Sea of Thieves is a big game for Microsoft and Xbox but how popular will it really be? Last week’s closed beta might be an early indicator and the signs are good, with more than 332,052 people logging in to play, Microsoft has said. It’s not a colossal figure, not ‘over 9 million’ like Star…
The South Korean president’s office has declared that nearly 2 tonnes of prized pine mushrooms that were a gift from Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader, are safe to consume after an opposition politician warned the mushrooms could be contaminated with radioactive fallout from the North’s nuclear tests. The mushrooms were sent to Moon Jae-in,…
UPDATE 9/2/18: Less than two days after release, Shadow of the Colossus fans have solved the puzzle behind the ‘Enlightenments’ added to the PS4 remake. Beware the following contains spoilers for those hoping to work on the mystery themselves. As suspected, finding all 79 collectables scattered across the game’s map unlocks a reward – a…
Not satisfied with adding Bloodborne to this month’s batch of complementary PlayStation Plus titles, Sony has launched a sale range built specifically out of PlayStation-exclusive titles. For the time being, you can pick up a number of PlayStation-only games with up to 75 per cent off, directly through the PlayStation Network. If you also happen…
Canada has became the first major world economy to legalise recreational cannabis, kick-starting a nationwide experiment in drug laws and regulations despite uncertainty about the consequences. Weed enthusiasts celebrated the "end of prohibition” as the clock struck midnight on Tuesday evening and the first legal pot sales for non-medical purposes were made across the country. …
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Tuesday’s midterm elections marked two years since Donald Trump’s shock election victory – the first test of how his Republican party is faring in the eyes of the American public. The midterms is the name given to the combination of elections for the US Congress, governorships and other state-wide races that take place every two years. Before Tuesday, Republicans…
A Lion Air passenger flight carrying 189 passengers crashed into the sea on Monday, shortly after taking off from the capital Jakarta. The plane was heading to the city of Pangkal Pinang off the island of Sumatra when it lost contact with air traffic control around 6.30 am (2330 GMT), 13 minutes after takeoff. "The plane had requested…
This year’s Call of Duty game is Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, multiple sources have confirmed to Eurogamer. Black Ops 4 is in development at Treyarch, the Activision studio behind the three other Black Ops games, and as you’d expect is due for launch late in the year. The Black Ops storyline so far…
As many as eight people might have died in the southern French city of Marseille in two building collapses, officials said Tuesday after the first body was pulled out from the wreckage. Rescuers worked throughout the night to look for victims in the rubble of two dilapidated apartment blocks which collapsed suddenly on Monday morning…