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• A very relatable Jenna Fischer did a late-night interview in a towel

  03-04-2018 23:48 via yahoo.com
  Ah, wardrobe malfunctions. Everyone has them, but not everyone handles them as gracefully as actress Jenna Fischer. The star ofThe Office stopped byJimmy Kimmel Live to discuss her new ABC show,Splitting Up Together, but the dress she intended to wear did some splitting of its own before the interview started and she wound up wearing a towel. While seated next to what would have been her very nice outfit, Fischer explained to Kimmel that her zipper broke right before she had to come on stage and
  
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• Laura Ingraham Once Sent A Student Reporter To Secretly Tape LGBTQ Group

  03-04-2018 23:33 via yahoo.com
  Fox News personality Laura Ingraham continues to face backlash for mocking a
  
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• Chrono Trigger Graphics Update To Address Complaints On Steam

  03-04-2018 23:24 via gamespot.com
  
  Square Enix has promised a series of patches to the Steam release of Chrono Trigger. Though only one change has been detailed so far, it seems the company is taking to heart the feedback it received after releasing a port of the mobile version in February.In a Steam update, Square Enix said that the first patch will come early this month and will allow players to swap between the current graphics and the original Super NES style. The sprite smoothing filter used to give the 16-bit RPG a higher-r
  
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• Call Of Duty: WW2 DLC War Machine's New Maps Showcased In New Video

  03-04-2018 23:23 via gamespot.com
  
  Activision has dropped a trailer for the next Call of Duty: WWII downloadable content, The War Machine. It gives us nice cinematic views of the new multiplayer maps, along with another War Mode mission and the next chapter in the Nazi Zombies mode.The maps include Dunkirk, V2, and Egypt. The latter is the first time this series has gone to the country, and we get a nice view of the action inside landmarks like the Great Pyramids. Dunkirk and V2 offer a large open area with some tight interiors a
  
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• Trump is not first president to deploy troops to US-Mexico border

  03-04-2018 23:17 via yahoo.com
  Donald Trump said on Tuesday he wants to use the military to secure the border until his promised border wall is built.Despite his claim on Tuesday that he is taking an almost unprecedented step, Donald Trump is not the first commander in chief to deploy troops to the US-Mexico border.Barack Obama sent 1,200 members of the National Guard to the frontier in 2010, following on from George W Bush’s decision four years earlier to boost the military presence there.
  
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• Play This War Of Mine Free On Steam Until April 8

  03-04-2018 23:16 via gamespot.com
  
  If you could use a little darkness in your life, head over to Steam and download This War of Mine. It's free to play from now until April 8. The reason? Developer 11 Bit Studios is gearing up to release its next game, Frostpunk, which comes out later this month.Be aware that This War of Mine isn't a no-strings-attached freebie. You can only play it from now through the weekend. If you want to keep playing after that, you can purchase it for its current sale price of $6.This War of Mine isn't you
  
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• Japanese couple apologise for ignoring work pregnancy timetable by conceiving ‘before their turn’

  03-04-2018 22:59 via yahoo.com
  A Japanese worker has been reprimanded by her boss for “selfishly breaking the rules” after she became pregnant before it was her “turn”, according to media reports. The woman was working at a private childcare centre in Aichi prefecture, north Japan, when she found out she was pregnant. However, the timing reportedly clashed with “shifts” drawn by the childcare centre director, which listed when female staff were allowed to marry and have children. The plight
  
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• States, cities sue U.S. to block 2020 census citizenship question

  03-04-2018 22:55 via yahoo.com
  A group of U.S. states and cities sued the Trump administration to stop it from asking people filling out 2020 census forms whether they are citizens.The lawsuit by 17 states, Washington D.C. and six cities challenged what they called last week's "unconstitutional and arbitrary" decision by the U.S. Department of Commerce, which oversees the Census Bureau, to add the citizenship question.
  
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• PS4 Game Sale: All The PSN Deals In The US Until April 10

  03-04-2018 22:51 via gamespot.com
  
  A new week-long PlayStation sale has just kicked off, bringing with it a number of deals on PS4, PS3, and PS Vita games. While games from a few other publishers appear on the list, Telltale Games has gone all in and dropped the price on its PlayStation games across the board this week. So if you've been thinking of picking up a Telltale adventure game, now would be a great time to do it, because the discounts range between 25 and 80 percent off.The Batman games are among the newest games in the
  
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• Manhunt on for Phoenix man in girlfriend's San Diego killing

  03-04-2018 22:45 via yahoo.com
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The mother of a Phoenix woman killed in San Diego pleaded for the public's help Tuesday to find her daughter's boyfriend, a former Marine charged with murder in the case.
  
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• Female Shooter Wounds 3 Then Kills Herself: The Latest on the Shooting at YouTube HQ

  03-04-2018 22:31 via yahoo.com
  Police confirm a female shooter wounded 4 before killing herself at YouTube’s headquarters in San Bruno, Calif Tuesday. Here’s the latest.
  
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• Anti-Semitism Is Rising, But Trump Won’t Fill A State Department Job To Fight It

  03-04-2018 22:26 via yahoo.com
  A State Department position designed specifically to focus on anti-Semitism
  
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• Here’s why Oklahoma teachers are striking, even after getting a $6,100 Pay raise

  03-04-2018 22:23 via yahoo.com
  Last week, the Oklahoma Legislature signed off on a $6,100 raise for the state’s public school teachers. On Monday, they went on strike.
  
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• Here's What's Different In Dark Souls Remastered

  03-04-2018 22:23 via gamespot.com
  
  The remastered version of From Software's celebrated action RPG, Dark Souls, arrives on a new generation of consoles in a little over a month. Along with improved visuals and framerate, the game features an assortment of gameplay tweaks and quality-of-life changes that should make the experience a bit smoother for all players.In terms of online play, Dark Souls Remastered supports up to six players, as opposed to four in the original version. In addition to that, the Dried Finger, which allows y
  
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• The Latest: Russian spokeswoman mocks Britain's allegations

  03-04-2018 22:22 via yahoo.com
  MOSCOW (AP) — The Latest on the poisoning of a former Russian spy in Britain (all times local):
  
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• YouTube Shooter Was 'Upset' With Company, Police Say

  03-04-2018 22:20 via yahoo.com
  * Four people are injured after a woman opened fire at YouTube headquarters on Tuesday afternoon.
  
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• Police Identify YouTube Shooting Suspect, But Say Motive Is Still Unclear

  03-04-2018 22:20 via yahoo.com
  * Four people injured after a woman opened fire at YouTube headquarters on Tuesday afternoon.
  
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• Multiple People Injured In Shooting At YouTube Headquarters, Female Suspect Dead

  03-04-2018 22:20 via yahoo.com
  A suspected lone shooter is dead following reports of gunfire Tuesday
  
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• YouTube Shooting: Female Opens Fire at Company Headquarters, Injuring Three Before Killing Self

  03-04-2018 22:14 via yahoo.com
  The area around YouTube's offices had been on lockdown.
  
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• YouTube Shooting: Female Opens Fire at Company Headquarters, Injuring 3 Before Killing Self

  03-04-2018 22:14 via yahoo.com
  The area around YouTube's offices had been on lockdown.
  
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• New For Netflix Streaming This Week: Sin City, Bad Boys, And More Movies And TV Shows

  03-04-2018 22:13 via gamespot.com
  
  The first week of April is a big one on Netflix, thanks to the arrival of a slew of new movies and TV shows for you to binge. Thankfully, there's something for just about everyone in the week's offerings, whether you love horror, classic films, big-budget franchises, or even video game adaptations.Among the new film titles are Bad Boys, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Sin City, and Speed Racer. Joining those movies are the 1995 adaptation of Mortal
  
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• Wrestlemania 34: NXT North American Championship Revealed By WWE

  03-04-2018 22:07 via gamespot.com
  
  One day before Wrestlemania 34, NXT Takeover: New Orleans will feature a six-way ladder match to determine the very first NXT North American Champion. The new title will become the fourth active championship in NXT--fifth if you include the WWE United Kingdom Championship.Now, thanks to a tweet from Triple H, the championship belt has been revealed. In the accompanying video, he says, "There is a saying that there can only be one first ever." The only question is who that first ever will be. Com
  
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• New PUBG Map Savage Now In Testing; See It In Action

  03-04-2018 22:06 via gamespot.com
  
  A new map for PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is always going to be a highly anticipated release, and the new Codename: Savage map is no exception. A select few have been granted access to the first beta test, which is running right now for PUBG on PC. Whether you didn't get access or just can't play, you can see some action from the map above.Savage is PUBG's third map to date. It sports a more tropical setting than the existing locations, but more notably, it's much smaller--it measures in at 4
  
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• Turkey's Erdogan says missile deal with Russia is final

  03-04-2018 22:01 via yahoo.com
  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday that his country's plan to purchase Russia's long-range missile defense system is a "done deal," brushing aside concerns from some NATO allies.
  
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• Agents arrest designer of Kansas water slide that killed boy

  03-04-2018 22:01 via yahoo.com
  DALLAS (AP) — One of the designers of a massive Kansas water park slide that decapitated a 10-year-old boy has been arrested in Texas, federal authorities said Tuesday.
  
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• China's defense chief calls his Moscow trip a signal to US

  03-04-2018 21:55 via yahoo.com
  MOSCOW (AP) — China's new defense minister says his visit to Russia is a signal to the United States about the increasingly close military ties between Moscow and Beijing.
  
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• Bristol family killed in Florida car crash after watching SpaceX launch at Kennedy Center

  03-04-2018 21:53 via yahoo.com
  Four members of a British family on holiday in Florida have been killed in a car crash on leaving the Kennedy Space Center. Adam Stephenson, 30, from Bristol, was driving a rented Mitsubishi saloon car on Monday evening at around 6pm when he turned left into the path of a pickup truck. Mr Stephenson was killed with his wife Maryanne, 29, and his parents Bryan, 59, and Sheralyn, 56. All were pronounced dead at the scene, Titusville police said. Adam Stephenson's brother stayed behind and chose no
  
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• Who's Going To Die In Avengers: Infinity War?

  03-04-2018 21:43 via gamespot.com
  
  Who's going to survive Avengers: Infinity War?
  With the arrival of Thanos looming just over the horizon, one question seems to be nagging at the forefront of just about everyone's brain: Out of the MCU's seemingly endless roster of heroes, who's going to die in Avengers: Infinity War?The threat is pretty legitimate. Thanos represents the biggest, baddest villain any of the Marvel Cinematic Universe superheroes have yet to face, and the marketing campaign hasn't been pulling any punches when it c
  
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• Jurassic World 3 Brings Back Colin Trevorrow To Direct

  03-04-2018 21:43 via gamespot.com
  
  Jurassic World 3 has found its director, as the rebooted series returns to the man who started it. Collider reports that Colin Trevorrow will come back to write and direct the third film, having done the same for 2015's Jurassic World.The upcoming Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom changed hands to J.A. Bayona, due to scheduling conflicts that kept Trevorrow from helming it. He had signed on to Star Wars: Episode IX, but was taken off that project last fall after reports of creative disagreements an
  
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• Fortnite's Mysterious Comet Has Fans Guessing

  03-04-2018 21:43 via gamespot.com
  
  A celestial body above the world of Fortnite: Battle Royale has the community buzzing about what it could all mean. The skybox now houses a comet, which moves separately from the storm, and it appears to be getting progressively bigger.Kotaku reports that upon reaching out to Epic, it received only an image of Giorgio A. Tsoukalos, the television personality turned meme who appeared on Ancient Aliens. That could indicate something extraterrestrial, or more likely, is just poking fun at the wild
  
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• Call Of Duty: WW2 DLC War Machine's New Maps Detailed Further

  03-04-2018 21:36 via gamespot.com
  
  Activision has dropped a trailer for the next Call of Duty: WWII downloadable content, The War Machine. It gives us nice cinematic views of the new multiplayer maps, along with another War Mode mission and the next chapter in the Nazi Zombies mode.The maps include Dunkirk, V2, and Egypt. The latter is the first time this series has gone to the country, and we get a nice view of the action inside landmarks like the Great Pyramids. Dunkirk and V2 offer a large open area with some tight interiors a
  
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• Parkland Students Protest Clear Backpacks With Tampons And $1.05 Price Tags

  03-04-2018 21:33 via yahoo.com
  When survivors of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting returned to classes
  
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• Peru to Maduro: You're still not welcome at Summit of Americas

  03-04-2018 21:32 via yahoo.com
  Peru's new foreign minister said on Tuesday that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was still not welcome to attend a regional summit in Lima next week, upholding a decision by Peru's disgraced former president.U.S. President Donald Trump and heads of state from across the Western Hemisphere plan to travel to Peru for the Summit of the Americas, which will celebrate the theme "democratic governance fighting corruption" from April 13-14.In his first speech as Peru's foreign minister, Nestor Popo
  
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• Putin launches Turkey nuclear project, vows faster arms delivery

  03-04-2018 21:31 via yahoo.com
  Russian President Vladimir Putin Tuesday launched the construction of Turkey's first nuclear power station and vowed to accelerate the delivery of air defence systems to Ankara, in a new tightening of an increasingly close alliance that has alarmed NATO.Putin held several hours of talks with Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the first of a two-day visit to Ankara that will see the two strongmen leaders joined on Wednesday by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani for a summit devoted to Syri
  
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• Labor of love: Vintage Vespa fans cling to the past in Pakistan

  03-04-2018 21:30 via yahoo.com
  As cheap Chinese-made motorbikes flood Pakistan's roads, fans of vintage Vespa scooters are scrambling to find spare parts and preserve models that hark back to a quieter, bygone era.
  
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• UK defense lab: No ID yet for source of nerve agent

  03-04-2018 21:28 via yahoo.com
  LONDON (AP) — Britain's defense laboratory acknowledged Tuesday it hasn't tracked down the source of the nerve agent that poisoned a Russian ex-spy, a statement the Kremlin said proved that British accusations of Moscow's involvement were baseless.
  
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• Trump: 'I want to get out' of Syria

  03-04-2018 21:22 via yahoo.com
  President Trump said he will make a decision soon on U.S. force levels in Syria, saying he wants to “bring our troops back home” as soon as possible.
  
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• NASA's X-Plane is designed to fly at supersonic speeds without the sonic boom

  03-04-2018 21:19 via yahoo.com
  NASA wants to prove that it can fly a plane faster than the speed of sound without blasting American neighborhoods below with sonic booms.  Previously, commercial supersonic travel had been limited to the Atlantic Ocean, where people wouldn't be jarred awake by planes traveling overhead at more than 760 miles per hour. But with an innovative plane design that might subtly morph in the air to tame sound waves, NASA hopes to build a quieter supersonic plane that would revolutionize travel.&nb
  
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• All Of Undertaker's Wrestlemania Matches, Ranked

  03-04-2018 21:19 via gamespot.com
  
  Wrestlemania is right around the corner, coming to PPV and the WWE Network on Sunday, April 8. One aspect of the yearly show that is more often than not a constant is the Undertaker. His Wrestlemania debut was back in 1991, and since then, his winning record of 23-2 is an achievement no one else will top.This year, while not officially announced yet, the Undertaker will be taking on John Cena at Wrestlemania 34. This very well could be the last Mania he competes in, but people tend to say that
  
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• Trump Tells Baltic Presidents Not To Call On U.S. Reporters: 'Real News, Not Fake News'

  03-04-2018 21:18 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump on Tuesday continued his attacks on the
  
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• Dinosaur footprints dating back 170 million years discovered in Scotland

  03-04-2018 21:08 via yahoo.com
  Dinosaur footprints were discovered on a cold, wet island of Scotland that used to be as warm as Florida during the Jurassic period, 170 million years ago.
  
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• Octahedron Is A Complex Platformer With A Killer Soundtrack

  03-04-2018 21:00 via gamespot.com
  
  The new platformer from Demimonde overloads your senses and puts you in charge of creating your own path through its tricky levels. Octahedron is available on PS4, PC, and Xbox One.
  
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• Amazon Cancels Its New Game, Breakaway

  03-04-2018 20:49 via gamespot.com
  
  Breakaway, the competitive video game developed by retailer Amazon's internal game studio, has been canceled. The developer, Amazon Game Studios, announced over the weekend that it has canceled the game "after a lot of soul searching," and is now instead moving on to pursue "new ideas" instead. "While we have developed many ideas and made a lot of progress, we are also setting a very high bar for ourselves," Amazon said. "In spite of our efforts, we didn't achieve the breakthrough that made the
  
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• Xbox One's Big Halo: MCC Testing Program Is Now Sending Out Invites

  03-04-2018 20:48 via gamespot.com
  
  As part of its big effort to continue to improve Halo: The Master Chief Collection, Microsoft is inviting community members to test new updates in a "flighting" program. Invitations are now going out for the Halo Community Feedback Program, and specifically the MCC Insider Program.Plenty of people signed up for the program, apparently, as developer 343 said in a blog postthat it has been "thrilled to see so much interest and excitement" for the program. The first wave of invitations were sent ou
  
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• Xbox One Gaming Deals: Get 3 Months Of Xbox Live For $10 If You're A New Subscriber

  03-04-2018 20:47 via gamespot.com
  
  In addition to the big new Spring sale happening on Xbox Live, Microsoft is offering a pretty sweet deal on Xbox Live Gold. If you're a new subscriber, you can get 3 months of Gold for only $10.That's a pretty nice deal, considering 3 months of Xbox Live Gold normally goes for $25. You need Xbox Live Gold to play Xbox Onegames online (for the most part) and to take advantage of other subscriber-only benefits such as deeper discounts on deals. You can sign up on Xbox.com right here (via Slickdeal
  
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• Overwatch Devs Talked About A Battle Royale Mode But Here's Why It May Not Happen

  03-04-2018 20:46 via gamespot.com
  
  Given the immense popularity of the battle royale genre thanks to trailblazing games like PUBG and Fortnite, many are wondering if other games will follow suit and add a Hunger Games-style mode. We know Activision Blizzard is watching the battle royale space, so could Overwatch jump aboard and add a battle royale mode?Don't get your hopes up. Speaking to Kotaku, game director Jeff Kaplan said he's intrigued by the idea, but pointed out that it would be no small task to get it done the right away
  
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• Xbox One: Big News About Original Xbox Backwards Compatibility And A "Surprise" Coming Soon

  03-04-2018 20:45 via gamespot.com
  
  Microsoft is preparing to make some kind of announcement about Original Xbox backwards compatibility support on Xbox One, it seems. In a blog post today, Microsoft said it has a "big update" to share regarding this. The announcement will be made during the next episode of Inside Xbox, which premieres on Tuesday, April 10, at 3:30 PM PT / 6:30 PM ET."One of our most common requests is for Original Xbox Backward Compatibility news, and we'll be starting off the show with a big update on just that,
  
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• Video Shows Texas Officer Punching Suspect During Arrest

  03-04-2018 20:45 via yahoo.com
  Video appears to show a Fort Worth Police Department officer punching a suspect while he was on the ground during a recent arrest.
  
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• Ready Player One Is Steven Spielberg's Biggest Movie In 10 Years

  03-04-2018 20:43 via gamespot.com
  
  Ready Player One finally opened over the weekend--and it was a huge hit. The virtual reality-themed movie scored $53 million in North America, with a further $128 million from overseas markets in the Friday-Sunday period. That's good for $181.2 million all up after just three days.That makes Ready Player One Spielberg's biggest hit in a decade, following Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, which made $100 million during its opening in 2008. Analysts told Variety that Ready Player
  
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• New God Of War PS4 Video Shows Kratos Fighting A Huge Troll

  03-04-2018 20:43 via gamespot.com
  
  Kratos has a softer side in the new God of War for PS4, but he is still a savage killer who brutalizes people and creatures with his new Leviathan axe and other weapons. With development on the game finished, Sony has now released a new gameplay video that shows Kratos and his son Atreus doing battle with a huge troll and more.In addition to the combat, the video shows off the new, single-cut camera system and treasure chests you'll discover in the world. We also get another look at the game's s
  
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