Monthly Archives: April 2019

Germany removes spymaster from his post over far-right violence row

The head of German domestic intelligence was removed from his post on Tuesday after he publicly contradicted Angela Merkel in a move widely seen as interfering in politics. Under a compromise deal to avoid a split in Mrs Merkel’s coalition, Hans-Georg Maassen was not dismissed but will instead be moved to the interior ministry as […]

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Hunt: Showdown is brutal, but you’ll soon get caught in its web

“Fast and agile” is how Crytek describes the spider, one of Hunt: Showdown’s two currently available boss monsters. “Fast and agile”, oh, and “immune to poison”. I’ve spent a few hours in the creature’s rough vicinity now, listening to its feet rattle across the ceilings of barns and slaughterhouses, and I worry this is selling […]

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Fresh blow to Emmanuel Macron as influential interior minister quits against French president’s will

Emmanuel Macron’s grip on the French presidency looked increasingly shambolic on Wednesday after he was forced to accept the resignation overnight of his interior minister, one of his staunchest allies.   In the latest humiliating blow to France’s centrist president, who is facing a nightmarish return from the summer recess, Gérard Collomb, 71, left the interior ministry […]

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This year’s BAFTA Fellowship award goes to…

Tim Schafer will receive this year’s prestigious BAFTA Fellowship prize, following in the footsteps of John Carmack, Gabe Newell and Shigeru Miyamoto. The Monkey Island writer/programmer and Double Fine founder will pick up his gong at 2018’s British Academy Games Awards, held this year on Thursday, 12th April. “I am surprised, humbled, and honored to […]

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Kingdom Come: Deliverance has a hefty day-one update

Medieval role-player Kingdom Come: Deliverance launches tomorrow for PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One with a big day-one download. We popped the PlayStation 4 disc in and were greeted with a 28.7GB download notification – although we haven’t got an Xbox One copy to hand to try the same. On Steam, we also got a […]

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Locals and tourists flee as Hurricane Willa bears down on Mexico’s Pacific coast

Mexico is bracing for the devastating impact of Hurricane Willa, which is heading for its Pacific coast where it is expected to hit with potentially deadly wind and flooding. The Category 4 hurricane – downgraded after earlier reaching Category 5 – was on course to hit land somewhere around the resort town of Mazatlan on Tuesday […]

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A duck, a boar and a human walk into Funcom’s new mutant strategy game

Funcom has announced a new game starring an unlikely bipedal trio of duck, boar and some kind of human. It’s an XCOM-style tactical adventure in a post-human Earth, and it’s made not by Funcom but by a small new developer called, um, Bearded Ladies, which was formed by ex-Hitman developers and Payday designer Ulf Andersson. […]

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The Witcher 2, Crackdown and Fable are being enhanced for Xbox One X

Click:Bread bag making machine UPDATE 5PM GMT: Microsoft has confirmed it. The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings will, alongside Crackdown, Fable Anniversary and Forza Horizon, be enhanced for Xbox One X. Enhanced Xbox 360 games will have a new graphics setting, said Larry “Major Nelson” Hryb on his blog. “Xbox 360 games that are enhanced […]

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One dead in Sri Lanka shooting as constitutional crisis escalates

A constitutional crisis gripping Sri Lanka since the president’s shock dismissal of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe erupted into violence Sunday, with a man shot dead and two others injured in Colombo. Police said bodyguards for a Sri Lankan cabinet minister allied to Wickremesinghe opened fire inside a government ministry as a mob loyal to President […]

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Six members of the Afghani Invictus fail to depart Australia

MORE than half of the Afghan athletes who travelled to Sydney for the Invictus Games have failed to depart the country amid fears they may be killed if they return home. Five athletes and one official did not arrive at the city’s airport to fly home with the rest of the team on Sunday. Their […]

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