Developer announcements, patch notes and gaming coverage from across the GaugeDB catalogue.
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: calling all Tapirs, please be on guard. Ubi have revised their yearly profit estimates up to somewhere between 90 and 100 million Euros after better-than-expected sales late last year, and are going to need a much bigger wallet. Gamasutra report that
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Build: 2180 Crashes/Freezes Improvements have been made to client and server synchronisation. Some stability changes have been made to stop some crashes. Balancing/ Gameplay Diamond Mine messaging changed to avoid repeatedly displaying the same message. Rocketeer has been given t
Read articleBuild: 2180 Crashes/Freezes Improvements have been made to client and server synchronisation. Some stability changes have been made to stop some crashes. Balancing/ Gameplay Diamond Mine messaging changed to avoid repeatedly displaying the same message. Rocketeer has been given t
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Activision's efforts to forcibly insert Call of Duty releases into the yearly rhythm planet Earth continue today. There's some pretty dry biz news floating around this morning so let's enshrine key details in haiku form to keep things lively. More CoD is mentioned, In ActiBlizz e
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As much as first-person shooters evolve—what with new weapons, armor abilities, and creepy new alien enemies (if we're talking the sci-fi brand)—there's always a key component to any good game that most seem to miss the mark on. Humanity. We forget that the protagonist is perhaps
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Some of the most successful crowdfunding campaigns have been from industry legends, folks whose pockets fans want to stuff full of money so they can make their dream game, such as Tim Schafer , Chris Roberts , Peter Molyneux , David Braben , and Brian Fargo . The Longest Journey
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We have released an update to the beta for both games, fixes include: Fixed viewdemo command crashing when run Fixed screenshot command crashing Fixed HD model packs not loading if available and enabled Fixed crash on launch if your graphics cards didn't support FBO's Fixed crash
Read articleWe have released an update to the beta for both games, fixes include: Fixed viewdemo command crashing when run Fixed screenshot command crashing Fixed HD model packs not loading if available and enabled Fixed crash on launch if your graphics cards didn't support FBO's Fixed crash
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You'd think that the game being out, and out for a while now, would have stopped me lusting after the concept art behind Guild Wars 2 , but nope. Not gonna happen. Not when creative director Daniel Dociu is posting fresh pieces. The artist, who you may recognise as the face of Fa
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Release Notes for 2/7/2013 - Added 'workshop_start_map' command line param to specify which map in a workshop collection for the server to start on. Takes the desired map's file id. - Password-protected community servers are no longer available for community matchmaking. - Map na
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Another moment by the water in fy_pool_day. Click for download link. More people—maybe twice as many—seem to be playing the original version of Counter-Strike than Global Offensive. Look here. Why hasn't CS:GO inherited its elders' popularity? I'd blame the map drought GO has exp
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The Bridge is Now Available for Pre-Purchase on Steam and is 20% off! The Bridge is a 2D logic puzzle game that forces the player to reevaluate their preconceptions of physics and perspective. It is Isaac Newton meets M. C. Escher. Manipulate gravity to redefine the ceiling as th
Read articleRelease Notes for 2/7/2013 -Added the CS:GO Maps Workshop. -Maps Workshop tab now available in client Map Browser -Maps Workshop FAQ: -Workshop url: -Server Operators details: -Upload tool for Map Makers: -Information about custom game rules: -Added cs_assault to Classic map grou
Read articleWe’re excited to announce the launch of the Map Workshop for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive . Now it’s easy to discover and play new maps and game modes designed by the Counter-Strike community. With the Map Workshop you can find new maps, vote for favorites and subscribe to an
Read articleSave 50% on Counter-Strike: Global Offensive as part of this week's Weekend Deal*! CS: GO features new maps, characters, and weapons and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust, etc.). In addition, CS: GO will introduce new gameplay modes, matchmaking, leader
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Save 50% on Borderlands 2 as part of this week's Weekend Deal*! A new era of shoot and loot is about to begin. Play as one of four new vault hunters facing off against a massive new world of creatures, psychos and the evil mastermind, Handsome Jack. Make new friends, arm them wit
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Get Tropico 4 and all DLC at one low price. The Tropico 4 Collector's Bundle is Now Available on Steam! The world is changing and Tropico is moving with the times - geographical powers rise and fall and the world market is dominated by new players with new demands and offers - an
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Today's Deal: Save 50% on Tower Wars ! 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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With yesterday’s news that Valve and J.J Abrams are working on a potential Portal movie, RPS immediately sent its spies into action. Infiltrating Valve HQ, we managed to steal three pages of script before the turrets woke up. (more…)
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Details have surfaced of Just Cause 2 developer Avalanche's upcoming projects. Kotaku's Superannuation spotted the LinkedIn profile of Avalanche head Christofer Sundberg that hint at a follow up to Rico's ridiculous island adventure. It appears under the title "Unannounced Sandbo
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