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XCOM: Enemy Within is now available as a standalone offering on mobile devices, publisher 2K and developer Firaxis have announced. The game is ported from the standalone Commander Edition of the title – which also contains the base game XCOM: Enemy Unknown – released for PS3 and Xbox 360. Enemy …

Nexon beat its own revenue and profit forecasts for its third quarter of 2014, thanks largely in part to the Korean-based firm’s native market. Games Industry reports Nexon saw a 14 per cent year-on-year increase in revenue to $395m, along with net income of $94m – a 69 per cent …

A smaller, cheaper version of credit card-sized computer Raspberry Pi is now available for purchase, the hardware’s creators have announced. The non-profit organization’s blog reveals Raspberry Pi model A+ is 21mm shorter in length than the B+ edition of the device. It also consumes less power, carries better audio, and …

With Halo: The Master Chief Collection having arrived on Tuesday, replica specialist TriForce has announced a pair of high-end Halo products. The company is now taking pre-orders on two replica Halo plasma rifles – one in Elite blue and one in Brute red. Each polystone model, weighs 20lbs (or 15lbs …

Trade body calls for further investment in the games industry

As its Excalibur label celebrates its tenth anniversary, MCV catches up with Contact Sales’ MD Robert Stallibrass and marketing boss Richard Barclay about the sim market, owning its own IP and virtual reality… Excalibur is celebrating its tenth birthday. How has the simulation market changed in that time? Robert Stallibrass, …

UKIE has outlined a four-point proposal for more Government funding for the UK games industry. The trade body has called on George Osborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to agree proposals for more investment in the games industry. The first is the reinstatement of the Prototype Fund with a budget …

Roll7 is one of the hottest indie studios in the UK right now. It was behind the popular and infuriately addictive skating title OllIOlli, which launched on PlayStation Vita in January of this year. It was a smash hit, and garnered a cult following. But the studio wasn’t always producing …

Success of RPG fuels CI Games other blockbuster projects

There’s another streaming games service on the way, this time from Nvidia. It’s called Grid and it will be offered free to owners of Nvidia’s Shield handheld and tablet from November 18th through to June 30th 2015. The company claims to have built a grid – get it? – of …