Developer announcements, patch notes and gaming coverage from across the GaugeDB catalogue.
Welcome to "Backhanded Box Quotes," a collection of super pissed-off user reviews from people just like you! Whoa, whoa, don't take that personal. This week's scan of proportionate reactions to entertainment products includes condemnation for something almost universally acclaime
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Three months ago Skyrim unleashed the Creation Kit on Steam. Not only did it let users create amazing mods for an amazing game, it allowed them to browse, download, and share those mods using the Steam Workshop. Now we're introducing the Perpetual Testing Initiative (PeTI), which
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Prototype 's continuity is set in New York. Well, it's set in "New York Zero," which is what the city has become after an apocalyptic biological disaster. Still, it's New York, home of some of the most famous athletic venues in the world. The original Prototype , set entirely on
Read articleUpdates to Team Fortress 2, Day of Defeat: Source and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include: Source Engine Changes (TF2, DoD:S, HL2:DM) Fixed a problem that allowed mali
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Analogue: A Hate Story is now available on Steam! Uncover the mystery of what happened to the final generation aboard the generation ship Mugunghwa by reading through its dead crew's logs, with the help of a spunky AI sidekick! Two pursuable characters. Five endings. A dark visua
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Rumors have pegged this year's Call of Duty as a sequel to the Treyarch-developed Black Ops . Now, an image of Target pre-order cards running on IGN appears to confirm the title and show a release date of November 13th. If you're keeping score, that's one week after Halo 4 . The
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The big news this week was a surplus of information on Crysis 3 - but it's stealth action FPS Dishonored that creeped in and impressed us with its old-school open-ended sensibilities. Elsewhere, our hopes for STALKER 2 were finally and tragically squashed, but new tidbits of info
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Changelog 1.003: Bug Fixes - Fixed that destructible scene props didn't refill their health after a round is over client side - Fixed the huge lag spike at end of a siege or battle round - Map placed artillery pieces limbered by a player no longer disappear the next round - Remad
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I wanted to like the television adaptation of The Walking Dead when it premiered on AMC back in 2010. I like zombies; I like Frank Darabont. I'd heard nothing but good things about the comics the show was based on. And I liked the pilot; I really did. But immediately after that…
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With Crysis 3 recently announced , you need to hone those skills for the Urban Jungle. Now is the time to go back and check out the original two games in the series in case you missed them the first time around. GameFly Digital is discounting them this weekend Crysis from Electro
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1.152 Changelog: Common: - Bugs related with sounds and music have been fixed. Disable music option now works correctly. - Muskets sticking to left hand after reloading bug has been fixed. Single player: - Several dialog text fixes. - Lords now defect even faster when their facti
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Massively have pointed us to an interesting competition over in Champions Online. Cryptic are asking players to design them a new Supervillain, which will then be used as a ten-man boss in one of Champions' upcoming Alert missions. Entering is simple process, you design your vill
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While Activision's official reveal isn't set until May 1st , it appears the cat is finally out of the bag. This year's entry to the Call of Duty series will be Black Ops 2, a pre-order card spotted at Target reveals. According to the promotional materials, the Treyarch-developed
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Game design, particularly for big-budget, blockbuster console titles, is an incredibly tricky and intricate process. In the most recent episode of the Irrational Interviews series, the creative directors of two renowned franchises compare notes on how they work, what creative des
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Game design, particularly for big-budget, blockbuster console titles, is an incredibly tricky and intricate process. In the most recent episode of the Irrational Interviews series, the creative directors of two renowned franchises compare notes on how they work, what creative des
Read articleWith the first Guild Wars 2 beta weekend kicking off today and the seventh anniversary of the original game in full swing, The Game Station crew attempt to condense the lore of the first into an easy-to-digest one minute video. How'd they do? There are inconsistencies, at least t
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In a fascinating episode of the Irrational Interview podcast, creative director Ken Levine discusses the art of games writing with Uncharted writer Amy Hennig. They talk about the how the technical requirements of the development process enforces a haphazard approach to scripting
Read articleOwen really liked Prototype 2 's James Heller. I can see why.
Read articleRisen 2: Dark Waters is Now Available on Steam! Set several years after the end of Risen, raging titans have devastated the world and pushed humanity to the brink of existence. Subsequently, monstrous creatures have risen from the watery depths of the sea and their attacks have b
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Portal 2's creation suite is coming to the PC and Mac this May . To celebrate, here's a trailer, starring JK "Cave Johnson" Simmons himself. Click to view Get More: GameTrailers.com , Portal 2 - Exclusive Creation Trailer HD , PC Games , PlayStation 3 , Xbox 360
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