Monthly Archives: April 2019

GTFO is a co-op shooter with an Aliens vibe

GTFO is a new co-op shooter from the lead designer of the Payday series that rekindles memories of the Aliens movie. Designer Ulf Andersson revealed a look at gameplay at The Game Awards. There’s four-player co-op, turrets and plenty of aliens that come out of the god damn walls. You play as a team of […]

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Jean-Claude Juncker says Britain will never be able to build satellite to rival EU’s Galileo

Brexit Britain will never be able to build a satellite to rival the European Union’s Galileo global navigation system, Jean-Claude Juncker has said in a flagship speech he used to criticise major aspects of Theresa May’s Chequers plan. The president of the European Commission poured cold water on Theresa May’s threat that Britain would construct its […]

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Imagine Guitar Hero but in virtual reality and with Lightsabers

What if instead of using a video game guitar to match blocks streaming towards you on a music highway, you slashed them in virtual reality with Lightsabers? I’d say yes. Yes bloody please. Behold, Beat Saber. Beat Saber is made by Czech developer Hyperbolic Magnetism, the team behind fiendish auto-runner Chameleon Run, and is due […]

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Trump in renewed attack on Jeff Sessions over charges for Republican congressmen

Donald Trump on Monday launched a fresh attack on Attorney General Jeff Sessions, accusing him of jeopardising the chances of re-election for two Republican congressmen by bringing criminal charges against them just before the midterm elections. The US president wrote on Twitter the Justice Department’s decision to file charges will hurt safe Republican seats in the […]

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50,000 attend concert against German far-Right amid calls for surveillance of AfD

More than 50,000 people attended a special open-air protest concert against the far-Right yesterday (MON) in Chemnitz, the German city that has been the scene of neo-Nazi rallies in recent days. Huge crowds streamed into the small eastern city from across Germany to make a stand against the far-Right protests which saw foreigners hunted through the […]

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Two US citizens stabbed in possible terror attack at Amsterdam station

Two bystanders who were seriously injured in a knife attack at Amsterdam’s Central Station are US citizens, the US ambassador said Saturday. "We are aware that both victims were US citizens and have been in touch with them and their families," Pete Hoekstra said in a statement. Police shot and wounded a 19-year-old Afghan man […]

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Paraguay frustrates Israel by moving embassy from Jerusalem back to Tel Aviv

Israel has shut down its embassy in Paraguay after the small Latin American country reversed its decision to move its own embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem,  Paraguay delighted Israel’s government in May by announcing that it was following Donald Trump’s lead and bringing its embassy to Jerusalem, which Israel considers its capital.  But President […]

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GRU Russian shadow spy network wreaking worldwide chaos will be ‘dismantled’, Downing Street vows

A Russian military intelligence squad behind the Salisbury Novichok attack is now behaving “with impunity” to wreak chaos around the world, senior Whitehall sources have warned. Theresa May revealed the GRU, Moscow’s shadowy spy network, had plotted the nerve agent assault on Sergei Skripal on the orders of the Kremlin to “send a message” to other […]

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Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp now has two in-game events running

Still playing Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp? Nintendo’s anthropomorphic sim for smartphones now has a second in-game event running to keep you busy. From now until next Monday’s reset (6am) you’ll gain friendship XP at a faster rate when completing villager requests. Unlocked all 44 animals? Well now there are four more: Bluebear (a bear), Antonio […]

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Paladins unveils loot box cards like Star Wars Battlefront 2 and no one seems happy

Apparently Star Wars Battlefront 2 is not setting a bad enough example, because Hi-Rez has unveiled a loot box-based card-ability system for Paladins which works in much the same way. It’s not a one-for-one likeness. Paladins is a free-to-play game where microtransactions are the bread and butter income, whereas Star Wars Battlefront 2 costs £50 […]

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