Developer announcements, patch notes and gaming coverage from across the GaugeDB catalogue.
From the 14th to the 20th of September, members of our team will once again be heading to Hannover, Germany, for IAA TRANSPORTATION 2026 , one of the world's leading events for logistics, commercial vehicles, and the transport industry. Having attended IAA in previous years, we’r
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Every day, special bonuses await you for leveling up, farming, and strengthening your characters. Don't miss the opportunity to get the most out of your time in the game! 🌊 Monday — Carats x3 🌊 Tuesday — Pet Experience x3 🌊 Wednesday — Experience x3 🌊 Thursday — Fletta x3 🌊
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Two of gaming's most prolific vampires come together as the Baldur's Gate 3 and Blood of Dawnwalker actors discuss their biggest influences. Read the full story on PCGamesN: Baldur's Gate 3's Astarion teams up with The Blood of Dawnwalker's Coen to ponder "the ennui of immortalit
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Despite more than a year of updates and at least one massive overhaul, Civilization 7 remains as stubbornly divisive as ever. May's enormous Test of Time update brought significant mechanical reworks and a fresh influx of players to Firaxis' latest entry in the 4X series. But wit
Read articleThe upcoming Civilization 7 patch 1.5.0 will be followed by free update Arc of Tomorrow in 2027, and a paid space DLC called Earthrise. Read the full story on PCGamesN: Civilization 7 will finally enter the Atomic Age with a free update, followed by a space race DLC
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Blaire's Book Blaire’s Book cracks open a brand‑new slice of Amityvale weirdness. When Blaire’s eerie little spirit‑recording book goes missing, the forest starts acting… off. Finding it is only the beginning; something has been inside the book, twisting its pages and warping the
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Improvements: -Updated IAP handling Bug fixes: -Cosmetics Gallery page won't load
Read articleIn case you missed it, here’s our full panel from PAX West 2026! The team at Firaxis had a great time celebrating the 35th anniversary of the Civilization franchise and outlining all of the exciting things coming to Civ VII in the near future. If you weren’t able to tune in or at
Read articleHi Civ fans - Ed Beach here, creative director of the Civilization franchise. This month marks the 35th anniversary of Civilization . Back in 1991, Sid Meier and his team shipped the very first game in the franchise. Since then, the team here at Firaxis Games has had the incredib
Read articleThe Civilization VII team just kicked off their reveal-filled panel at PAX West 2026 in Seattle, and you can tune into the stream now to watch it live! Check it out right here on Steam, or head to our Twitch or YouTube channels to view it there. If you aren't able to tune in, you
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The launch of Early Access for Halloween: The Game has been amazing so far and the team is so excited to finally be able to play the game with you all. Today we are rolling out our first hotfix for Halloween: The Game. This patch is primarily aimed towards addressing several cras
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The main fix: performance has been improved. Aesthetics: New selection effects: rings for mines and the main base, and rune circles for units. An animated construction grid and updated placement markers, with visual feedback for valid and invalid positions. Reworked territory vis
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Dwarf Fortress is a bit like caviar—not everyone's into it, but the people who are describe their experiences with it like a religious awakening. But the game's legendary co-creator, Tarn Adams, didn't even know it had a big following for many years, as he told PC Gamer's Joshua
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My only experience of Left 4 Dead 2 is a handful of sessions in my youth where a friend handed me a controller (me, a person whose shooter experience extended to Ratchet and Clank at the time), told me nothing, and let the chaos unfold. I did not do a good job. But it left a last
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We messed up Marauders Big Bo-oM yesterday so we decided to push this silent patch, download the patch (if you dont see one, verify your files) and login, no version number bump so we dont need to throw people out of the game. here are the notes: - Reverted Big Bo-oM structural c
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This update fixes several card and movement issues, improves save reliability, and tidies up effects and battle information. Fixed Hand Grenade targeting and its bonus dice being lost before the next close-combat attack. The pending bonus now also survives saving and loading. Fix
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Hi there! I was still having nightmares about having a null exception that essentially ruined the game. It was caused by our input system and would be mostly noticeable for those playing with a gamepad. Since the game would "crash" in the background but still be playable a lot of
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A rune activation rate is on! The steeper the rune, the more desirable it is, and the more difficult it is to activate it. Many glorious warriors suffered on the field of this battle, and the wounds are still fresh. Now we will heal them! In the next 24 hours, the chance of succe
Read articleIt's strange to think about in hindsight, but Left 4 Dead 2 was a controversial game in the run-up to its release in November 2009—just one year after the original Left 4 Dead laid the foundations for today's enormous cooperative gaming scene. Indeed, it was that rapid turnaround
Read article🍁 Autumn arrives in Sphere 3, bringing cool winds, foggy mornings, and secrets that are especially pleasant to discover by chance. To make your autumn travels a little more enjoyable, we've prepared a small gift. No complicated challenges or long searches required—just pick it u
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