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Saints Row 4 'Hey Ash' DLC makes homies out of the Burch family
A new slice of DLC for Saints Row 4 adds the Burch family, of Hey Ash Whatcha' Playin'? fame, to your crew. For $2.99 on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC, you can add Anthony Burch, Ashly Burch and their father, Papa Burch, to your stable of homies. While Papa Burch is best known for his appearances in the Hey Ash videos, Ashly is a budding voice actress who plays Tiny Tina in the Borderlands series and most recently signed on to lend her pipes to Scale, while Anthony served as lead writer on Borderlands 2. Saints Row 4 launched back in August. In our review, we thoroughly lauded the game for improving upon its predecessor in every conceivable way. "Volition's skill for building a living world, lovable characters and ingenious gameplay is as sharply honed as ever."
Borderlands 2: At the table with Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon's Keep
"What's initiative?" asks Brick, the hulking bruiser from the original Borderlands. He's seated with Mordecai, Lilith and Tina, all hunched over a table-top roleplaying game – not unlike Dungeons & Dragons – called Bunkers and Badasses. As the tabletop game gets underway, players are thrust into "Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon's Keep," the latest DLC campaign for Borderlands 2. %Gallery-189391%
Next Borderlands 2 DLC is 'Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep,' coming June 25
Coming DLC for Borderlands 2 will be called "Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep." It will launch on June 25 as the fourth pack included in the game's Season Pass, or for $10 (800 MSP) standalone, Gearbox confirmed to Joystiq. The name of the fourth DLC pack was leaked today in a now-deleted tweet from Gearbox writer Anthony Burch, a screen of which was saved by Stealthy Box. Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep features Tiny Tina herself as the host of a board game.
Borderlands 2 brings the best of all worlds to Pandora, devs say [Update]
Borderlands 2 is a hybridized beast of mechanics, play styles and audience potentials, all wrapped up in one cel-shaded package (now with green!). The sequel builds upon feedback from 2009's Borderlands, tweaking many aspects of single-player mode, streamlining co-op skill sets and building new character designs, writer Anthony Burch and concept designer Scott Kester from Gearbox told Joystiq.One of the most prevalent changes players will notice in Borderlands 2 is the skill-tree functionality in co-op mode. Instead of simply beating down enemies separately but at the same time, as often happened in Borderlands, there will be more synergy between each character's abilities, Kester and Burch said.For example, the Siren's phaselock abilities have been fine-tuned to include the "sweet release" kill skill, which insta-heals every member of her party if she kills an enemy frozen in phaselock. Additionally, the Assassin can execute enemies in the Siren's phaselock relatively easily with his melee or sniping moves, and the Commando will be able to throw down a bubble shield to protect the entire team. The Gunzerker is nuanced as well, including a skill that ramps up the power in the last shot of his gun's magazine, and if an enemy is killed with an excess amount of force, the extra points are converted to health. He can also dual-wield any weapon, which is awesome for everyone. Except the guys he's shooting at.
