As part of their weekend deal, Steam is offering 75% off Borderlands and all packages.

• Borderlands $4.99
• Borderlands 4 pack $14.99
• Borderlands Game of the Year $7.49
• Borderlands Game of the Year 4 pack $22.49
• Borderlands DLC $2.49/each

Head over to Steam now to get 75% off all Borderlands games and packages!

This is a great week for new video game releases as gamers get some very notable releases.  Uncharted 2: Among Thieves and Borderlands get re-released in a “Game of the Year Edition” package, which includes which includes all kinds of downloadable content.  Gamers looking for a new and intense FPS get treated to Medal of Honor (check out all of our Medal of Honor coverage), and PSP gamers get a PSP bundle which includes the new PSP Camera and Invizimals.

This weeks new releases has something for everyone, no matter what your gaming system of choice is.  Check out the full list below:

PlayStation 3

Borderlands Game of the Year Edition

Disney Sing It: Party Hits

Disney Sing It: Party Hits with Microphone

Lucha Libre AAA: Heroes of the Ring (pre-order for $10 video games credit)

Medal of Honor Limited Edition (pre-order for $20 video games credit)

SBK X

Sengoku Basara Samurai Heroes

UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves – Game of The Year Edition

Rock Band 3 – Wireless Fender Stratocaster Guitar Controller for PlayStation 3 – Blue

Rock Band 3 – Wireless Fender Stratocaster Guitar Controller for PlayStation 3 – Cherry

Xbox 360

Borderlands Game of the Year Edition

Lucha Libre AAA: Heroes of the Ring (pre-order for $10 video games credit)

Medal of Honor Limited Edition (pre-order for $20 video games credit)

SBK X

Real Arcade Pro VX SA

Rock Band 3 – Wireless Fender Stratocaster Guitar Controller for Xbox 360

Wii

Casper’s Scare School: Spooky Sports Day

Disney Sing It: Party Hits

Disney Sing It: Party Hits with Microphone

Just Dance 2 (pre-order for $10 video games credit, bonus glasses)

Kirby’s Epic Yarn (Sunday, October 17)

Sengoku Basara Samurai Heroes

Rock Band 3 – Wireless Fender Stratocaster Guitar Controller for Wii – Cherry

Rock Band 3 – Wireless Fender Stratocaster Guitar Controller for Wii – Blue

PC

Borderlands Game of the Year Edition

Medal of Honor Limited Edition

SBK X

DS, DSi, DSi XL

Lufia: Curse of the Sinistrals

My Baby 3 and Friends

Super Scribblenauts

PSP

PSP Limited Edition Invizimals Entertainment Pack

DJ Max Portable 3

Invizimals with PSP camera

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I’ve been in a serious portable RPG kick as of late, so my gaming purchase for this week is gonna be Lufia: Curse of the Sinistrals.  Let us know which games you’re planning on picking up!

Publisher: 2K Games
Developer: Gearbox Software
Platform(s): Playstation 3, Xbox 360, PC
Genre: Action RPG

ESRB Content Descriptors: Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Mature Humor, Strong Language

The Scoop: Borderlands takes an FPS RPG like Fallout 3, mixes it with the technology of the TV show Firefly and puts it with both an artistic style and soundtrack that makes me want to re-watch the Trigun saga.

The Setup: The story of Borderlands is simple. You land on a planet called Pandora, a dump being overrun by alien creatures and raiders, in search of “the vault.” It is said that this vault contains either a mass amount of wealth or alien technology. However, all those stupid enough to go look for it end up dead. So it’s up to you to kill the raiders and find the vault.

What’s Hot: The best feature of Borderlands is the selection of guns. There are over two hundred manufactured guns and a huge amount of modifications to choose from, resulting in a million different combinations of guns. Before a fallen enemy drops their weapon, the game’s AI will randomly pick a gun for you based on the same type the enemy was just using, the manufacturer, the name of the gun, and finally the quality of the gun based on your character level, the gun level, your weapon proficiencies, and the type of enemy that was just slain. This is also the same when you open up weapon crates and surplus crates.

To top it off, the more players you have in your party, the better chance you get at finding a rare or legendary gun. Each manufacture has their own sets of rare guns as part of their catalogue. However you are more likely to find a legendary gun near the beginning of the game with four other players than by yourself. Like other RPG’s as Diablo or World of Warcraft, Borderlands follows the color coded rarity chart.

And the computer droid Claptrap? Freaking hysterical!

What’s Not: Like every game, Borderlands does have its faults. On a rare occasion,  characters have a tendency to fall through the game environments, such as mountains or right through a bridge upon their death. Also, there is no way to share ammo or money like in other games, such as Resident Evil 5, or just about any other MMORPG. When money is picked up, every member in the current game receives the same amount, but if there just happens to be that one gun you want to buy, there’s no way to borrow some cash when you need it. Either a friend buys it for you and you pay him back with a gift later in the game, or you suffer and hope you’ll be able to find it again. Finally, the randomized weapons are a very interesting and good idea for an RPG, however it feels like most of the time you are being thrown poor weapons destined to be sold at the nearest shop. The anticipation of finding a great gun has turned into “Which guns do I sell this time?”

Final Verdict: Borderlands is a great game. It does offer a extended play through mode so you can restart your game with your same character, stats, and weapons which also give you better chances at rarer guns in the game. The online is smooth with four players and although those four have to be all on the same map, there is no restriction to how far apart they can be unlike other open-world games. All in all if you like Fallout 3, you’ll enjoy Borderlands.