Developer announcements, patch notes and gaming coverage from across the GaugeDB catalogue.
INTERFACE IMPROVEMENTS : - Displaying Steam HD avatar instead of low definition one. - Max number of words allowed in a single chat sentence extended. - Ingame chat display modified. FIXES: - Fixing game crashes occurring with DX11 mode. - Fixing a bug where some users would get
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Lonely Island Cruise , a new DLC for Magicka , is now available on Steam! This new map for the Player vs Player game mode puts you aboard a pirate ship while the onboard swimming pool offers a new environmental hazard. Additionally, Magicka is today's Daily Deal on Steam! Save 75
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We’ll just have to come to terms with rule #89: if it exists, it’s in Minecraft. As proof RPS (RedstonePistonSpawner) readers, here’s a look at the newly updated Portal gun mod that, when combined with the Portal 2 gels mod , manages to drop some Aperture Science all over Blockla
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2K have just announced that a new expansion is incoming for Civ V. We got to chat with the game's producer, Dennis Shirk about the expansion a few days ago: "We wanted to take the experience to a deeper level," he said. "We’re giving you new challenges to face." There'll be a new
Read articleI liked Civilisation V , which sometimes causes long-time fans of the series to hurl detritus at me in the streets, but I would never argue that it wasn’t lacking features that I craved. Foremost among them was a decent application of the cultural and historical force of religion
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The first Prototype made me feel ugly. Radical's open-world action game tore through the city I love and live in, having me eat people—some of them innocent civilians—and destroy city blocks in the name of its plot. Prototype 2 's probably going to make me feel worse. I'm immedia
Read articleThe first Prototype made me feel ugly. Radical's open-world action game tore through the city I love and live in, having me eat people—some of them innocent civilians—and destroy city blocks in the name of its plot. Prototype 2 's probably going to make me feel worse. I'm immedia
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Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson gained a lot of attention for his offer to chip in personal funds towards Psychonauts 2. The internet responded the way you'd expect for a dormant, cult-hit property, so Persson has taken to his blog to set reasonable expectations. He says
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Is it just me or does Max Payne seem really in over his head every time Rockstar shows off a piece of their upcoming noir threequel? This time, it looks like a fuck-up on Max's part lets a Brazilian magnate's hot young wife get nabbed by some criminal faction. Favela gangs, param
Read article"Let's make Psychonauts 2 happen" said Notch a few weeks ago. Yesterday, he offered Tim Schafer 13 million to fund the anticipated sequel, before clarifying his intent. Later in the day, he posted confirmed details on his personal blog. Even though Notch mentions he and Tim "have
Read articleWhile NECA rolled out a bunch of impressive Valve-licensed stuff , I was still charmed by the Portal 2 offerings shown by ThinkGeek. Along a Companion Cube cookie jar and talking turrets, they also had Aperture Science cores that blurted out phrases from the Portal games. But the
Read articleMinecraft maker Notch has downplayed his potential funding of Psychonauts 2. Notch set the internet alight after offered to fund the game in a tweet to Double Fine boss Tim Schafer. Schafer later said it would cost at least $13 million to make the game , to which Notch apparently
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Version 2 has been uploaded and is Live on the Steam Servers. Thanks for all the feedback from the betatesters. I hope everyone enjoys the changes. --DAE TEAM
Read articleVersion 2 has been uploaded and is Live on the Steam Servers. Thanks for all the feedback from the betatesters. I hope everyone enjoys the changes. --DAE TEAM
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This Spring sees the release of Tactical Intervention on the PC, a game noteworthy because its development has been led by one of the co-creators of Counter-Strike . So the fact the two games look similar is no coincidence. Former Valve staffer Minh Le, who has been working on th
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"iPad? This ain't no stinkin' App Store!" True, this isn't the App Store. But if you're also an iPad totin' gamer, then this news might interest you. Today, Fractal: Make Blooms Not War was re-released on the iTunes App Store under our own name instead of our old publisher. For t
Read article"iPad? This ain't no stinkin' App Store!" True, this isn't the App Store. But if you're also an iPad totin' gamer, then this news might interest you. Today, Fractal: Make Blooms Not War was re-released on the iTunes App Store under our own name instead of our old publisher. For t
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• DirectX 11 support added for improved performance on many Windows Vista and Windows 7 setups using DX11 graphics cards • Option added to game launcher allowing switching between DirectX 9 and 11 renderers • Additional checks added that make sure a selected video resolution is f
Read articleA Tweeted offer to back a sequel to Tim Schafer's cult favorite Psychonauts was "a semi-joke," said Markus "Notch" Persson, the creator of Minecraft and a guy who's not hard up for cash in light of that game's success. Notch rattled off a host of reasons why we shouldn't get our
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