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Steel Diver announced as Nintendo's first excursion into untested waters

Firaxis XCOM: Enemy Unknown hits iOS devices this Thursday, and it doesn’t intend to fit into the mobile platform pricing mold. The game will run for $19.99 and works on iPad 2 and beyond, iPhone4S and beyond, and fifth generation iPod touch devices. The relatively high price shouldn’t come as …

Valve appears to be looking into allowing Steam users to share their digital purchases with friends. Kotaku reports on a few lines of code dug up from the latest Steam client beta, revealing a ‘shared game library’ that gives users the ability to let other accounts borrow” a game – …

Latest figures show number of game developers is less than half that of 2007

Get a job at the Just Cause and Mad Max developer in Stockholm

Supercell aims to break into new market with fully translated version of flagship title

Performance platform aims to help developers acquire and engage with players more

All the noise surrounding the next-generation of consoles is a fantastic opportunity for investors to make big money from gaming. That’s the opinion of Kristian Segerstrale, former executive VP of EA’s digital business and current investment specialist. The next generation consoles are doing a wonderful job at distracting the big …

Take an average internet user. Then take an internet user whose household income is 50,000 or more. That second user is known as a ‘high income’ user. That’s despite the fact that families making 50,000 in London are PROPER SKINT. But that’s not a debate for these pages. What is …

Game4u has started taking preorders for the PlayStation 4; it is the first Indian retailer to do so. Those interested in getting the next-gen console at launch can preorder it either online or at one of Game4u’s stores by paying a Rs 3,000 deposit. The balance will be payable on …