Developer announcements, patch notes and gaming coverage from across the GaugeDB catalogue.
Among the many highlights from the Erik Wolpaw/Tim Schafer panel at PAX this past weekend was a brief exchange where an audience member asked what Wolpaw thought about the disconnect between authored single-player games and games that allowed truly personal stories to emerge, lik
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Today's Deal: Save 50% off ORION: Dino Beatdown ! 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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Luxor: Amun Rising HD is now available on Steam and is 25% off until September 10th at 10AM Pacific Time! Enjoy another 25% off if you already own Luxor Amun Rising ! Glory and adventure await as you return to save Ancient Egypt from certain doom in Luxor: Amun Rising. As chains
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You thought the day would never come, and it still hasn't quite yet, but Black Mesa now has a release date. After eight years of development, the fan remake of Half-Life in the Source engine will be released on September 14. Except it won't be quite complete; the team is still wo
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You knew it was coming, XP users. Every operating system has to call it a day sooner or later, and 2012 - the year Windows 8 is released and DX11 becomes mainstream - looks like it's the end for perhaps Microsoft's best-loved gaming OS. I say this now because Call of Duty: Black
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Over the weekend, Chris Whiteside, Lead Producer at Guild Wars 2 developers ArenaNet, took to Reddit to announce that over 3000 players had been temporarily banned over the weekend from the game for taking advantage of an exploit. The exploit in question involved a merchant who,
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The Mechromancer class DLC will be released on October 16, Gearbox revealed at their PAX Prime panel today. It will be free with pre-order, but $10 to those who do not. Gearbox also dove into the Mechromancer's skill trees, distinguishing two contrasting modes: one that lets skil
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The Mechromancer class DLC will be released on October 16, Gearbox revealed at their PAX Prime panel today. It will be free with pre-order, but $10 to those who do not. Gearbox also dove into the Mechromancer's skill trees, distinguishing two contrasting modes: one that lets skil
Read articleFour pieces of campaign DLC will add to your Borderlands 2 experience after the game's release on September 18. Gearbox revealed their committment to releasing the extra content at their PAX Prime panel today. CEO Randy Pitchford noted to me that they'll be on par with the scope
Read articleAt PAX Prime in Seattle, Double Fine's Tim Schafer and Valve's Erik Wolpaw gave a panel called "Plot vs. Play" in which they discussed the ongoing debate about gameplay and story. The panel was co-hosted by Kotaku 's own Jason Schreier. The whole thing was as much fun as you'd im
Read articleToday's Deal: Save 75% off Waveform ! 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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Even for a game known for some really bent comic themes and recurring gags, this concept is way the hell out there, but Portal 2 was originally going to see Chell, the protagonist, get married to a turret. Erik Wolpaw, one of the writers, revealed the idea at a panel at PAX yeste
Read articleWe listened. For those of you from Europe, please try on the servers. thanks!
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We listened. For those of you from Europe, please try on the servers. thanks!
Read articleToday's Deal: Save 75% off 7 Wonders: Treasures of Seven ! 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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If you're at PAX Prime this weekend be sure to head over to Harmonix's booth, where cosplayers dancing on stage is hilarious. You can also pick up some fancy slap watch bracelets that make me feel like I'm I'm elementary school again. Clarification: This is the character Legion,
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PAX Prime is over and the guys safely back home and so with a day to catch their breath we begin moving features, 3rd party tools, updated assets, finish up the polish which includes new animations back into the game with the updated engine as we work towards Beta. It was a busy
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PAX Prime is over and the guys safely back home and so with a day to catch their breath we begin moving features, 3rd party tools, updated assets, finish up the polish which includes new animations back into the game with the updated engine as we work towards Beta. It was a busy
Read articleHello fans, First of all, we have to say we're sorry to you guys. Our prediction was way off. We thought around 1,500 players are good enough to have a proper beta test. However, it's worldwide. The time difference makes it tough. Simply, that was not enough. We have learnt from
Read articleHello fans, First of all, we have to say we're sorry to you guys. Our prediction was way off. We thought around 1,500 players are good enough to have a proper beta test. However, it's worldwide. The time difference makes it tough. Simply, that was not enough. We have learnt from
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