Developer announcements, patch notes and gaming coverage from across the GaugeDB catalogue.
Jack Friedman, the founder of publisher THQ - the guys behind UFC, Dawn of War & Company Of Heroes - passed away yesterday at the age of 70. Friedman had been involved in the game business for decades, first by forming toy company (and later video game publisher) LJN in 1970,
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Updates to Booster Trooper have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include: Booster Trooper Fixed: Tripple Kill Achievement Fixed: Light and Dark Trooper Achievement Fixed: Duster Achievement Beacon stre
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In anticipation of RayStorm HD and Zeno Clash: Ultimate Edition hitting the Xbox 360 as Xbox Live Arcade downloads this Wednesday, May 5, marketplace operator Microsoft has confirmed that both games will be priced at 1200 Microsoft Points / $15 each. RayStorm HD and Zeno Clash: U
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Positech’s popular hands-off build-and-release strategy game Gratuitous Space Battles have just released an expansion pack. How does it expandier the game’s expansosity? Well, for six dollars you get a whole new race, 2 scenarios and a cent. The aliens in question are the swarm w
Read articleReady the Microsoft Points, Xbox 360 owner, for this week's Xbox Live Arcade update promises to be a big one, with first-person brawler Zeno Clash and top-down shoot 'em up Raystorm HD arriving this Wednesday. ACE Team's quirky Zeno Clash gets its "Ultimate Edition" after a brief
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Jay Pavlina recently released a sensation of a video game , a remix called Super Mario Bros. Crossover that allows gamers to play Super Mario Bros. as the heroes of Mega Man, Metroid and Castlevania. Other legends almost made it in. From a GameXplain interview with Pavlina about
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Click image to view the Moon Mining Pick , one of the new weapons in the upcoming Firepower content pack. The Moon Mining Pick is a melee weapon and is always available regardless of which primary weapon you choose. You can see it in action very briefly in the Firepower trailer a
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The upcoming Call of Duty title , Call of Duty: Black Ops, was developed by Santa Monica-based studio Treyarch. The studio did not create Call of Duty. Has it done anything for the franchise? Back in 2003, the Call of Duty franchise was developed and created by Infinity Ward for
Read articleClick image to view the Grenade Pistol , one of the new weapons in the upcoming Firepower content pack. The Grenade Pistol is a sidearm and is always available regardless of which primary weapon you choose. It allows you to carry six grenades, which can be fired in any combinatio
Read articleClick image to view the SMG , one of the new weapons in the upcoming Firepower content pack. The SMG is another weapon, like the shotgun, that lets you move quickly. The advanced electronics mentioned in the text means that the weapon links to your suit, triggering the thrusters
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Updates to Garry's Mod have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include: Garry's Mod Fixed startup crash when no SSE2 support Fixed TF2 map crash
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Lead your orbital battleships to victory in Flotilla! Fight, trade, and explore new planets in your journey through the galaxy. Discover upgrades and artifacts to install on your fleet ships, and engage in battle with bounty hunters and pirate space-chickens.
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SOTA Toys, specialists in the world of Street Fighter collectibles, will for their 10th birthday be releasing something extra special. Something large . Large like a statue of Ryu that's a whopping 18" tall. Due out by the end of the year, there's no word yet on price or availabi
Read articleClick image to view the Shotgun , one of the new weapons in the upcoming Firepower content pack. In the weapon characteristics box in the image, movement speed refers to the speed at which you can move while armed with the weapon. With the Firepower pack, your movement speed chan
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Online gaming innovator InstantAction may have just changed the way games are distributed on the internet, with the introduction of a service that lets publishers embed games like The Secret of Monkey Island as easily as a YouTube video. InstantAction's new service uses thin-clie
Read articleThe enhanced Xbox 360 edition of ACE Team's first-person brawler Zeno Clash will be available as an Xbox Live Arcade download on May 5, publisher Atlus has confirmed. The game, originally due in March , is billed as the "Ultimate Edition" as it packs a number of changes and impro
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New DLC for Just Cause 2 is available now on Steam! With the Black Market Aerial Pack you get these cool items: F-33 DragonFly Jet Fighter: With quad-mounted miniguns and double missile launchers, this agile bird is the definite ruler of the skies, and packs a serious punch to la
Read articleClick image to view the Machinegun , one of the new weapons in the upcoming Firepower content pack.
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The revamped Xbox 360 edition of Darkstar One is due soon--Europe gets it June 4, followed by North America on July 6--so publisher Kalypso has put out a new trailer. Described as a "space shooter/RPG," the Xbox 360 release--fully titled DarkStar One - Broken Alliance--packs enha
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Ironclads: American Civil War , Ironclads: High Seas , and Hazen: The Dark Whispers from Strategy First are now available on STEAM. Take advantage of the 10% discount during the first week. Ironclads: American Civil War is a naval simulator based on historical accounts of real ba
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