Developer announcements, patch notes and gaming coverage from across the GaugeDB catalogue.
Star Wars The Force Unleashed creator LucasArts has admitted its recent games haven't been good enough but promised to do better in the future. 5/10 was the verdict in Eurogamer's The Force Unleashed II review . "While there are certainly pleasures to be had in The Force Unleas
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Update: Existing PlayStation Plus subscribers are to be given another 10 days free on top of the 60 already announced. This breaks down to 30 days for compensate for May's PSN outage, 30 days as an apology and 10 days extra, wrote Sony on the EU PS blog. Original story: If you ow
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Call of Duty: Black Ops is one of the most played multiplayer shooters in the world right now, loitering below Counter-Strike and Modern Warfare 2. It's about to become even more popular. If you've been watching the Black Ops phenomenon from afar and find yourself wondering what
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Campaign co-operative play was once the preserve of the dedicated PC gamer, but these days it's become a standard gameplay feature and it's not hard to see why. My experience playing Gears of War, for example, was infinitely superior once I had someone there to witness me punting
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The Still Life series is now available on Steam! Follow Victoria McPherson, a brilliant young FBI agent, as she investigates and solves serial murder cases. For a limited time, save 20% off Still Life and Still Life 2 ! Offer ends June 8th at 10AM Pacific Time.
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An update for Synergy has been applied. Check online for details;
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Updates to Section 8: Prejudice have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include: STABILITY: Fixed a crash that could occur when retrying to join a match after losing connection to LIVE Fixed a crash that
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What? What! WHAT. Given the annoucement that the Creative Assembly is working on an Alien game for SEGA and that Gearbox seemed so busy with Duke Nukem Forever and doubtless something Borderlandsy, we’d begun to presume that Randy Pitchford’s lot had quietly shelved Aliens: Colon
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THQ have officially announced that Metro: Last Light, the sequel to Metro 2033, exists. Granted, you probably new that if you read our preview yesterday but now it's official. Plus there's the launch trailer above to enjoy. Metro: Last Light is slated for 2012. Have you been wait
Read articleActivision CEO Eric Hirshberg has told The Guardian that subscribers to Call of Duty Elite can expect exclusive access to an upcoming web TV series featuring "top Hollywood talent." Activision are keeping schtum on which characters will be in it, and won't say whether it'll be a
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Nimbus is a little-known indie racing-puzzle game that's managed to make a name for itself on Steam . So what's next for developer Noumenon? An enhanced port of the game for PS3. Nimbus will arrive on PlayStation Network with new content and "improvements" that weren't finished i
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UPDATE: Ubisoft has contacted Eurogamer to say the report is untrue. ORIGINAL STORY: Splinter Cell 3D and the upcoming Driver Renegade will be included in a new set of Nintendo 3DS hardware bundles, a new report claims. Nintendo launches the two new packs in October, according to
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A charitable crumb of DLC has been released for Magicka. The Nippon DLC adds a katana that cuts through armour, a bamboo stave that wards off elemental attacks, and a kimono robe for your wizards. Half of all revenue will be donated to the Japan Relief Support program to help vic
Read articleFans of Timegate Studios downloadable shooter Section 8: Prejudice should be pleased with the change of scenery packed in the two new maps of the Overdrive Map Pack, available now for PC and Xbox 360 for 320 Microsoft Points.
Read articleMagicka 'Nippon' DLC A new cheap piece of downloadable content for Magicka is available on Steam . The $1 "Nippon" DLC grants you a Kimono robe, a Katana that can cut through armor, and a Bamboo Staff that adds resistance to all elements. Until June 5, fifty percent of the procee
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Quite a lot of mod news this week, apparently, even though there’s very little for you to actually play. There’s a long-awaited update from Jurrassic Life, as well as plenty of other gubbins related to Half-Life 2, Crysis, Stalker: Clear Sky, Portal 2 and Dirt 3. That’s a lot of
Read articleWhat ho readers! We have five copies of Hunted: The Demon's Forge to give away, which is terrific as we really enjoy hunting Demon's Forges. Their spindly little legs and heavy anvils mean they struggle to get away. We like to track their scent for miles before taking them on man
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The Nippon DLC for Magicka is now available on Steam! Until June 5th, Paradox Interactive will donate 50% of revenue from Magicka: Nippon to the Japan Relief Support program. Additionally, all purchases before June 5th will receive The Conjurer's Cowl for the Demoman in Team Fort
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