Developer announcements, patch notes and gaming coverage from across the GaugeDB catalogue.
In 2010, Epic Games released the Epic Citadel tech demo to show off what the Unreal Engine could do on an iPhone. Now, it's re-released that same demo running in a web browser on Flash 11, for you to have a look yourself. Epic also showed off Unreal Tournament 3 and Dungeon Defen
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Remember the big flashy CGI trailer that Bioware released a few weeks ago? Remember how it starred the WRONG Shepard? Worry no more, the correct version has arrived. It's similar in almost every way, except the generic stubbly bloke who was in it has been replaced by the red-hair
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"DRM does not protect your game. If there are examples that it does, then people maybe should consider it, but then there are complications with legit users." That's what Marcin Iwinski, CEO at CD Projekt, had to say to Joystiq last night. The value of digital rights management p
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A California State Superior Court judge has dismissed one of the two fraud claims raised by former Infinity Ward heads Jason West and Vince Zampella, in their suit against Activision. The two alleged that Activision had made commitments that the company executives never intended
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If you own top-down Freelancer-esque (ish) game Space Pirates and Zombies and were about to carve an ice-statue that signifies your inner turmoil at the lack of the game’s Bounty Hunter faction… stop! Put down the chainsaw and step away from your copy of Ice Sculpting the Modern
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The third Saint’s row game was a tonne of fun, crammed with all sorts of over the top features and missions, but what of all the things that didn’t make it into the game? Lead designer Scott Phillips in his GDC post-mortem shared some of the elements of the game that got cut, inc
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This is Warface . You may remember , it's an upcoming multiplayer shooter from Crytek. But it's not Crytek Germany. It's Crytek Korea . Which explains the wonderfully bombastic trailer.
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This is from Dan Pinchbeck, writer of PC indie story/thing Dear Esther , while giving a presentation at GDC earlier today. For reference, the full quote is below: Of all the turds in the pipe, this is the granddaddy. Games are not too expensive. If you go to the store to buy gran
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An early story concept for the first game in the hugely popular Fallout series saw you zipping back and forth in time, traveling through space and battling sentient dinosaurs, creator Tim Cain has revealed. Speaking at a post-mortem panel at GDC in San Francisco today, Cain expla
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Imagine a Portal 2 with no GLaDOS, Chell, nor portals. Set in the 1980s. With competitive multiplayer and quantum co-op. And multiple endings. At various points, those were all things that could have hapened, as revealed by Valve last night in San Francisco. (more…)
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Valve's Chet Faliszek and Eric Wolpaw conducted a Portal 2 postmortem at GDC last night. The writers talked candidly about alternate endings and the difficulties of following up on their critically acclaimed first game. Chet also mentioned that, at some point in development, the
Read articleIt sounds like the console port of The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings , one of the top-role playing games as a PC-only release in 2011, will need a hard drive installation. Otherwise, well, enjoy the slow loading times and janky visuals, says the game's studio. "If it's possible t
Read articleNuclear Dawn Update 6.1 (March, 2012): New Features: - Added support for setting clan/group association (options>other>clantag). - Added new clan-based achievements: Ants, Locusts, Legion, Playground Bullies, Strength In Numbers, and Traitor. - Added ability to teleport bet
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Nuclear Dawn Update 6.1 (March, 2012): New Features: - Added support for setting clan/group association (options>other>clantag). - Added new clan-based achievements: Ants, Locusts, Legion, Playground Bullies, Strength In Numbers, and Traitor. - Added ability to teleport bet
Read articleNuclear Dawn Update 6.1 (March, 2012): New Features: - Added support for setting clan/group association (options>other>clantag). - Added new clan-based achievements: Ants, Locusts, Legion, Playground Bullies, Strength In Numbers, and Traitor. - Added ability to teleport bet
Read articleLast night the 12th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards took place in San Francisco. The awards ceremony celebrates the "creativity, artistry and technical genius of the finest developers and games." It was hosted by Epic’s Cliff Bleszinski. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim brought h
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Today's Deal: Save 50% off Prototype ! 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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The 2K Games Publisher Weekend begins today with discounts of up to 50% off on the entire 2K Catalog *! Additionally, each day will bring a new Daily Deal with even deeper discounts! Today only, take 75% off the entire Borderlands franchise ! Be sure to check back every day, thro
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Warface closed beta sign ups are now live! If you're interested a chance to check out Crytek's upcoming, CryEngine powered, free-to-play shooter with the silly name then you can head over to Warface.com now and enter your details into the empty fields on the right. You'll also be
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You're going to have to wait a tad longer for the next Counter-Strike . Counter-Strike: Global Offensive will be a summer game, instead of a spring game, Valve's Doug Lombardi told me today. The game is still coming to Xbox 360, PS3, PC and Mac, but Valve needed a little more tim
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