If you haven’t heard already, the new God of War is rather good. It received a Recommended stamp of approval here on Eurogamer and, according to Metacritic, is now the highest-rated PlayStation 4 exclusive released to date. Maybe the game’s creative director, Cory Barlog, had a suspicion reviews would be positive when he sat down…
Japan’s relationship with China is at a “historic turning point” as the countries signed a series of agreements on Friday, although decades of historic tension still remain with Japan still critical of China’s human rights record. Shinzo Abe, the prime minister of Japan, is on his second day of a rare state visit to China, a trip he…
Spain’s most wanted drug lord on Wednesday turned himself in to police in Andalusia, days after making a daring appearance in a music video for a Cuban reggaeton singer. Francisco Tejón, the 39-year-old leader of the Los Castañas drug gang, delivered himself to officers in the town of La Linea de Concepción early on Wednesday…
The FBI has opened a terrorism investigation after an explosive device was left outside the home of billionaire philanthropist George Soros. Mr Soros, a high profile Democratic Party donor, has been a regular target of far-right and anti-Semitic conspiracy theories due to his support for liberal causes. Laura Silber, a spokeswoman for his Open Society…
Ubisoft delved into the “perfect conditions for the perfect storm” behind 2014’s Assassin’s Creed Unity’s launch issues. As part of the talk ’10 Years of Evolution of the Assassin’s Creed Brand’ at GDC 2018, creative director Jean Guesdon explained how Ubisoft iterated on each game as it built the franchise. Unity started development in 2011,…
The head of Russian military intelligence, which is accused of orchestrating the Salisbury Novichok attack, has died. Igor Korobov died on Wednesday after "a serious and long illness," Russian news agencies reported, citing the defence ministry. The 63-year-old GRU Chief’s death comes after a series of embarrassments for the secretive organisation, for which he was reportedly berated by…
Hungary’s nationalist government was accused of opening the door to “repression” yesterday after a US-backed university partly withdrew from the country in a row over academic freedoms. The Central European University (CEU), which is funded by the liberal billionaire George Soros, announced it was moving US-accredited degree courses to Vienna after years of wrangling with…
A fragile ceasefire in Syria’s last rebel stronghold is on the brink of falling apart, the head of the White Helmets has warned, endangering the lives of 3 million people. Increased mortar fire from the regime in recent days has threatened a deal reached in September to halt a major offensive in Idlib, Raed Saleh…
Far Cry 5 has topped the UK chart with monster sales, earning the series its biggest ever launch in the UK. Ubisoft shifted considerably more copies during its debut week than fellow recent releases Assassin’s Creed Origins and Ghost Recon Wildlands – which themselves sold well. It’s especially impressive for Far Cry 5 as it…
Baby Manu had been in the intensive care unit (ICU) in the Indian city of Jaipur for 10 days with a life-threatening bloodstream infection. Her mother was extremely anxious, unable to feed or hold her child. As there was no window into the unit, she couldn’t even see her. Nobody was allowed into the ICU…