Developer announcements, patch notes and gaming coverage from across the GaugeDB catalogue.
We recently reported on how Driver: San Francisco will require a constant internet connection to play. It's a controversial measure put in place to defend against piracy, and we don't like it. We don't like pirates either, mind. Ubisoft see the DRM as a success. Speaking to us ea
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The latest Metro: Last Light trailer forms up the second part of the three part E3 demo. Having infiltrated the tunnels of the Reich, the player tries to sneak through a whole room of chanting fascists before his companion decides he's had enough of walking quietly and fires his
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The Call of Duty: Black Ops Annihilation map pack is set to unlock in Steam in a couple of hours time. The pack will add four new multiplayer maps set in Area 51, a golf course, a sixties drive through and a soviet nuclear missile base. There's also a new zombie map set among the
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New £1.99 DLC for Total War: Shogun 2 has just been released, introducing 10 elite units for the game's various singleplayer and multiplayer game modes. These include a Bulletproof Samurai and a Marathon Monk, who sound amazing in themselves but who presumably later get together
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Total War: SHOGUN 2 - The "Sengoku Jidai" Unit Pack downloadable content is now available on Steam. The Total War: SHOGUN 2 Sengoku Jidai Unit Pack adds 10 new elite units for use across the different game modes of SHOGUN 2. The new pack unlocks all 10 of these versatile units in
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Despite the guilty pleasures of Red Faction: Guerilla , all it took was one sub-par game in the series ( Red Faction: Armageddon ) for publisher THQ to, at least temporarily, pull the plug on the series . Which is a damn shame. In memory of a franchise (or at least its contempora
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The team at Animatronic Ackbar is putting together a documentary on video game culture. It's looking good! This trailer was minted with the upcoming EVO 2011 in mind. I'm not the biggest fan of most kinds of competitive gaming, but there's something about fighting game fans that'
Read articleJonathan Drake (aka Animatronic Ackbar) is putting together a documentary on the competitive fighting game scene. It's looking good! I'm not the biggest fan of most kinds of competitive gaming, but there's something about fighting game fans that's just so damn entertaining. It's
Read articleTHQ has pulled the plug on its Red Faction franchise following poor sales of RF: Armageddon. Speaking at an investor call today, CEO Brian Farrell confirmed that "we do not intend to carry forward with that franchise in any meaningful way." He added that the development team at V
Read articlePoor sales of Red Faction: Armageddon this year means the end of the franchise, publisher THQ said in a conference call today. Brian Farrell, the THQ chief executive, told investors that "we do not intend to carry forward with that franchise in any meaningful way." Volition, the
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Fixed: Ships on hold or defend position stance will no longer move because of work with tool orders. Homeworlds had less hitpoints than was normal for planets. The game did not render while maximized. Notification of new treaties only occurs when a new treaty is actually proposed
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Dead Horde is now available on Steam. To celebrate the game is 10% off until August 3rd, 8AM PST. In Dead Horde you can play alone or with a comrade as survivors of the mutant virus making your way through the city uncovering new challenges to overcome and mutants to destroy. Tea
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Cartoony top-down shooter All Zombies Must Die! arrives on PC and PlayStation Network later this year, developer doublesix has announced. It's the spiritual successor to 2009 PSN effort Burn Zombie Burn!, combining weapons-based arena combat with some light RPG elements. Tasked w
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It's Wednesday, and that can only mean one thing: I'm back with yet another selection of the finest discount gaming offers to tempt your wallet with. Throughout the week you can keep your finger on the pulse of cut price gaming by checking SavyGamer.co.uk . Read on to find out wh
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I’ve spent a few hours nuzzling up to Chantelise, the next Westernised translation/do-over of a Japanese indie title from noble Recettear chaps Carpe Fulgur. Because I appear to be pretty terrible at the game, a full Wot I Think is probably some days off. Meantime though, here’s
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New Call of Duty: Black Ops map pack Annihilation headlines this week's massive PlayStation Store update. Xbox 360 owners have had it exclusively for the past month. Available from tomorrow on PS3, its five new maps will cost you £11.49. Looking for something a bit cheaper? Sony'
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The third Humble Indie Bundle is now available. It's your chance to pay whatever you like for Crayon Physics Deluxe, Cogs, VVVVVV, Hammerfight and And Yet it Moves. A portion of each payment is allocated to the developers, the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Child's Play. You
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