Developer announcements, patch notes and gaming coverage from across the GaugeDB catalogue.
Counter-Strike: Source has brilliant weapons, but somehow the huge Counter-Strike modding community has managed to make them even better. Modders have achieved great results by cutting out the polygons devoted to bits of arm you hardly ever see, and piling them into creating new
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Commenter Bipolar.Bear.Disorder is missing the good old days of World War II in today's installment of Speak-Up On Kotaku. Am I the only one left in the gaming community that misses World War II games? With everyone's intense focus on modern and future warfare, I feel as if World
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When you try to apply the logic and mechanics of the conversation system from Bethesda's Fallout series to real life relationships it can only end in tears - or dead girlfriends. If only every major decision in life came with enough time to stop and ponder a selection of choices
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Kaptain Brawe is a delightful little adventure game from Cateia Games. I played it earlier today, so why don't you join me. OK, so as you'll see, I'm not going to play play it. Watching a man solve adventure game puzzles is the very antithesis of excitement, especially when he's
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Cossacks: Back to War Campaign Expansion is now available on Steam. To commemorate its launch, the content will be available at a 10% discount now through January 27th, 2011. This expansion contains four single-player campaigns from the original game “Cossacks: European Wars”, an
Read articleKaptain Brawe: A Brawe New World is now available on Steam! Step into the world of interstellar travel, where Space Pirates lurk at every corner. Kaptain Brawe, a Space Police officer embarks on a journey filled with quests, conspiracies, and general chaos, as he follows the lead
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Dead Space™ 2 is now available for Pre-Purchase! Join Isaac Clarke, the Systems Engineer from Dead Space, as he wakes up three years after the horrific events on the USG Ishimura and finds himself on the Sprawl, a giant space station in orbit around Saturn. Unable to remember how
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APOX is now available on Steam and is 33% off for the first week! Use first-person shooter tactics like crouching, switching active weapons and looting corpses, while performing the real-time strategy moves of making bases, controlling strategic sites, and managing your resources
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Hearts of Iron III is to receive a new expansion pack - For The Motherland - Paradox Interactive have announced today. Click more for the details. The game is to feature a much deeper political system, the ability to stage coups and Allies vs Axis vs Comintern (Communists) combat
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After a couple months on hiatus, our developer diaries for Brink return . This week Splash Damage's audio director, Chris Sweetman, discusses his methodology for Brink's sound design -- covering everything from foley work to getting the perfect gun sound. And oh does Chris love g
Read articleAfter a couple months on hiatus, our developer diaries for Brink return . This week Splash Damage's audio director, Chris Sweetman, discusses his methodology for Brink's sound design -- covering everything from foley work to getting the perfect gun sound. And oh does Chris love g
Read articleParadox Interactive have announced the latest game in the popular Hearts of Iron series; a free-to-play digital card game. Hearts of Iron: The Card Game will see players take on the role of either and Allied or Axis tank commander and destroy their opponents through the use cards
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In possibly the most exciting news of the conference so far, Paradox Interactive have announced that their new expansion for Mount and Blade - 'With Fire and Sword' - will be set in 1653 and feature muskets, plus an actual storyline to follow in singleplayer. Click more for extra
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Today we released an update of Zeit² which improves gamepad support. The update will automaticly be delivered if you already bought the game. The update is also included in a first time installation of the game. After we got feedback from some users having problems configuring th
Read articleToday we released an update of Zeit² which improves gamepad support. The update will automaticly be delivered if you already bought the game. The update is also included in a first time installation of the game. After we got feedback from some users having problems configuring th
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All aboard the good news Zeppelin! Come, come! Quickly! You too! Yes, and you! No, not you. Sorry. The good news Zeppelin is full now. You should have been faster. Arcen games has released both another update for Tidalis , their excellent & colourful block puzzler, as well as
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SEGA have announced that pre-orders of the latest entry to the Total War series - Shogun 2 - will come with some shiny bonuses if players pre-order at either BestBuy or GameStop. Read on for the details. Pre-ordering at GameStop (online or in-store) will bag you the ability to ta
Read articleWhere does a Necromorph keeps its eyes? According to the latest Dead Space 2 multiplayer trailer, about four feet behind its head. See, what I’m doing here is mocking the title, “Through the eyes of a necromorph” in a game viewed from a third-person perspective. Everyone involved
Read articleDan, Logan, Josh, Chris, Anthony, Andy, and eventually Evan discuss the new info on The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, playtime of the last stand mode in Dawn Of War 2: Retribution, and the latest caped crusades in DC Universe: Online. Other topics include a Starcraft 2 mod that gets B
Read articleGames like Red Dead Redemption and Fallout: New Vegas give players the freedom to explore unfamiliar worlds to their hearts' content, but is it too much freedom? Commenter GeneralissimoFurioso explores the price of free-roaming in today's Speak-Up on Kotaku. Freedom, is it really
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