games news

• Yemen port, airport to reopen to aid: Saudi-led coalition

  22-11-2017 23:51 via yahoo.com
  The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said Wednesday it would reopen a key Red Sea port and Sanaa airport to aid, after a more than two-week blockade following a missile attack on Riyadh.The coalition said it would reopen Hodeida port to receive "urgent humanitarian and relief materials" and Sanaa airport to UN aircraft from midday on Thursday (0900 GMT).Hodeida, which is controlled by Huthi rebels backed by Saudi Arabia's arch-rival Iran, is a key conduit for much-needed food and medicine i
  
  Read more

• Landmark Buildings Around The World Light Up Red To Honor Christian Persecution Victims

  22-11-2017 23:41 via yahoo.com
  Buildings in the United Kingdom and other countries are glowing a deep red on Wednesday in honor of Christians around the globe who have been persecuted for their faith.
  
  Read more

• APNewsBreak: Ferguson leaders wonder if monitor worth cost

  22-11-2017 22:57 via yahoo.com
  FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Ferguson, Missouri, has paid nearly a half-million dollars to the monitor team overseeing its police and court reforms, but city leaders question what they've gotten for their money, especially after the departure of the original lead monitor.
  
  Read more

• Tencent to Localize PUBG for China

  22-11-2017 22:56
  Playerunknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) is coming to China, and there are changes coming to the popular survival game.
  Chinese gaming company Tencent Holdings will alter the game to bring it more in line with socialist culture and values, according to Reuters.
  Last month China's content regulator criticized the violence in PUBG, saying it would likely be blocked because it "severely deviates from socialist core values."
  Tencent says it won the exclusive rights to PUBG in China, and will alter
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Undocumented Immigrant Whose Wife Has Cancer Finally Granted Temporary Stay

  22-11-2017 22:53 via yahoo.com
  Thanks to a large social media push, an undocumented immigrant from Bangladesh will get to stay in the U.S. ― for now.
  
  Read more

• Chicago cop cited for racist and threatening Facebook posts

  22-11-2017 22:50 via yahoo.com
  CHICAGO (AP) — An oversight agency for the Chicago Police Department has cited a veteran officer for more than 60 rule violations, including openly advocating for civil war and Facebook posts that that it deemed to be racist, Islamophobic or threatening.
  
  Read more

• Video: Rob Pardo breaks down Blizzard's design philosophies circa 2010

  22-11-2017 22:49
  In this classic 2010 GDC talk, former Blizzard exec Rob Pardo revamps an internal presentation to show fellow devs some of the key philosophies that were driving the company. ...
  
  Read more

• Putin urges 'compromise' ahead of new Syria peace talks

  22-11-2017 22:40 via yahoo.com
  Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that efforts to end Syria's six-year war were entering "a new stage" ahead of a planned meeting of Syrian government officials and opposition leaders, warning both sides that compromise would be necessary.The new talks should happen soon, Putin said after a summit with Iran's President Hassan Rouhani and Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan, insisting that they would reinvigorate a hobbled peace process."It is obvious that the reform process will no
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• FCC Faces Scrutiny For Refusing To Turn Over Evidence On Net Neutrality Comments

  22-11-2017 22:38 via yahoo.com
  The Federal Communications Commission received millions of suspicious comments in support of its plan to repeal net neutrality, and it ignored multiple requests for evidence that would explain their origin.
  
  Read more

• Weekly Jobs Roundup: Blizzard, Heart Machine, and Insomniac Games are hiring now

  22-11-2017 22:23
  This week's roundup of game development job openings includes companies looking to hire Artists, UI Engineers, Level Designers, and more....
  
  Read more

• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR Review

  22-11-2017 22:19
  When VR headsets became a reality, I made a list of games I wanted to experience from that perspective. It was primarily games with fantastic worlds – games like BioShock, Half-Life 2, and, naturally The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Since then it’s become clear that adapting conventional first-person games to VR wouldn’t be easy, and Bethesda’s Skyrim VR is an example of how many of those challenges remain unsolved. It’s definitely great virtual tourism in a familiar la
  
  Read more

• Holy crap, Hitman got to go indie because of a *legitimately feel-good video game business story*

  22-11-2017 22:15 via gamesradar.com
  Earlier this year, Hitman series developer IO Interactive left the umbrella of Square Enix to go fully independent
  
  Read more

• Julia Stiles And Husband Preston J. Cook Welcome First Child

  22-11-2017 22:10 via yahoo.com
  Julia Stiles and her husband, camera assistant Preston J. Cook, welcomed their first child, a boy named Strummer Newcomb Cook, on Oct. 20.
  
  Read more

• Civ 5 Designer Leaves Paradox Over 'Creative Differences'

  22-11-2017 22:05
  Sid Meier's Civilization V designer Jon Shafer and Paradox Interactive have "decided to part ways due to creative differences," Paradox has announced.
  "Jon is an ambitious person with a lot of drive and passion and he has led some good discussions in our teams over the past few months," said Executive Vice President of Studios at Paradox Interactive Mattias Lilja. "However, during the course of these discussions, it has become clear that we want different things creatively and we have therefore
  
  Read more

• FCC makes move to repeal net neutrality protections

  22-11-2017 21:55
  FCC chairman Ajit Pai's 200-page proposal would eliminate all but one of the existing net neutrality protections in a bid to stop the federal government from "micromanaging the internet." ...
  
  Read more

• Thousands pay respects to officer slain during traffic stop

  22-11-2017 21:48 via yahoo.com
  NEW KENSINGTON, Pa. (AP) — Thousands of police officers from around the country turned out to pay respects Wednesday to a rookie Pennsylvania police officer who was fatally shot during a traffic stop last week.
  
  Read more

• Danny Masterson’s Publicist Suggested A Woman Can’t Be Raped By A Man She’s In A Relationship With

  22-11-2017 21:44 via yahoo.com
  In a recorded phone call obtained by HuffPost, Jenni Weinman, the longtime publicist of actor Danny Masterson, suggested to one of the four women accusing Masterson of rape that a woman who is in a relationship with a man can’t claim that man raped her.
  
  Read more

• Lebanon's PM Hariri shelves resignation, easing crisis

  22-11-2017 21:42 via yahoo.com
  By Ellen Francis and Laila BassamBEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's Saad al-Hariri on Wednesday shelved his decision to resign as prime minister at the request of President Michel Aoun, easing a crisis that had deepened tensions in the Middle East.Hariri made his announcement after returning to Beirut for the first time since he quit abruptly on Nov. 4 in a broadcast from Saudi Arabia.Top Lebanese officials have said Riyadh forced him to quit and held him in the kingdom.
  
  Read more

• The future looks bright: light pollution rises on a global scale

  22-11-2017 21:40 via yahoo.com
  Researchers said on Wednesday satellite data showed that Earth's artificially lit outdoor surface at night grew by about 2 percent annually in brightness and area from 2012 to 2016, underscoring concerns about the ecological effects of light pollution on people and animals.The rate of growth observed in developing countries was much faster than in already brightly lit rich countries.The researchers said the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration weather satellite data may understat
  
  Read more

• No verdict yet in San Francisco pier killing as jury breaks

  22-11-2017 21:40 via yahoo.com
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The criminal case against a Mexican man accused of killing a woman on a crowded San Francisco pier is coming to a close more than two years after setting off a national firestorm over immigration.
  
  Read more

• Indian navy the odd man out in Asia's 'Quad' alliance

  22-11-2017 21:37 via yahoo.com
  The Trump administration is pushing security ties between the United States, India, Japan and Australia, but the revival of the Asian "Quad" must overcome lingering mistrust in New Delhi towards its allies that hampers genuine military cooperation.
  
  Read more

• Xbox Games With Gold for December Announced

  22-11-2017 21:32
  Microsoft has announced December's lineup of free Xbox One and backward-compatible Xbox 360 games for Gold subscribers.
  As posted on Xbox Wire, here's the month's full list of Games With Gold, as well as their dates of availability:Warhammer: End Times -- Vermintide — December 1-31 (Xbox One)Back to the Future: The Game -- 30th Anniversary Edition — December 16-January 15 (Xbox One)Child of Eden — December 1-15 (Xbox One and Xbox 360)Marlow Briggs and the Mask of Death &md
  
  Read more

• Tax Reform Is Gonna Eat My Lunch!

  22-11-2017 21:30 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― My employer gives everyone in my office a free lunch every day, and Republicans in Congress want to put a stop to it.
  
  Read more

• The Best Carrying Cases for Nintendo Switch

  22-11-2017 21:25
  
  Whether you prefer playing your Switch docked or undocked, it really doesn’t matter. Because you’re probably going to need to get a case for it eventually. I mean let’s face it, the Switch is a portable console, so odds are you’ll likely end up gaming on the go with it sooner or later. So we put together a list of what we think are some of the best carrying cases currently available for your fancy new hybrid console.See it on Amazon
   Continue reading…
  
  Read more

• Not sure if you like killing Nazis? Try it out with a free trial of Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus today

  22-11-2017 21:25 via gamesradar.com
  If you haven't managed to grab a copy of Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus you're missing out on a wild ride
  
  Read more

• Trump Hotel Owner Pays Trumps to Leave

  22-11-2017 21:22 via yahoo.com
  Andrea Bernstein talks with Rachel Maddow about the problems the Trump family has had with the Trump SoHo Hotel and today's news that the owner has paid the Trump's to exit the contract early, as the Trump name is seen as damaging to business.
  
  Read more

• Super Mario Odyssey NVC Spoilercast

  22-11-2017 21:14
  
  Welcome to our special Super Mario Odyssey Spoiler cast episode of Nintendo Voice Chat! We're bringing you NVC a day early this week, due to the Thanksgiving break.
  By popular request, Filip Miucin, Zach Ryan, Peer Schneider, and Brendan Graeber try to condense their Super Mario Odyssey experience into a full hour of NVC. We kick off Episode 383 of our weekly Nintendo podcast with a mid-week news round-up before we finally get to the long-promised Odyssey spoilercast. To keep thin
  
  Read more

• Man Wrongly Convicted of Murder Will Get $15 Million From L.A. County

  22-11-2017 21:06 via yahoo.com
  Franklin O'Connell has maintained his innocence for the last 32 years.
  
  Read more

• "The people have spoken," says Zimbabwe's new leader

  22-11-2017 20:59 via yahoo.com
  By MacDonald DzirutweHARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's new leader Emmerson Mnangagwa told a cheering crowd in Harare on Wednesday that the country was entering a new stage of democracy following Robert Mugabe's removal as president after nearly four decades in power.Mnangagwa returned to the country earlier in the day, having fled for his safety when the 93-year-old former leader sacked him as vice president two weeks ago to smooth a path to the succession for his much younger wife Grace.The voice o
  
  Read more

• Watch Destiny 2: Curse of Osiris' huge new public event in action

  22-11-2017 20:52 via gamesradar.com
  New missions, Strikes, and gear are coming to Destiny 2 in the Curse of Osiris DLC, but anybody who's ever farmed tokens knows what the real main event will be
  
  Read more

• Missouri's New Waiting Period Law Is Already Driving Women To Seek Help Elsewhere

  22-11-2017 20:48 via yahoo.com
  Missouri women seeking an abortion regularly head to the Hope Clinic in Granite City, Illinois, 15 minutes from downtown St. Louis.
  
  Read more

• Middle-earth: Shadow of War for just $35? Hang on to your credit cards, the Steam Sale is back

  22-11-2017 20:46 via gamesradar.com
  It's that time of year when there are family gatherings to avoid, weather to shelter from, and time off from work to enjoy - so nothing will prepare you better for the holiday season than loading up your PC with a bunch of new games
  
  Read more

• Don't Miss: Do we always have to strive for 'realism'?

  22-11-2017 20:42
  In this reprint from the January 2010 issue of Game Developer magazine, Damion Schubert contends that the pursuit of realism can sometimes lead to pretty unrealistic experiences. ...
  
  Read more

• Lebanese PM puts resignation on hold, in surprise reversal

  22-11-2017 20:41 via yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad Hariri walked back his resignation on Wednesday after weeks of intensive international diplomacy aimed at restoring the delicate political balance that has kept the country from being pulled apart by regional tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran.
  
  Read more

• Ann Maguire murder: Parents should be made to sign contracts with Facebook and monitor children's accounts, says coroner 

  22-11-2017 20:36 via yahoo.com
  Parents should be made to sign contracts compelling them to monitor their children’s Facebook messages, the coroner in the Ann Maguire murder inquest has claimed. Under proposals due to be presented to the Digital minister Matt Hancock, parents would be given the right to pry on their children’s accounts because their “responsibility transcends” a teenager’s “entitlement to privacy”. The suggestions would also require teens aged 13 to 18 to have a named
  
  Read more

• Giveaway (Final Hours): Destiny 2 Collector's Edition

  22-11-2017 20:30
  
   
  Hey, guardians! We're giving away three (3) Destiny 2 Collector's Edition sets for our Fireteam Chat sweepstakes. Be sure to check out the official sweepstakes link to enter by following us YouTube Fireteam Chat.
  ENTER HERE (Contest Link): https://gleam.io/JgcfM/fireteam-chat-destiny-2-collectors-edition-sweepstakesThe Destiny base game in a SteelBook caseA Destiny 2 Expansion Pass for two upcoming expansions with new story missions, cooperative activities, competitive multiplayer, n
  
  Read more

• Microsoft facing lawsuit over alleged HoloLens patent infringement

  22-11-2017 20:29
  Microsoft is facing a patent infringement lawsuit over the technology used in its mixed reality headset HoloLens. ...
  
  Read more

• Hariri says resignation on hold, pledges to stay in Lebanon

  22-11-2017 20:29 via yahoo.com
  Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad Hariri said Wednesday he was suspending his surprise resignation, pending talks, providing a potential way out of a political crisis that has rocked the country.Lebanon has been thrown into turmoil by Hariri's shock November 4 announcement from Saudi Arabia that he was stepping down, followed by a prolonged absence.The resignation was seen as a ratcheting up of tensions in the long-running rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran, and raised fears that Lebanon would be
  
  Read more

• Steam Autumn Sale Begins Today

  22-11-2017 20:27
  The Steam Autumn Sale 2017 has officially begun, with deals that discount several new releases.
  According to Valve's announcement, the sale will run until November 28 at 10am PT/1pm ET/6pm UK (November 29 at 5am AET). Discounted games include Dark Souls III, Middle-earth: Shadow of War, The Evil Within 2, Elite Dangerous, Star Trek: Bridge Crew, Inside, and many more.
  Below are some specific deals. You can visit the Steam Store to see the full list of currently discounted titles.
  
  Read more

• Mom Allegedly Killed in Front of Family by Her Children's Dad

  22-11-2017 20:23 via yahoo.com
  “He stood right there and he looked me dead in my face and unloaded the gun again on her,” the victim’s mother, Gloria Blaylock, told the Atlanta Journal Constitution
  
  Read more

• Anita Hill: Joe Biden's Apology Is 'Not Enough'

  22-11-2017 20:23 via yahoo.com
  Anita Hill said former Vice President Joe Biden’s recent apology for his handling of her 1991 Senate testimony against then-Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas is “not enough” to make up for his failure at the time “to show leadership on this issue on behalf of women’s equality.”
  
  Read more

• Syria talks in Russia, Saudi Arabia aim to unify rival sides

  22-11-2017 20:21 via yahoo.com
  MOSCOW (AP) — The leaders of Russia, Turkey and Iran on Wednesday discussed ways to promote a peaceful settlement in Syria, including the return of refugees, humanitarian aid and prisoners' exchange, while fractured Syrian opposition groups were meeting in Saudi Arabia in a bid to overcome their divisions and form a united front for Syrian peace talks in Geneva.
  
  Read more

• US gymnastics doctor at London 2012 Olympics pleads guilty to abusing athletes

  22-11-2017 20:17 via yahoo.com
  The US gymnastic team’s doctor during the London 2012 Olympics has pleaded guilty to seven counts of sexual assault after claims he abused young athletes.  Lawrence Nassar, who has since stepped down from the role, said he was “horribly sorry” for his crimes during a court appearance on Wednesday.  Three of America’s ‘Fierce Five’ gymnastics squad that won team gold in the 2012 Olympics in the UK have publicly claimed they were abused by Nassar.
  
  Read more

• After Backlash, Tennessee Town Drops Planned Ban On Drag Shows

  22-11-2017 20:05 via yahoo.com
  A Tennessee town’s controversial plan to ban drag shows is dead on arrival.
  
  Read more

• Mumbai attack 'mastermind' to be freed as he eyes move to mainstream Pakistani politics

  22-11-2017 20:04 via yahoo.com
  A Pakistani court on Wednesday ordered the release from house arrest of Hafiz Saeed, a notorious jihadi with a $10m US bounty on his head.  The move was seen as part of a military campaign to bully the civilian government. Mr Saeed, who was detained nine months ago, allegedly masterminded the 2008 Mumbai massacre in which 166 people were killed. The court rejected a request by the government to extend his arrest, citing a lack of evidence. On Friday, Mr Saeed is expected to walk free.
  
  Read more

• Imminent ‘Loss of Night’ Will Disrupt the Entire Planet, Say Scientists

  22-11-2017 20:00 via yahoo.com
  The Earth is getting a little too lit.
  
  Read more

• Lifeline for Merkel as opposition revolt over coalition position

  22-11-2017 19:59 via yahoo.com
  A possible way out of Germany’s political crisis appeared on Wednesday in the form of a growing rebellion in the second largest party over its leader’s refusal to enter coalition talks with Angela Merkel.  Martin Schulz was confronted with open revolt in his Social Democratic Party (SPD) from MPs who want him to throw a lifeline to Mrs Merkel — and drive a hard bargain for the party’s support. Other senior voices in the SPD are calling for it to agree instead to prop
  
  Read more

• Sky: 5 Pieces of Art from Journey Creator’s New Game

  22-11-2017 19:57
  Thatgamecompany’s games like Journey, Flower, and Flow are noteworthy for many reasons, but chief among them is the eye-catching art. Each title in the developer’s catalog is more beautiful than the last, with a distinctive style and wholly unique art direction.
  Sky is no exception, with gorgeous environments and character designs that build a cohesive world for the upcoming mobile-first adventure thatgamecompany revealed earlier this year.
  Continue reading…
  
  Read more

• A look at what some stores have planned for Black Friday

  22-11-2017 19:57 via yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — With Black Friday having stretched into a November full of deals, stores will be stepping it up as holiday shopping begins in earnest.
  
  Read more

• 6-Month-Old Quintuplets Dazzle in Christmas Card Photo Shoot

  22-11-2017 19:57 via yahoo.com
  They were conceived through intrauterine insemination.
  
  Read more

Follow @Newslockergames on Twitter!