Games news

• The 2020 Hyundai Elantra Drops Its Manual Transmission and Gets a CVT for Better MPG

  14-05-2019 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  The Elantra Eco's 40-mpg highway rating was a big deal after Hyundai's earlier scandal about erroneous MPG claims, and now even the more mainstream Elantra models hit that number.
  
  Read more

• House intelligence panel seeks interviews with Trump lawyers

  14-05-2019 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Intelligence Committee has called four lawyers linked to President Donald Trump and his family for interviews as part of an investigation into whether they tried to obstruct the panel's inquiry into Russian election interference.
  
  Read more

• The Latest: AP sources: Panel, Trump Jr. agree to interview

  14-05-2019 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on a subpoena sent to Donald Trump Jr. (all times local):
  
  Read more

• Netflix Is Coming To E3 To Announce Netflix Original Games - GS News Update

  14-05-2019 23:45 via gamespot.com
  
  Netflix has announced that it will host a panel at E3 2019 about making games based on its original movies.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• William Barr Delivers Chilling Message to FBI for Trump

  14-05-2019 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  Photo Illustration by Lyne Lucien/The Daily Beast/Photos from Getty/APIf you come at the king, you best not miss. That’s the message Attorney General William Barr is sending to FBI agents, whether intentionally or not. Barr has authorized yet another investigation into the FBI’s conduct probing links between Russian election interference and the Trump campaign. Even though two other entities are already investigating the same matter, reports indicate that Barr has appointed Connectic
  
  Read more

• Joe Biden steps up the retail politics in New Hampshire

  14-05-2019 23:36 via news.yahoo.com
  NASHUA, N.H. (AP) — An impassioned version of his standard speech in the rain. A huddle with reporters in the state capital. A little encouragement for a schoolboy getting ready for a hockey tournament.
  
  Read more

• Trump dismisses report of plan to send troops to Middle East as ally questions Iran threat

  14-05-2019 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Trump dismissed a report that his administration is planning to send 120,000 troops to the Middle East to address Iran, but then issued a new threat.
  
  Read more

• Trump Jr. Strikes a Deal to Sit for Private Interview with Senate Intel Committee

  14-05-2019 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  After weeks of contentious negotiation, Donald Trump Jr. agreed on Tuesday to comply with the Republican Senate Intelligence Committee chairman Richard Burr’s (R., N.C.) subpoena-backed demand that he sit for a private interview with members of the panel, the New York Times first reported.Trump Jr. has reportedly agreed to speak to lawmakers about a limited range of topics for between two and four hours sometime in mid June.Burr told fellow Republican senators last week that
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• NASA Asks for More than a Billion Dollars to Return to the Moon

  14-05-2019 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  The agency wants a lunar landing by 2024, but first it will need a whole lot of money from Congress.
  
  Read more

• MALEAH DAVIS: What we know about missing Houston 4-year-old

  14-05-2019 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  Many questions still surround what happened to Maleah as the ex-fiance of the girl's mom is charged in her disappearance.
  
  Read more

• Enter To Win* a Longboard Inspired by PlayStation

  14-05-2019 23:00 via gamespot.com
  
  PlayStation Nation, assemble! Now is your chance to win* this custom longboard featuring PlayStation’s iconic symbols thanks to Sony and their new gear shop.The PlayStation Gear Store launched in April and now fans everywhere can show off their fandom with a God of War emoji tee, Uncharted Artifacts coasters, and much more.But what do you have to do to enter this online giveaway? Fill out the form below after reading the official rules and accepting our terms and conditions. Remember that
  
  Read more

• Free Anime: Tokyo Ghoul, Black Clover First Seasons Available To Own On PSN (US)

  14-05-2019 22:35 via gamespot.com
  
  Every once in a while, a good anime series will pop up as a free download on PSN, and the latest anime freebies available for PS4 owners are worth grabbing now. The first seasons of Tokyo Ghoul and Black Clover are each available for free to download and keep on US PSN. And while each show is technically available to stream through services like Hulu, Crunchyroll, and Funimation, it's nice to actually own a piece of media that may eventually get pulled from said streaming platforms.To claim each
  
  Read more

• 'Heartbeat bills' reveal extremist anti-abortion view that values unborn over women

  14-05-2019 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  The anti-abortion movement pays lip service to caring for women, but there is only one thing they care about: the unborn. I care about all lives.
  
  Read more

• Global stocks bounce back as Trump downplays U.S.-China trade fight

  14-05-2019 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. and European stocks regained ground on Tuesday after President Donald Trump downplayed the U.S.-China trade war as "a little squabble" a day after a spike in tensions between the world's two largest economies rattled financial markets.Fears that the United States and China were spiraling into a fiercer, more protracted trade dispute that could derail the global economy have shaken investors in the past week.The MSCI index gained 0.49% on Tuesday.
  
  Read more

• New security flaw in Intel chips could affect millions

  14-05-2019 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Intel has revealed another hardware security flaw that could affects millions of machines around the world.
  
  Read more

• Ex-Congressman Weiner leaves halfway house

  14-05-2019 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Former Rep. Anthony Weiner left a New York City halfway house on Tuesday after completing his prison sentence for illicit online contact with a 15-year-old girl.
  
  Read more

• Five U.S. abuse victims sue Vatican to release names of predator priests

  14-05-2019 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  Three brothers and two other men claimed in a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in St. Paul that the Church has kept secret the identities and records of more than 3,400 clergy accused of sexual abuse, including some top church officials.The men are asking the court to require the Vatican to make the information public and report all alleged crimes to law enforcement worldwide.
  
  Read more

• Woman survived Appalachian Trail stabbing by playing dead and hiking to safety, police say

  14-05-2019 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  James Jordan, 30, of West Yarmouth, Massachusetts, faces murder and assault charges in connection with the attack late Friday and early Saturday.
  
  Read more

• Joe Biden under pressure from left on climate change

  14-05-2019 21:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Democratic 2020 frontrunner Joe Biden was forced into defending his environmental record Tuesday after a popular progressive in Congress demanded presidential hopefuls abandon a "middle-of-the-road" approach to combatting climate change."You never heard me say middle of the road.The 29-year-old House Democrat bemoaned lawmaker inaction 30 years ago -- when Biden served in the Senate -- as US space agency NASA warned them about the existential threat of climate change.
  
  Read more

• Elizabeth Warren rejects town hall on 'hate-for-profit racket' Fox News

  14-05-2019 21:48 via news.yahoo.com
  The Massachusetts senator explained her reasons for refusing an invitation that others seeking the Democratic presidential nomination have accepted.
  
  Read more

• Pompeo Warns Russia That U.S. Won’t Tolerate Election Interference

  14-05-2019 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tuesday that he has informed Russia the U.S. will not tolerate further election interference from Moscow.Speaking at a press conference in Sochi, Pompeo said he'd told Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov that “interference in American elections is unacceptable and if the Russians were engaged in that in 2020 it would put our relationship in an even worse place than it has been.”“We’ve said this not only about the Russians but ab
  
  Read more

• Poland airs tougher sex abuse penalties amid church crisis

  14-05-2019 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's prime minister on Tuesday vowed tougher punishments for those who sexually abuse minors after a new film spurred the country into grappling with the problem of abuse by priests.
  
  Read more

• Next Star Wars Movie Will Be From Game Of Thrones Showrunners - GS Universe News Update

  14-05-2019 21:22 via gamespot.com
  
  David Benioff and D.B. Weiss are now making the first Star Wars film, set to release on December 16, 2022.
  
  Read more

• President Trump dismisses trade tensions as 'a little squabble with China'

  14-05-2019 21:13 via news.yahoo.com
  The ramped-up trade tensions between the U.S. and China have roiled markets in recent days, but President Trump dismissed concerns and predicted victory on Tuesday when he spoke to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House before embarking on a trip to Louisiana. Trump began by declaring “we’re having probably the greatest economy that we’ve had anywhere, any time in the history of our country.”
  
  Read more

• Detective Pikachu: Ryan Reynolds Recorded Filthy Lines

  14-05-2019 21:05 via gamespot.com
  
  Detective Pikachu may be a cute PG movie, but it does star Ryan Reynolds, best known for portraying Marvel's foul-mouthed Deadpool. Though Pikachu charms his way through the movie and drops no filthy language whatsoever, Reynolds did let plenty of filth loose during filming.According to CinemaBlend, Reynolds recorded dialogue unfit for the version of the movie in theaters. "Yeah, not hard R, but there's some stuff in there," Reynolds told the site. "Because you just sort of want to be free. Some
  
  Read more

• Trump Says He’s ‘Proud’ of Barr for Investigating Mueller Probe’s Origin

  14-05-2019 21:03 via news.yahoo.com
  “They want to look at how the whole hoax got started,” Trump said Tuesday as he departed the White House for an event in Louisiana.Trump denied that he ordered Barr to launch the investigation, though he has repeatedly encouraged it in public remarks.Trump has insisted that the Russia investigation was politically motivated and concocted from false allegations to spy on his campaign and ultimately undermine his presidency.
  
  Read more

• US claims of Iran threat to coalition forces in Middle East rejected by British general

  14-05-2019 21:02 via news.yahoo.com
  A British general has rejected claims from the White House that coalition forces in the Middle East are facing an increased threat from Iran or its allies.In recent days, Washington US has responded to what has claimed as a raised threat from Iran-backed militias to US and coalition forces fighting the remnants of Isis in Iraq and Syria, by dispatching an aircraft carrier, B-52 bombers and Patriot missiles. National security advisor John Bolton, a longtime advocate of regime change in Iran, has
  
  Read more

• Pokemon Go Dev's Harry Potter Game, Wizards Unite, Gets New Trailer

  14-05-2019 21:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is coming to iOS and Android devices soon. While the game doesn't yet have a firm release date, it's already begun rolling out in beta form in select countries, and now co-developers Warner Bros. and Niantic (the studio behind Pokemon Go) have shared a new live-action trailer hyping up its impending release.The video, which you can watch below, takes the form of an emergency broadcast from the Ministry of Magic, laying out the premise of the new mobile game. Strange p
  
  Read more

• 'This is not the Lindsey I know': Graham takes heat for advising Trump Jr. to ignore subpoena

  14-05-2019 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  "This is not the Lindsey I know," Sen. Manchin said. "For him to do and say the things that he has said here of late, doesn't make a lot of sense."
  
  Read more

• Bolton beats war drums in US-Iran standoff

  14-05-2019 20:57 via news.yahoo.com
  War drums are beating louder in Washington's long-festering standoff with Iran and National Security Advisor John Bolton, a veteran champion of regime change, is the bandmaster.With his bushy mustache and beloved yellow legal pad, Bolton cuts a colorful figure at the White House.President Donald Trump ran on the promise to pull the United States out of unwinnable post-9/11 wars -- from Afghanistan to Syria -- that have consumed American lives and military budgets.
  
  Read more

• Exclusive Deal: Get Civilization 6: Gathering Storm For 50% Off (Steam)

  14-05-2019 20:53 via gamespot.com
  
  We have a PSA for Civilization fans: If you've been waiting for the price to drop on Civilization VI's newest expansion, Gathering Storm, today's the day to grab it. While the Gathering Storm expansion, which released in February, is still selling for $40 on Steam and elsewhere, it's currently on sale for $26 at Fanatical--and we have an exclusive promo code that slashes the price even more.If you use promo code GAMESPOTCIV6GS at Fanatical, you can get an officially licensed Steam key for Civili
  
  Read more

• E3 2019: All The EA Games Confirmed (So Far)

  14-05-2019 20:50 via gamespot.com
  
  E3 is the time for video game publishers to make their mark on the industry with their biggest announcements and splashiest trailers, and EA has a particularly full plate this year. Between updates to some of its ongoing games like Apex Legends and the impending release of Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order, it's going to be a big year.As in the last few years, EA will eschew the E3 show itself and instead center its efforts on EA Play, a fan-centric event that takes place just before E3. This year it
  
  Read more

• An abortion 'reversal'? The method is unproved, but Ohio lawmakers want women to consider it

  14-05-2019 20:48 via news.yahoo.com
  Republicans in Ohio want every women seeking a medical abortion to be informed of a method for abortion "reversal," which critics call unethical.
  
  Read more

• Dead whale washes ashore in Pacifica

  14-05-2019 20:46 via news.yahoo.com
  The 10th whale in the past few months has washed ashore in the Bay Area. The unusually large death toll is reportedly happening because there is too little food to support the giant mammals.
  
  Read more

• Woman fatally shot by Baytown officer during struggle over Taser was not pregnant

  14-05-2019 20:40 via news.yahoo.com
  The woman can be heard screaming "I'm pregnant" in a video of the incident. However, police told ABC News her family informed them that she was not pregnant.
  
  Read more

• Trump defends China tariffs and claims 'great patriot farmers' will reap benefits

  14-05-2019 20:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Trump promises new deal with China can be reached soonChinese retaliation prompted huge stock market sell-off Donald Trump with a pair of ‘Make America Great Again’ hats at a rally in Indiana in August last year. Trump tweeted: ‘The Farmers have been forgotten for many years. Their time is now!’ Photograph: Kevin Lamarque/ReutersDonald Trump continued to defend his trade war with China on Tuesday, claiming “great patriot farmers” in the US would benefit from t
  
  Read more

• The Latest: Rouhani adviser says Trump moving toward war

  14-05-2019 20:38 via news.yahoo.com
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Latest on developments in the Persian Gulf, elsewhere in Mideast, amid heightened tensions between the U.S. and Iran (all times local):
  
  Read more

• Jerry Nadler: What to know

  14-05-2019 20:35 via news.yahoo.com
  Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) has been making headlines amid the controversial Russia probe, but here are some things you might not have known about the Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee.
  
  Read more

• Poland cracks down on child sex abuse as priest film goes viral

  14-05-2019 19:58 via news.yahoo.com
  Poland's right-wing government on Tuesday unveiled plans to crack down on paedophiles by raising prison sentences to a maximum 30 years as a ground-breaking documentary on paedophilia among Polish priests went viral in the Catholic country.The proposed changes by the Law and Justice (PiS) government, which is closely allied with Poland's powerful Roman Catholic church, come just two weeks ahead of a tight race in elections to the European Parliament."Paedophilia has been treated too lightly by o
  
  Read more

• Darkwood Review - Welcome To The Forest, Meat

  14-05-2019 19:46 via gamespot.com
  
  When Darkwood originally launched in early access in 2014, it was an ambitious game that suffered from clunkiness and a lack of identity. In GameSpot's early access review, writer Brett Todd admired its willingness to experiment with aesthetics and rework the concept of permadeath, but couldn't get past the fact that it wasn't quite ready to go on sale. Now, in 2019, Darkwood is an entirely new game.It was inevitable that Darkwood would be compared to similar open-world survival games like the B
  
  Read more

• Angry taxi drivers block airport as Cannes festival opens

  14-05-2019 19:41 via news.yahoo.com
  French taxi drivers blocked Nice airport Tuesday over a dispute with online ride-hailing services, snarling traffic for hours as film-makers and movie moguls tried to reach the nearby Cannes film festival.Traffic in and out of the airport's two terminals was disrupted and a woman taxi driver was knocked down, with the driver's union threatening to stage another blockade on Friday.A police source told AFP tensions between the rival drivers traditionally escalate ahead of the world's biggest film
  
  Read more

• Celebrity chefs weigh in on restaurant industry future

  14-05-2019 19:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Giada De Laurentiis, Gordon Ramsay and Guy Fieri talk restaurant industry.
  
  Read more

• Trump Buddies Like Viktor Orbán Are Sucking the Life Blood Out of European Democracy

  14-05-2019 19:20 via news.yahoo.com
  Akos Stiller/Bloomberg/GettySIBIU, Romania—European leaders met last Thursday in this picturesque town that, as it happens, was once the capital of Transylvania. They were looking for ways to fight increasingly authoritarian leaders and parties in the European Union that are sucking the life blood out of democracy.In contrast, U.S. President Donald J. Trump embraced one of those leaders at the White House on Monday, praising Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, even as he ha
  
  Read more

• Saudi shuts major oil pipeline after Huthi drone attacks

  14-05-2019 19:16 via news.yahoo.com
  Drone attacks claimed by Iran-aligned Yemen rebels shut down one of Saudi Arabia's major oil pipelines Tuesday, further ratcheting up Gulf tensions after the mysterious sabotage of several tankers.The White House however played down tensions, despite days earlier deploying bombers and an assault ship to bolster an aircraft carrier in one of the world's most sensitive waterways as it exchanged barbs with Saudi arch-rival Iran."We fundamentally do not seek a war with Iran," Secretary of State Mike
  
  Read more

• Netflix Teasing E3 2019 Game Announcements

  14-05-2019 19:09 via gamespot.com
  
  Netflix appears to have some game announcements in store, teasing appearances at E3 2019 next month. The studio will have a panel at the E3 Coliseum, and has dropped some intriguing hints about what it has up its sleeve.A tweet announcing the Coliseum panel says it will cover "news about its plans in the gaming space," and an attached image names the panel, "Bringing Your Favorite Shows To Life: Developing Netflix Originals Into Video Games." Similarly, a Twitter thread from Netflix's sci-fi and
  
  Read more

• Game Of Thrones Exists In Its Own Darkest Timeline, But It Didn't Have To

  14-05-2019 19:06 via gamespot.com
  
  Be warned: We're discussing Episode 5 of Game of Thrones Season 8, "The Bells," and thus there will be a great many spoilers.As it approaches its conclusion, Game of Thrones feels like a different show than it has in the past. Blame it on any number of issues--two shortened final seasons resulting in rushed character development, a lack of source material to act as a roadmap, or the cause of the constant (if possibly unfair) refrain decrying "bad writing"--but a generalized reaction among many f
  
  Read more

• Democrats and Trump do battle in court over his financial records

  14-05-2019 19:06 via news.yahoo.com
  By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal judge on Tuesday said financial records from U.S. President Donald Trump's long-time accounting firm would be part of a "proper subject of investigation" by Congress, appearing to side with Democratic lawmakers seeking more oversight of the president. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta in Washington heard oral arguments on whether Mazars LLP must comply with a House of Representatives Oversight Committee subpoena, marking the first time a federal court h
  
  Read more

• 10 exciting OnePlus 7 Pro features you won’t find on any iPhone

  14-05-2019 19:03 via news.yahoo.com
  No new flagship smartphones come as much of a surprise when they're announced these days, because most of the key details surrounded them leak long before any official announcements are made. That is especially true of the OnePlus 7 Pro, which was finally unveiled on Tuesday morning. From official press renders and key specs to pricing and release timing, just about everything you could possibly want to know about the OnePlus 7 Pro was leaked long before today's big press conference, leaving not
  
  Read more

• Military officer says no rise in Iran threat in Iraq, Syria

  14-05-2019 18:56 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S.-led military coalition combating the Islamic State group has detected no greater recent threat to its troops in Iraq or Syria from forces backed by Iran, a senior coalition officer said Tuesday, in an apparent contradiction of Trump administration claims.
  
  Read more

• Man pleads guilty in mall attack against boy, faces 19 years

  14-05-2019 18:52 via news.yahoo.com
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A man who reportedly told investigators that he went to the Mall of America "looking for someone to kill" pleaded guilty Tuesday to throwing a 5-year-old boy from a third-floor balcony and faces 19 years in prison.
  
  Read more

Follow @GamesUKnews on Twitter!