Developer announcements, patch notes and gaming coverage from across the GaugeDB catalogue.
Krater , Fatshark’s colourful take on dungeon crawling, is a feature-laden, post-apocalyptic taste of party-driven RPGing tactics. It’s got a sense of humour and a sense of taste, but does it make any sense? Here’s wot I think . (more…)
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Treyarch director of technology Cesar Stastny has confirmed on Twitter that the latest Call of Duty will feature dedicated ranked multiplayer servers on PC. Confirmed: Ranked Dedicated Servers for #BlackOps2— pcdev (@pcdev) June 16, 2012 It's good news, and more than a little ove
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Thanks to our chums at Multiplay.co.uk, we've now got a UK-based DayZ server to call our own. You're warmly invited to join us for picnics, zombie hide-and-seek, and long, terrified walks along the beach. Bring your own beans. Server details: Name: Multiplay :: UK #27 (1.7.1/9382
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Want to play DayZ but have no idea where to start? Check out our DayZ installation guide. It’s been an eventful few days for DayZ. The mod is constantly being tweaked and improved, so we’ll be doing one of these posts every week to keep you up to date. The 1.7.1 patch went live o
Read articleThe remastered edition of Doom 3 announced a few weeks ago will hit PCs, PS3s and Xbox 360s this October. The BFG edition of the classic first-person-shooter will also include full versions of Doom 1 and Doom 2 , along with seven new Doom 3 levels and the Resurrection of Evil add
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Civilization V - Gods & Kings , the new expansion for Civilization V , is now available in North America on Steam! Check the game page for release information in your territory. Interact with new types of city-states, engage in new city-state quests and global competitions, a
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In recognition of just how damn great they were, BioWare and EA have struck a deal that's transformed Indonesian artist machine56's Mass Effect t-shirt designs into actual, official merchandise. Three of his Cerberus-inspired designs are now available on the company's store, alon
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While it's a little cheap, even by live-action video game trailer standards, this clip for the upcoming Darksiders II is saved by one thing: the presence of the ever-wonderful James Cosmo. One of the manliest men to have ever walked the Earth, Cosmo is perhaps best known these da
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CONS : This clip is almost entirely narrated by one of the developers, a practice which only marketing types enjoy. You could mute it, but then you'd lose the sound effects as well. PROS : It's over twenty minutes of Dead Space 3 footage. Just gameplay.
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And now, a public service announcement: Arma 2 isn't just the chassis you buy in order to play Day Z. Hardcore Arma community ShackTac has been running realistic and ridiculous operations for years. Their latest is 93-player infantry raid on Sahrani, a map ported from Arma 1. Sho
Read articleIt's starting to look as though game developers have moved their cinematic ambitions beyond the story of Charles Foster Kane and on to something a good deal more violent and possibly more attainable. To put it glibly: Apocalypse Now is the new Citizen Kane . As we saw at E3, main
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Well, this is odd. We’ve known about an upcoming Payday: The Heist-Left 4 Dead crossover for about a month now, and – as is often the case with these things – it materialized earlier today via YouTube’s eyebeaming ethers. “”Have you ever wondered how the Left 4 Dead series began?
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While Konami's budget-priced remake of the failed X-Blades, was widely considered to be horrible idea by everyone forever, Kotaku commenter Tales of a Prinny thinks it's the vengeful warrior's / adventuring archaeologists'' knees. Just goes to show there's an audience for everyth
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The long awaited free Add-On for Men of War: Assault Squad is now available on Steam! Here is the change-log ! Have fun and see you online!
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The long awaited free Add-On for Men of War: Assault Squad is now available on Steam! Here is the change-log ! Have fun and see you online!
Read articleGeneral • Added Marder 3H • Added PaK 43 • Added BM-8-24 • Added BS-3 • Added Cromwell MK. VI • Added M4A4 "Tulip" • Added Type 97 150mm mortar • Added Ho-Ni III • Added Browning M1919 A6 • Added new 3d model for infantry helmets/hats (50+) • Added new 3d model T-34-76 early • Ad
Read articleToday's Deal: Save 50% off MacGuffin's Curse ! Look for the deals each day on the front page of Steam. Or follow us on twitter or Facebook for instant notifications wherever you are!
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In the horror game Dead Space 2 , there is... a scene. This scene. It's the sort of scene that once you see it, you can't un-see it. Even if, say, a machine were to jam a giant metal needle into your eyeball? That would be less traumatic than watching that Dead Space 2 scene. Fai
Read articleMy need for puzzle games is insatiable, constantly fed by the teams of enslaved designers I have generating me new Slitherlinks and Doodle Fit levels, as Telegraph cryptic crossword setters weep as their fingertips bleed from setting me more and more clues. Gathering them all a f
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Updates to A Valley Without Wind have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include: * Over 160 new room maps. * 15 new regular enemies * 8 new minibosses * 16 new "elite" enemies (plus the idea of elites a
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