Vladimir Putin has called Sergei Skripal a “traitor to the motherland” and scoffed at allegations Moscow poisoned him in his first comments since one suspect was outed as a Russian military intelligence colonel. “If we’re talking about the Skripals being poisoned there, are you trying to say that we also poisoned some homeless person?” Mr…
Will Monster Hunter World be the game to finally cement the series in the West? The big-bucks PS4 and Xbox One instalment is off to a strong start, recording a series-best UK launch, topping the UK retail video game chart. GfK Chart-Track counted “far higher” week-one sales for Monster Hunter World than any other Monster…
Rap mogul Marion "Suge" Knight pleaded no contest in a Los Angeles court on Thursday to a charge of manslaughter for a 2015 hit-and-run killing, accepting a 28-year prison sentence under a deal with prosecutors days before his murder trial was to begin. In pleading no contest – equivalent to a guilty plea under California law…
There’s a reason why Team Ico’s Shadow of the Colossus commands so much love and respect from the PlayStation audience. From a technical perspective, it pushed the PlayStation 2 hardware further than it had gone before, but it also delivered a special style and atmosphere that set it apart from anything else that had gone…
First things first: this really isn’t the Dissidia you might know from the series’ PSP days. Dissidia Final Fantasy NT, which sees Square Enix and Team Ninja teaming up for the return of the all-stars arena fighting series, boasts little of the verticality of the originals, and the RPG elements are toned down until they’re…
Anthem, BioWare’s ambitious multiplayer role-playing game, will now launch the other side of this Christmas. That’s according to a report published by Kotaku last night. Eurogamer sources have heard similar. The report suggests we’ll see the game in the spring of 2019. Officially, Anthem holds a vague “2018” placeholder date. Word that development will take…
For the first 13 days of Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance, Saudi Arabia held fast to its official position: We had no involvement; he left the consulate safely; any suggestion we are responsible is a political smear. But last night things began to shift. Under intense pressure from Washington and business leaders around the world, Riyadh now…
The third fatal shooting of a 20-year-old Italian man who was mistaken for a wild boar has provoked a political outcry from animal rights groups demanding an immediate ban on hunting. Marco Tosti, himself a hunter, was killed by a companion early Saturday as they combed the mountains in search of their prey near Santa…
Two Chinese golf stars have reportedly been ordered to pull out of a prestigious tournament in Taiwan this week amid political tensions between Beijing and Taipei. According to Reuters, world number nine Shanshan Feng and rookie Yu Liu were told at the last minute by someone “high up” in the Chinese hierarchy that they should…
Detective Pikachu’s oversized amiibo will let you unlock helpful cutscenes – “Pika Prompts” – faster, Nintendo has said. (You’ll still be able to unlock them in-game without it.) Both the 3DS game and its accompanying figurine will arrive next month on 23rd March, a fact celebrated by a brand new trailer for the game, below….