XCOM: Enemy Within has a new video available showing off the game’s rogue organization known as EXALT.

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Need for Speed: Rivals questions regarding progression in the game have been answered by Ghost Games. These questions range from replay value to whether or not there is a progression cap. The answer to the latter is yes.

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EverQuest: Call of the Forsaken, the 20th expansion for the MMO, has launched.

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Montague’s Mount, the indie horror title from Irish developer Polypusher Studios, is now available for Linux, Mac and PC through GOG.com, Get Games and GamersGate. It is not available yet through Steam, but you can rectify that by voting for the game through Steam Greenlight.

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Tomb Raider will be released on Mac later this year courtesy of Feral Interactive. Pricing, system requirements, multiplayer details and a mini-site dedicated to Tomb Raider for Mac will be revealed closer to the release date. A trailer announcing the Mac version is below, and for those of you who played it on consoles and PC, it will look rather familiar.

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A demo for ShootMania: Storm Elite is now available, featuring a full mode from the retail product. It can be downloaded through ManiaPlanet, shootmania.com or Steam – where it is also 50% off. The demo also offers a taste of 3v3 action, matchmaking, dedicated rankings and progression levels. Plus, if you play the demo between now and October 31, you could win a PlayStation 4 or the game. Details through here. A video is below.

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CI Games has brought Steve Hart and Paul Robinson on board to be part of its creative development team. Hart, who has 18 years of experience under his belt, joins as executive producer and previously worked for Rebellion on Sniper Elite v2. Robinson, who has worked in the industry for 20 years, joins the senior creative and design team after having worked for firms such as NovaLogic, Pandemic and Guerrilla Games. Both will be working on CI’s upcoming World War 2 shooter, Enemy Front, which releases next year on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.

With Gas Powered Games now owned by Wargaming, and with the studio also owning the rights to Total Annihilation, GPG founder Chris Taylor has pretty much said, without saying, that a follow-up to the RTS game is “alive and well”. Without going as far as to announce it as being in the works, Taylor said the following instead (per PC Gamer): “In so far as other RTS properties that I am capable of working on – and I think you know what I’m talking about, I don’t even need to be coy – I think that nerd is alive and well. It’s just not an area I’m ready to talk about yet. But you can use your imagination, even though you’re not on the project. You’re welcome to use your imagination, your imagination will serve you well in this case.”

Alrighty then.

The Creative Assembly is bang behind SteamOS, and sees no problem in porting its games to Linux for Valve’s new hardware scheme.

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Small teams, lots of variety, and low cost releases – the indie revolution is a return to the industry’s roots, right? Nope, says industry veteran, Marble Madness designer and PS4 lead engineer Mark Cerny; it’s actually much better.

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LocoCycle may be coming to PC, as the TwistedPixel racer has been listed for PC release on German ratings board USK. According to Microsoft, LocoCycle is headed to Xbox 360 and Xbox One sometime this year; nary a sniff of a PC release has surfaced elsewhere. LocoCycle is the latest from the team behind Gunstringer and Splosion Man, and concerns the adventures of sentient spy bikes.

Thanks, CVG.

Heroes of Newerth has bagged Nick Fury himself, Samuel L. Jackson for a new announcer pack. Presumably if you play the game with his pipes over the top, you’ll be offered a spot in the Avengers at the end.

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Valve: “Steam Dev Days” conference announced, will not invite press

Razer ships every product at a loss, laughs all the way to the bank

Razer boss Min-Liang Tan admits he does’t run Razer “like a real company”; the PC and peripherals manufacturer ships every product at a loss, for example. Speaking to VG247, the CEO shows off his sense of humour and commitment to gaming, not profits.

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PC hardware sales have declined worldwide as consumers make the jump to tablets, a new research report has suggested.

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Eve Online dev CCP hosting training sessions for newcomers, starting tonight

Oculus hosting free VR conference to address future of the tech

Farming Simulator 2013: Titanium expansion live now on Steam, contents & trailer inside

Arma 3′s Survive campaign episode given a release date, will be free DLC

Enslaved: Premium Edition to release on PC and PS3 later this month

Saints Row 4′s Enter the Dominatrix DLC will be available later this month

Call of Duty: Ghosts Clan early registration now open, Clans video released

Double Fine hosting Day of the Devs indie celebration, it’s free to the public

Battlefield 4 features the return of Spectator Mode and gets detailed by DICE

Grand Theft Auto 5 will be released on PC in Q1 2014 – report

Team Fortress 2 has received a new patch, which adds the Fall 2013 Acorns Crate and Gourd Crate keys. What is inside these crates? I am uncertain, but with Halowe’en just a few weeks away I have suspicions. The patch also applies a number of fixes including blocking automated craft bots from making hats and the like, and changes to Strange Part. Check the full TF2 patch notes for more information.

Jennifer Hale, a prolific voice actor known for her work on Mass Effect, BioShock Infinite, Halo 4, and Metal Gear Solid among dozens of other notable roles, has signed on for a role in The Long Dark, Hinterland’s first-person, post-disaster survival sim. The Long Dark has five days remaining on its Kickstarter campaign and requires a further $30,000 to reach its $200,000 goal. Check out some early gameplay footage if you’re interested.

GOG is running a promotion which appears to have no downsides for you, the consumer. Buy any title from its extensive collection of Mac and PC games, which includes many classics as well as newer indies, and you’ll score a free copy of The Witcher: Enhanced Edition – kind of a must-play for any RPG fan. The deal runs till October 17. Additionally, delightfully bizarre strategy RPG jetpack dragon mash-up Divinity: Dragon Commander is on sale at 40% off.

Capcom is 30 years old, and instead of thinking about maybe popping out a second sprog and buying a mini-van it’s throwing a huge Steam sale. All the deals are collated on this Steam page, but Capcom Unity also has a handy-dandy text list if you want a quicker scan. It’s worth having a look just to remind yourself of a bunch of things we’d forgotten the publisher was involved in, like Dark Void, which Brad Pitt got every enthusiastic about, and Fairy Bloom Freesia, which certainly exists, that’s for sure. Discounts up to 75% are on offer.

Focus Home Interactive is the star of the latest Humble Weekly Sale, which packs in a wide variety of genres and developers. Pay what you want for Cities XL Platinum, Blood Bowl: Legendary Edition, Divinity 2: Developer’s Cut, R.A.W. Realms of Ancient War, Game of Thrones and Confrontation, and pony up more than $6 for Wargame: European Escalation and The Testament of Sherlock Holmes. Only Wargame: European Escalation is available for anything but PC – you can get it on Mac and Linux – and Steam keys are available for all titles. The deal includes soundtracks for Divinity II, Confrontation and The Testament of Sherlock Holmes. As ever, you decide how profits are split between publisher, organisers and charities – the Red Cross and Child’s Play. The deal is only valid for a limited time so get in quick.

Unusual and well-received exploratory game The Stanley Parable popped up on Steam today and now boasts an October 18 release date. If you’re yet to try the one-time Half-Life mod, you’re in luck – a free demo has been released, although unfortunately it’s PC only. The Stanley Parable passed through Steam Greenlight almost exactly one year ago; it has been nominated for multiple awards including IGF 2013 and IndieCade 2012.

Thanks, absolutezero.

Indie winter sport mountain sandbox Snow is now available through Steam Early Access, so if you’ve ever wanted to just roam about all over a gloriously beautiful snowy mountain at your leisure, you can now do so without risk of chilblains.

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The best bit of Divinity: Dragon Commander is when you get to make a decision about something, and can upset the lizard advisor. Ha ha! Look at her grumpy lizard face. Best. Anyway, this trailer shows off how players have voted when presented with various moral quandaries, and accompanies a new patch and sale.

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A tie-in graphic novel for Dark Souls 2 will release ahead of the From Software RPG’s launch early next year.

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Two Tribes has regretfully cancelled the level editor for the Wii U version of Toki Tori 2+, but is offering affected customers a free copy of the game on Steam to compensate.

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Darkest Dungeon is a new one on me – developer Red Hook Games describes it as a hardcore turn-based RPG with XCOM-like permadeath and a character stress system familiar to Lovecraft game fans. The side-scrolling dungeon crawler is headed to Linux, Mac and PC, although other platforms are being considered, and may take to Kickstarter later on. Take a look at the trailer through the break – if you’re hard enough.

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Activision Blizzard has said it expects to complete its stock buyout transaction with with Vivendi by October 15.

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