As a major fan of shooting things and low-brow humor, Borderlands 2 instantly became one of my favorite games when it launched in 2012. I spent so much time on the couch playing Borderlands 2 that I could barely contain myself when I learned that Gearbox had plans to allow

The Last of Us was a fantastic achievement in storytelling and art direction – in fact, we liked it so much that we named it 2013’s Game of the Year. It was a triumph, a marriage of narrative, gameplay, characters that, while seeming to tread familiar ground, took us on

It’s been six months since the PS4 and Xbox One began their bid for living room dominance here in the West, and while many of the hot releases for each platform have arrived with counterparts built for the inferior “last-gen” consoles in tow, it seems pretty clear that the

This week Sony released Borderlands 2 on the PS Vita, Super Time Force came out on Xbox platforms, and Sunday gamers will suck as gaming’s favorite pink puff ball in Kirby’s Triple Deluxe. No matter what platform you own, there is something to play for everyone. With Watch

The inevitable onslaught of Titanfall DLC has begun. Expedition, the first of three planned map packs, is now available as either a standalone package or as part of the Titanfall Season Pass. Respawn Entertainment has stated that these packages will be strictly maps-only affairs and that if other additions were

The Mario Kart franchise values slight upgrades and iteration over massive sweeping changes. Mario Kart 8 is no exception. No, Nintendo is content to add new gameplay components slowly, improving the experience over time. And while the newly added items, characters, kart upgrades, and anti-gravity tracks certainly help make Mario

While it’s not exactly general knowledge, gamers are typically aware that the video game industry’s target age group is between 25 and 39. This awareness, at least in the colloquial sense, is because most of the people who play video games today have done so most of their

Readers of Gaming Trend are pretty well aware that I’m a sucker for game artwork – it’s why I buy Collector’s Editions of games. It’s not the awesome figures (though those are pretty cool), or even the in-game goodies – it’s the peek behind the curtain at