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Overkill’s The Walking Dead game comes out autumn 2018 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC. Overkill, developer of the Payday series, released a new teaser video that reveals Aiden, one of the game’s four playable characters. Aiden carries a club in the video, so I expect he’ll use a club in the game, too. […]

The UK government has demanded China respect the autonomy of Hong Kong after Beijing banned a political party in the city that supports independence from China. “We are concerned by the decision” of the government, the Foreign Office said in a statement. “The UK does not support Hong Kong independence, but Hong Kong’s high degree of autonomy […]

The death toll from a devastating 7.5 magnitude earthquake and tsunami that struck the Indonesian island of Sulawesi on Friday could rise to thousands, the country’s national disaster agency has warned.  More than 400 people were confirmed dead in the city of Palu, where preparations for a beach festival had been underway as a towering […]

Metro Exodus comes out autumn 2018, Deep Silver has announced. 4A Games’ survival shooter sequel is set for release on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. A new trailer was revealed during The Game Awards overnight. It depicts Metro Exodus’ 2036 post-apocalyptic Moscow setting. Here’s the official blurb: “As Artyom, you must flee the Metro […]

The US is halting visas for same-sex partners of diplomats, raising concerns among LGBTQ activists who fear it will cause problems for foreign representatives. Under the State Department’s new requirements, the US will only recognise marriages, rather than same-sex partnerships, when granting diplomatic visas to partners. The change, which came into effect on Monday, impacts […]

A New York judge on Thursday dismissed one of the six criminal charges against movie producer Harvey Weinstein after prosecutors said they could not oppose the dismissal in light of information they had learned while investigating the case. The dismissed charge concerns an alleged sexual assault of an aspiring actress by Weinstein in 2004. Five […]

Nintendo’s latest mobile game Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp had a lengthy, delayed road to release – that much is widely known. But what fans may not realise is how much the project changed from initial concept to release. Essentially, Pocket Camp started life as a different game altogether. In a new Unseen64 video, this early […]

A senior Pakistani civil servant sparked an embarrassing diplomatic incident when he was allegedly caught on CCTV stealing the wallet of a visiting Kuwaiti delegate. The Kuwaitis made a complaint to Pakistani officials during a mission to discuss investment plans when one visitor said his wallet had gone missing during the meeting. Officials searched the […]

Russia is waging a covert propaganda campaign to torpedo a referendum in Macedonia this weekend which could pave the way for the small Balkan country to join Nato and the EU, diplomats and analysts warned. Macedonians will vote on Sunday on whether to change the name of their country to North Macedonia, resolving a 27-year […]

Bear lovers scored a key victory Thursday after French authorities secretly helicoptered a Slovenian she-bear into the Pyrenees mountains. The bear was flown over roadblocks erected by irate local farmers who say the beasts pose a threat to their flocks. Conservationists hope the female, soon to be joined by a second, will prevent the bear population […]