Want to relive the experiences of the first-ever Gearbox Community Day?
Loot Ninja has posted audio recordings (and pictures!) of the discussions that took place during each of the game panels!
The first-ever Gearbox Community Day was a huge success!
To put it simply, the day was chock full of awesome!
Among the (many) highlights: Attendees saw live gameplay demonstrations of Aliens: Colonial Marines and Brothers in Arms: Furious 4, both of which concluded with rounds of applause from the audience! Never-before-heard secrets about the making of Borderlands and Duke Nukem Forever were heard during their respective panels. Artists Kevin Duc and Scott Kester took the stage to create some amazing artwork live on stage, based on crowd suggestions.
We'll be sharing more from this event in the days and weeks ahead, but we wanted to express our heartfelt thanks to you, our fans, for all your support throughout the years. You're all amazing and we couldn't do this without you!
During E3, we introduced the world to the Furious 4 - a squad of World War 2 soldiers whose favorite thing in the world is kicking Nazi ass, a squad whose adventures are the stuff from which tall tales are born.
Here's what the world had to say about our new take on World War 2 and exciting new branch for the Brothers in Arms brand:
- "After seeing it, I'm excited to see more. I mean, grenade-mounted bear traps? Greatest generation indeed." - G4TV
- "The story is simple: Adolf Hitler needs to be stopped, and the Furious 4 are the soldiers tasked with the ass kicking duties." - Game Informer
- "You'll be fighting Nazis with jetpacks. Which involved wielding chainsaws. In an amusement park."- IFC
- "Great bubblegum fun." - GameSpy
- "After watching four Gearbox devs play through an early mission… I’m absolutely fine in taking a break from Baker." - PC Gamer
- "This is looking very impressive and very stylish, with an almost comic book level of over the top action." - NOWGamer
Aliens: Colonial Marines was a huge hit at E3 2011, garnering award nominations from 1UP, IGN, GameTrailers, G4 X-Play, Gaming Excellence and more!
- "Aliens: Colonial Marines is everything I'd want in an Aliens game." - Kotaku
- "What we saw was enough to get us genuinely excited." - The Video Game Writers
- "Everything is here. The motion tracker makes the familiar and unsettling high-pitched whine when it picks up the xenomorphs—which made Pitchford yell, "They're in the room!"—and the pulse rifles sound exactly like they do in the movie." - Ars Technica
- "Go grab your DVD of Aliens - the Director's Cut, if you have it. Fast forward to the part where the Marines have discovered that Burke has betrayed them, and the xenomorphs cut the power. Remember the nonstop firefight that ensues? The frantic running, screaming, and trying to make every shot count? That's pretty much exactly how the demo of Colonial Marines feels." - The Escapist
- "Fans will be happy that the first-person shooter has all of the familiar elements from the movies, including pulse rifles with over/under grenade launchers, flamethrowers, power loaders and acid alien blood that will do you serious damage." - The Wall Street Journal Speakeasy Blog
Excited about Aliens: Colonial Marines? Let us know by joining the discussion in our forums!
We're showing three games at E3: Duke Nukem Forever, Aliens: Colonial Marines and Brothers in Arms: Furious 4! Check 'em out!
