Will there come a day when EA doesn’t release a new FIFA every year?

For years now the FIFA community has wondered whether EA would stop selling a new game in the huge football series each year. Currently, EA releases a new, full price FIFA game each September. Each game usually includes gameplay improvements, squad updates, improved graphics and new modes and features. But there’s a feeling it’s becoming…

California wildfires: TV station evacuated live on air as thousands flee

An explosive wildfire tore through two small northern California communities on Thursday before reaching the city of Redding, destroying dozens of homes and forcing thousands to flee. The body of a bulldozer operator, who had been hired privately to clear vegetation in the path of the flames, was found by rescue crews. Meanwhile, local television…

The first hour of Star Citizen alpha 3.0 from a player’s POV

Click:10th Wedding Anniversary Gift Ideas for Wife We’ve heard a lot about the fabled Star Citizen alpha build 3.0, and we’ve been shown a lot of spectacular sights from it – spaceships careering down from outer space through atmospheres and onto the surface of planets. But what we’ve seen so far has come from developer…

Rivals claim victory amid Zimbabwean election delays

Zimbabwe’s government has warned candidates could be jailed for prematurely announcing election results after Nelson Chamisa’s opposition MDC Alliance claimed to have won the general election and suggested it would call supporters on to the streets if the official result favoured Emmerson Mnangagwa, the president. Mr Chamisa, a 40-year-old lawyer and preacher, said he was…

EA’s response to Star Wars: Battlefront 2 hero unlock fury isn’t going down well

Star Wars Battlefront 2 is now out in the wild, but the negative response to its controversial progression systems shows no signs of going away. Over the weekend, EA responded to the conversation on reddit – in a comment which is now one of the all-time top downvoted posts on the site. Commenting on a…

More than 70 fall ill in suspected mass overdose near Yale University as drug deaths hit record high in US

More than 70 people have fallen ill in a suspected mass overdose near Yale University, an incident that underscored America’s drug problem which has caused a record number of fatalities.  The first cases were reported on Tuesday evening when emergency services attended three suspected overdoses of a virulent batch of synthetic marijuana at New Haven Green near…

Aristocrat sues France for £314m over his family’s claim to Monaco throne

An aristocrat is suing the French state for €351 million (£314 million) in damages for allegedly depriving his family of the throne of Monaco in order to stop it falling into the hands of a German. Louis de Causans says that in the early 20th century France threatened to annex the wealthy Mediterranean principality if it did…