Monthly Archives: April 2019

The Shin Megami Tensei game that’s coming to Switch is Shin Megami Tensei 5

Way, way back in January at the final reveal event for Nintendo’s Switch, we got news of a Shin Megami Tensei project coming to the hybrid console. And now, over ten months later, we know what that project will be. Atlus’ long-running post-apocalyptic RPG series – which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year – is […]

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Embattled Macron fights to keep sheen on presidency as reform ‘miracle’ is declared a ‘mirage’

Emmanuel Macron is fighting to keep the shine on his embattled presidency this week after figures showed his much-vaunted reforms had failed to raise low growth or reduce high taxes, undermining his efforts to entice banks and businesses to relocate to France after Brexit. The French president’s credibility, battered by his handling of the scandal […]

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Jelly Deals: Double Fine and Daedalic titles in this week’s GOG sale

A note from the editor: Jelly Deals is a deals site launched by our parent company, Gamer Network, with a mission to find the best bargains out there. Look out for the Jelly Deals roundup of reduced-price games and kit every Saturday on Eurogamer. GOG continues its quest to present a brand new batch of […]

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Donald Trump hits back after Omarosa’s secret recording and says n-word isn’t ‘in my vocabulary’

Donald Trump continued to trade insults with former aide Omarosa Manigault Newman on Monday night, escalating a made-for-TV spat with the former Apprentice contestant.  As midnight neared, the president tackled Ms Manigault Newman’s claim that she had heard an audiotape of him using the N-word. He tweeted that he had received a call from the producer of "The Apprentice" […]

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Malawi study boosts calls to roll out rotavirus vaccine in more countries

Vaccination against rotavirus prevented one in three infants in Malawi from dying from diarrhoea, a major study has found. The results are likely to boost calls by public health experts that the vaccine should be included as part of routine immunisation programmes in less wealthy countries. “An estimated 121,000 childhood deaths occur every year in Africa as […]

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World PvP is making a long overdue comeback in World of Warcraft

If you played World of Warcraft when it launched you’ll remember world PvP. You’ll remember the impromptu battles at Tarren Mill between Horde and Alliance, or Stranglethorn Vale or Booty Bay. Unorganised fun that echoed the Orcs vs. Humans essence of Warcraft as a real-time strategy game. But as WoW got more complex, and things […]

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Joël Robuchon: ‘Chef of the Century’ dies of cancer after spending final years on fat and sugar-free diet

Joël Robuchon, one of the world’s most celebrated chefs, has died at his home in Geneva aged 73. He held a total of 32 Michelin stars, one of which was awarded to his London restaurant in Covent Garden, L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon. Born in Poitiers, central France, he became an apprentice chef at a local […]

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Alaska town returns to typewriters after ransomware attack shuts down computer network

When a cyber-attack crippled computer networks in a borough in Alaska, officials happened upon an old-fashioned solution – typewriters. Government workers in Matanuska-Susitna are now using humble typewriter to carry out their daily tasks after they found their computers held hostage to ransomware. The malware encrypted the borough’s email server, internal systems and disaster recovery […]

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FIFA players react to EA’s dramatic Star Wars Battlefront 2 microtransactions U-turn

Last night, EA made one of the most dramatic U-turns in its history: temporarily turning off controversial microtransactions in Star Wars: Battlefront 2. The decision came after a wave of negative publicity about the reaction to the game’s loot crates from fans. In short, you can pay for a multiplayer advantage in the game. Not […]

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Students injured in Bangladesh as teen protests turn violent

More than 100 people were injured in Bangladesh on Saturday after police fired rubber bullets at student protesters, a doctor and witnesses said, a major escalation in a stand-off between the government and demonstrators. For the last week students have brought parts of the capital Dhaka to a standstill with a protest against poor road safety […]

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