One of Destiny’s best Crucible maps, The Burning Shrine, will be added to Destiny 2 next week. The Mercury-based location is being reborn as The Burnout, and is the star of Destiny 2’s upcoming Valentine’s Day event Crimson Days. Back in Destiny 1, The Burning Shrine was a common map used in Trials of Osiris…
Lost ancient treasures of gold, oil, wine and metalwork may be hidden in the world’s oldest complete shipwreck which was discovered in the Black Sea by marine archaeologists. An international team of researchers including experts from the University of Southampton found the intact skeleton of the Greek trading vessel which was carbon dated to 400BC…
Dead Rising and Puzzle Fighter developer Capcom Vancouver has suffered a major round of layoffs. Kotaku reports around 50 people were let go, with one unannounced project cancelled and a reduction in scope of the next Dead Rising game, which was “over-scoped and under-staffed”. The studio was said to have 250 staff before the layoffs….
A Japanese princess gave up her royal status on Monday as she tied the knot with a commoner in a traditional Shinto ceremony at a Tokyo shrine. Princess Ayako, 28, the youngest daughter of a late cousin of Emperor Akihito, married Kei Moriya, a 32-year-old employee of Nippon Yusen, the shipping company. While the marriage…
He is one of thousands of suspected foreign members of Isil captured in northern Syria but the instant we meet, it is clear that Muhammad Saqib Raza is no ordinary member of the jihadist caliphate. Erudite and well-spoken with unaccented English, Raza is at pains to present himself as a liberal Muslim, not afraid to…
Brazil’s far-right President-elect Jair Bolsonaro confirmed on Thursday that the country will move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, making the Latin American country the largest after the United States to make the controversial switch. The move from Tel Aviv, which would be defiance of the wishes of Palestinians and the geopolitical view of the region held by most of…
2018’s Battlefield game will be set in World War 2, a new Venturebeat report states. Eurogamer sources close to the project have heard similar. After being referred to by the name Battlefield 2 throughout development, an update to the above report states it has recently been given the final name of Battlefield V – which…
Donald Trump has promised “severe punishment” for Saudi Arabia if it is proven that the kingdom was responsible for murdering Jamal Khashoggi, the missing journalist. The US president said he was “very upset and angry” about the case and indicated that he was not fully convinced by the Saudis’ repeated claims of innocence. “Could it…
Gunman kills 11 at Pittsburgh synagogue He yelled "All Jews must die" Suspect, named Robert Bowers, charged with hate crimes Donald Trump condemns ‘evil anti-Semitic attack’ Shooting the ‘deadliest anti-Semitic attack in recent US history’ A gunman shouting "all Jews must die" burst into a Pittsburgh synagogue during a circumcision ceremony on Saturday, shooting dead 11 people….
A 94-year-old former SS guard went on trial in Germany on Tuesday over the killing of hundreds of Jewish and Polish prisoners during the Second World War. In what may prove to be the last Holocaust trial, Johann Rehbogen is accused of being an accessory to the murder of hundreds of prisoners at Stutthof concentration…