Developer announcements, patch notes and gaming coverage from across the GaugeDB catalogue.
Four all-new Magicka DLC's are now available on Steam! Additionally, the free PVP update is now available to all Magicka owners. This update includes: Entirely new player vs player game mode (with 3 different PvP modes) 2 New PvP maps 1 New robe (Reservoir Wizards) Various balanc
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The makers of great, time-stealing games like Peggle and Plants Vs. Zombies are bringing one of their biggest successes to consoles and handhelds later this year, with Bejeweled 3 making the leap to five platforms (or three, depending on your point of view). PopCap Games will bri
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Judge a small portion of Duke Nukem Forever for yourself. The game's demo has been widely released on Xbox Live Marketplace and Steam , with a PS3 version due "ASAP." Read Kotaku's take to see if Duke's worth the bandwidth.
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Read articleFollowing an earlier announcement on the 2K Games forums, the Duke Nukem Forever demo is available to download now on Steam. You an get our verdict on the Duke's latest, long overdue outing in our Duke Nukem Forever review. Earlier today we mentioned that Take Two recently said t
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Ubisoft will deploy an open beta for Ghost Recon: Future Soldier in January 2012. The company revealed news of the multiplayer taster via the game's official Twitter : "We know you have been asking about the beta. We're excited to announce that the MP beta will be launching in Ja
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It's been announced that a public monument will be built to honour Dungeons & Dragons pioneer Gary Gygax in a park in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.
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1C Company's Darryl Still has been speaking to CVG about the state of digital distribution. He describes the dichotomy between retailer's in-store stock levels, and customer's demand for products as "quite shocking." According to the publishing director, the recent growth in digi
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The semi-sequel to American McGee's Alice arrived last week. A timely return to a gothic wonderland, or is too late, too late for a very important date with our hard drives? Come on, down the rabbit hole with you and let's find out… Alice 2 is, I think, pretty much what an only c
Read articleCome the first breaking of news that the Redner Group, a US PR firm representing 2K Games, had publicly announced that “ Too many went too far with their reviews…we are reviewing who gets games next time and who doesn’t based on today’s venom ”, the glacial RPS hivemind elected n
Read articleTake Two boss, Strauss Zelnick has told Forbes that the Duke is not dead, saying "we don't really talk about it in detail but you will see future Duke IP coming from this company." The term "Duke IP" could mean anything from a sequel to Duke Nukem Forever to comic books or a film
Read articleDuke Nukem Forever begins in a casino bearing the Duke's name. While slowly making your way through this marble-clad tribute to a hero of decades past (I hesitate to use the word "fighting"), you'll pause to sign autographs. You'll get a blowjob. You'll control a remote control c
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Indie gaming's been revitalised in recent years with the explosion of digital distribution and renewed mainstream attention, and one group of film-makers has been documenting a little of all this. Indie Game: The Movie by BlinkWorks is entering the final stages of production, and
Read articleIndie Game: The Movie is an upcoming documentary focusing on the trials, tribulations and processes behind some of the luminaries of the independent gaming scene, including Phil Fish ( Fez ) and Jonathan Blow ( Braid ). Also helping out on music duties is Jim Guthrie, best known
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We haven't updated our Steam group, so... Let's do it! Here's the latest news n' happenings! DETOUR v1.2 patch notes of patching Truck themes and achievements added! (Old) DETOUR v1.1 patch notes We'd love to see more faces over at Sandswept.net! Join up on our forums! It's quick
Read articleWe haven't updated our Steam group, so... Let's do it! Here's the latest news n' happenings! DETOUR v1.2 patch notes of patching Truck themes and achievements added! (Old) DETOUR v1.1 patch notes We'd love to see more faces over at Sandswept.net! Join up on our forums! It's quick
Read articleIf you thought Duke Nukem Forever was the last gasp for the '90s video game icon, well, what the hell were you thinking? Publisher Take-Two certainly isn't done with Duke, regardless of the reaction to his latest game. Take-Two chairman Strauss Zelnick tells Forbes that "you will
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Progress of other players can be seen in open campaign AI is more active when the player has not deployed any units in combat Air reconnaissance improved to reveal more info about units It is no longer possible to be allied and at war with the same country It is no longer possibl
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We'll have plenty of time to scrimp, save and perhaps land a second job to afford the next generation of video game consoles. Avalanche Studios, creators of Just Cause and the forthcoming Renegade Ops , believe 2014 is when we'll get them. So says David Grijns, the man heading Av
Read articleIf you know the name Jim Redner, there's a good chance you know him for the single Duke Nukem Forever tweet that caused a brief public relations shitstorm last week. If you don't, Jim Redner will tell you all about the "brain fart" that caused Duke Nukem Forever's publisher to dr
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