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《生化奇兵》工作室讨论游戏过场动画的形式

　　Irrational Games在二月正式关闭，而新Irrational Games接下来的课题是讨论有关游戏过场动画的方式。 Irrational的动画导演Shawn Robertson在本周的开发者大会上发表了演讲，其中就着重提到了有关游戏过场动画。

　　“我们需要推动过去那些重视剧情游戏的过场动画形式，我们希望可以在高真实性和高互动性之间建立桥梁。”Shawn Robertson在会议中提到，旗下作品《生化奇兵》系列大多数情况下都是非战斗性的角色作用在非交互性的模式上，而直到《生化奇兵：无限》中的伊丽莎白的出现，才让这个形式有所改观。

　　“我们当然希望在我们下一个项目推出之后，我还可以站在这里演讲谈论有关过场动画方式。《生化奇兵：无限》的目标是把同伴完全融入到玩家的游戏空间中。”

　　《生化奇兵：无限》海葬二部曲第二弹DLC中玩家可以操作女主角伊丽莎白，而这也是Irrational Games最后一个项目了。

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《生化奇兵》创作者下一部作品将采用非线性剧情

《生化奇兵》系列创作者Ken Levine在游戏开发者大会GDC 2014上表示，他的下一部作品将不会继续采用线性剧情模式，因为“以剧情为主导的游戏没有太多重玩价值。”

在GDC的游戏展台上，Levine对传统线性剧情模式进行了反思，称它“在玩家和作者之间制造了一条界线。”

　　“剧情故事并不能充分与游戏的系统结合。我对于我们创作出的线性剧情作品感到骄傲，但我个人来讲，已经搞这套路搞了19年。”

　　“游戏故事剧情的问题在于，你总是会趋向于做的更大，更大，更大，非常耗费时间和财力。你必须花费数年的时间，换来那一瞬间的感动。你发售游戏，玩家入手游戏，玩12小时，然后开始对cosplay等周边产品感兴趣，但你无法让玩家们一直留在游戏中。”

　　“线性剧情模式在作者和玩家之间制造了一条界限。”

Levine在会上表示：“我希望制作一款以剧情为主导的游戏，但剧情不是线性的，而是互相交错的。”

　　他的设想是，所有剧情元素都会引起玩家不同的动作反应，最后达成一个开放性的结局。听上去会很复杂，而且Levine现在还不想立刻就达到那种程度。

　　“玩家必须在不同剧情要素之间进行取舍权衡，但你将清楚地知道抉择的后果。我们将控制剧情要素的数量，让玩家不至于分散注意力，不被大量信息冲击得焦头烂额。”

　　今年2月份，Levine关闭了Irrational工作室，《生化奇兵》版权被2K买下。

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传闻《边境之地：前传》年内发售 登陆本世代

　　本周末的PAX将会有大批游戏厂商参展，这其中也包括2K Games和Gearbox，他们是否会带来《边境之地》系列新作叫人期待。而在PAX开始之前，相关的传闻以不断，日前国外零售商GamePointsNow爆料了有关系列新作的消息。

　　据称Gearbox将会推出《边境之地：前传(Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel)》，而对应平台是PS3和XBOX360，游戏的故事会填补发生在系列初代和系列2代之间5年间的故事。传闻该作将由2K澳大利亚工作室开发，系列2代中的Handsome Jack也会出现在游戏中，但是这时候他已经是一个不起眼的程序员了。而游戏的场景将搬到名为潘多拉之月的月球上。

　　此外游戏中还会有新类型的武器，包括激光枪、西罗枪等。目前2K还没有正式公布游戏，不过预计周末的PAX应该是一个很好的时间点。

Rumor ~ Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel by 2K Australia for PS3, Xbox 360 & PC

Next Borderlands Game is Pre-Sequel Set on The Moon for 360/PS3/PC

Borderlands is back, and this time its going to the moon with Borderlands: The Pre-sequel, a full on co-op shooter RPG set in the five year gap between Borderlands 1 & 2 for Xbox 360,PS3 and PC

We at GamePointsNow have managed to get our hands on some exclusive info regarding the next instalment in the Gearbox’s hit franchise.

Only a month ago Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford announced that his studio were not working on a borderlands sequel but they didn’t mention that 2k Australlia were working on a Pre-Sequel.

Set on the moon of Elpis and Hyperions ominous H shaped moon base, the game sees Handsome Jack in the days when he was just a humble programmer called John, hunting a powerful alien artefact (what else!!). Players will be able to select one of Jack/Johns four lieutenants to play as in Athena The Gladiator, Wilhelm The Enforcer, Nisha The Lawbringer and Fragtrap, a militarised claptrap..

The astute amongst you may recognise some of the names from their appearances in previous instalments, Wilhelm is the half human, half Hyperion Loader boss from Borderlands 2 and Athena made an appearance in the General Knoxx DLC for the first game as a Lance Assassin gone mercenary. Nisha bears a striking resemblance to the seconds games Sheriff of Lynchwood, who was also Jacks girlfriend.

Athena will be a melee focused character able to absorb incoming fire with here kinetic shield while dispatching enemies with her plasma sword. While Wilhelm(sadly before he became a badass loader) will be able to make use of a shoulder mounter cannon and drones which you can call down to aid you in combat.

As you’d expect from any Borderland title there is the usual bazillion weapons to choose from, and with being set on a moon there’s plenty of opportunity to ramp things up a little. There are two whole new weapon types to get your teeth into this time around. Laser weapons and moons go hand in hand so you won’t be disappointed there, but the real fun looks to be in the Cryo class of guns, couple that with the games low gravity setting and it’s a case of set your phasers to fun (sorry) as you freeze and shatter your foes.

Yes Elpis has reduced gravity (it is a moon after all) so tossing bandits into orbit with a well placed grenade is a sure thing. There’s also jetpacks to help you get around the moons surface and outwit your enemies, although this does tie in with another of the games new features to present a whole new challenge for veterans of the series.

Oxygen will play a huge role in the game, in fact it’s actually going to be lootable in the form of OX -Kits.This adds a whole new layer to the combat with you requiring to manage your own oxygen levels while battling your foes, although it does lead to the option of shattering an enemies helmet to instantly deprive them of precious O2 and gain an advantage.

While there is no set release date for Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, we at Team GPN would lay our inter galactic cowboy hats on a 2014 release due to it being a 360/PS3 release.

And while this is nothing but a rumour until officially confirmed, we can say we are sure you’ll be hearing (or maybe reading) something real soon.

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《边境之地2》PSV同捆版公布

　　PSV版的《边境之地2》就像玩家们所期待的那样出色，日前游戏开发商Gearbox和发行商2K共同宣布将于2014年5月6日推出PSV版《边境之地2》限量PSV2000同捆包装版，同时游戏的数字下载版将于5月13日正式在PSN上架。

　　同捆版中包括《边境之地2》游戏，及新型PSV2000主机，同时还赠送一个8G的PSV记忆卡，总共售价为199美元。PSV版游戏中将包含之前家用机平台上推出过的6个附加内容，游戏总共有数百小时的娱乐体验，此外的内容和家用机版相同。

Borderlands 2 PS Vita slim bundle dated in North America, New trailer

   

Borderlands 2 PS Vita Bundle Coming May 6th

Hey everyone! It’s been a long time since we’ve checked in and given an update, so buckle up. We’ve been working with Iron Galaxy Studios, Gearbox Software, and 2K for a while now to bring Borderlands 2 to PS Vita, and we’re excited to announce that the award-winning, fan-favorite, role-playing-shooter will be available via the Borderlands 2 Limited Edition PlayStation Vita Bundle on May 6th, and digitally on PlayStation Store and at retailers nationwide on May 13th.



The Borderlands 2 Limited Edition PlayStation Vita Bundle features the new slimmer, lighter PS Vita Wi-Fi model. The new model features 1GB of internal memory built into the system, a new high-definition liquid crystal display, increased battery life, and an enhanced design that makes the system even more comfortable to hold. The bundle will include the new PS Vita system in black, Borderlands 2, and an 8GB PS Vita memory card — all for $199.99.

We’ve been working hard to jam pack the endless looting and mayhem of Borderlands 2 into the palm of your hands, and we’re committed to porting over the heart and soul of the console original without compromising the gameplay you know and love. Soon, PS Vita owners can chase down Handsome Jack on the go.

Now if you’re like me, some of you would have already poured hours into Borderlands 2 on PS3. Because cross save is supported, you can easily continue your existing adventure on PS Vita. Just got done with a long PS Vita session out on the road? Pick up right where you left off on PS3 when you get home. Easily transfer your saved game from PS Vita to PS3 and vice-versa so you don’t miss one second of the shooting and looting mayhem.

When you pick up Borderlands 2 on PS Vita, you’ll also get six add-on packs. Extend your experience with Captain Scarlett and Her Pirate’s Booty, Mr. Torgue’s Campaign of Carnage, the Psycho and Mechromancer Character Classes, as well as the Ultimate Vault Hunter’s Upgrade Pack and the Collector’s Edition pack. As if the core game wasn’t already packing hundreds of hours of entertainment, this bonus content seals the deal, helping Borderlands 2 on PS Vita rank exceptionally high on the handheld-bang-for-your-buck-o-meter.

We can’t wait for you to get your hands on this epic and action-packed PS Vita version of Borderlands 2. The look, the feel, the style, the characters, the weapons, and the co-op gameplay with its countless hours of shooting and looting — it’s all here! Prep your gear, Vault Hunters, we’ll see you back on Pandora.

PSBlog：http://blog.us.playstation.com/2 ... dle-coming-may-6th/

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Civilization: Beyond Earth Officially Announced, Coming This Fall
官方公布《文明：太空》 今秋发售

席德梅尔的《文明：太空》将推动文明系列的发展，是文明系列向后的延续，游戏的特色在于探索外星人的星球。第一次游戏的时候，玩家将根据文化的不同分成不同的派系，然后根据自己选择的命运发展自己的文明。玩家将体验到一次全新的游戏方式，包括非线性技术进程，更加自由的定制化和选择因素。

   

2K and Firaxis Games Announce Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth

Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth will propel the development of human civilization beyond the traditional timeline of a Civilization game, by exploring humanity’s future on an alien world. For the first time, players will lead factions divided by contrasting cultures and evolve their new civilizations to reflect their chosen destiny. Players will experience an array of new gameplay possibilities, including nonlinear technological progression, deeper customization of chosen factions, and an entire alien world that will change the very identity of each faction based on their choices.

“Having celebrated its 23rd anniversary last year, Civilization has cemented its reputation as one of the greatest and longest running franchises in video game history,” said Christoph Hartmann, president of 2K. “Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth builds upon that success by pushing the series in new directions with players exploring an unknown future on an alien planet.”

“The Civ team was excited about the opportunity to continue the story of Civilization into the future, because it allows the team to break free of historical context,” said Sid Meier, director of creative development at Firaxis Games. “We’ve always let our fans create the history of mankind, and Civilization: Beyond Earth will now let them create the future.”

In addition to its use of DirectX 11, Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth will be among the first wave of products optimized for the latest in AMD graphics technologies, including: the new Mantle graphics API, for enhanced graphics performance; AMD CrossFire™, for UltraHD resolutions and extreme image quality; and AMD Eyefinity, which allows for a panoramic gameplay experience on up to six different HD displays off of a single graphics card.

Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth will be available for Windows PC, Mac and Linux in North America this fall for $49.99.

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Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth is a new science-fiction-themed entry into the award-winning Civilization series. Set in the future, global events have destabilized the world leading to a collapse of modern society, a new world order and an uncertain future for humanity. As the human race struggles to recover, the re-developed nations focus their resources on deep space travel to chart a new beginning for mankind.

As part of an expedition sent to find a home beyond Earth, you will write the next chapter for humanity as you lead your people into a new frontier and create a new civilization in space. Explore and colonize an alien planet, research new technologies, amass mighty armies, build incredible Wonders and shape the face of your new world. As you embark on your journey you must make critical decisions. From your choice of sponsor and the make-up of your colony, to the ultimate path you choose for your civilization, every decision opens up new possibilities.

Features

• Seed the Adventure: Establish your cultural identity by choosing one of eight different expedition sponsors, each with its own leader and unique gameplay benefits. Assemble your spacecraft, cargo & colonists through a series of choices that directly seed the starting conditions when arriving at the new planet.

• Colonize an Alien World: Explore the dangers and benefits of a new planet filled with dangerous terrain, mystical resources, and hostile life forms unlike those of Earth. Build outposts, unearth ancient alien relics, tame new forms of life, develop flourishing cities and establish trade routes to create prosperity for your people.

• Technology Web: To reflect progress forward into an uncertain future, technology advancement occurs through a series of nonlinear choices that affect the development of mankind. The technology web is organized around three broad themes, each with a distinct victory condition.

• Quest System: Quests are injected with fiction about the planet, and help to guide you through a series of side-missions that will aid in resource collection, unit upgrades, and advancement through the game.

• Orbital Layer: Build and deploy advanced military, economic and scientific units that provide strategic offensive, defensive and support capabilities from orbit.

• Unit Customization: Unlock different upgrades through the tech web and customize your units to reflect your play style.

• Multiplayer: Up to 8 players can compete for dominance of a new alien world.

• Mod support: Robust mod support allows you to customize and extend your game experience.

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PlayStation Blog Hands-on with Borderlands 2 PS Vita



Hands-on With Borderlands 2 on PS Vita

The PlayStation social team recently had a chance to play a build of Borderlands 2 on PS Vita, and as the group’s resident Borderlandophile, I immediately called dibs. What can I say about this game? It’s Borderlands 2 on the Vita!

Controlling Borderlands 2 on PS Vita is a customizable affair: just go into options and remap to your heart’s content. To change a control, tap the action or button (even the abilities assigned to the touch screen or rear touch pad) you want to change, then tap wherever you want the action to be. By default, tapping different areas of Vita’s rear touch pad yield a sprint or a melee attack, while a tap on the front screen tosses a grenade or activates your character-specific ability.

Shoulder buttons L and R still aim and shoot, though I did notice a useful new feature that takes advantage of PS Vita’s built-in gyroscope: when you’re aiming down the sight, moving PS Vita will adjust your aim.

Environments and character models are surprisingly detailed, and the game overall runs at a solid clip, generally hovering in the vicinity of 30 frames per second. Slicing dudes up as my main cyborg-man-alien-mystery-assassin-thing Zer0 still makes me feel like a cyborg-man-alien-mystery-assassin-thing.

The gang’s all here, by the way, including DLC characters Gaige the Mechromancer and Krieg the Psycho. In addition to all six vault hunters, Borderlands 2 on Vita includes the campaign packs “Captain Scarlett and her Pirate’s Booty” and “Mr. Torgue’s Campaign of Carnage”; the Vault Hunter Upgrade pack, and the Collector’s Edition Pack!

Borderlands 2 is a blast when you’re flying solo, but the PS Vita version also includes support for two-player online co-op play between two PS Vita owners. We checked in with the SCEA Third Party Production team, who confirmed that while they strived to include four-player co-op in the game, they made a decision late in their development cycle to focus on providing the best two-player-only co-op experience possible. As a result, the maximum co-operative player count for Borderlands 2 on PS Vita is capped at two.

Oh, and good news for anyone who’s played the PS3 version for dozens of hours: you’ll be able to bring your save data from the PS3 version (standard or GOTY editions) of the game to your PS Vita, and vice versa. Just upload your save to the cloud when you are done playing on one device and pull it down when you want to play again. Cross-save, baby!

I’ll admit to being slightly skeptical when I heard Borderlands 2 was coming to PS Vita. It’s a big game! I’m still a bit unsure that making this thing happen was possible by any earthly, mortal means. But hey, I’ll take black magic and alien technology if it means I get to play one of my favorite PS3 games on the go. Put me down for one on May 6th!

PSBlog：http://blog.us.playstation.com/2 ... lands-2-on-ps-vita/

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'Tales from the Borderlands' Revealed in 1st Screenshots from Telltale Games and Gearbox Software

Listen, kiddos...

Today we would like to release the first ever screenshots from our upcoming episodic game series, Tales from the Borderlands, premiering for download later this summer.

In the first round of screenshots, players get a closer look at the upcoming series set on Pandora AFTER the events of the critically-acclaimed Borderlands 2 from Gearbox Software and 2K Games.

Featuring two playable characters, the story is told from two unique perspectives that will alternate as the story progresses. These characters include Rhys, a scheming, low-level data-miner within Hyperion who's plotting his own grand ambitions; and Fiona, a clever and classic fast-talking con-artist born and raised on Pandora out to pull off the grift of a lifetime.

While they themselves aren't vault hunters, both Rhys and Fiona will also come across vault hunters such as Zer0 and other characters from the world of Borderlands 2 throughout the series, as all events in Tales from the Borderlands will be part of the official Borderlands story canon.

Adam Sarasohn, Producer on Tales from the Borderlands has also offered additional details on the series on the Official PlayStation Blog this morning.

Tales from the Borderlands: A Telltale Games Series will be published digitally by Telltale Games in partnership with Gearbox Software and 2K Games.

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Take-Two上财年营收翻倍 大作助公司破纪录

　　今天，Take-Two公布了截止到2014年3月31日上一财年的公司财报，借助《横行霸道5》、《NBA 2K14》、《边境之地2》和《生化奇兵 无限》的火热销售，上一财年Take-Two净营收比前一年增长了近一倍(94%)，达到了创纪录的24亿美元。

　　以下是Take-Two旗下几款游戏的具体销量：

　　《边境之地2 | Borderlands 2》 900万

　　《文明5 | Civilization V》 500万

　　《生化奇兵 无限 | Bioshock Infinite》 600万

　　《横行霸道5 | GTA V》 3300万

　　《横行霸道 Online | GTA Online》用户自制内容 700万

　　本次财报会上，Take-Two还公布了旗下2K Games一些游戏的新动态，其中包括之前没怎么露面的《WWE 2K15》：

　　《NBA 2K15》Xbox 360、Xbox One、PS3、PS4、PC-2014年10月7日发售

　　《边境之地：前传 | Borderlands Pre-Sequal》Xbox 360、PS3、PC – 2014年秋季发售

　　《猎食进化 | EVOLVE》Xbox One、PS4、PC – 2014年秋季发售

　　《WWE 2K15》PS3、PS4、Xbox 360、Xbox One –2015年3月31日之前发售。

　　而制作《横行霸道》的Rockstar工作室也带来了振奋人心的消息，他们计划在2015年3月之前在PS4和XBOX ONE上发售新作，值得注意的是，Take-Two的财报中，已经将PS4和XBOX ONE称为“本世代(current-gen)”了。

Take-Two称Rockstar本财年将推出次时代新作

　　在刚刚结束的Take-Two上一财年的财报会上，有一则振奋人心的消息放出：制作《马克思·佩恩 | Max Payne》系列、《横行霸道 | GTA V》系列的Rockstar Games将要在本财年结束之前（2015年3月31日之前）在次时代主机平台推出一款新的作品。

　　Take-Two总裁Strauss Zelnick称，“Rockstar Games现在正在为即将到来的游戏而努力，我们也非常期待他们在这个财年为次时代平台准备的礼物。”

　　也就是说，最晚在2015年3月31日之前，我们可以在次时代平台看到Rockstar的新作了，至于是之前系列的续作、重制版或是一款全新的系列作品，Take-Two并未透露。不过，在未来的10个月，R星的粉丝们有的期待了。

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R星首款新世代主机游戏将于2015年4月问世

　　Take-Two工作室CEO Strauss Zelnick在今天的股东大会上透露，R星正在制作一款面向PS4和Xbox One的游戏，预计2015年4月份上市。

　　“R星正在为下一款游戏辛勤工作，我们对本财年新世代主机准备的内容非常期待。”他们2015财年的起止日期是2014年4月1日到2013年3月31日。

　　R星上一部作品是《侠盗猎车5》，去年9月份登陆PS3和Xbox 360，累计销量3300万套。期间R星还发售了手机版《侠盗猎车：圣安德烈斯》，面向安卓，Windows Phone和 Kindle Fire。

　　Zelnick 对R星的具体项目只字未提，但有可能是PS4和Xbox One版的GTA5。Take-Two今天宣布，GTA OL的实体销量和数字销量提供了大量收入，让他们2014财年的营业额达到创纪录的23.5亿美元。

Take-Two总裁称 任天堂仍是重要的商业伙伴

　　昨天Take-Two财报会上，Take-Two总裁Strauss Zelnick表示旗下Rockstar工作室将要在本财年结束前(2015年3月31日之前)放出次时代新作。

　　Strauss Zelnick所说的“次时代”，PS4和Xbox One自然是没跑，但WiiU呢，和索尼与微软相比，Take-Two在WiiU上花的心思可以忽略不计，目前只出了一款《NBA 2K13》。Strauss Zelnick在接受采访时被问及是不是已经已经放弃WiiU平台时，他说：“虽然我们目前对话并不多，并且没有新作在WiiU上发布，但任天堂一直是我们重要的商业伙伴，我很期待今后的合作。”

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《文明：太空 | Civilization: Beyond Earth》进化新要素纯洁细节
Full English：https://blog.2k.com/index.php/ho ... beyond-earth-purity

　　在今年4月中旬举行的2014届PAX East会展中，由Firaxis Games公司开发、2K Games公司发行的《文明》系列最新大作《文明：太空》得到了隆重亮相，该作是1999年《席德·梅尔的半人马座阿尔法星》（Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri）的精神后继作品，描绘了经过了漫长现代文明，旅行中的人类开拓和探索新天地的故事。而就在近日，游戏官方网站得到了更新，其中全新引入的蜘蛛巣状非线性的科技树“Technology Web”系统得到了初次亮相，这一系统将基于玩家的势力分为三种。这一次，我们将对分类中“Affinities”之一的“纯洁”Affinity概要进行介绍，其中包括各单位的外观、进化图等。

　　《文明：太空》的科技树，并不是传统树形的线性进化，而是采用蜘蛛巢状、无限对外蔓延的“Technology Web”系统。这一“Technology Web”拥有各自固有的胜利条件、其中“纯洁”、“调和”分别代表着宇宙中人类势力的哲学思想（Philosophy）和主体性（Identity），根据“支配”会有很大分类。另外，3种的Affinity还有各自专用的机体和升级/能力被准备，单位和首领的外观不但会有不同，还会充满变化。

　　“纯洁”，以维持与赞美理想人类形态和身体能力的创造为目标的Affinity，开辟了“调和”和“支配”的新天地，与宽容、顺应相比，其实行了完全拒绝顺应的所谓纯洁主义。

　　“纯洁”的城市和单位以回归古老地球文明的旗帜和印章为特色，单位中强化套装和车辆都将登场。“纯洁”Affinity的军事单位以采用大量的战斗套装、车辆为技术特色。另外，悬浮车辆的移动不会受到地形的影响，海洋区域的横跨也成为了可能。

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