Developer announcements, patch notes and gaming coverage from across the GaugeDB catalogue.
More than 10,000 gamers have joined the Steam Group campaigning for more Half-Life communication from Valve. In other words, fans want to know when the series will return, be it via Half Life 2: Episode 3 or Half-Life 3. "The lack of communication between Valve and the Half-Life
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At the end of the first Prototype, the island of Manhattan suffered tons of property damage after hoodie-wearing protagonist Alex Mercer completed his quest to dish out viral justice. From what we've seen of Prototype 2 , the city's become NYZ, a massive hot zone seething with po
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Originally planned for a March 2012, Rockstar Games revealed this morning that the game will get a new launch window. In Max Payne 3 , players go to São Paulo, Brazil, where the game is set . Remedy Entertainment, creators of the original Max Payne, recently said what Rockstar Ga
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Believe it or not, you can actually buy this terrifying "replica" of the arm blade from BloodRayne . I say "replica" because it doesn't look much like the one from the series, not because it doesn't look like it could cut my face off. We're not here for the blade itself, though.
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Ubisoft's DRM isn't exactly known for its gentle, loving caress in matters near and dear to PC gamers' hearts, but the latest tightening of the cuffs seems a bit overkill-ish even by Ubi's standards. In attempting to review Anno 2070's performance on a range of hardware configura
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The latest patch for Costume Quest contains two significant changes: - This fixes an occasional but serious crash bug, which was causing the game to write off the end of a mis-sized vertex buffer - You can now disable vsync through the command line option -novsync. To set this th
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Evochron Mercenary is Now Available on Steam and 20% off until Monday January 23rd 10AM PST. In Evochron, you are free to seek your fortune as an independent mercenary in an adventure directed by your choices, abilities, and accomplishments. Each player can bring their unique ski
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Total War: SHOGUN 2 - Fall of the Samurai is now available for pre-purchase on Steam! Pre-Purchase now and receive the Steam exclusive Tsu Faction Pack . Experience the dramatic conflict of samurai culture and modern weaponry between the Imperial throne and the last Shogunate in
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Today's Deal: Save 75% off The Tiny Bang Story 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!
Read articleMax Payne creator Remedy Entertainment has praised Rockstar's upcoming take on the series, and said Max Payne 3 looks "brilliant". Remedy boss Oskari "Ozz" Hakkinen told Kotaku he was enthusiastic for the Rockstar-developed threequel, due on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in Marc
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Celebrated crazy-em-up Saints Row: The Third is handing out a freebie to all Steam players tomorrow , and going a teeny-tiny bit further than most. You know how Team Fortress 2 likes to gives you hats from other games? Saints Row 3 gives you the TF2 gang’s entire heads , to wear
Read articleUbisoft have managed to go a month or so without anyone loudly throwing their hands in the air and despairing at their DRM ways. They’ll be relieved to know the drought is over, with tech wizards Guru3D discovering that Ubisoft’s limited activations of their games are not just li
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Sure, you can play Age of Booty on PC and console, but we all know what you really want is to find Booty on the bus or while you're in the loo. Luckily for you, Certain Affinity has announced a mobile port for iPhone, iPad, and Android sometime in the near future. It's being deve
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Two versions of platforming classic Prince of Persia will be re-released this week, Nintendo has announced. Wii fans can download Prince of Persia's SNES incarnation from Thursday. And 3DS owners will be offered the Game Boy Color version on the same day. The Prince's Game Boy Co
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Doc Clock may have explored the Toasted Sandwich of Time on PC back in 2010, but he's ready to restart his adventure on the PlayStation Network. Developer Stickmen Studios has announced a port for the PS3 that promises to add new features over the PC/Wii original. Doc Clock has p
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With the HD remake of Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath out of the way, developer Just Add Water can put the finishing touches on its next Oddworld game: Munch's Oddysee HD. Yes, it's another HD remake for PS3 and Vita--but you can expect it in the not-too-distant future. The developer
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When it comes to sim gamers, nothing is too expensive or too out of the ordinary. They will pay any price to have an experience that is as close to the real thing as possible. Meet the VRX iMotion . Nvidia was showing this bad boy off at their booth at CES this year, so I just ha
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Today's Deal: Save 66% off Sniper: Ghost Warrior 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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Holy s***, there's a monster in the lift. That's not supposed to happen. The lift is the end of the level. It's a safe zone, a chance for a breather before the game totals your score. For God's sake, it's a universally acknowledged cessation of hostilities . But this time, there'
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Today's Deal: Save 50% off EDGE 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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