Developer announcements, patch notes and gaming coverage from across the GaugeDB catalogue.
To commemorate the release of "The Twisted Christmas" Update (FREE!), Killing Floor is available at 66% off now through Dec. 16th at 4pm PST. In addition to the free update, you can add more to the mayhem by purchasing the new "London's Finest" character Pack DLC at a nominal pri
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Updates to Killing Floor have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. Additions All new level: Santa’s Evil Lair Added a new difficulty called "Hell on Earth", which is more difficult than Suicidal was All creatures in game re
Read articleThis may be the best Grand Theft Auto IV machinima we've ever seen, dropping the major players of Super Mario Bros. into a gritty, violent world where gangster Bowser is the most feared criminal in the Mushroom Kingdom. While there might be six too many dramatic walkaway explosio
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Best Video Games Of The Year lists are good for fomenting argument. But maybe they can also give an overlooked game another chance for attention. Here's one man sticking up for Metro 2033, and sticking up for it... interestingly. Amid the Red Dead Redemption talk and Call of Duty
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Last week we mentioned that a comprehensive Fallout: New Vegas patch was on the way, promising a huge number of fixes for many of the quests in the game. That patch has finally arrived. Read on for the full list of updates, it's a big one. The patch will be applied automatically
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Mass Effect's expressionless elephant race the Elcor have to explain their emotions because they can't alter their tone of voice. They are the best thing in the universe. CryGateEntertainment have created a vision of what it would be like if you could befriend and romance an Elco
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Get a load of these posters. They're game posters done up to look like movie posters, but not the boring kind, the kind you see for a quaint little art house cinema that only shows a movie once. So they're not cold, stark images. They're a little kooky, a little old-fashioned, fu
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This base-jump in Just Cause 2 certainly gives new meaning to the term "leap of faith". Press play, then wait for the parachute to open. You'll, uh, be waiting a while. Just Cause 2 was a sandbox adventure game released earlier this year on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. We never got arou
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Pre-Purchase Monday Night Combat and save 10% off, plus access to the Beta! Enjoy intense combat, finishing moves, and gameshow-like challenges to win cash, fame and endorsements!
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Stability & Performance • Killing an enemy unit with the spell card Hellstorm, Wildfire or Shifting Winds no longer crashes the game. • When an enemy unit dies from using a spell during the command phase the game plays on. • When the AI uses the spell card Shifting Winds the
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Fallout: New Vegas v1.2 This update addresses issues with the following areas: - Pip-Boy Interface - Repair Menu - Caravan - Weapons and Weapon Mods - Hardcore Mode - Perks - Skills - Crafting Recipes - Crafting Menu - Mojave Express - Chems/Addiction - Doctors - Vendors - PreOrd
Read articleWhiteSilentTiger has a simple goal: create a good-lookin' little video game forest. I'd say it's mission accomplished! What's most impressive about this scene isn't that it was made by a modder, it's that it was made using the "old" CryEngine 2, which powered Crysis all the way b
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Will we ever get a Call of Duty game for the kids? Not if it's as bloody and gory as LEGO Black Ops, the stop motion animated elimination bloodbath from YouTube movie maker Keshen8. You won't find much in the way of killstreaks, perks or outrageous tomahawk kills, but LEGO Black
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Next week, the PlayStation Store will be graced with something PS3 owners have been waiting quite a while for: a demo for sci-fi role-playing game Mass Effect 2. There's no word on just which part of the game you'll be playing - my money would be on the intro sequence where you m
Read articleBethesda Softworks community manager Nick Breckon has confirmed that the next Elder Scrolls game, Skyrim, will use an all new engine. This is contrary to a recent rumour that Bethesda's next game would still use the Gamebryo engine that powered The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and
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To keep the show to two hours, they didn't hand out all the hardware on stage at last night's 2010 Video Game Awards. Here is the complete list of honorees. Neil Patrick Harris' compensation was limited to just one award. Red Dead Redemption was thebig winner, with four awards, l
Read articleThere's a new Elder Scrolls V trailer, oh yeah and the Elder Scrolls V was announced. The release date is 11th of November next year, it's set in the snowy province of Skyrim, it's called Skyrim, and oh my god: Well, I think I know what I'll be watching on a loop for the next ele
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If you want to help support Empires, head over to register an account (non-registered votes don't count unless we end up in a dead-heat with another mod) and vote on the page linked above. Pass this message on to everyone you know, and help us place as high as possible!
Read articleJohn Gibson is going to appear live on the crosshairs webshow in 5 minutes. Get over there now and check it out. Topics include KF Christmas, RO2, and PC Gaming in general. Head on over now!!! LINK!
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