Developer announcements, patch notes and gaming coverage from across the GaugeDB catalogue.
Monday Night Combat is now available on Steam. To ensure that you buy the damn thing, Valve and Uber Entertainment are injecting Monday Night Combat with Team Fortress 2 stuff and Team Fortress 2 with Monday Night Combat stuff. Here's the deal. If you buy a Monday Night Combat on
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Paul Mason, Economics editor for BBC’s Newsnight, has only gone and written one of the most interesting pieces of games journalism I’ve read in a while. In a blog post entitled “ I re-fight World War Two and lose “, Mason takes a shot at playing hardcore World War 2 strategy game
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Who were the best dressed, the most memorable and the most visually striking video game characters of 2010? I've made my picks for the best video game costume and character design from the past year, let's see if you agree. Just like our picks from 2009 , which included Bayonetta
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Ever! That’s according to the reliably twittery John Smedley . I am not sure what that actually says about the game, or SOE games generally, but it sounds positive. And… yes, we haven’t really taken a decent look at it yet, but I’ve heard some positive reports. We should get one
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The situation for Modern Warfare fans on the PS3 was looking grim , but developer Infinity Ward says they're still focused on getting their security in order . "Nothing is being left unattended," writes IW creative strategist Robert Bowling.
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id Software's groundbreaking first-person shooter Wolfenstein 3D has been stripped to its core, shedding two dimensions to become playable on a "single, dazzling one-pixel line." After three decades, the 1992 original has been remade by Wonder Tonic with a graphical underhaul tha
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The Oddworld Oddboxx was released just before Christmas, but was troubled by severe bugs and compatability problems. The port of Stranger's Wrath was in particularly bad shape, but has just received a massive patch, hopefully fixing many of the problems the game had at launch. Mu
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Dead Space 2 is now available to pre-purchase on Steam. Once bought, the game can be pre-downloaded to give you instant access when it's released tomorrow. To celebrate, the original Dead Space is currently on sale with 66% off. If you pre-order Dead Space 2 that discount rises t
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The latest DC Universe Online patch has arrived aimed at improving the voice chat features of the game. There are also changes to the difficulty of some of the missions, as well as a collection of bug fixes. Sony have been talking about their plans for the next few patches for th
Read articleIt was a contentious fight: Which game of 2010 was the absolute best of the year? But we've reached a conclusion and have, at last, a clear winner. We spent the better part of January nailing down the games we agreed internally were the best contenders for best game of 2010. In 2
Read articleA new trailer from Crytek showcases some of the fun you'll be having in Crysis 2's multiplayer. You can watch it after the jump. The footage shows off some death match and Crash Site action (where players must defend drop pods from the opposing team). It does a good job of demons
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Independent pressure group Gamers' Voice is to report Activison to the Office of Fair Trading after they failed to respond to a letter regarding the buggy and 'unfinished' Call of Duty: Black Ops. Gamers' Voice - established in 2009 by MP Tom Watson - issued an open letter to Act
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Co-op wizardly action extravaganza Magicka comes out tomorrow , making this the perfect time for the following public service announcement. You will suck at Magicka. You will be so terrible. You’ll be introduced to its innovative element-mixing system, you’ll nod, smile at the po
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This image is called "Captain Lights Part 2: Electric Boogaloo". Looks nice, but it's not entirely the artist's own work, seeing as it's actually a composite of five video games, a movie and a toy gun. Call it an exercise in synthesising modern popular culture, call it a man with
Read articleJack LaLanne, who appeared in a fitness video game long before Nintendo and EA made millions off the genre, has sadly passed away over the weekend at the age of 96. A noted health club pioneer and TV salesman, LaLanne lent his name (and likeness!) to 1979's Intellivision title Ja
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Dead Space 2's campaign to appall mothers has been deemed a success. Rather than dismiss the moms from their focus grouping, lets keep 'em around to work on some other games we like - or find equally hideous. As with most challenges, I'll stay hands off here, but your ingredients
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Win one of two free codes for Zeit² on Steam! We give away a free copy of Zeit² for Steam to a random member of the Zeit² community group on Tuesday night 25th of January 2011. Just join the group at and you have the chance to win a free copy. We will give away another free copy
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Win one of two free codes for Zeit² on Steam! We give away a free copy of Zeit² for Steam to a random member of the Zeit² community group on Tuesday night 25th of January 2011. Just join the group at and you have the chance to win a free copy. We will give away another free copy
Read articleNo, мать зовет is not "MEAT BOY" in Cyrillic. A famous piece of World War II propaganda was the inspiration for the winning box art submission for Super Meat Boy's lone retail release , in родина - Russia. Large size inside.
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Richard Cobbett goes back to school to face an old fear. The Witch has returned, and she wants your soul. Or to see if you can handle basic literacy puzzles for six-year olds. One of the two. Hers is the face that haunted a thousand nightmares. Hers is the laugh that chilled the
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