Saturday Shorts: Borderlands, Xperia, MineCon, EQ, Mega Man, sales

It’s that time again, only it’s Saturday.

Borderlands has been updated on Steam with cloud saves and a beta stat-tracking feature.
Minecraft’s new update has apparently leaked early, but Notch doesn’t seem too concerned about it.
Check out these Smash Bros fatalities. Thanks, Lolshock94.
Shane Bettenhausen has left UTV Ignition Entertainmentwhere he was director of PR and new business development. Best of luck to him.
Those planning to attend MineCon attendees will receive codes for both Scrolls and Cobalt from Mojang.
There’s audio up of a Mega Man duet featuring flue and guitar. It’s rather awesome.
Dreamcast turned 12 in North America today.
A video for EverQuest’s new zone from the Veil of Alaris expansion is live.
Older gamers are apparently more likely to drop money in game cash shops to save time earning XP.
The Final Fantasy Type-0 Collectors Pack in Japan is drop-dead gorgeous.
Eurogamer has posted an interview with Alexander Gianturco, the leader of Eve Online’s Goonswarm Alliance, and Chairman of the player-elected Council of Stellar Management.
Sony’s Xperia Play will receive exclusive content for AT&T customers on September 18 such as: Asphalt 6, Star Battalion, Madden NFL 11, The Sims 3, Crash Bandicoot and more.
A proof of concept video, which took a “digital game and turned it into an entirely physical experience” called Teagueduino is through here.
Lots of sales this weekend through here, here, here, and here.