Donald Trump will attend the funeral of former US president George H W Bush on Wednesday, capping days of public praise for the Bush family and ending a feud that has simmered at the heart of the Republican Party for years. Mr Trump is expected to sit in a row of the National Cathedral…
Do you want to be like Neo from the Matrix? Maybe you just miss video game cheat codes from olden days? Either way, you’ll be able to hack Assassin’s Creed Origins on PC later this month via a new customisation interface. The “Animus Control Panel” will let you fiddle with 75 game options – from…
The next Eve Online expansion is Into the Abyss, CCP Games has announced. The expansion, which comes out in May, is free to all players. The hook this time is exploration and survival gameplay in the form of Abyssal Deadspace, a brand new hostile environment. Expect hazardous environmental effects and a new enemy, the Triglavian…
A search for victims of a catastrophic blaze that reduced a northern California town to ashes intensified on Thursday, as authorities expanded to 630 the number of those reported missing in the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in state history. At least 63 people have been confirmed dead in the Camp Fire, which erupted a week ago…
It wasn’t until after I began recording this Thrones of Britannia let’s play that I realised how difficult the save file I’d just selected was going to be. This late-game campaign features the kingdom of Northymbre, a faction that needs to carefully balance the needs of both the British population it’s subjugating and the Viking…
Horst Seehofer, the German interior minister and one of Angela Merkel’s most prominent political rivals, announced his resignation as leader of her Bavarian sister party on Monday. Mr Seehofer said he would stand down as leader of the Christian Social Union (CSU) early next year but insisted he wanted to stay on as German interior minister….
Pirate simulator Sea of Thieves will be offline for five hours tomorrow, Saturday 24th March. Thinking of getting up early to get your grog on? Don’t bother. Sea of Thieves will be unavailable for five hours tomorrow morning and early afternoon – between 9am and 2pm UK time. Developer Rare announced the downtime in a…
China on Thursday demanded Canada release a Huawei Technologies executive who was arrested in a case that adds to technology tensions with Washington and threatens to complicate trade talks. Huawei’s chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou, faces possible extradition to the United States, according to Canadian authorities. The Globe and Mail newspaper, citing law enforcement sources, said she…
If you’ve seen the excellent video game documentary The King of Kong then you’ll have heard of Billy Mitchell, the cocky long-time champion of Nintendo’s arcade classic Donkey Kong. The film chronicles the mid-2000s attempts of new challenger Steve Wiebe to finally best the Donkey Kong high score set years before by Mitchell. Wiebe is…
Israeli police on Sunday said they had found enough evidence for bribery and fraud charges to be brought against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife in the third and most serious corruption case against the Israeli leader. Police said they had evidence to charge Mr Netanyahu and his wife Sara with accepting bribes, fraud…