Gearbox is a SCUMBAG developer. Sega seems to have been screwed. Here is the article on the Aliens mess:

Its well worth a read, but the short version claimed in the post is that Gearbox kept delaying Aliens in favor of other projects (Borderlands, Duke, etc), and Sega finally cracked the whip. Gearbox, however, decided to outsource so it could keep focusing on breadwinners like Borderlands 2, which is where TimeGate, Demiurge, and Nerve entered the picture. Then things got may have got very, very messy. The Reddit post explains:

Somehow the schedules for [Aliens' codename] Pecan and Borderlands 2 managed to line up, and GBX realized that there was no **** way they could cert and ship two titles at the same time. Additionally, campaign (which was being developed by TimeGate) was extremely far behind, even as Pecans Beta deadline got closer and closer. In April or May (cant remember which), Pecan was supposed to hit beta, but GBX instead came to an agreement with SEGA that they would push the release date back one more time, buying GBX around 9 [month] extension.

About 5 of those 9 months went to shipping BL2. In that time, TimeGate managed to scrap together 85 percent of the campaign, but once Borderlands 2 shipped and GBX turned its attention to Pecan, it became pretty apparent that what had been made was in a pretty horrid state. Campaign didnt make much sense, the boss fights werent implemented, PS3 was way over memory, etcetcetc. GBX was pretty unhappy with TGs work, and some of Campaign maps were just completely redesigned from scratch. There were some last minute feature requests, most notably female marines, and the general consensus among GBX devs was that there was no way this game was going to be good by ship. There just wasnt enough time.

Unfortunately, Sega was allegedly ready to unchain its fiercest legal hedgehogs on Gearbox, so, the unverified claims say, the developer had no choice but to rush what it had through certification which brings us to where we are today.

I don't want the Gearbox thing to be true.  I showed them a lot of love these past five months.  It seems like both sides need to share the blame.

Dvader said:

Man this place is dead. Every where else its alive and kicking. Come on guys. Maybe we need to fight more.

Anyway Nintendo direct tomorrow morning at 9am!!!

I couldn't get this website to load at all yesterday.

Another Nintendo Direct today? They couldn't possibly match the last one unless they show off what Retro has been doing the past 3 years as well as announce 5 more major exclusives.

I picked up Goldeneye on the 360 and played about halfway through the campaign. I have no idea what the fuck people are talking about saying this game is different and not as good as it was on Wii. Its the EXACT same game, just with modern production values applied on top. On 360 it basically looks and sounds like a shooter with Call of Duty level production. In other words, this is the best version of the game. Nice achievements too.

Man Valve pisses me off. They make more money than ever and they downsize. Of course cause they don't give a shit about making games anymore. Instead they rather sit down and watch steam money pour in. Such wasted talent.

Steam is the reason we never got Episode 3. Why make great games when you're making money without even making games?

Gamespot has been anti Nintendo since the Gamecube days. But at least back then there were a bunch of smart Nintendo fans who posted there. They are all gone now so you're just left with haters and no balancing opinions.

It used to be myself, Minda Cubed, GG, Oilers99...hell even Shame-us Blackley was a big Nintendo guy at the time (and a cooler poster than he seems to be now). And a bunch of people I can't think of right now.

Yeah, the blind hatred for Nintendo has gotten way out of hand.  Nintendo makes shit business decisions at times, but so do they all.

Also new Mario Golf on the 3DS motherfuckers! I so want it. Mario sports games are some of the most fun you can have with a game.

Sadly im saving up nice bank for the next gen fall so I dont think I have time or money for a handheld in my life. Urrrrrggh.