Developer announcements, patch notes and gaming coverage from across the GaugeDB catalogue.
Not all of Valve's discarded ideas are great, the binned competitive multiplayer mode for Portal 2 is one such example, but some of them are. The video above is from a Valve talk at GDC in which they discussed many of the ideas that never made it into the full game. This scene wa
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In 2010, Epic Games released the Epic Citadel tech demo to show off what the Unreal Engine could do on an iPhone. Now, it's re-released that same demo running in a web browser on Flash 11, for you to have a look yourself. Epic also showed off Unreal Tournament 3 and Dungeon Defen
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Remember the big flashy CGI trailer that Bioware released a few weeks ago? Remember how it starred the WRONG Shepard? Worry no more, the correct version has arrived. It's similar in almost every way, except the generic stubbly bloke who was in it has been replaced by the red-hair
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A California State Superior Court judge has dismissed one of the two fraud claims raised by former Infinity Ward heads Jason West and Vince Zampella, in their suit against Activision. The two alleged that Activision had made commitments that the company executives never intended
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If you own top-down Freelancer-esque (ish) game Space Pirates and Zombies and were about to carve an ice-statue that signifies your inner turmoil at the lack of the game’s Bounty Hunter faction… stop! Put down the chainsaw and step away from your copy of Ice Sculpting the Modern
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The third Saint’s row game was a tonne of fun, crammed with all sorts of over the top features and missions, but what of all the things that didn’t make it into the game? Lead designer Scott Phillips in his GDC post-mortem shared some of the elements of the game that got cut, inc
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This is Warface . You may remember , it's an upcoming multiplayer shooter from Crytek. But it's not Crytek Germany. It's Crytek Korea . Which explains the wonderfully bombastic trailer.
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This is from Dan Pinchbeck, writer of PC indie story/thing Dear Esther , while giving a presentation at GDC earlier today. For reference, the full quote is below: Of all the turds in the pipe, this is the granddaddy. Games are not too expensive. If you go to the store to buy gran
Read articleImagine a Portal 2 with no GLaDOS, Chell, nor portals. Set in the 1980s. With competitive multiplayer and quantum co-op. And multiple endings. At various points, those were all things that could have hapened, as revealed by Valve last night in San Francisco. (more…)
Read articleValve's Chet Faliszek and Eric Wolpaw conducted a Portal 2 postmortem at GDC last night. The writers talked candidly about alternate endings and the difficulties of following up on their critically acclaimed first game. Chet also mentioned that, at some point in development, the
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Last night the 12th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards took place in San Francisco. The awards ceremony celebrates the "creativity, artistry and technical genius of the finest developers and games." It was hosted by Epic’s Cliff Bleszinski. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim brought h
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The 2K Games Publisher Weekend begins today with discounts of up to 50% off on the entire 2K Catalog *! Additionally, each day will bring a new Daily Deal with even deeper discounts! Today only, take 75% off the entire Borderlands franchise ! Be sure to check back every day, thro
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You're going to have to wait a tad longer for the next Counter-Strike . Counter-Strike: Global Offensive will be a summer game, instead of a spring game, Valve's Doug Lombardi told me today. The game is still coming to Xbox 360, PS3, PC and Mac, but Valve needed a little more tim
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- Fixed chapter 21 to prevent leaderboard glitching. - Fixed minor stability issues.
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Read articleForbes have published their latest list of the planet's richest people, and have declared Valve co-founder Gabe Newell the Newest Video Game Billionaire. Of the 1226 billionaires on the planet, Newell is the 854th richest with an estimated worth of $1.5 billion. Valve keep their
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EA Maxis have been talking more about next year's SimCity reboot, and the new GlassBox engine that's powering it. Just earlier we went inside the GlassBox engine to talk a bit about how the new tech will work differently to SimCity games of old, but there's even more good news. S
Read articleWhy would you ever want to play a video game in a language you don't understand? Once you hear Half-Life 's G-Man, Metal Gear 's Psycho Mantis, and Portal 2 's Space Sphere speaking German you'll understand completely. Our German-speaking audience might be scratching their heads
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