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Borderlands Legends update opens a loot chest full of new mechanics and features
Borderlands Legends has received quite the hefty update and is now compatible with iPhone 5 and iPad Mini. The most significant changes are enhanced controls and path-finding for the Vault Hunters, gun loot drops, new enemy types, miniboss encounters, plus Game Center support.2K Games has also added a Sniper mode for Mordecai, where players can pinpoint a specific enemy in the game for him to let loose a high-damage shot at. In addition, players will find "enhanced visual effects," rare Eridian weaponry to obsess over and new night maps to shoot their way through.In celebration of the update, Borderlands Legends is on sale for $.99 on both iPhone and iPad for a limited time – sorry, no universal app here.
Borderlands Legends, Civ Rev, Pirates! and other 2K mobile games on sale
2K Games is dropping the price on several of its iOS games until January 2, 2013. The recently released Borderlands Legends, along with Civilization Revolution, Pirates!, Carnival Games Vol. 1 and 2 and NHL 2K11 are $1 apiece.NBA 2K13 is $3... because it's baller like that.
Disney's Wreck-It Ralph collection, Borderlands Legends out this week on iOS
Two big titles are set to hit the App Store this evening, along with the rest of the week's other big releases. Disney's Wreck-It Ralph movie is due in theaters on Nov. 2, and I can promise you, after getting to see it at an advance screening, it's really good. Pixar's John Lasseter is now in charge of all of Disney's animation, and his brilliant influence shows in the film. To celebrate the release, Disney is putting out a set of minigames based on the fictional ones shown in the film. The company previously released Fix-It Felix, Jr. as an iOS title, with the villain of that game being the hero of the film. This new set includes an endless jumping title based on the sugary-sweet racing game Sugar Rush, as well as a dual-stick shooter based on the film's Hero's Duty. All three games are great, and especially when you get to see the film, you'll enjoy exploring the various universes in a different way. The Wreck-It Ralph set is 99 cents. And Borderlands Legends has arrived already this week -- this is the Borderlands spinoff that was revealed just a little while ago. Unfortunately, it's unlike the actual console game, trading a deep first-person shooter for a relatively slow real-time strategy game. If you're a Borderlands fanatic, you might be interested to see it, because it reuses the game's assets in a completely different way. There's also some fun with the game's drag-to-attack strategy mode. But in general, it's pretty much a misfire, dodging most of Borderlands' strengths (including that great and addictive gunfighting action) in favor of a completely different genre. Borderlands Legends is available for $4.99 on iPhone or $6.99 on iPad.
Portabliss: Borderlands Legends (iOS)
This is Portabliss, a column about downloadable games that can be played on the go. Somewhere, at any given moment, I imagine the team at Gearbox is popping champagne and fiercely patting each other on the back after striking gold with Borderlands 2. Not only is the game a commercial success, but it's also a critical darling (read our review, for example!) – a far cry from the developer's previous major release.After loads of DLC and the inevitable three-quel, where can Gearbox go to capitalize on the money train that is Borderlands? A jaunt over to Apple's explosive iOS platform sounds like a good fit, and publisher 2K Games along with developer 2K China have done just that. The idea of playing the "mini-game" version of Borderlands didn't interest me right away, but Borderlands Legends turns out to be a perfect fit for the series and brings the franchise full circle to one of its biggest comparative franchises, Diablo.%Gallery-169067%
PSA: Borderlands Legends begins its story on iOS today
Explore the world of Borderlands from a different perspective today, with the iOS launch of the action RPG Borderlands Legends. The mobile spinoff is available on iPhone and iPod touch for $4.99 and iPad for $6.99.The trailer above manages to fit in a decent amount of gameplay along with its bombastic title cards and slide guitar. We're impressed! And we're also, as a result, able to tell you to watch the above trailer to get a better idea of gameplay.
2K Games working on other mobile platforms for Borderlands Legends
Borderlands Legends, the top-down RPG in which you control the first game's four Vault Hunters, may expand to other platforms after it arrives next week. It's coming to the iPad and iPhone/iPod Touch in a pair of separately priced apps first."We're working on other mobile platforms," a 2K Games representative told Joystiq. 2K China, the developer behind Borderlands Legends and other 2K mobile titles, is currently working on many projects, so the 2K Games rep couldn't give us any kind of timeframe or specific platforms for this endeavor. The list of viable mobile platforms isn't that large, however, so we can probably rule out WebOS.
'Borderlands Legends' is an action-RPG iOS game, available Oct. 31
The Borderlands franchise will make its portable gaming debut on Wednesday, October 31, when Borderlands Legends launches on iPhone and iPad for $4.99 and $6.99, respectively. Rather than furthering the series' FPS heritage, however, Legends instead opts for an isometric action-RPG take on murdering people and then stealing from them.Familiar inventory management and skill tree systems return, though the rest of the experience is reportedly an entirely new, touch-based affair, according to 2K Games' announcement. Based on what we've seen in the gallery below, we're inclined to believe this ain't your mother's Borderlands. %Gallery-169067%
