A Way Out gets release date, as creator Josef Fares rants about Oscars, lootboxes and his publisher EA

Last night at The Game Awards, co-op criminal caper A Way Out got a new trailer which also revealed the game’s release date (23rd March 2018). But that is not what A Way Out’s segment will be remembered for. A Way Out’s chief creator Josef Fares was on hand to chat with host Geoff Keighley…

South Korea launches its first missile-capable submarine despite improved relations with the North

South Korea launched its first ever missile-capable attack submarine on Friday, despite a recent diplomatic thaw with the nuclear-armed North. The £535 million, 3,000-tonne Dosan Ahn Chang-ho submarine is capable of firing both cruise and ballistic missiles and is the first of three planned diesel-electric boats to go into service in the next five years. It represented…

Wii U games Donkey Kong: Tropical Freeze, Hyrule Warriors headed to Nintendo Switch

Wii U games Donkey Kong: Tropical Freeze and Hyrule Warriors are both getting enhanced versions for Nintendo Switch. Tropical Freeze, the side-scrolling platformer developed by Retro Studios, originally arrived on Wii U back in 2014. This new version will add the ability to play as Funky Kong – making stages a lot easier. It will…

Brett Kavanaugh accuser speaks out about sexual assault allegations

The woman who accused Donald Trump’s Supreme Court pick of sexual assault on Sunday came forward to identify herself, saying she "thought he might inadvertently kill me." Christine Blasey Ford, now a high-ranking research psychologist, initially wrote a letter to a senior Democrat detailing the circumstances of an alleged attack carried out by Brett Kavanaugh, who is…

Overwatch League launches with a bang and dominates Twitch viewing figures

UPDATE 17TH JANUARY: Activision has said more than 10 million viewers tuned in during Overwatch League’s opening week, with more than 437,000 online at the same time during the opening Dallas Fuel vs. Seoul Dynasty match. The Overwatch League website has digested the first week’s action in a handy post, and updated the Overwatch League…

Indonesia rocked by powerful magnitude 7.5 earthquake

Click:wps官网下载 Indonesia was struck by a powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake Friday, the US Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of deaths or injuries. The country’s national disaster agency briefly issued a tsunami warning before cancelling it. The strong quake hit central Sulawesi island at a shallow depth of some 10 kilometres (six…

PUBG on Xbox One lets you view the PC settings screen

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds on Xbox One continues to throw up some fascinating discoveries, including the inclusion of a PC-style settings screen that displays resolution and graphics options. The menu itself is non-functional, but suggests that the base Xbox One version of the game runs at 1080p on PC’s very low settings. Meanwhile, accessing the same menu…

UN environment chief criticised by UN over frequent flying

The head of the United Nations’ environmental agency has been strongly criticised for his frequent flying in a report raising doubts over his environmental concerns.  Erik Solheim, a 63-year-old Norwegian former environment minister, spent 529 of his first 669 days in the job travelling, according to a draft UN report obtained by Norway’s Aftenposten newspaper. …

Russia blames Israel for friendly fire attack on its aircraft by Syria which killed 15 servicemen

Russia and Israel risked a military confrontation on Tuesday after a Russian reconnaissance plane with 15 people onboard was mistakenly shot down by allied Syria forces that were targeting Israeli jets. Russia’s defence ministry said that Israeli F-16 pilots were using its Ilyushin Il-20 turbo-prop aircraft signal as cover while carrying out strikes against targets…