Developers Fat Shark and Futuremark have combined forced this weekend, offering a free trial for each company's respective titles on Steam this weekend.

Both Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West and Shattered Horizon will be available from November 4 until November 7 as a free download, for users to play on Steam. Read more »

Beginning later today and continuing throughout the weekend, PC users can mosey on down to the Steam saloon and play Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West, for free. Pre-loading for Fatshark's western-themed shooter is currently available on Steam for the event, which will run until Sunday, July 25. Additionally, prospectors can purchase the full title on Steam for 50% off throughout the event, dropping the title to $7.49 (down from $14.99). In order to prep for the hail storm of gun-toting scoundrels, Fatshark is asking kindhearted users to set up dedicated servers for the wild weekend on the site's official forum. We know we'll be playing but mostly to see if rumors of an Al Swearengen easter egg are true. (Note: We just started that rumor now.)

A new product update has been released for the team-based shooter, Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West. Chief amongst the list of updates is news that the game now supports dedicated servers.

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A new update for Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West PC has been released by developer Fatshark, bringing a new multiplayer map and mode to the shooter.

The new map, Jacob's Bridge, features "an entirely new art set" while the new mode, Demolition, sees the two teams attempting to blow up each other's objectives.

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With the launch of Lead and Gold PC mere hours away, developer Fatshark and publisher Paradox have put out a new trailer for the downloadable western-styled multiplayer shooter.

In addition, the pair today confirmed that the downloadable PlayStation 3 version will hit Europe's online PlayStation Store on Thursday, April 22, " with the rest of the world soon to follow." A download Xbox 360 incarnation is also planned, though there's been no word as to when it will may arrive. Read more »

With the PC release of Lead and Gold fast approaching, developer Fatshark has rustled up a trailer showing off the wild west shooter's Trapper class and several new screenshots.

Lead and Gold - Gangs of the Wild West will be released for PC on April 8 for $15 but pre-ordering on Steam will net you varmints a 10% discount as well as instant access to the ongoing beta. If you require more encouragement, see what our yellow-bellied, lizard-lickin' Brian thought of the game. Read more »

The PC version of Lead & Gold: Gangs of the Wild West will be released on April 8th on Steam. Pre-orders are now open giving purchasers a 10% discount off of the title's already low $14.99 price-tag.

In addition, pre-order customers will get beta access to the game, which will run right up to the retail release.

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Lead & Gold: Gangs of the Wild West is a team-based, third-person shooter set, unsurprisingly, in the wild west. It sports a stylized look and a good amount of humor (I can shoot people's hats off!). When you shoot an enemy, damage numbers pop-up and critical hits will make these numbers grow.

At GDC 2010, I got my first chance to play the PC version of the game with some of the developers at Fatshark. The game uses engine technology licensed from GRIN, but has been modified to suit Lead & Gold. The game's four classes play very differently and each sport a unique ability and a different aura that boosts stats like damage, health, accuracy and critical hits to nearby teammates. As you level up, your characters aura effect with strengthen. Read more »

Fatshark's team-based Western shooter Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West has been pushed past its initial Q1 2010 window, published Paradox has confirmed.

Instead, Paradox's first console release is now slated to start hitting unspecified multiple platforms in "early Q2 2010." Developed by Fatshark, the game utilizes GRIN's PC, PS3 and Xbox 360-compatible Diesel engine.

A handful of new screenshots accompanied the revised release window, along with a video interview featuring Fatshark executive producer Martin Wahlund.

Publisher Paradox has signed on to make its console publishing debut with developer Fatshark's Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West, the two announced today.

Coming to PC and as-yet-unspecified consoles in Q1 2010, the team-based third-person shooter packs "four distinct player characters with a multitude of strengths and weaknesses" and "a diverse level-up system" across "a multitude of different game modes," with the PC edition featuring Steamworks integration. Read more »

New screenshots of Fatshark's Lead and Gold show all you would hope to see in a Wild West shooter--shotguns, six-shooters, circled wagons and big bushy miner beards.

Fatshark says the objective-based shooter urges on co-operation on every level from level design through mechanics, including 'synergy' effects which boost nearby players. Read more »