Developer announcements, patch notes and gaming coverage from across the GaugeDB catalogue.
Three wise men once said, “Intergalactic, planetary. Planetary, intergalactic.” I think we all take solace from those words at some points in our life. For are we not all made of star stuff? Solar 2 is built on this species of Saganian wisdom. Coupled with some delightful planeta
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Telltale Games' Tales of Monkey Island HD series is out now for iPad. The first episode, which has been out since December last year, is free until 22nd July. Episodes 2-5 are available for £3.99 per episode on the AppStore. Tales of Monkey Island successfully spun a new adventur
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Hothead Games, sans Ron Gilbert, have released the first visual details of their next game, The Baconing . Which is of course a DeathSpank game. But oddly one that absolutely does not mention DeathSpank in the title. Here DeathSpank tries on all his underwear at once, which as we
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id Software wizard John Carmack has recounted the experience of creating Quake, the seminal first-person shooter that turns 15 today. "My defining memory of the game was fairly early in development, when I no-clipped up into a ceiling corner and looked down as a Shambler walked t
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There's been a lot said about Duke Nukem Forever, not much of it good. But we're slowly starting to hear from people demonstrating how they love the throw-back shooter in their own ways. Last night it was a couple of buddies who popped open some beers and played the game side-by-
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A man in a burger joint is serving up Call of Duty: Black Ops maps. An expensive meal, no doubt, but the zombie course might make it worth the price. Maybe. The Shangri-La setting looks like it could be the most interesting environment of all of of Call of Duty: Black Ops' maps.
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Obsidian lead designer Nathaniel Chapman has stated in an interview with Eurogamer that the developers are currently working on a patch to improve the PC version of Dungeon Siege 3 ‘s keyboard and mouse controls. I’ve yet to play the PC version of DS3, but I was witness to Alec’s
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Hello everyone, Valve has told me that the 1.87 update is now live as a Beta. If there are no issues with it, it will go live as a regular update either this Friday or Monday. So if you don't play betas, you won't have more than about 48 hours to wait to get version 1.87 as a nor
Read articleHello everyone, Valve has told me that the 1.87 update is now live as a Beta. If there are no issues with it, it will go live as a regular update either this Friday or Monday. So if you don't play betas, you won't have more than about 48 hours to wait to get version 1.87 as a nor
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There are strong rumours flying around suggesting that EA are in the late stages of negotiating a deal to buy up PopCap for a massive ONE BILLION dollars. Edge picked up a report from TechCrunch, who have been approached by two unnamed sources who say that Electronic Arts are abo
Read articleYesterday tolled the fifteenth anniversary of the launch of Quake , id Software's seminal 3D first-person shooter. Celebrating the event, id's sister company Bethesda has dug up Quake treasures to share with the world. John Carmack, id co-founder and technical wizard, offered a f
Read articleI played Duke Nukem Forever by myself. Couldn't stand it . Maybe I should have had some beers and played it with a friend instead. Seems like a lot more fun! For reference, this is from Machinama's Two Best Friends Play series. Also for reference, this is NSFW .
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This cute little clip for the upcoming Planet of the Apes reboot shows a chimp kicking ass and taking names at what looks like Far Cry 2 . At least, it's cute until he breaks out, kills all those people then knocks the Statue of Liberty over. Then he can go to hell.
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It’s been a while, but the wait is worth it. Delve Deeper v. 1.3 is finally here! Thanks to everyone’s suggestions on the forums, we implemented the new auto-tile selection system! The new system reduces play time significantly and drastically improves the flow of the game. The k
Read articleIt’s been a while, but the wait is worth it. Delve Deeper v. 1.3 is finally here! Thanks to everyone’s suggestions on the forums, we implemented the new auto-tile selection system! The new system reduces play time significantly and drastically improves the flow of the game. The k
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Updates to Race 07 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. This patch will bring your game to version 1.2.1.9 It includes the following changes: Race'07 and dedicated server are now "hillclimb-enabled" to support the upco
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Pay attention, students – here’s your homework for today. Cloud gaming services such as OnLive and Gaikai : discuss. They’re on the rise, and approaching the point where they’re not just a fascinating gimmick but a viable way of playing high-end games at reasonable graphical qual
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Anomaly Warzone Earth Update released - PC touch screen compatibility. Updates to Anomaly Warzone Earth have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include: - PC touch screen compatibility. Now you can play
Read articleContinuing a trend that we can all get behind--that is, bundling great indie games and selling them for a ridiculous discount--developer Lunar Workshop has partnered with some other indies to provide a " 5 for $5 " bundle. The bundle is DRM-free, and all of the proceeds go direct
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The third DLC pack for Fallout: New Vegas, subtitled Old World Blues, will be released on July 19. We'll also get a patch that promises to "Bring improvements to performance and stability in major areas." According to Bethblog, Old World Blues will let you "Discover how some of t
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