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• 2018: The State Of Microtransactions

  06-12-2018 23:54 via gamespot.com
  
  Microtransactions are nothing new in the gaming world, but in 2018, the controversial business practice underwent a number of changes and evolutions from what we've seen in the past. As part of GameSpot's year-end features, we're looking at the current state of microtransactions in video games, including how they've been used in the big games of 2018, what's different, better, and worse than before, and other relevant topics.Going back to 2017 is important to set the stage for what happened in 2
  
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• Feds won't pursue third trial against Border Patrol agent

  06-12-2018 23:47 via news.yahoo.com
  PHOENIX (AP) — Federal prosecutors on Thursday said they would not pursue another trial against a Border Patrol agent who fatally shot a Mexican teenager across a border fence but who was twice acquitted.
  
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• New Game Of Thrones Season 8 Teaser Points To An Epic Showdown

  06-12-2018 23:35 via gamespot.com
  
  HBO has released a new teaser for the upcoming eighth and final season of the network's acclaimed fantasy drama Game of Thrones. Disappointingly, the video doesn't actually contain any new footage. Instead, it serves more as a mood piece, featuring a a frosty direwolf and a frozen dragon, along with a burning lion. You can put the pieces together and probably theorise as to what that may mean.You can check out the full teaser below.Game of Thrones Season 8 is set to premiere in April 2019, and t
  
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• Game Of Thrones Season 8 Teaser Points To An Epic Showdown

  06-12-2018 23:35 via gamespot.com
  
  HBO has released a new teaser for the upcoming eighth and final season of the network's acclaimed fantasy drama Game of Thrones. Disappointingly, the video doesn't actually contain any new footage. Instead, it serves more as a mood piece, featuring a a frosty direwolf and a frozen dragon, along with a burning lion. You can put the pieces together and probably theorise as to what that may mean.You can check out the full teaser below.Game of Thrones Season 8 is set to premiere in April 2019, and t
  
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• PS4 Stays Ahead With Excellent Exclusives | 2018 Year In Review

  06-12-2018 23:31 via gamespot.com
  
  Sony had some great games come to PS4 in 2018, but how good--or bad--a year has it been for the PlayStation platform more broadly?
  
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• F-35 formally enters operational testing

  06-12-2018 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  The testing is expected to be completed in the late summer of 2019 and the data will be used by the U.S. government to inform its "Milestone C" decision, leading to formal entry into full-rate production at the end of next year, the Defense Department said in a statement.All tests will be conducted at U.S. Military testing ranges and installations, it said."The start of formal operational testing is a milestone more than 18 years in the making," F-35 program head Vice Adm. Mat Winter said.
  
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• CS: GO Adds Battle Royale Mode, Danger Zone

  06-12-2018 23:26 via gamespot.com
  
  The massive success of Fortnite and battle royale games in general have prompted some of the biggest shooters on the market to offer their own take on the mode. Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 introduced Blackout, while Battlefield V will get Firestorm early next year. Next, it's Valve's turn, as Counter-Strike: Global Offensive--still a wildly popular game and routinely among Steam's three most-played games--is introducing something called Danger Zone.This move coincides with GO becoming a free-to-pl
  
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• Judge: Pipeline owners trespassed, but work can continue

  06-12-2018 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana judge ruled Thursday that a company building an oil pipeline through south Louisiana trespassed on the land of three people opposed to the project, but he allowed the work to continue while awarding the three only $150 apiece in compensation and damages.
  
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• Devil May Cry 5 Demo Launching On Xbox One Tomorrow

  06-12-2018 23:21 via gamespot.com
  
  A demo for Capcom's Devil May Cry 5 will be available tomorrow, according to a Facebook postfrom Xbox Portugal. Although the message has since been deleted, it contained a new gameplay video, which we expect was supposed to make its debut at The Game Awards later today.The video showed that the demo will be available exclusively on Xbox One on December 7, and also confirmed that Bloody Palace mode will return for the fifth mainline entry in the series. Bloody Palace will be introduced as a free
  
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• Tyler Perry Surprises Layaway Shoppers At Two Atlanta-Area Walmarts

  06-12-2018 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  Customers with layaway items at two Atlanta-area Walmarts got a great holiday
  
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• North Carolina Officials Had Prior Warnings Of Voting Issues, Report Says

  06-12-2018 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  Voters in North Carolina faced potential election fraud years before the 2018
  
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• Costa Rican Authorities Say Suspected Murder of U.S. Tourist Was 'Sexually' Motivated

  06-12-2018 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  Espinosa Martinez had been staying in the apartment next to Stefaniak's and authorities confirmed he killed her inside the apartment before dumping her partially nude body 1,000 feet from the Airbnb.
  
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• Caretaker of neglected, bone-strewn cemetery is arrested

  06-12-2018 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  A fuller picture of a cemetery in ghastly disarray emerged Thursday as the longtime caretaker of a graveyard in Connecticut's largest city was arrested and officials described in new detail shocking discoveries that included human bones and casket pieces scattered about.
  
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• The Latest: GBI: Single shot wounded officer, killed suspect

  06-12-2018 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  MCDONOUGH, Ga. (AP) — The Latest on the shooting of a police officer southeast of Atlanta (all times local):
  
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• Sears Chairman Lampert makes $4.6 billion bid for bankrupt retailer

  06-12-2018 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Lampert's offer calls for about 500 Sears stores to remain open and would keep 50,000 of the retailer's workers employed, according to a letter from his hedge fund filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday.Preliminary indications of interest for Sears assets were due Wednesday, according to court papers.ESL's takeover bid features financing from a variety of sources and a complicated structure not uncommon in bankruptcy auctions.
  
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• Dow Jones industrial average drops as trade fight, oil price and recession worries mount

  06-12-2018 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  Investors hoping for stability after the Dow Jones industrial average's nearly 800-point fall Tuesday, instead saw the stock gauge plunge further.
  
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• Sears chairman Eddie Lampert offers to buy Sears out of bankruptcy, including 500 stores

  06-12-2018 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  The chairman and largest investor in Sears Holdings is offering to buy the retailer out of bankruptcy, including 500 of its remaining stores.
  
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• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate: How To Unlock New Characters

  06-12-2018 22:33 via gamespot.com
  
  Super Smash Bros. Ultimate launches very soon, and it boasts the biggest character roster to date. It not only includes every playable character from past entries, but also a number of newcomers like King K. Rool, Animal Crossing's Isabelle, and Castlevania's Simon and Richter Belmont. However, when you first boot up the game, you'll find only a very limited number of characters are available--specifically, the original cast from the first game. Here's how to unlock everyone else.For better or w
  
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• Smash Bros. Ultimate: How To Unlock New Characters

  06-12-2018 22:33 via gamespot.com
  
  Super Smash Bros. Ultimate launches very soon, and it boasts the biggest character roster to date. It not only includes every playable character from past entries, but also a number of newcomers like King K. Rool, Animal Crossing's Isabelle, and Castlevania's Simon and Richter Belmont. However, when you first boot up the game, you'll find only a very limited number of characters are available--specifically, the original cast from the first game. Here's how to unlock everyone else.For better or w
  
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• Huge Steam Sale On Game Awards Nominees Like AC Odyssey, Monster Hunter World, And More

  06-12-2018 22:30 via gamespot.com
  
  The Game Awards is airing tonight, December 6, which means a number of the year's best games will get recognized for excelling in various categories. But as they say, it's an honor just to be nominated. Speaking of the nominees, Steam is running a sale on Game Awards nominees, which means many of the year's best titles are available at sizable discounts. Let's take a look.You can go treasure hunting to stave off the apocalypse in Shadow of the Tomb Raider for $30. You can thin out the population
  
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• Fortnite Season 7: Week 1 Secret Battle Star Location (Snowfall Challenge Guide)

  06-12-2018 22:30 via gamespot.com
  
  Season 7 of Fortnite: Battle Royale is now underway on PS4, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch, and mobile. Developer Epic has introduced a load of new content to the game for this season with a big update, including new areas of the map to explore, as well as a plane vehicle, more pets, and of course, new challenges to complete and cosmetics to unlock.As usual, Epic will release a new set of challenges for Fortnite every week throughout Season 7. These are once again divided up into two categories:
  
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• Lawyer for undocumented Trump Organization workers seeks investigation

  06-12-2018 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  Anibal Romero says "many of the abuses" his clients received at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., "constitute crimes."
  
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• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Review Roundup

  06-12-2018 22:25 via gamespot.com
  
  2018 may be winding down, but there's still one big release in store for Nintendo Switch before the new year comes along. This week sees the arrival of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, the latest installment in Nintendo's crossover fighting series. True to its name, it's also the biggest, boasting the largest selection of characters, stages, and music in the franchise's long history.On top of bringing back every character to have ever appeared in a Smash game (along 11 new additions to the roster), U
  
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• George HW Bush funeral: 1,000 mourners descend on Texas for final goodbye to president 'carved in hard granite of history'

  06-12-2018 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  The deeds that George HW Bush are carved into the "granite of history" former Secretary of State James Baker said as Texas said goodbye to one of its most famous residents.A day after thousands of Americans and every living president mourned the death of Mr Bush at the National Cathedral in Washington, friends and family were given a chance to pay their final respects to the former president.More than 1,000 mourners sang “America the Beautiful” at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church
  
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• Amid fraud charges, North Carolina House race may be headed for a do-over

  06-12-2018 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  The state’s Board of Elections voted to not certify the results amid the ongoing investigation, and Nancy Pelosi, the favorite to be House speaker next year, said the House could refuse to seat the uncertified Republican.
  
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• Rudy Giuliani Calls Getting Trump Through Robert Mueller's Questions 'A Nightmare'

  06-12-2018 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  The process of getting President Donald Trump to answer special counsel Robert
  
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• Michigan Republicans Rush To Weaken Unions In Lame-Duck Session

  06-12-2018 21:51 via news.yahoo.com
  Republican legislators in Michigan are moving swiftly to weaken public-sector
  
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• GameSpot's 10 Best Movies Of 2018

  06-12-2018 21:51 via gamespot.com
  
  2018 was an incredible year for movies, especially for fans of Marvel or horror. Here are GameSpot's 10 best movies of 2018!
  
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• The best kitchen gifts of 2018: 20 perfect gift ideas for the home chef in your life

  06-12-2018 21:47 via news.yahoo.com
  Forget novelty mugs--these are the kitchen and cooking gifts people actually want--no matter what your budget is.
  
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• Pentagon sends flight over Ukraine following Russian naval incident

  06-12-2018 21:46 via news.yahoo.com
  A US Air Force observation plane flew over Ukraine on Thursday in a mission to show US support for Kiev following Russia's seizure of three Ukrainian naval vessels in the Sea of Azov, officials said.The November 25 confrontation was the first open military incident between Kiev and Moscow since 2014 when Russia annexed the Crimean peninsula and a conflict erupted in eastern Ukraine."Today, the United States and Allies conducted an extraordinary flight under the Open Skies Treaty.
  
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• UN force confirms existence of tunnel in Israel near Lebanon border

  06-12-2018 21:40 via news.yahoo.com
  A UN peacekeeping force Thursday confirmed the presence of a tunnel in northern Israel near the Lebanese border, after the Jewish state accused Hezbollah of digging under the frontier.UNIFIL "visited a location" near Metula in northern Israel, it said in a statement, and "can confirm the existence of a tunnel at the location"."UNIFIL is now engaged with the parties to pursue urgent follow-up action," it said.
  
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• Trump National Golf Club Maid Comes Out As Undocumented In New York Times Report

  06-12-2018 21:39 via news.yahoo.com
  A housekeeper at President Donald Trump's Trump National Golf Club in
  
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• The start of funeral train ride to George H.W. Bush's resting place

  06-12-2018 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Train No. 4141 carries Bush from Spring to College Station, Texas, where he will be buried next to his wife and daughter.
  
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• Southwest plane skids off the runway in rainy weather in California

  06-12-2018 21:17 via news.yahoo.com
  A Southwest plane skidded off the runway Thursday at Hollywood Burbank Airport in southern California.
  
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• Nintendo Switch Eshop Sale Is Now Live: Save On Diablo 3, Super Mario Odyssey, And More

  06-12-2018 21:12 via gamespot.com
  
  Just like Sony and Microsoft, Nintendo is currently running a sale in honor of The Game Awards, which airs tonight, December 6. And like the sales on the other platforms, this one is filled with great deals on some of the best recent games to hit the Eshop. Let's roll up our sleeves and dig into the discounts.It's practically an old adage in the world of gaming deals that first-party Nintendo games rarely go on sale. Here's an exception that proves the rule: Super Mario Odyssey is currently disc
  
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• Why USA Gymnastics' Bankruptcy Will Delay Abuse Survivors' Search for the Truth

  06-12-2018 21:01 via news.yahoo.com
  Facing multiple lawsuits about its response to sexual abuse allegations made by hundreds of gymnasts, USA Gymnastics filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The abuse survivors say it’s the latest tactic to avoid the truth
  
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• George H.W. Bush's funeral services stand as America's goodbye to the Greatest Generation

  06-12-2018 20:59 via news.yahoo.com
  George H.W. Bush's funeral service at his hometown church in House was personal and more; in a way, it was a farewell to the Greatest Generation
  
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• Mom's '12 Days Of Christmas' Edit Will Ring True For Anyone With A Toddler

  06-12-2018 20:58 via news.yahoo.com
  A mom in British Columbia, Canada, turned a classic holiday song into a shout-
  
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• PS4 Game Awards Sale Is Now Live: Battlefield 5, Assassin's Creed Odyssey, More

  06-12-2018 20:34 via gamespot.com
  
  The Game Awards airs tonight, December 6, so if you tune in you'll see some of the year's best games get the acclaim they're due. But it's not just the makers of the games who get to benefit. To celebrate the year in games, Sony is running a Game Awards Sale on PSN, dropping prices up to 40% on a host of PS4 games. The deals are live between now and December 11, so let's take a look at some of highlights.Some of the heavy hitters in the group include the recently released Assassin's Creed Odysse
  
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• Millennial’s Holiday Preferences Are Saving The Christmas Tree Industry

  06-12-2018 20:33 via news.yahoo.com
  Millennials have been blamed for “killing” a number of things from napkins to diamonds to the divorce rate, but in a shocking turn of events, the youngsters are now being thanked for their services, as Vox reports that the Christmas tree industry is thriving thanks to the resurgence of real Christmas trees that are the preferred choice of millennials.According to Square Inc., a financial services company that partnered with the National Christmas Tree Association for their million-do
  
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• Bill Barr, New Nominee For Attorney General, Has Backed Trump's Call For New Clinton Probe

  06-12-2018 20:22 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― The man who President Donald Trump plans to nominate as the
  
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• Chip Gaines details 'Fixer Upper' nightmare: 'I felt caged, trapped'

  06-12-2018 20:18 via news.yahoo.com
  "The more staged something becomes, or the more required something becomes, it boxes me up..." Chip Gaines said of his final seasons on "Fixer Upper."
  
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• Before Bumblebee Hits Theaters, Find Out Which Transformer You Are

  06-12-2018 20:18 via gamespot.com
  
  Not a day goes by that I'm not thinking to myself, "If I were a character from the Transformers Universe, who would I be?" Obviously, I'd be Hot Rod. But when it comes to the Transformers movie universe, I'm left puzzled, wondering about the nature of my own existence. However, no longer will I have to spend countless hours asking myself this, and neither will you.GameSpot's sister site, iDaily, have put together the "Which Transformer are you" quiz, basing all of its results on the big screen a
  
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• The magic of Christmas: This online tool can tell you exactly how many ornaments you need

  06-12-2018 20:11 via news.yahoo.com
  There's an online mathematical model that can help you achieve the perfectly decorated Christmas tree without a foot of lights left over.
  
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• The 16 Best Sci-Fi Movies And Shows Of 2018

  06-12-2018 20:10 via gamespot.com
  
  What were your favorite sci-fi movies and shows this year?2018 was a weird year for science fiction. While there was plenty of decent sci-fi, there were few standout hits. And there was definitely nothing straightforward in the world of science fiction this year.Take Maniac, one of our favorite sci-fi shows of the year. The Netflix series saw Jonah Hill, Emma Stone, Justin Theroux, and Sonoya Mizuno exploring the effects of a drug that makes you relive the worst day of your life over and over un
  
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• Buyout Firms Tell U.K.: No-Deal Brexit Means No Deals

  06-12-2018 20:05 via news.yahoo.com
  U.K. Trade Secretary Liam Fox urged the buyout firms -- part of an industry that’s sitting on more than $1 trillion in investment firepower -- to support Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal, the people said, declining to be identified because the conversation was private.British takeovers would become more risky due to rising economic uncertainty if the U.K. doesn’t leave the European Union in an orderly fashion, they said.
  
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• The Strangest Battle of WW2 - The Battlefield 5 War Story We Want To See

  06-12-2018 20:01 via gamespot.com
  
  Battlefield V's War Stories have been able to share exploits from lesser known parts of the second World War through the vignette of its individuals. Dave presents a moment in history that he thinks would fit well in the War Story formula.
  
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• Lone Wisconsin Republican Who Opposed Stealing Democrats’ Power Explains Why

  06-12-2018 19:59 via news.yahoo.com
  The vote by the Republican-controlled Wisconsin Legislature to strip power
  
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• The Best Superhero Comics of 2018

  06-12-2018 19:49 via gamespot.com
  
  This year was filled to the brim with incredible superhero comics, from the classic to the experimental, the horrific to the hilarious. With plenty of major pop cultural touchstones to tie into and spring off from, Marvel and DC brought their absolute A-game to the mix with new and continuing ongoing series and limited runs that managed to encapsulate everything we love in cape-and-cowl stories.With books that elevated the relatively obscure status of characters like Mister Miracle to the alrea
  
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• Black Ops 4 Splits Up For New Battle Edition That Removes Zombies Mode

  06-12-2018 19:42 via gamespot.com
  
  Given the success of standalone battle royale games like Fortnite, the inclusion of a battle royale mode in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 was not a major surprise. But its announcement did immediately raise questions about whether that mode, Blackout, would be permanently bundled with the full game. And now, sure enough, Activision is experimenting with separating that content out--though not quite as fully as some might have expected.Activision has announced the Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Battle edi
  
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