Developer announcements, patch notes and gaming coverage from across the GaugeDB catalogue.
Keith Elam, a hip-hop artist who performed under the name Guru, died Monday after ending a long battle with cancer. Elam voiced 8-Ball, the demolitions artist with whom the protagonist escapes at the very beginning of Grand Theft Auto III. Rockstar Games noted Elam's passing in a
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The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom is now available via Steam. Join Winterbottom on his award winning debut Misadventures as he travels through space-time in over 80 unique puzzles in pursuit of the mysterious and elusive Chronoberry Pie. Unlock all the Steam Achievements, co
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Hi everyone, I just wanted to take a moment of spare time to thank you all for playing the Open Beta test of R.U.S.E over these past weeks. I will never insist enough on how this is useful for us. Thanks to you, we got tons of feedback, and I can guarantee that this was not a pro
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Updates to Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include: Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West Changed how some network packets are handled to decrease position l
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Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Conviction is now available for pre-purchase. Also available is Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Conviction Deluxe Edition, including Infiltration Mode, Shadow Armor and 3 bonus weapons Buy the Standard or Deluxe Edition before the release and get a copy of t
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Wings of Luftwaffe Add-on for Wings of Prey is no available on Steam. To celebrate the launch Wings of Prey and Wings of Luftwaffe are 20% off for the next week. In Wings of Luftwaffe, the player takes the role of a German pilot in explosive battles over Britain, Sicily, the USSR
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Doom Rails version 1.1.0 has been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include improved gameplay, configurable controls, controller support and better audio. Minor changes include minor bug fixes, improved visu
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Always wanted to see if you can hack the day-to-day life of a TV producer? Here's your chance! MUD TV is your ticket to the weird wild world of television. Once you take control of your own station it's up to you to determine the line-up, hire actors and directors, produce your o
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We knew that LEGO was getting its own take on Prince of Persia , but seeing the images is nothing compared to watching those mini-figs come to life in a commercial. I can't help but watch this and think of the potential of a LEGO Prince of Persia video game. Yes, please.
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Video game publisher Activision released Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 last year. It made over a billion dollars. Now Activision has decide it will make the series more accessible. Because over a billion dollars is not accessible. And not enough people read Harry Potter books. H
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Reviewing Final Fight: Double Impact this week, I failed to mention the game's remixed soundtrack as a definite plus. It's the product of Simon Viklund, who delivered the outstanding techno score of Bionic Commando: Rearmed. It's available for download, free. Not only that, you c
Read articleIn the mid-1990s Daryl Gates was like the John Madden of law enforcement. His name appeared above PC games made by Sierra. Better known as the Los Angeles police chief during the Rodney King crisis , Gates died Friday at 83. Police Quest: Open Season of 1993 was the fourth game o
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Updates to Supreme Commander 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include: Supreme Commander 2 Fixed an issue where air transports failed to drop units in campaigns
Read articleWork continues on improving Chris Taylor's real-time strategy game Supreme Commander 2, which has just received a massive patch improving the behavior and options of the game's AI. The previous patch made several changes to the multiplayer offering, bringing a much-desired 1v1 Ra
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Play Madballs in Babo:Invasion for free this weekend and experience true multiplayer mayhem madness. Then when you are ready to buy save 75% this weekend only. To play for free install steam first, then download the game here.
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Updates to Mount&Blade: Warband have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include: Version 1.111 Fixed bug introduced in version 1.110 which caused problems with pathfinding on some maps. Fixed occasio
Read articleI've written before that I don't care much for adaptations. If I love a game, I don't need to see a movie about it. If I like a movie, I don't need to read the graphic novel. My bias changes, however, when the Right People are involved. In the case of the Prince of Persia graphic
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Updates to Sol Survivor have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include: Sol Survivor 1.3: Bugs fixed: Improved detection of Windows Media Player and alternate audio engine. Fixed Survival balance bug. E
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The Xbox 360 'Ultimate Edition' expanded port of ACE Team's fine first-person face-puncher Zeno Clash will feature a mode pitting players against the clock and their friends as well as the twisted foes, publisher Atlus has revealed with a new trailer. Players of the new 'Zeno Rus
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The enduring question around 2K Australia’s upcoming XCOM FPS has been “why not just come up with a new IP?” Well, that three posts about X-COM each clocked up triple-figures of comments on Wednesday is the answer to that. A secondary question is “why is everyone so upset that it
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