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Square Enix has announced “a new Tomb Raider game”, by which it probably means Shadow of the Tomb Raider, but it sounds like it won’t feature tonight at The Game Awards or tomorrow at PlayStation Experience. “Square Enix is excited to share some big news with you next year,” a statement read. “Honestly, we wish […]

A veteran Indian environmental activist died on Thursday, after a 15-week hunger strike aimed at protesting the state of the Ganges river, saying his death was part of his “final learning”. Professor G D Agarwal, 86, a former environmental sciences professor, who adopted the spiritual name Swami Gyan Swaroop Sanand in later life, had been […]

Hitman’s second location, Paris, will be free over Christmas and into early next year. You’ll be able to nab the French capital and all of its content from tomorrow, 15th December, until 5th January 2018. Also included is the game’s Holiday Pack, helpfully set in Paris, where you have to track down thieves stealing Santa’s […]

Florida’s glittering Emerald Coast will be missing much of its lustre for the next few months in the wake of devastating Hurricane Michael, which scored a massive direct hit on the north-west part of the Sunshine State on Wednesday. The fast-moving Category 4 storm – the third most powerful ever to make landfall on the […]

What if Ecco the Dolphin had a proper story and also had some radical neon highlights. That’s the pitch for Jupiter & Mars, an upcoming underwater Playstation VR game. Revealed in today’s PlayStation Experience 2017 show, Jupiter & Mars is the work of indie developer Tigertron, in partnership with Aussie outfits Tantalus Media and Wicked […]

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 […]