Developer announcements, patch notes and gaming coverage from across the GaugeDB catalogue.
Join the Steam Trading Cards group on Steam to score a beta invite so you can start collecting trading cards, earning XP, and leveling up—yup, Steam just got gamified. The games participating in the Trading Cards beta are Don't Starve, Dota 2, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Te
Read articleIf you don't have beta participation turned on in your Steam settings, go do that so you can start collecting trading cards, earning XP, and leveling up. Yup, Steam just got gamified. The games participating in the Trading Cards beta are Don't Starve, Dota 2, Counter-Strike: Glob
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We've heard a lot of numbers thrown around relating to game piracy—everyone from the ESA to Crytek has put figures out there, usually suggesting that the problem is larger than we might think. An academic paper published recently tells a different story, however. Using state of t
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The last time Valve updated their list of Steam Early Access games they somehow managed to switch off all the Press accounts. That was the worst hour of my life, let me tell you. This time around, with the addition of free-to-play cartoon shooter Loadout to the raft of in-develop
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Version 1.07 (May 14th) A new update is now available for download. Here are the 1.0.7 patch notes: — Added a button at the center of the quarter wheel in the city screen. When pressed, it’ll position the camera on general city view. Fixed: — A bug that caused essential for progr
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Sanctum 2 is Now Available on Steam Sanctum 2 is the sequel to the world’s first Tower Defense/FPS hybrid game. Pick from four unique character classes and embark on a mission to protect the oxygen-producing Cores from hordes of deadly aliens who are threatened by their existence
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Anomaly 2 is Now Available on Steam and to celebrate, it is 10% off for the first week! Anomaly Warzone Earth owners also receive a additional 10% off when they purchase before May 31st. As the sequel to Anomaly Warzone Earth, Anomaly 2 adds new features to the single-player camp
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Thunder Wolves is Now Available on Steam! Put yourself in the pilot’s seat of a combat helicopter and become a member of the most experienced and dangerous helicopter team in the world, the Thunder Wolves! Support the Thunder Wolves in their global battle against terrorism. Take
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Sanctum 2 is Now Available on Steam! Sanctum 2 is the sequel to the world’s first Tower Defense/FPS hybrid game. Pick from four unique character classes and embark on a mission to protect the oxygen-producing Cores from hordes of deadly aliens who are threatened by their existenc
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After three years of labor, French development team Elseware Experience is finally ready to release DNIEPR, a custom Left 4 Dead campaign placed in the bleak Soviet-era ghost town of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. I can't believe I didn't realize before now how perfect the abandon
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You may remember Sid Meier from such games as Sid Meier's Civilization, Sid Meier's Civilization II, Sid Meier's Pirates, and... well, you get the idea. While he's currently taking a vacation from PC development, instead creating the iOS strategy game Ace Patrol, he has had some
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What do you do when your platform already sells and launches video games? Make the platform itself a video game, naturally. Valve announced the beta launch of "Steam Trading Cards" today. The collectible meta-game lets you upgrade your Steam profile by playing games and collectin
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X3: Albion Prelude 3.0 - Shady Business is available as a FREE update to everybody who owns X3: Albion Prelude and includes support for LINUX as STEAMPLAY. To celebrate the update X3: Albion Prelude, X3: Terran War Pack Bundle, X3: GoldBox, and the X Superbox will be 33% until Ma
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Hi everyone. I have pushed out two small patches yesterday / today. Combined patch notes to 1.10: Fixed the bug where loading a mod would not load your modded ships StarDrive will now remember what mod you have loaded between plays Fixed a crash referencing the Agent Operations l
Read articleHi everyone. I have pushed out two small patches yesterday / today. Combined patch notes to 1.10: Fixed the bug where loading a mod would not load your modded ships StarDrive will now remember what mod you have loaded between plays Fixed a crash referencing the Agent Operations l
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Amnesia Fortnight is how Double Fine turns creative people into games—everyone on staff is hit on the head with a brick or some other amnesia-inducing device and spends two weeks prototyping new ideas. It's how Costume Quest and Stacking were greenlit, and last year Double Fine i
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Picture is worth a thousand words - as with the other costumes, these are unlocked by playing through the campaign and Raid Mode, or other unlocking mechanisms. Exactly HOW you do this (and what their Raid Mode stats are) will remain a mystery :) High resolution versions can be f
Read articlePicture is worth a thousand words - as with the other costumes, these are unlocked by playing through the campaign and Raid Mode, or other unlocking mechanisms. Exactly HOW you do this (and what their Raid Mode stats are) will remain a mystery :) High resolution versions can be f
Read articleWe have had plenty of people asking about the L4D2 Beta showing up in their steam catalog. So in case you missed it or were confused, here is some more info. Currently, changes to L4D2 will first appear in the Beta before they appear in the main game. The Beta will change often.
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