games news

• Canada: Ontario to pay guaranteed incomes to the poor

  24-04-2017 23:53 via yahoo.com
  
  Ontario has launched a pilot program to provide a guaranteed basic income to a few thousand people to test its effects on recipients and public finances, the Canadian province announced Monday.Provincial Premier Kathleen Wynne said the program would provide a "basic income" for three years to 4,000 people living under the poverty line.
  
  Read more

• With execs in hot seat, Wells Fargo gets OK for bankruptcy plan

  24-04-2017 23:49 via yahoo.com
  
  Retail banking giant Wells Fargo has fixed problems in its 2015 bankruptcy plan and will now be allowed to open new international branches, US banking regulators said Monday.A Treasury Department agency found this month found the bank's board as early as 2005 had received "regular" reports that employee firings and internal ethics complaints were related to unethical sales practices.Monday's announcement reversed an action taken by the Federal Reserve Board and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporat
  
  Read more

• Comcast knows you’ll pay anything for good Wi-Fi

  24-04-2017 23:44 via yahoo.com
  
  A new survey commissioned by Comcast has ranked apartment-dweller's need for good internet, relative to other niceties like basic hygiene. The conclusion seems to be that good Wi-Fi and high-speed internet are viewed as being the most critical.Comcast probably commissioned this survey to show how relevant its brand is to millennials or something, but the only actual truth to be found is this: Comcast knows that you will put up with basically anything to get good internet, so it's going to squeez
  
  Read more

• Condemned men seek appeals even after decades behind bars

  24-04-2017 23:28 via yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Last-ditch legal appeals could block the executions of two Arkansas inmates who are scheduled to be put to death Monday after spending more than two decades behind bars. What's left to appeal after so many years? A look at some issues that can stop a lethal injection at the last minute.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Haiti leader pleads guilty to money laundering in drug case

  24-04-2017 23:26 via yahoo.com
  
  MIAMI (AP) — A former Haitian coup leader and recently elected senator in that country pleaded guilty Monday to a U.S. drug money-laundering charge under a deal that should allow him to avoid a potential sentence of life in prison for cocaine trafficking.
  
  Read more

• US blasts 'unconscionable' Taliban attack in Afghanistan

  24-04-2017 23:25 via yahoo.com
  
  The US State Department on Monday described last week's Taliban attack in northern Afghanistan as "unconscionable," but stressed America has no intention of giving up on the country despite more than 15 years of brutal war.State Department spokesman Mark Toner said more than 100 Afghan soldiers were killed and more than 60 others were wounded in Friday's attack on an army base outside the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif."This in no way should convey to the Taliban or anyone else in the region th
  
  Read more

• Video: Game localization shenanigans in the Chinese-speaking world

  24-04-2017 23:24
  
  At GDC 2017, IGDShare organizer and experienced localizer Jung-Sheng Lin tries to help devs avoid calamity by running down some of the potential pitfalls of localizing for the Chinese-speaking world....
  
  Read more

• Pulse-Pounding Video Shows Girl Falling Out of Church Bus

  24-04-2017 23:18 via yahoo.com
  
  The 4-year-old suffered a broken jaw and is the process of recovering.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• US Supreme Court opts to leave CIA 'torture report' secret

  24-04-2017 23:16 via yahoo.com
  
  The US Supreme Court on Monday turned back an appeal by rights groups seeking to make public a damning report on the CIA's post-September 11 torture program, ensuring it will remain secret.The court rebuffed arguments from the American Civil Liberties Union that the highly classified report, compiled in 2014 by the Senate Intelligence Committee, should be released based on US government transparency rules."We are disappointed by this major setback for government transparency and accountability.
  
  Read more

• Chelsea Clinton Responds To SNL Cast Member’s Joke

  24-04-2017 23:16 via yahoo.com
  
  Chelsea Clinton responded to a joke made by ‘Saturday Night Live’ star Vanessa Bayer at the expense of former Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
  
  Read more

• Trump-backed Navy expansion would boost costs some $400 billion over 30 years: study

  24-04-2017 23:14 via yahoo.com
  
  Expanding the U.S. Navy to 355 ships as recommended by military leaders and backed by President Donald Trump would cost some $400 billion more over the next 30 years than the currently planned 308-ship fleet, according to a study released on Monday.The annual cost to build, crew and operate a 355-ship fleet would be about $102 billion, or 13 percent more than the $90 billion needed for the currently planned Navy, according to the study by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.The $102 bill
  
  Read more

• Angela Merkel 'had to explain fundamentals of EU trade to Donald Trump 11 times'

  24-04-2017 23:14 via yahoo.com
  
  Angela Merkel was forced to explain the “fundamentals” of EU trade to Donald Trump 11 times after he repeatedly asked to do a deal directly with Germany, a senior German official has claimed.The US President reportedly exposed "very basic misunderstandings" of how EU trade works during a meeting with the German chancellor last month.“Ten times Trump asked [Ms Merkel] if he could negotiate a trade deal with Germany.
  
  Read more

• Up in Smoke: Marijuana activists cuffed after lighting up at U.S. Capitol

  24-04-2017 23:00 via yahoo.com
  
  Two dozen red-hatted protesters gathered on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol on Monday to call for easing federal marijuana laws, but police snuffed out the party by arresting four of them after they lit up joints.The activists, who carried marijuana-leaf flags and a sign saying "Let DC Tax and Regulate Marijuana," were calling for coast-to-coast legalization of the recreational use of marijuana and protections for those who use cannabis for medical reasons.The protest included the recitation of
  
  Read more

• Former Haiti coup leader pleads guilty in U.S. drug case

  24-04-2017 22:57 via yahoo.com
  
  The leader of a 2004 coup that toppled Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide pleaded guilty on Monday to a money laundering charge related to an international drug trafficking scheme, the U.S. Department of Justice said.Guy Philippe, 49, admitted to one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering stemming from his receipt of cash payments tied to narcotics sales in the late 1990s and early 2000s, the Justice Department said.Prosecutors said Philippe, a former high-ranking official in the H
  
  Read more

• T-Mobile keeps growing like crazy

  24-04-2017 22:53 via yahoo.com
  
  T-Mobile's results for the first three months of 2017 are out, and it's good news for anyone wearing a magenta onesie. The company is once again the industry leader for customers added and net revenue, while total income was up by nearly 50%. Coming just after T-Mobile bought up new spectrum nation-wide for a great deal, it means T-Mobile's in a stellar place to challenge Verizon and AT&T.Financially, T-Mobile had a great quarter. Total revenue and service revenue were at $9.6 billion and $7
  
  Read more

• Trump tax push raises questions about scope of his 'reform'

  24-04-2017 22:31 via yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump's zeal to unveil a tax plan before his 100th day in office is raising questions about just how thorough his "tax reform" plans will be, amid signals that his focus for now is on slashing tax rates.Trump has directed aides to move quickly on a plan to cut the corporate income tax rate to 15 percent from 35 percent, a Trump administration official said on Monday.With his 100th day nearing on April 29, Trump has been ordering studies and signing executive orders.
  
  Read more

• Get a job: Sony PlayStation is hiring a Sr. UI Tools Programmer

  24-04-2017 22:29
  
  Sony's Santa Monica Studio is looking for a self-motivated Senior User Interface Tools Programmer to join its team in Playa Vista, California....
  
  Read more

• Obama returns to the public stage and more: April 24 in photos

  24-04-2017 22:22 via yahoo.com
  
  Former President Barack Obama hosts a conversation on civic engagement and community organizing, Monday, April 24, 2017, at the University of Chicago in Chicago; President Donald Trump, accompanied by his daughter Ivanka Trump, talks via video conference with International Space Station Commander Peggy Whitson and Jack Fischer on the Space Station from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington; and, An attendee smokes a marijuana cigarette, during a rally to support the legalization of ma
  
  Read more

• Russia flies multiple bomber missions near Alaska: Pentagon

  24-04-2017 22:20 via yahoo.com
  
  Russian warplanes last week flew a series of missions near Alaska, prompting the North American air defense agency to scramble US and Canadian jets, officials said Monday.The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and the Pentagon said Tu-95 Bear bombers were spotted in international air space on three occasions -- twice near the Aleutian Islands and once near mainland Alaska and Canada.The bomber missions occurred April 17, 18 and 20, and on two occasions NORAD launched fighters to co
  
  Read more

• Jailed British-Iranian loses final appeal in Tehran

  24-04-2017 22:18 via yahoo.com
  
  A British-Iranian woman jailed in Tehran after being accused of sedition has seen her appeal rejected by the country's supreme court, her family said on Monday.Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was given a five-year jail term in September for participating in anti-regime protests in 2009.After losing an initial appeal in January, Iran's Supreme Court upheld her sentence and Zaghari-Ratcliffe's family said they have been told there are no further legal avenues.
  
  Read more

• The Latest: Mistrial declared for 4 in Cliven Bundy standoff

  24-04-2017 22:13 via yahoo.com
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Latest on the trial of six men charged in an armed standoff with federal agents (all times local):
  
  Read more

• NPD has been underestimating digital game sales since at least 2010

  24-04-2017 22:11
  
  New, 'restated' reporting from NPD shows that spending on game software has actually been increasing steadily since 2010, whereas previously reported data showed somewhat of a spending plateau....
  
  Read more

• Show this Overwatch comic to the Reinhardt in your life

  24-04-2017 21:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  If you play Overwatch long enough, you start to notice certain constants
  
  Read more

• Pres. Trump's Threat to Congress Fails

  24-04-2017 21:40 via yahoo.com
  
  President Trump lost his first fight over health care and Monday night he appeared to back off threats to force Democrats and Republicans to pay for the border wall. Fmr. GOP Congressman David Jolly and MNSBC's Joy Reid join Lawrence O'Donnell.
  
  Read more

• Watch the 2017 Honda Civic Type R Set a New FWD Nurburgring Lap Record

  24-04-2017 21:37 via yahoo.com
  
  With a 7:43.80 lap time, the 306-horsepower turbocharged Type R snatches front-drive victory from the hottest VW GTI.
  
  Read more

• Overwatch: Three New Maps In the Works

  24-04-2017 21:36
  Overwatch might get three more maps this year, plus additional non-standard arenas and experiments.
  The game's director, Jeff Kaplan, responded to a fan's concerns on the Overwatch forums about the lack of extra maps so far for the shooter. "We currently have 3 maps in development, all past the initial playtesting phase that are 'standard' maps ," Kaplan said.
  "While something could always change, all 3 of those are looking likely for a release this year."
  But that's not all Blizzard is wor
  
  Read more

• State Department Gets New Spokesperson From ‘Fox and Friends’

  24-04-2017 21:34 via yahoo.com
  
  Out with the old, in with the president’s favorite cable programming.
  
  Read more

• Does Donald Trump actually know where Mars is?

  24-04-2017 21:34 via yahoo.com
  
  Earlier today, President Trump took time out of his busy schedule to video-call the American astronauts aboard the International Space Station. In between comments on how great American technology is, Trump seems to have let slip his administration's Mars policy. According to the pool report of the conversation, it's kinda ambitious:
  POTUS asked about the timeline for placing humans on Mars, and said he would like to speed up the timeline to get that done "at worst, during my second term."
  "I ha
  
  Read more

• Donald Trump may be willing to shut down the government over his wall with Mexico

  24-04-2017 21:32 via yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump has demanded congress provide funds to build his controversial border wall with Mexico - apparently willing to threaten Democrats even if he risks a government shutdown.Mr Trump is also seeking to persuade Democrats to fund the border wall, while avoiding a looming shutdown of the federal government.
  
  Read more

• At least global warming may get Americans off the couch more

  24-04-2017 21:30 via yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Global warming's milder winters will likely nudge Americans off the couch more in the future, a rare, small benefit of climate change, a new study finds.
  
  Read more

• Cop Apprehends 2 Pygmy Goats Caught Wreaking Havoc and Eating Cat Food in Garage

  24-04-2017 21:29 via yahoo.com
  
  Sgt. Daniel Fitzpatrick was able to lure them into his patrol car using cat leashes, but he wasn't sure what to do with them next.
  
  Read more

• Don't Miss: What can game designers learn from the original Legend of Zelda?

  24-04-2017 21:07
  
  Can the original Zelda game still have things to teach designers? Mike Stout (Skylanders) dives back into the 1986 classic to see how Miyamoto handled pathing, challenge ramping, and more....
  
  Read more

• Outlast 2 Review

  24-04-2017 21:00
  Not for the faint of heart, Outlast 2’s relentless scares, unforgiving monsters, and provocative meditations on faith are an anxiety-inducing but cathartic horror experience. While it suffers from a couple of pacing problems and some finicky navigation issues, its careful - and sadistic - manipulation of my fight-or-flight reflex had me experiencing an overwhelming sense of dread throughout, which abated only once the credits were rolling. The ending, however, stayed with me for days.
  Outl
  
  Read more

• Eye tracking tech offers a closer look at Overwatch's UI in action

  24-04-2017 20:50
  
  A video from researcher Jon Matthis uses eye tracking software to record how a player's gaze rapidly jumps between different elements of an Overwatch match. ...
  
  Read more

• US general in Afghanistan suggests Russia arming the Taliban

  24-04-2017 20:43 via yahoo.com
  
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The United States must confront Russia for providing weapons to the Taliban for use against American-backed forces in Afghanistan, top U.S. military officials said Monday.
  
  Read more

• No phone has ever performed worse than the Galaxy S8 in SquareTrade’s drop test

  24-04-2017 20:26 via yahoo.com
  
  The Galaxy S8 has “a screen without limits, except one: sidewalks." That’s how SquareTrade ends its breakability test for the newly released phone. This is hardly the first Galaxy S8 drop test we’ve seen, and the results reinforce the findings shared by earlier tests. Moreover, becauseSquareTrade puts all smartphones through exactly the same paces to test their durability, this might be one of the best indications yet as far as indicating how durable the Galaxy S8 is
  
  Read more

• Off-Duty NYPD Officer Critically Injures 2 Women While Drunk Behind the Wheel: Cops

  24-04-2017 20:24 via yahoo.com
  
  Neville Smith, 32, rear-ended a Honda as he merged onto a highway before dawn Sunday.
  
  Read more

• US-backed forces enter major jihadist-held Syria town

  24-04-2017 20:14 via yahoo.com
  
  A US-backed alliance of Arab-Kurdish forces entered the key jihadist-held town of Tabqa on Monday as they pursued their campaign against the Islamic State group in northern Syria.The Syrian Democratic Forces have set their sights on Tabqa and the adjacent dam as part of their broader offensive for the city of Raqa, the Syrian heart of the jihadists' self-styled "caliphate" since 2014.Supported by US-led coalition air strikes and special forces advisers, the SDF surrounded Tabqa in early April.
  
  Read more

• Fallout is getting its own tabletop game, and yes, it has deathclaw and power armor miniatures

  24-04-2017 20:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  Fallout is getting an official tabletop battle game
  
  Read more

• Boy and Grandmother Seen in Last Photos Before They Vanished in Grand Canyon

  24-04-2017 20:04 via yahoo.com
  
  LouAnn Merrell, 62, and her stepgrandson, Jackson Standefer, 14, have been missing since April 15. The teen's camera has been found.
  
  Read more

• President Obama returns to the public stage at the University of Chicago

  24-04-2017 19:41 via yahoo.com
  
  On Monday, April 24, former President Barack Obama took center stage at the University of Chicago for one of his first public appearances since leaving office. He spoke to students from several Chicago area schools on civic engagement.
  
  Read more

• Hernandez suicide notes ordered released ahead of funeral

  24-04-2017 19:29 via yahoo.com
  
  BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — Aaron Hernandez's family turned out Monday for a private funeral to say their farewells to the former NFL star, and a judge ordered that three suicide notes he left be turned over by the time he is buried.
  
  Read more

• Obama makes first public remarks since leaving office

  24-04-2017 19:26 via yahoo.com
  
  Leading a panel discussion at the University of Chicago, the former president said that he is hoping to inspire young leaders and “help them take a crack at changing the world.”
  
  Read more

• Justices turn away appeal from Houston man shot by police

  24-04-2017 19:26 via yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from a Houston man shot in the back by police during a traffic stop, prompting Justice Sonia Sotomayor to complain of a "disturbing trend" in how the high court deals with cases alleging police misconduct.
  
  Read more

• Burt Reynolds on Trump: “He has to realize it’s not about ego”

  24-04-2017 19:13 via yahoo.com
  
  Burt Reynolds, who has been friendly with President Donald Trump in the past, spoke with Yahoo Global News Anchor Katie Couric about how he thinks Trump is doing in the White House so far.
  
  Read more

• Call of Duty: WWII Leak Outs Release Date, Beta

  24-04-2017 19:11
  
  New details about Call of Duty: WWII, including the game's release date, have reportedly emerged.
  According to leaked marketing materials acquired by CharlieIntel, Activision's recently-announced shooter will release on Friday, November 3. The leaked materials also reveal that those who pre-order the game will gain access to a private beta; however, no time frame for the beta was specified.
  Leaked materials, via CharlieIntelContinue reading…
  
  Read more

• Donald Trump says his wall may cost more than $10bn if he makes it 'super-duper'

  24-04-2017 19:01 via yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump has said that his border wall - a point of contention in a spending bill that could shut down the federal government - could cost more than $10bn (£7.8bn) if he decides to make it 'super-duper'.Democrat Senator Chuck Schumer said even with Mr Trump’s lower estimate, Mr Trump's insistence on Americans funding it is a “poison pill” for a budget deal, which has to be reached by 28 April in order to keep the federal government operating.
  
  Read more

• Tesla is doubling the size of its charging network

  24-04-2017 18:58 via yahoo.com
  
  The biggest complaint about electric cars has always been that there's nowhere to juice up. Well, that excuse just died if you own a Tesla. The company just announced plans to double the size of its charging network by the end of the year, promising more chargers at current locations, and new Supercharger sites for all those Model 3s that should be hitting the road.According to Tesla's plans, the number of Superchargers available globally will double by the end of the year, from 5,000 currently
  
  Read more

• Hollande urges French voters to block Le Pen

  24-04-2017 18:58 via yahoo.com
  
  French President Francois Hollande on Monday urged voters to reject far-right leader Marine Le Pen in next month's presidential runoff against pro-EU candidate Emmanuel Macron.Macron is the clear favourite to become France's youngest-ever president after topping Sunday's first round of voting with 24.01 percent of votes, ahead of National Front (FN) leader Le Pen on 21.30 percent, according to final results.The vote revealed a country deeply divided, with 39-year-old Macron, an advocate of open
  
  Read more

• Analysis: A Le Pen wins more acceptance than ever in France

  24-04-2017 18:49 via yahoo.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — When France last put a Le Pen onto the threshold of the presidential Elysee Palace, one step from power, it could write off the 2002 election shock as a mere accident.
  
  Read more

Follow @Newslockergames on Twitter!