Developer announcements, patch notes and gaming coverage from across the GaugeDB catalogue.
Looks like Obsidian headbrain Chris Avellone’s earlier talk about getting ‘Kickstarter fever’ based upon Double Fine’s happy day (they’ve now passed $1.3 million in funding by the way – which, as Tim Schafer notes, is more than the budget for Day of the Tentacle and almost that o
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It's been a long time coming, but Bioware have finally released the promised trailer starring the female Shepard that fans voted to create. It's a treat for anyone who loved Jennifer Hale's performance as female Shepard in the first two games and it sent a tangible shiver down my
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God forbid we’d post yet another Mass Effect 3 trailer, but… well, here’s another Mass Effect 3 trailer. It stars, at long, long last, the female version of Shepard, finally getting just a tiny fraction of the official marketing acknowledgment she deserves. You will, I trust, und
Read articlePatch to version 1.0.4.16 is out now. The game will be automatically updated when Steam client is restarted. In this version the broken challenge chapter 14.1 has been fixed, moderate difficulty's balance adjusted and the scoring changed so that playing on harder difficulties gra
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Added Italian and Spanish localizations including full audio support
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Acclaimed PC survival horror Amnesia: The Dark Descent could be getting a sequel, judging by a new teaser site posted by developer Frictional Games. As spotted by Rock Paper Shotgun , the page sports the Amnesia logo, a blurry image and the phrase "Something is emerging". Click o
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Now that we've given you a first look at our plans for "RO Classic" we would like to fill the community in on what we have in the works for the coming months for RO2. First we would like to talk about how we'll be handling the PR and the development of the updates that we are wor
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Now that we've given you a first look at our plans for "RO Classic" we would like to fill the community in on what we have in the works for the coming months for RO2. First we would like to talk about how we'll be handling the PR and the development of the updates that we are wor
Read articleTrouser-colour troublers Frictional Games , makers of Amnesia: The Dark Descent , have dramatically unveiled a website for their next game, pulling aside a metaphorical curtain, making thunder noises with their mouths and flicking the lights on and off. Scared? Nope? You’re just
Read articleWe don’t usually allow RPS headlines to run onto a second line, but this is a very special case indeed. During idle Twitter discussions about the whys and wherefores of a possible Mojang-funded Psychonauts sequel, I heard that the first game had cost $15 million to develop and th
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I played something like 130 hours of Fallout 3 . I adored many things about it — and, admittedly, hated a few others — but my absolute favorite part was exploring the world. The entire history of this never-quite-was version of Washington, DC could be read in its architecture, it
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The Mass Effect 3 website has been updated with FIVE new trailers. The one above struck me as the most interesting to Mass Effect fans. It's the first we've seen of the upgraded weapon and armour customisation. Attaching better barrels, silencers and scopes will change the appear
Read articleYou may not know Adam Adamowicz’s name, but if you’ve played either Fallout 3 or Skyrim, you’ll have seen masses of his work. His job was to produce the vast and imaginative collections of concept art that made their worlds so exciting to explore, from characters to weapons, to t
Read articleFrictional Games seems to be working on a follow-up to Amnesia: The Dark Descent , if a teaser site is any indication. For the time being, we know nothing about the game except that it carries the "Amnesia" name, and has some kind of connection to China. The site NextFrictionalGa
Read articleIt's the weekend before Valentine's Day, and that means love is in the air. What better time to pick up some indie games to enjoy with your significant other? Or, alternately, to distract you from your crippling loneliness? The Indie Royale Valentine's Bundle is here to help. The
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They say you should always be prepared to kill your darlings. Darwinia creators Introversion have taken it one step forward, creating nothing short of a Darwinian snuff movie to mark their transition from little computer people to… prison architects. Yeah, that’s still a little w
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The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences held its Interactive Achievement Awards at DICE last night, and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim took home the Game of the Year prize, among four other awards. The game also won RPG of the year, and outstanding achievements for story, gam
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Updates to King Arthur II - The Role-playing Wargame have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client (in on-line mode) is restarted. Major changes include: King Arthur II – The Role-playing Wargame v1.1.05 - Knights of the Lights Leadership co
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Despite the fact its creators have railed against the quality of iPhone games, and openly trolled consumers on the iTunes store by selling a parody game for $350, Super Meat Boy is being rebuilt to be playable on touch-screen mobile devices, the game's two-man team said in a Twit
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Finally! The long awaited Men of War: Assault Squad - Game of the Year Edition is available now! The game includes all previously released game updates and DLC for multiplayer, as well as singleplayer: Totalling 25 skirmishes, 5 nations, over 50 multiplayer maps, 100 infantry wea
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