Developer announcements, patch notes and gaming coverage from across the GaugeDB catalogue.
Complaints of severe texture pop-in, screen tearing and poor performance have erupted in the Rage Steam forums in the wake of its release earlier today. Players like commenter Kibayasu and Steam forumite Fusedcore have pointed us towards videos like the one above, showing some of
Read articleWhile I haven't had any issues running id Software's Rage on my high-end computer, it seems that there are a number of issues plaguing folks checking out the game on their rigs this morning. Issues brought up on the Rage support thread in Steam include not being able to set custo
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World of Goo developer 2D Boy believes Xbox Live Arcade "peaked" last year (2010) and that "Microsoft is not yet aware of this". Studio co-founder Ron Carmel surveyed 200 independent game makers, some of which are responsible for significant - but undisclosed - XBLA titles. He di
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So far in Payday, we've mostly seen the chuckle brothers stealing gold from bank vaults. The mission shown in the latest trailer replaces the gold with a valuable prisoner, the bank vaults with police security vans, and the old fashioned getaway car with a balloon and a seaplane.
Read articleI’ve just picked up a keycard, and I’m confused. I found it in a power station, out in Rage’s wasteland. It was about a foot wide, and bright blue, and now it’s in my inventory. What the hell do I do with it? Do I sell it? I swear I’ve done this before. Does it... does it go in t
Read articleYes, I'm remixing lines from Dylan Thomas' "Do not go gentle into that good night", but only because game reviewers' mixed reactions to id Software's Rage have my head spinning. From the creators of Doom and Quake comes a whole new game with shooting and a one word title, only th
Read articleRage is out today in the US. Here's what the first ten minutes look like. After a surprisingly beautiful opening cutscene we're told what's what by a computer and thrown out into the wasteland. It's being played on a console, which is why we can see some of those mega-textures me
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Xotic Update 1.2 Released Updates to Xotic have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include: Ability to set your Screen Resolution Ability to toggle on/off Glow effects Ability to toggle on/off Refraction
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Orcs Must Die! is now available for Pre-purchase on Steam! Pre-purchase before October 12th and receive the Steam Exclusive "Knight of the Order" costume! As a powerful War Mage with dozens of deadly weapons, spells, and traps at your fingertips, defend twenty-four fortresses fro
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Tactical shooter Ghost Recon: Future Soldier in the US on 6th March, publisher Ubisoft has announced via Joystiq . That should give the development team plenty of time to make any tweaks following the title's planned January open beta . For more on the first home console Ghost Re
Read articleWorld of Goo , already a hit on WiiWare, PC and iOS, is building a gooey bridge to Android. Yes, that means phones and tablets, says 2D Boy, which is "working out the final kinks in the machinery."
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Retro Fever , new dowloadable content for Hamilton's Great Adventure is now available on Steam! Retro Fever introduces 3 all-new maps inspired by some of your favorite 80's video games and all new Steam achievements!
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MP Supply Pack Bravo , new content for Men of War: Assault Squad , is now available on Steam! This downloadable content introduces 5 new competitive multiplayer maps for the Assault Zones and Combat modes, as well as for the DLC exclusive Day of Victory gamemode.
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Updates to Space Pirates and Zombies have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include: - Added Damage Viewer (Turn on in options) - Added Added Hotkey (Y) for auto turrets - Added Drone research levelups
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World War II-themed grand strategy game as digital collectible card game? It’s both a deeply weird idea and rather an ingenious one, seeing as it encourages thinking extremely tactically about the all-too-slim military resources you have in a bitter battle against an enemy genera
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A few people have nudged and winked us in the direction of Rockin’ Android’s (and there’s a name they must sort of regret, given they specialise in PC and PSN titles) Westernified J-indie bullet hell series Gundemonium Collection , which recently released on Steam. I quietly snee
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A bit of troubling news from the Battlefield 3 beta. Some modders have found a way to change the player limits on Operation Metro, and have been running servers that let up to 128 players onto the map. RPS have spotted an official DICE forum post, since removed, which says that a
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The Binding of Isaac is a roguelike-or-is-it/shooter/body-horror/religion-bating curio from Edmund McMillen and Florian Himsl. It’s… different. It’s nasty. It’s funny. It’s lightning fast. It’s cruel. It’s a lot of things, in one small and very cheap package. But is it any good?
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Here's a bit of footage of Modern Warfare 3's Spec Ops survival mode from the Call of Duty Elite event in LA, spotted on CVG. It shows a new map set in Paris. Judging by the suicidal nature of the enemies, it's a very early round, but it doesn't take long to get to unlock a sentr
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