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Battletech launches on 24th April 2018, publisher Paradox has announced. The turn-based tactical mech combat PC game is developed by Harebrained Schemes, the studio behind the Shadowrun Returns series. Harebrained Schemes raised an impressive $2.8m on Kickstarter from just over 41,000 backers back in November 2015. Two-and-a-half years later, Battletech is nearly ready for launch. […]

Democrats have called for emergency hearings in Congress after Donald Trump appointed a vocal critic of the Russia investigation as acting attorney general to replace Jeff Sessions.  Matt Whitaker, Mr Sessions’s former chief of staff, will now oversee Robert Mueller’s probe into 2016 Russian election meddling despite repeatedly criticising the scope of the investigation.  Mr […]

Undead Labs has released new gameplay of State of Decay 2, its upcoming open world survival zombie game. The video, below, shows off character selection, base building, combat, environments and more. You have to maintain the happiness of your home, keep your stockpiles fresh and build the likes of watchtowers for protection. You manage your […]

A homeless man who used a shopping trolley to fend off a knife-wielding attacker as he stabbed at police in Melbourne has been unexpectedly rewarded by grateful citizens who had donated more than A$50,000 (£28,000) by Sunday evening to help him. Michael Rogers, nicknamed "Trolley Man" on social media, repeatedly tried to ram the attacker, Hassan Khalif […]

UK officials have picked up nine migrants off Dover who crossed the Channel aboard an inflatable boat, a day after 17 others were arrested on British shores after landing in a stolen fishing boat. The latest group, who told police they are Iranian, included both adults and children, French officials said. "Overnight towards 4am , […]

Nintendo’s newly-confirmed Super Smash Bros. for Switch will be playable at E3 in June. That’s just three months away! An invitational tournament will feature a handpicked pool of players picking up Super Smash Bros. on Switch for a punch-up. There’s no word on whether the game will then be playable for press and fans on […]

Heather Nauert’s promotion to America’s UN ambassador will solidify one of the more notable trends in Donald Trump’s presidency – the remarkable influence of Fox News.  Ms Nauert, who takes up the role from after being top spinner at the US State Department, spent more than a decade at the Right-leaning cable news channel before […]

Despite it being a particularly bad time to be building a gaming PC or upgrading an existing one (thanks, cryptocurrency), there’s a slight glimmer of hope over at Currys PC World right now. There, you can save ?20 on a 500GB SSD along with a copy of the recently released Far Cry 5. The specific […]

Moscow has named a square in honour of Kim Philby, one of Britain’s worst traitors, in a seemingly provocative response to condemnation of the Kremlin over the nerve agent attack in Salisbury. Sergei Sobyanin, the Moscow mayor and one of Vladimir Putin’s closest allies, personally ordered that an obscure intersection in the south west of […]

Drug baron Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman ordered hits on his own family and his weapons of choice were a diamond-encrusted pistol and a gold-plated AK-47, a US court has heard. Guzman, considered the world’s largest drug trafficker since the death of Colombia’s Pablo Escobar, is on trial in New York under draconian security arrangements after […]