Developer announcements, patch notes and gaming coverage from across the GaugeDB catalogue.
What began as Good Old Games, GOG.com, has relaunched to sell new PC games alongside old. The relaunched Gog.com. Therefore, the Good Old Games meaning will fade away. The company will be known instead by the acronym-turned-company-title GOG.com. "It doesn't matter what G, O and
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Angry Birds creator Rovio Entertainment has bought the gaming arm of Futuremark. Futuremark specialises in PC performance benchmarking, but its game development arm, Futuremark Games Studio, has released Unstoppable Gorg, The Shattered Horizon and Hungribles. It retains its IPs a
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Rockstar's rendering of Manhattan in Grand Theft Auto III was awfully impressive, but technology marches ever onward. Nowadays, even our phones can handle it. So if you crave the mafioso story, but wish it looked prettier, GTA3 is getting a visual upgrade in the mod scene. A seve
Read articleIn 2008, 3DMark maker Futuremark launched Futuremark Games Studio, a new wing focused on making games rather than benchmarks, which went on to release space FPS Shattered Horizon , mobile puzzler Hungribles , and tower defense Unstoppable Gorg . Now, it's lopped that wing off and
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While Nintendo has yet to release the full specs for its upcoming Wii U, you can guess by its launch lineup that its capabilities are probably in line with the Xbox 360 and PS3, something Vigil Games are now backing up. "So far the hardware's been on par with what we have with th
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The Central Statistical Package , Crisis Response Package and Distrust Series Package are Now Available on Steam and include new buildings, missions and skins for Anno 2070™ ! Save when you pick up all 3 new DLCs in the Anno 2070™ - The Financial Crisis Package !
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Updates to Waveform have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include: This update addresses the following compatibility issues that affected some users: -Texture display problems on netbooks (some texture
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Confrontation is now available for Pre-Purchase on Steam and is 10% off until the release date! Thrilling action role playing game, Confrontation, lets you lead a Griffin Elite Squad in missions through the territory of the fearsome Scorpion creatures, the terrible Wolfen packs,
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My father knew a guy who knew Bert Sugar. That's how I wound up working for Bert, as a high school intern and then in my first job as a professional reporter. He was my first editor, my first mentor, my first journalism role model. He passed away yesterday at age 75 . Back when I
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Today's Deal: Save 66% off Sonic the Hedgehog 4 - Episode I ! 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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In a surprising move today, Infinity Ward creative chief Robert Bowling announced that he was resigning from his post on the Call of Duty franchise and leaving Activision. No explanation was given on what he had planned or where he was going. "Today, I resign from my position as
Read articleUpdates to Anno 2070 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include: The most important changes in overview: - Notepad function implemented - Rival Third Parties will got to war against one another - DL
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The BioShock movie has suffered yet another blow after its director quit the film. Juan Carlos Fresnadillo was set to direct with Pirates of the Caribbean shot-caller Gore Verbinksi as producer. But he's walked away. "To be honest, by now, I'm completely out of that, and developi
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Today's Deal: Save 50% off Tidalis ! 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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The Square Enix Publisher Weekend ends today with your last chance to save 50% off the entire Square Enix Catalog ! Today only, take 75% off the entire Dungeon Siege series ! You can also pick up the Square Enix Hit Collection to add all of your favorite titles to your Steam libr
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The Square Enix Publisher Weekend continues today with 50% off the entire Square Enix Catalog ! Additionally, each day brings a new Daily Deal with even deeper discounts! Today only, take 75% off the entire Deus Ex series ! You can also pick up the Square Enix Hit Collection to a
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Today's Deal: Save 66% off the Fallout Collection ! 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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The Dungeon Defenders - Karathiki Jungle Mission Pack is Now Available on Steam and 25% off until Friday, March 30th 10AM PST. Venture into the ancient ruins of the Karathiki Jungles to discover Dungeon Defenders first 6-player co-op map, the Amazon Barbarian tribe and more! The
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We know that some really cool music from the first Mass Effect is hidden in the background of Mass Effect 3 . As it turns out, there's also some great unused music from Mass Effect 2 that's hidden… in the background of the internet ! Okay, that was an awkward transition. At any r
Read articleTo address some fans' feedback about the game's ending, BioWare has said it’s working on "a number of game content initiatives” for Mass Effect 3 in addition to existing DLC plans. The possibility of BioWare modifying the game's ending has stirred a conversation on Twitter, messa
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