I’m not a huge fan of puking ever since mojito night turned into minty carpet stain. I am, however, a huge fan of Borderlands and cannot wait to gather up my old crew and start Vault hunting again.

Also, Claptrap.

Borderlands 2 is set for a North American launch on September 18^th 2012.

This week, KontrolFreek announced worldwide availability of its latest controller accessory, Speed Freek APEX, designed to lock in better car handling, generate faster lap times and exploit the car’s performance to the max on Forza Motorsport 4, which will launch October 11. Designed with a patented “U” shaped controller attachment and tailored to provide extra thumb grip, the updated design allows players to take longer turns with ease as Speed Freek APEX enables the player to keep up on any track or terrain at high velocity.

Speed Freek APEX features:

• New and improved version of the Speed Freek for all racing games
• “U” shaped design prevents thumbs from slipping and reduces thumb fatigue
• Makes accurate and precise movements simpler
• Each package comes with 1 Speed Freek Apex and an extension adapter
• Extension adapter raises height and increases sensitivity for sharp turns and quick maneuvering
• Tournament Legal
• Also works well with racing games and simulators including Gran Turismo, Need for Speed, Burnout, F1, Blur, Forza 4 and many more
• Available for $9.99 USD online and in Microsoft stores

Hardcore Minecraft player and "coolest" guy in school, Roman DeNu unleashed this masterpiece a few days ago as a Christmas present to the world.  You may have seen this via Kotaku already but it's worth mentioning again here, since many of you can appreciate what a project of this magnitude in Minecraft entails.  Roman has recreated the entire over-world from The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past on this 512 by 512 by 104 block canvas.  He spent 109 hours creating the map and plans to continue the project by adding a complete reproduction of the Dark World and all of the buildings, caves and dungeons.

I'll let the awesomeness speak for itself:

Natividad Salcedo

Peter Ho

Matthew Lai

Michael Pacheco

Jerry Leewright

You 5 lucky individuals will be receiving an email from us very soon.

We want to thank the rest of you for entering, especially you crazy people who had such creative things to say on our Facebook wall (thanks for the entertainment, Dennis and Dan!), and to all you Freeks out there on Twitter--you guys are the best!  Keep your attention locked on KontrolFreek in 2011.  We have many great announcements and giveaways already planned for you guys for the new year.

Kisses and Headshots,

KontrolFreek

Finally, the full-version of the hit game, Angry Birds, is available for Android!

Angry Birds has dominated the App Store on the iPhone and is already creating quite a buzz in the Android world.  Developer Rovio released the game this morning for free via GetJar (http://www.getjar.com/angry-birds) and almost immediately had their servers go down due to the insane amount of traffic.

For you uninitiated, Angry Birds is a physics-based skill game with the addictiveness level only seen recently in great games like Peggle and World of Goo.  I’ve played the demo a ton.  It is awesome.  And for the full-version, Rovio has tripled the number of levels and added more of the same bird-slingshotting goodness I crave.  If you haven’t tried it yet, you should.  It’s free for now.

Watch the trailer:

Firefight mode was/is the ‘must play’ mode in Halo: ODST.  Bungie touted it.  Critics adored it.  Gamers couldn’t stop playing it.  It was nothing new or particularly innovative (we’ve been playing ‘Survival’ modes for years) but FF took all of the things that we love about Halo—co-op, pick-up-and-play action, tons of things to shoot at—and created something that many of us spent countless nights enjoying.

Well, Firefight is obviously making a return in Halo: Reach and Bungie has posted a five-minute round for us to take a look at.  From what I can see, it looks as if the game’s running just as smooth as we’d expect from Halo and with slightly more detailed graphics.  It also looks like they have ramped up the action a bit—which is great considering I’ve gotten pretty damn efficient at killing the Covenant over the last 10 years.

Take a look below; and if this doesn’t get you all fired-up, you should probably call a priest (I’m not 100% sure what I meant by that)!