks very well done, best platforming I have seen since New Super Mario Bros. Wii. Little bit of a tetris puzzle going on in the cave level, lots of lava, again looks gorgeous. The music is catchy. New area, at a harbour, looks gorgeous again. Underwater now, getting chased by huge works, reminds me of a Super Metroid boss. Can beat up each in multiplayer. Now you are in snowy mountains and the treasure chest that you have been chasing has been stolen, now it transitions into an flying stage that looks to be a lot of fun. A lot of buildings and such in the background, adds a lot to the environment
Demo over, looks to be a very great game. Four player co-op for the game. They open the chest and out pops Ubisoft characters from throughout the years.

– Aaron Pricemen on stage. Talking about the past. Haha talking about Driver and showed up a video of what it would look like if they released it back in the past. Now he is talking Driver San Francisco. Trailer playing. Looks to be mostly cgi trailer with a quick change to gameplay where you have a cockpit view in the vehicles. Not really impressive, uplay support.

Battlefield 3 Operation Metro Multiplayer Gameplay Trailer

EA Conference Summary

– EA conference is a go. Opens with a disaster video playing, can see Reapers attacking earth, yep it is Mass Effect. Nice opening, can see the quick destruction they are binging.

March 6 2012 release date announced. Promising an all out galatic war.
Demo incoming. Again, melee kills have been greatly improved and a focus of combat. Gameplay looks amazing, Oh why does the name escape me, the geth party member has shown up. Amazing music, absolutely amazing. Reaper is attacking, wait the whole base is an entire repear and you are fighting it on ship turrnet. Shepard calls in an airstrike and it only manages to make the reaper even angrier. Gameplay demo ends. Ok…March 6th 2012 can’t come fast enough.
Trailer is being shown, which you can see on the site. Again, the music is amazing

– Haha, EA just insulted Microsoft with saying they are keeping it simple without celebrities. Introduced new website called origin.com to view content for EA games and partner games.

– Need for Speed On The Run is being shown. Autolog being talked about. Autolog is being incorperated into the story. You will be able to leave the vehicles. Uses Frostbyte 2 engine. Li

Demo incoming. Graphics are very nice, lots of action, lighting effects are amazing. Reminds me of a combo of Burnout Paradise and Shift. You crash and a cutscene starts with quicktime events. Police helicopter is firing at you. Fighting a police officer in a quick time event and you steal an police car. Now you have to escape in less than 5 minutes and you have a police helicopter firing at you. Lots of explosions, how can they blow up innocent people, the police are truly evil in the game. They blow up a tanker and you got crashing off the intersection, thanks for increasing gas prices some more. Quick time event started to escape vehicle and there is a train coming, you barely escape and that is the end of the demo

Terraria Walkthrough With Your Host: KK (Episodes 1 – 6)

I would like to welcome everyone reading to explore the world of Terraria: a new game on the PC which has been given the nickname ‘The 2-D Minecraft’. However, it is so much more than that, with more than 10x the content. As for this being my first post as a new proud member to styroscope, this Let’s Play will sure to bring excitement and creativity into the gaming community. I already uploaded episodes 1 – 6 of this Let’s Play. Episodes ”should” be uploaded once every few days to a week. Enjoy and Stay Tuned for more videos and posts of Terraria!