Games news

• Beto O'Rourke embodies everything the left says it hates: Today's talker

  14-03-2019 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  'Beto O'Rourke embodies everything the left says it hates: white, male, rich privilege,' says Allie Beth Stuckey
  
  Read more

• 2 Stanford students file first class-action suit in largest college admissions scam

  14-03-2019 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  UCLA, USC, Yale University and other colleges were sued by two Stanford University students seeking class status over the admissions-bribery scandal.
  
  Read more

• Black Ops 4 Giving Free Multiplayer Map Access And Double XP This Weekend

  14-03-2019 23:45 via gamespot.com
  
  Treyarch is giving players plenty of incentives to jump into Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 this weekend. On top of the ongoing Shamrock & Awe event, the developer is holding a free access period for all of the game's Black Ops Pass multiplayer maps, with a double XP event on top of that for good measure.Beginning at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET on March 15, players across PS4, Xbox One, and PC will be able to jump into all four of the maps included in the paid Black Ops Pass--Elevation, Madagascar, Casino
  
  Read more

• Biggest obstacle to passage of Green New Deal? Democratic lawmakers

  14-03-2019 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Democrats agree that climate change needs to be addressed. Pronto. But they're divided on if Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez' Green New Deal is the answer.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Democrat 2020 candidate Booker dating Rosario Dawson, she says

  14-03-2019 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  Star Latina actress Rosario Dawson is in a relationship with Senator Cory Booker, one of more than a dozen Democrats seeking the party's nomination to run for president in 2020, Dawson confirmed on Thursday.While Booker has long been intensely private about his relationships, Dawson confirmed it on camera to celebrity news website TMZ as she walked through Washington's National Airport.
  
  Read more

• Tornadoes hit Kentucky as deadly bomb cyclone pounds central US

  14-03-2019 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  A powerful storm is unleashing a ferocious mix of snow, tornadoes, rain and wind across the central USA.
  
  Read more

• The Steam Games You Can Play For Free This Weekend

  14-03-2019 23:14 via gamespot.com
  
  If you're active on Steam, you're probably very familiar with Steam's free weekend sales, where a couple of games are given a free-to-play trial period for players who may not otherwise try them. This weekend's games have been announced, so let's take a look at what's free to play on Steam right now, as well as discounts for the games themselves.Steam's latest free weekend kicks off with Two Point Hospital, a business simulation games released last year in which you play as a hospital administra
  
  Read more

• Borderlands Dev Releases Another Teaser, And This One Really Looks Like Borderlands

  14-03-2019 23:09 via gamespot.com
  
  Gearbox Software is headed to PAX East later this month in Boston, and the developer will apparently have a lot to show and discuss. The studio has now released a third teaser image, and this one really looks like Borderlands. A pixelated photo posted to Gearbox's Twitter account shows what appears to be a Borderlands character staring at ... something in the distance. Despite being fuzzy, the image seems to depict a Borderlands-like setting. Time to tease another game for PAX! pic.twitter.com/n
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Fortnite Secret Battle Star Location For Season 8 Week 3 (Discovery Challenge Guide)

  14-03-2019 23:00 via gamespot.com
  
  We're another week deeper into Season 8 of Fortnite, and Epic has rolled out a new set of challenges to complete on PS4, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch, and mobile. Week 3's tasks run the gamut from destroying cacti to searching where the magnifying glass sits on the Treasure Map loading screen, with precious Battle Stars up for grabs for each challenge you complete.The ostensible reason to clear as many challenges as you can is to level up your Battle Pass and unlock the new Season 8 rewards, bu
  
  Read more

• Destiny 2 Thorn Strike: Absolutely Do Not Do This In Savathun's Song

  14-03-2019 22:56 via gamespot.com
  
  The quest to unlock Destiny 1's loved and reviled Exotic hand cannon Thorn in Destiny 2 is now live, and some players have already worked their way through to unlock the powerful, legendary gun. The Thorn quest isn't too difficult in general, until you hit the last step: a tougher version of the Savathun's Song Strike that includes a bunch of tough-to-handle modifiers and additions.The Strike is likely to put most players through their paces, thanks to the modifiers making all the Hive enemies f
  
  Read more

• Poland's Catholic Church: 382 priests abused 625 minors

  14-03-2019 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's Catholic Church authorities revealed Thursday they have recorded cases of 382 clergymen who have abused 625 victims under the age of 18 since 1990.
  
  Read more

• Mother files $500 billion lawsuit in alleged college admission bribery scam

  14-03-2019 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  A mother, who was also a teacher, has filed a $500 billion lawsuit in the alleged college admission scam.
  
  Read more

• Avengers Endgame Trailer 2 Breakdown - What We Learned About The New Marvel Movie

  14-03-2019 22:52 via gamespot.com
  
  The second trailer for Avengers: Endgame is here! It looks back at the MCU's past and gives us new information about Avengers 4. Let's break down the new Marvel trailer scene by scene.
  
  Read more

• Manafort sentence exemplifies privilege in the justice system: Readers sound off

  14-03-2019 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  'What does Manafort's 47-month sentence say to people who are not wealthy in America?'
  
  Read more

• 12 GOP senators join Dems to block Trump border declaration

  14-03-2019 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Twelve Republican senators sided with Democrats Thursday and voted to block President Donald Trump's declaration of an emergency on the southwest border. Trump has vowed to veto the Democratic measure, which the House passed last month in a bid to stymie Trump's efforts to spend billions of extra dollars on a U.S.-Mexico border wall.
  
  Read more

• In 420-0 vote, House says Mueller report should be public

  14-03-2019 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The House voted unanimously Thursday for a resolution calling for any final report in special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation to be made public, a symbolic action designed to pressure Attorney General William Barr into releasing as much information as possible when the probe is concluded.
  
  Read more

• Emergency-Declaration Rebuke Splits Senate GOP

  14-03-2019 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  On Thursday afternoon, twelve Republican senators — nearly a fifth of the GOP caucus — joined Senate Democrats to pass a resolution terminating the national emergency declared by President Trump last month in an effort to unilaterally appropriate funds for construction of his long-promised border wall. The 59–41 vote was a rare bipartisan rebuke of Trump, who will now issue the first veto of his presidency in order to preserve the emergency declaration.The Senate GOP dissenters
  
  Read more

• Sasse Backs Trump’s Emergency Declaration Despite Executive-Overreach Concern

  14-03-2019 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Senator Ben Sasse (R., Neb.) on Thursday voted against a resolution condemning President Trump's national-emergency declaration despite his repeated insistence that the declaration usurped Congress's constitutional authority.In a statement explaining his decision to oppose the resolution, Sasse acknowledged that in its current form the National Emergencies Act of 1976 was "overly broad" and said that, while he would like to reform the law, Trump's emergency declaration does not violate it.&ldquo
  
  Read more

• Good Boys Review: Basically The Live-Action South Park You Didn't Know You Needed

  14-03-2019 22:26 via gamespot.com
  
  It was approximately five minutes into the newest Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg-produced comedy Good Boys, where child actor Jacob Tremblay mutters "F*** yeah!" after creating a female avatar with big breasts on a World of Warcraft-like online game and prepares to masturbate, that I realized I was witnessing the world premiere of the live-action South Park movie I never knew I needed.Your enjoyment of this movie depends heavily on your thoughts on South Park, 11-year-olds cursing, and mistaking
  
  Read more

• Can Felicity Huffman's and Lori Loughlin's careers ever recover from college bribery scam?

  14-03-2019 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman have become the face of the college admissions bribery scandal. Is there a way back into the public's good graces?
  
  Read more

• What we know about Olivia Jade, Lori Loughlin's daughter caught up in admissions scandal

  14-03-2019 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  Lori Loughlin's USC student daughter, Olivia Jade Giannulli, has been swept up in the college admission scandal. Here's what you need to know.
  
  Read more

• Avengers Endgame: 9 New Theories About The Movie And Future Of The MCU

  14-03-2019 22:06 via gamespot.com
  
  Out of the blue, a second trailer for Avengers: Endgame dropped on the morning of March 14, taking the world by surprise. It gave viewers a much better look at what is happening in the MCU after everyone was dusted off by Thanos in Infinity War. We also learned what other superheroes will show up in the movie who haven't appeared in previous videos.That got us thinking about where Endgame could go. We put our sleuthing caps on, while trapped in our secret underground bunker, and found evidence-
  
  Read more

• Avengers Endgame: 9 More Theories About The Movie And Future Of The MCU

  14-03-2019 22:06 via gamespot.com
  
  Out of nowhere, a second trailer for Avengers: Endgame dropped on the morning of March 14, taking the world by surprise. It gave viewers a better look at what is happening in the MCU after everyone was dusted off by Thanos in Infinity War. We also learned what other superheroes will show up in the movie who haven't appeared in previous videos.That got us thinking about where Endgame could go. We put our sleuthing caps on, while trapped in our secret underground bunker, and found evidence--some
  
  Read more

• College admissions scandal: Why we won't see mug shots for Lori Loughlin, Felicity Huffman

  14-03-2019 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  The DOJ and U.S. Marshals Services say their policies prohibit releasing booking photos because doing so doesn't serve the agencies' needs if the person has already been apprehended.
  
  Read more

• Protests outside British parliament as MPs vote to seek Brexit delay

  14-03-2019 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  Rival Brexit factions once again gathered outside parliament on Thursday in a familiar ritual that has become a propaganda battleground in the struggle over Britain's European Union membership."That's a terrible thing," said David Duffett, 51, from Buckinghamshire, north of London.
  
  Read more

• Search ends in Lagos building collapse as anger flares

  14-03-2019 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  Emergency services on Thursday said they had called off the search for survivors of a building collapse that killed nine in Nigeria's biggest city, Lagos, as anger mounted over dilapidated property and unscrupulous owners.The building, which housed a primary school and nursery, came down without warning in the teeming Lagos Island area at mid-morning on Wednesday.Firefighters and other emergency services worked through the night to find anyone still trapped.
  
  Read more

• A New Co-Op Zombie Game From Left 4 Dead Creator Is Coming - GS News Update

  14-03-2019 21:49 via gamespot.com
  
  Left 4 Dead Creator Turtle Rock Studios has announced a new co-op zombie shooter called Back 4 Blood
  
  Read more

• Students sue colleges in admissions bribery scandal

  14-03-2019 21:48 via news.yahoo.com
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — In the first lawsuit to come out of the college bribery scandal, several students are suing Yale, Georgetown, Stanford and other schools involved in the case, saying they and others were denied a fair shot at admission.
  
  Read more

• Hey, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Here's How to Furnish Your D.C. Apartment

  14-03-2019 21:45 via news.yahoo.com
  The five things Clever thinks AOC should purchase first for her new place
  
  Read more

• A Yale soccer coach caught in a sting: How the FBI broke open the sweeping college admission scandal

  14-03-2019 21:43 via news.yahoo.com
  The FBI learned about an elaborate college admissions bribery scheme through a tip about the Yale women's soccer coach while working a separate case.
  
  Read more

• Sprawling storm threatens several US states, thousands evacuated

  14-03-2019 21:40 via news.yahoo.com
  A massive late-winter storm hit several central US states Thursday, forcing thousands to evacuate, snarling air traffic and leaving drivers stranded.There were widespread road closures and more than 1,000 flights canceled at the worst affected airports.The intense storm affected much of the nation's midsection with "heavy snows, blizzard conditions and widespread wind gusts over hurricane force," according to the National Weather Service.
  
  Read more

• Boeing 737 Max 8 black boxes from Ethiopian Airlines crash sent to France for examination

  14-03-2019 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  The flight data and cockpit voice recorders from doomed Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 arrived in Paris on Thursday.
  
  Read more

• Admissions scam adds insult to injury for minority applicants

  14-03-2019 21:24 via news.yahoo.com
  In what a federal prosecutor called “the largest college admissions scam ever prosecuted by the Department of Justice,” dozens of people were charged in a bribery scheme to cheat on SAT and ACT entrance exams and buy admission to elite schools for the children of wealthy parents.Through payments disguised as donations, parents involved in the cheating scandal paid between $250,000 and $400,000 per student to its “mastermind,” William Singer, who then laundered the money t
  
  Read more

• Avengers Endgame: Who Is Kate Bishop, Why Do Fans Think She's Coming To The MCU?

  14-03-2019 21:22 via gamespot.com
  
  The latest Avengers: Endgame trailer has fans in a tizzy, thanks to a brief moment on the ol' Barton farm featuring Clint, apparently, teaching a young girl to shoot a bow and arrow in, what we can assume, is the post-Civil War peace before the Snap ruined everything. Comics fans immediately clocked a hidden potential in the otherwise innocuous slice-of-life bit: That girl could be the MCU's take on Kate Bishop, the other Hawkeye.Or, more likely, it could be Clint's young daughter, Lila, last se
  
  Read more

• Avengers Endgame: Who Is Kate Bishop And Why Does Everyone Think She's In The MCU?

  14-03-2019 21:22 via gamespot.com
  
  The latest Avengers: Endgame trailer has fans clamoring about a brief moment on the ol' Barton farm featuring Clint, apparently, teaching a young girl to shoot a bow and arrow in, what we can assume, is the post-Civil War peace before the Snap ruined everything. Comics fans immediately clocked a hidden potential in the otherwise innocuous slice-of-life bit: That girl could be the MCU's take on Kate Bishop, the other Hawkeye.Or, more likely, it could be Clint's young daughter, Lila, last seen in
  
  Read more

• Avengers Endgame: Who Is Kate Bishop And Here's Why Everyone Thinks She's In The MCU?

  14-03-2019 21:22 via gamespot.com
  
  The latest Avengers: Endgame trailer has fans clamoring about a brief moment on the ol' Barton farm featuring Clint, apparently, teaching a young girl to shoot a bow and arrow in, what we can assume, is the post-Civil War peace before the Snap ruined everything. Comics fans immediately clocked a hidden potential in the otherwise innocuous slice-of-life bit: That girl could be the MCU's take on Kate Bishop, the other Hawkeye.Or, more likely, it could be Clint's young daughter, Lila, last seen in
  
  Read more

• Boeing, airlines face tough path after 737 MAX grounding

  14-03-2019 21:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Days after the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX 8 that killed 157 people and led to the plane being grounded worldwide, Boeing and commercial airlines are trying to get a handle on the fallout.Boeing will have to restore confidence in its product, and pay the costs of any modifications, while airlines try to find workarounds to replace the popular aircraft in their lineup of flights.The US on Wednesday grounded the 737 MAX 8 and MAX 9 models while it continues the search for the cause of t
  
  Read more

• Fortnite: Week 3 Secret Battle Star Location Walkthrough Season 8

  14-03-2019 21:17 via gamespot.com
  
  Completing Fortnite's Week 3, Season 8 challenges grants you a loading screen and lets you obtain a secret Battle Star. Here's a guide on how to find it. Captured on PC.
  
  Read more

• Fortnite - Season 8 Week 3 Secret Battle Star Location Walkthrough

  14-03-2019 21:17 via gamespot.com
  
  Fortnite has a new set of weekly challenges for season 8 and we have the guide you need in order to find the hidden secret battle star that unlocks upon completing all of Fortnite's challenges for week 3. Here's where to go in order to find the battle star to complete the challenge.
  
  Read more

• Marvel's Tesseract Timeline Throughout The MCU

  14-03-2019 21:15 via gamespot.com
  
  The Tesseract has played an important role in every stage of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Here is the complete Tesseract/Space Stone timeline so far leading up to Avengers: Endgame. (WARNING: SPOILERS ahead for recent Marvel movies!)
  
  Read more

• Brexiteers locked in high-stakes alliance with EU Remainers

  14-03-2019 21:12 via news.yahoo.com
  In opposing Prime Minister Theresa May's EU divorce deal even after MPs voted to delay Britain's departure, hardline Brexiteers are now locked in a high-stakes alliance with those out to stop the process entirely.Remainers and Brexiteer Leavers alike declared victory on Tuesday when the House of Commons overwhelmingly rejected May's EU withdrawal agreement for a second time.May will bring her divorce deal before parliament for a third time next week -- possibly the last chance Brexiteers will ha
  
  Read more

• Senate blocks resolution calling for public release of Robert Mueller's report after House voted 420-0

  14-03-2019 21:05 via news.yahoo.com
  The Senate blocked a measure that demanded special counsel Robert Mueller's final report be made public hours after the House unanimously passed the measure
  
  Read more

• 10 Captain Marvel Theories That Could Change The Future Of The MCU

  14-03-2019 21:02 via gamespot.com
  
  Let's get weird with it.
  One of the most fun parts of being an MCU fan is sitting back and trying to connect the dots. And after a decade of movies being woven together, there are no shortage of dots in play. As we head into Avengers: Endgame in earnest, it's crunch time on getting every crazy, abstract, just-weird-enough-to-work theory written down and out there, just on the off chance that you'll get to say "I told you so" when the final battle with Thanos actually happens.That, and with a lit
  
  Read more

• 2 Stanford students file first class-action suit in largest-ever college admissions scam

  14-03-2019 20:57 via news.yahoo.com
  UCLA, USC, Yale University and other colleges were sued by two Stanford University students seeking class status over the admissions-bribery scandal.
  
  Read more

• Hundreds shuffle out of last IS redoubt in east Syria

  14-03-2019 20:52 via news.yahoo.com
  Hundreds of men, women and children trudged out of the Islamic State group's last sliver of territory Thursday as US-backed Syrian fighters once again slowed their advance to crush the "caliphate".All that remains of a once sprawling proto-state the jihadists declared in 2014 is a battered riverside camp in the village of Baghouz near the Iraqi border.The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), and warplanes of a US-led coalition backing them, have rained fire on the enclave since Sunday, blitzing thous
  
  Read more

• Venezuela's pro-regime 'colectivos' vow to back Maduro whatever it costs

  14-03-2019 20:46 via news.yahoo.com
  The scene occurred during a weeklong blackout that was the worst in Venezuela's history.Maduro had called on his supporters to show "active resistance" to the "electric sabotage" he claimed was waged by the United States.
  
  Read more

• U.S. Weighs Curbs on Venezuela Transaction Processing

  14-03-2019 20:46 via news.yahoo.com
  If the Trump administration decides to move forward, such sanctions could prohibit U.S. companies from engaging with entities that recognize Maduro as the president of Venezuela.U.S. and other international firms use local institutions to process transactions, and the majority of the local financial institutions are state-owned enterprises.
  
  Read more

• Pokemon Go Rayquaza Raid Event Begins Tomorrow

  14-03-2019 20:45 via gamespot.com
  
  Pokemon Go players who missed their chance to catch Rayquaza last year will have soon have another opportunity to do so. Niantic is bringing the Legendary Sky High Pokemon back for a special Raid event this weekend--but like before, it won't be around for very long.From March 15-18, Rayquaza will make an encore appearance in Raid Battles around the world. Before you can capture the Legendary Pokemon, you'll first need to team up with other players in-person and battle it. If your group manages t
  
  Read more

• Assassin's Creed 3: Remastered Will Include Gameplay Improvements

  14-03-2019 20:44 via gamespot.com
  
  Ubisoft has announced what gameplay changes are included in the upcoming remaster for Assassin's Creed III. The game will be receiving additional updates on the Switch version as well, most of which take advantage of the console's unique features.The gameplay changes for Assassin's Creed III: Remastered are detailed in the March Monthly Update for Assassin's Creed Odyssey. Ubisoft stated that many of the changes are to create a "better balance between action and stealth" in the game. Double assa
  
  Read more

• Britain Votes To Delay Brexit After Chaotic Week In Parliament. Here’s What That Means

  14-03-2019 20:34 via news.yahoo.com
  As earthquakes go in recent British politics, this one was the largest. Across three successive evenings, lawmakers handed down three scathing defeats to Prime Minister…
  
  Read more

Follow @GamesUKnews on Twitter!