Street Fighter 5 Arcade Edition is what Street Fighter 5 should have been when it launched back in February 2016: a fun, easy-to-get-into but hard to master fighting game that is, crucially, feature complete. Here’s what Arcade Edition, which is a free update for existing Street Fighter 5 owners or a game you can buy…
A teenager was killed and at least 10 others left injured after a series of violent gas explosions caused chaos in three towns north of Boston, Massachusetts. The unexplained blasts left dozens of building smoldering and spread fire, creating a scene that was likened to “Armageddon” by one official. Some 8,000 people were estimated to…
Outlast 1 and 2 are coming to Nintendo Switch early next year, Big Red Barrels has announced. The first-person survival horror games hit Switch at some point during the first quarter of 2018, the developer said in a post on Facebook. Outlast 1 came out on PC back in 2013, before ports for PlayStation 4…
The French military vehicle broke down in the unforgiving desert of northern Mali, 80 miles from the nearest base. Jihadists, bandits and armed villagers all criss-cross the arid plains, and attacks targeting French counter-terrorism forces are common. This time, however, following a commitment made by Prime Minister Theresa May to President Emmanuel Macron in January,…
Jair Bolsonaro, the populist former army captain who led a wave of support for the far-Right in Brazil’s election, said he would not moderate his hardline views as he began his final push to lead the country. Brazil’s political landscape was shaken to the core on Sunday as Mr Bolsonaro took a seemingly unassailable lead…
Bob Wakelin, the artist behind some of the most iconic cover art of the 80s, has passed away. Wakelin’s work left an indelible mark on the imaginations of players in the 80s, responsible for covers such as Contra, Ocean’s Batman and Operation Wolf. During his time at Ocean in the early 80s, Wakelin said he…
Around 12,000 people were evacuated after a fire and intense explosions at a Ukrainian Defence Ministry ammunition depot early on Tuesday morning, officials said. No casualties were reported. Ukraine’s state security service said it was investigating possible sabotage, and the defence ministry’s spokesman said the fact that explosions were set off in different parts of…
Sweden’s prime minister will be stripped of his position after losing a vote of no confidence on Tuesday, as the country grapples with a hung parliament and a surge in support for a radical nationalist party in elections earlier this month. Stefan Lofven, the leader of the Social Democratic Party who has been prime minister…
Davide Soliani isn’t just your typical Nintendo fan. 15 years ago, upon finding out that legendary Nintendo designer Shigeru Miyamoto – the man that had made him want to create video games in the first place – was going to be visiting Italy to promote a new Zelda game, he decided he had to meet…
North Korea’s foreign minister has warned of increasing "mistrust" between Pyongyang and Washington DC, announcing that his country would not take the first steps towards denuclearisation without further guarantees from the Trump administration. Ri Yong-ho, addressing the United Nations general assembly on Saturday, said North Korea was growing frustrated at the slow progress since the June…