Developer announcements, patch notes and gaming coverage from across the GaugeDB catalogue.
A few weeks ago, the Atlantic magazine published a profile I wrote of the developer Jonathan Blow, a man known in gaming circles as much for his criticism of the mainstream game industry's intellectual shortcomings as he is for Braid , the outstanding game he created. To put it m
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Last June, the brother-in-law of reader Taylor was tragically killed in action while serving in Afghanistan. He had been due in September to return home and join Taylor in getting tattoos. While he never made it back, Taylor decided to go ahead and get a tattoo done anyway, only
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Sniper Elite V2 is now available on Steam! You are elite US sniper Karl Fairburne. Parachuted into Berlin amidst the Germans’ final stand, your mission is to prevent Nazi V2 rocket program technology from falling into the hands of the besieging Red Army. You must aid key scientis
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It's a question proper athletes face all the time. What do you do when you hang up the cleats/boots? Well, if you're Griffin "Flush_Entity" Benger, former pro Counter-Strike player, you make the move from video games to online poker. Which sounds a little random, seeing as one in
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V 1.13 Added Features • Added hard difficulty level as option on game start. Modifies enemy strength, income and starting funds. • Added tactical mode as option on game start. - Enemies have to be revealed via line of sight in tactical mode. - Sound sources are marked in tactical
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Is there anything worse than killing a child? It's one of the most reprehensible things a person can do. Not just in real life: Along with Golden Retrievericide, child-murder is one of the most double-secret-ultrabad things a character can do in a movie, book or video game. The m
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Just a quick one as a) I don’t have much information for you as yet and b) I managed to hit my head on my own desk really hard earlier and need a lie down, but I thought perhaps some of you would be interested to hear news on The Fullbright Company , aka what the lead designer of
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Today's Deal: Save 66% off Supreme Commander 2 ! 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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Waveform Update Released Announcement: -The second Leaderboard Challenge has begun! Embark upon a Deep Space Mission with the initial difficulty cranked to MAX. How long can you last when the speed is intense and the challenge is unrelenting? Compete against Waveform’s worldwide
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As one of the most recognizable casual game brands on the market, it's a surprise that this hasn't happened any sooner. PopCap has announced that it has finally finalized a number of licensing deals that will bring its properties to the non-digital world. The first products to co
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* Added user controls and resolution customization dialog * Switched two commentary lines in City Hall to prevent spoilers * Fixed collision issues: - book case in second room of Museum Archives - junk stack in first Junkyard boss room * Fixed restricted section and park map node
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Enticingly attractive sweep ‘em up Dustforce will receive a spit, a polish and a level editor tomorrow. It’s all free of charge to existing owners, although that does mean you’ll be spat on and rubbed with a dishcloth whether you like it or not. Their rules, not mine. I used to e
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It's been previously announced that Rockstar Games, Remedy Entertainment and Marvel Comics are teaming up to bring iconic cop to comics. Now, Kotaku can share an exclusive first look at the first issue's cover, drawn by fan-favorite Greg Horn. We're pretty sure that bottle of whi
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Given the fact Valve isn't in the business of making its own animated films (outside of TF2 advertisements), fan Alex Zemke is doing his own Portal flick. And going by the screens he's released so far, it looks as good as you'd hope the real thing to look. The movie is called Com
Read articleToy company threeA held a signing and showcase event over the weekend in Hong Kong, and present at the show were our first good looks at the studio's upcoming Portal and Halo figures. We also get a look at their second Metal Gear effort as well, following on from the enormous Met
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Today's Deal: Save 66% off Pound of Ground ! 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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Lewie’s away being fitted for birthday hats and I’m all alone in the Savy Tower this weekend. I wasn’t sure what to do with myself. I was racing the bargain-bots down the endless stairs when Lewie appeared to me in a text message. ‘ Tony , you should probably find cheap games’ he
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Once Valve gets around to releasing its magical future goggles , I’m hoping it’ll just start constantly beaming clever trailers for its games straight to my eyeballs. Between TF2′s “Meet The ___” series and Portal’s cavalcade of comedic excellence, I could spend all the rest of m
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Toy Soldiers is Now Available on Steam and 25% off until Friday, May 4th 10AM PST. Toy Soldiers is an action-packed strategy-based game in which players command antique WWI toy soldiers vying for control of the trench-filled battlefields of Europe. Deploy an exciting arsenal such
Read articleThree months ago Skyrim unleashed the Creation Kit on Steam. Not only did it let users create amazing mods for an amazing game, it allowed them to browse, download, and share those mods using the Steam Workshop. Now we're introducing the Perpetual Testing Initiative (PeTI), which
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