Developer announcements, patch notes and gaming coverage from across the GaugeDB catalogue.
Every dark cloud has a silver lining. It’s a delightfully optimistic statement, though in truth, it’s not always, well, true. (Note: I mean this in the metaphorical sense. I don’t claim to be an expert on clouds’ relative silver content, as I still believe they’re made of cotton
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On the cusp of an open multiplayer beta for Crytek's maximally lustrous Crysis 3, Nvidia released an early version of its GeForce 313.95 drivers today. The GPU giant claims the drivers boost SLI performance for Crysis 3 by up to 35 percent in addition to other "sizeable SLI and s
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In support of the upcoming Steam for Linux release we have made Counter-Strike 1.6 available on Linux and Mac OS X. This beta involves significant changes for all platforms and your testing is appreciated, please report any bugs to our GitHub page . Linux and OS X users can simpl
Read articleIn support of the upcoming Steam for Linux release we have made Counter-Strike 1.6 available on Linux and Mac OS X. This beta involves significant changes for all platforms and your testing is appreciated, please report any bugs to our GitHub page . Linux and OS X users can simpl
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Custom Campaign select screen: - Show all installed custom campaigns, not just the ones that support the current mode. - Disable list items for campaigns that don't support the current mode, and sort them to the bottom of the list. - Fixed some uninitialized text fields when no c
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I did an interview with Now Gamer recently who picked up on Lunar Flight after a popular Reddit thread I had going. You can read it here:
Read articleI did an interview with Now Gamer recently who picked up on Lunar Flight after a popular Reddit thread I had going. You can read it here:
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Surprisingly, blood suckers aren't as common in video games as you might expect. They might appear as a generic type of enemy, and of course there are a few of them in the Castlevania series. We collected some of these vampires, paying attention to leave out those who like to car
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The Linux version of X3: Reunion has just entered public beta testing and is available to anyone owning the game. For technical support and news please visit:
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Today's Deal: Save 75% on The Binding of Isaac ! Look for the deals each day on the front page of Steam. Or follow us on twitter or Facebook for instant notifications wherever you are!
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Preview by Michael Gapper Releasing Black Ops 2's DLC in honking great map packs as opposed to Modern Warfare's one-map-per-month schedule is good for his designers, says Treyarch's design director, David Vonderhaar. It's good for finding themes and good for experimenting with th
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We recently made the case that trailers should stop mucking about with thematically tenuous CGI trailers and just show us the damn game. I'm now going to undo all of that work by praising this, a Bioshock Infinite trailer that contains no game footage whatsoever. I do this becaus
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The War Z may have ended up a rushed mess of a game, but people looking for DayZ style zombie survival action (yet inexplicably unwilling to just play DayZ) could now have a new title to try. Despite the name, DayZ Origins has nothing to do with Dean "Rocket" Hall's original, but
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Total War: Shogun 2's add-on release schedule has shown a remarkable dedication to historical accuracy. First there was the Rise of the Samurai, then, inevitably, the Fall of the Samurai. Now comes the Bundle of the Samurai, giving you the chance to get a 2-for-1 deal on Samurai
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Version v9 Add: Farm animals (IE. cows, pigs, ...) now need food to stay alive. Townies will bring them food when available Add: New savegame functions. From now on all the future builds should be savegame compatible with the old ones. This also will allow us to debug easily save
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Today's Deal: Save 75% on Orcs Must Die! ! Look for the deals each day on the front page of Steam. Or follow us on twitter or Facebook for instant notifications wherever you are!
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I wasn't aware that - deep breath - Penny Arcade's On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3 was getting a sequel, much less one that wraps up the tril...quad...tetralogy once and for all. But it is, it's coming this Spring, and it will be slightly different from the last one. Ho
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It seems today is a good day to speak to the community and ask them how you should update your game. Following the news that Terraria is being ported to consoles with a bunch of new features including split-screen support, a world map and even a new final boss, developer Andrew '
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