Developer announcements, patch notes and gaming coverage from across the GaugeDB catalogue.
EverQuest II ushers in a new age of player-created content with its new Dungeon Maker system, a ridiculously easy and entertaining way to amaze and kill your friends. Released earlier this month as part of the Age of Discovery expansion, EverQuest II 's Dungeon Maker is a tool th
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BioShock 2 launches on Mac in Janaury 2012 as a boxed game and a download - nearly two years after it launched on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The Mac edition, courtesy of Mac specialist publisher Feral Interactive, includes a separate multiplayer game, The Fall of Rapture, se
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Dear me, I wasn’t paying attention yesterday. Remember that we told you about the excellent trailer for a Left 4 Dead fan-made film, that to my eyes at least look Hollywood scale? The full 10 minute version is now there for you to see. And by “there”, I mean, “just below these wo
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Better late than never, as the saying goes. BioShock 2 will be coming to the Mac platform in January of next year. The port is being handled by Feral Interactive, the studio behind the Mac versions of Mafia 2 , Batman: Arkham Asylum , and the original BioShock . The game will ret
Read articleThe well-meaning earnestness and awesome gaminess of the Humble Indie Bundle IV are being exploited by evil internet users who would probably sell their own grans to be in with a chance of winning the latest Steam competition. According to the Humble Indie Bundle blog, distinctly
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Portal 2's Wheatley did not win an award at the Spike VGAs. Mildly disappointing, but then, given the Spike's themselves are mildly disappointing, I'm not losing much sleep over it. Eeexxcccceeepppptttt for this. Being a virtual character, Valve had to make his acceptance speech
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Remember back in May, how we showed you that footage from the US military's new "video game" simulation suite? Well, it's back. And it looks more amazing than ever. To recap, this is the Dismounted Soldier Training System (DSTS), a new simulation tool for the US Army. It's cost t
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Updates to Grotesque Tactics 2 – Dungeons and Donuts have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include: - Fixed wrong patch order (1.6.4.0 did not include 1.6.3.0 patch) - Fixed Norai not walking to the he
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V1.014 Fixed New component deployment into pre-existing games
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I’ve not put anywhere near as much time as I’d have liked into Rob ‘Squid in a Box’ Hale’s graceful-but-frantic twin-stick shooter Waves , which has built up quite a following in recent weeks – as well as snagging the coveted RPS ‘best use of the Unreal engine’ award at Indievisi
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• Fixed Chase Leaderboard not downloading scores. This will reset your local score data but not affect your online scores.
Read articleThe Holidays are upon us; Chanukah is underway, Christmas is almost here, and it's time to get those last-minute gifts. We've given you ideas for people who already have all the games they want , for people who like science and other thinky pursuits , and for your teenage son who
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This week on the PlayStation store, we've got a bunch of new stuff—the gut-check approved Trine 2 is available as a download, as is the venerable Sonic CD and a digital version of the popular party game Apples to Apples . L.A. Noire joins a hefty list of full-game downloads, alon
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Good news and less good news from the Humble Bundle camp today. The happier end of the bargain is that purchasers of the current Humble Bundle 4 now get the base contents of Humble Bundle 3 (i.e. VVVVVV, Crayon Physics Deluxe, Cogs, And Yet It Moves, and Hammerfight) added to the
Read articleHi everyone. It has been some crazy few days for Bunch of Heroes with a ton of new players trying the game. Thanks a lot to all of you! Due to popular demand, we have limited the re-spawning time for players, so those of you hunting for achievements will have an easier time. For
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Hi everyone. It has been some crazy few days for Bunch of Heroes with a ton of new players trying the game. Thanks a lot to all of you! Due to popular demand, we have limited the re-spawning time for players, so those of you hunting for achievements will have an easier time. For
Read articleNew Content • New "Chase" Game mode added • 28 New Steam Achievements Bugfixes • Fixed the highscore display showing scores that are below your current highscore either locally or amongst your friends list.
Read articleBargain King Lewie Procter alerts me to new that the new owners of Half-Life mod-gone-pro The Ship are offering a Christmas present to existing owners of the comedy assassination game. And yes, they do openly admit it’s also “a transparent attempt at some shameless marketing”, wh
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On a video show that's part of Call of Duty Elite's premium servive, Infinity Ward's Robert Bowling announced that the "content season" for Modern Warfare 3 will start on January 24th. That's presumably when the first DLC will go live. It's not clear if that date is when Elite pr
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This is the full length version of the Left 4 Dead fan film that was teased two weeks ago. With Bill's tragic demise, the Left 4 Dead crew are a member short. On the way to a safe room three blocks away they find a replacement. And then another one. And then another, until everyt
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