Developer announcements, patch notes and gaming coverage from across the GaugeDB catalogue.
Warning: If you're currently near a wall, desk, table or any solid object, take care while reading this story. You may be struck with an overwhelming urge to bash your head against it. A Representative of Missouri, Republican Diane Franklin of Camdenton, is calling for a sales ta
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Civilization V might be getting a second expansion at some point in the future. According to the Steam Apps Database - a website that trawls Steam's huge library - an entry exists for an expansion called "One World". This was spotted by a user of the 2K forums, who was presumably
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In this concluding part (the first one is here ), we discuss boardgame influences, commercial success, what XCOM might mean for the future of strategy, the need for realism within science-fiction, and why XCOM wound up rather buggy. (more…)
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The hurricane of savings that's swirled over PC gaming in the past few years has been tremendous. Deep discounts seem to pop up weekly on digital stores like Amazon, GOG.com, and Steam. But should the ubiquity of sales fundamentally change our buying habits? In this Face Off deba
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Save 75% on Sanctum during this week's Midweek Madness*! You think Tower Defense games are all about building? You thought wrong. Sanctum is not your average Tower Defense title. When the havoc starts, you get to join the fray! As one of the world’s first First Person Shooter - T
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Save 50% on Of Orcs And Men during this week's Midweek Madness*! Lead the revolution of the Orcs and Goblins! In a world at war, the vast Empire of Men tries to extend its domination over the territories of the Orcs and Goblins, who are systematically persecuted, enslaved and mas
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Three new DLC's for Crusader Kings II are now available on Steam! The Republic is the third expansion for the critically praised strategy / RPG Crusader Kings II. In The Republic you play as a Patrician in one of the great medieval Merchant Republics. Expand your trade empire as
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Changelog Painkiller Hell & Damnation PC Patch BUILD_PKHD_20130108_27204 - 14th January 2013 ============================================================================================ Balancing: ---------- Grenades in multiplayer fly faster, fixed bug with possibility to ov
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Version 1.1.3 - Heater and sprinklers have been repaired, so no Christmas theme anymore - Postcards can still be found (though less of them, and no reward anymore for 10 postcards sent) - Minimum screen height reduced to 720, to support 1280x720 resolutions for some mac screens -
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10,000,000 is Now Available on Steam and is 20% off until January 22nd at 10AM Pacific Time! 10,000,000 is an award winning hybrid RPG/Action/Puzzle game. Matching tiles controls your character enabling you to explore, fight and loot. When you are not facing monsters you will be
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By now you've probably seen the ridiculous bikini-clad severed torso that publisher Deep Silver is packaging with the European/Australian special edition of zombie action-RPG Dead Island: Riptide . It is gross and awful—to the point where Deep Silver just issued an apology for th
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Requirements Will BioShock Infinite run on your gaming setup? We certainly hope so! So, without further ado, here are the PC requirements for BioShock Infinite: MINIMUM OS: Windows Vista Service Pack 2 32-bit Processor: Intel Core 2 DUO 2.4 GHz / AMD Athlon X2 2.7 GHz Memory: 2 G
Read articleRequirements Will BioShock Infinite run on your gaming setup? We certainly hope so! So, without further ado, here are the PC requirements for BioShock Infinite: MINIMUM OS: Windows Vista Service Pack 2 32-bit Processor: Intel Core 2 DUO 2.4 GHz / AMD Athlon X2 2.7 GHz Memory: 2 G
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Ivan Buchta and Martin Pezlar, the two Bohemia Interactive developers detained and imprisoned on suspicion of espionage during a holiday to Greece, have been freed on bail this morning. Once paid, the pair will be free to return to the Czech Republic. The community support site h
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I like it when developers take a bit of a leap. So Dustforce developer Hitbox Team’s announcement that their next game won’t be a 2D platformer made me tingle. Instead it’ll be a first-person platform game called Spire . Spire is a good name. The real-world has buildings or tower
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A controller gets put down. A disc gets shelved next to dozens of others just like it. But, sometimes, the game lingers. It creeps into your sleep and live on in the backs of your eyelids, demanding ever more from you. Here's an example: the one night that the crazy nocturnal zom
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If you missed out on last year's Humble THQ Bundle or followup Nvidia giveaway, it's time for a threepeat. Amazon saw how all the cool kids were discounting THQ games with great results, and it has followed suit with the Tantalizing THQ Medley, which slices off 91 percent in savi
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David Gaider, Senior Writer at BioWare and a major creative force behind the Dragon Age franchise, recently posted a frank essay on romance sub-plots in RPGs on his blog. The manifesto, spotted by Eurogamer, explores the issues romanceable party members present, and explains why
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Maciej Kuciara is one of the most talented concept artist on the planet. And you're about to see just why. He's worked for a number of high-profile companies and clients over the years, including stints at Crytek ( Crysis series), CD Projekt ( Cyberpunk ), Blur ( Halo 4's launch
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