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• Tomb Raider 1-3 Remasters Seemingly No Longer Happening

  21-03-2018 23:54
  Update: It appears Realtech VR is no longer remastering the first three Tomb Raider games for PC.
  According to Game Informer, Realtech VR announced the cancelation in a post on Twitter, which as since been deleted. The studio later posted the following statement: "After this episode, we are refocusing on new projects involving Augmented Reality on iOS and VR on PC. We are not more committed on third party license anymore."
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• VIDEO: Fatal self-driving Uber crash in Arizona

  21-03-2018 23:48 via yahoo.com
  Arizona officials took the unexpected step of releasing video from a fatal crash involving a self-driving Uber car that happened earlier in the week.
  
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• The Internet Is Not 'Feeling Satisfied' With Mark Zuckerberg Amid Facebook's Cambridge Analytics Controversy

  21-03-2018 23:29 via yahoo.com
  The Internet is telling Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to get Zucked amid its growing crisis.
  
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• Run A Business And Care For Your Dragon In Harvest Moon Creator's New Title

  21-03-2018 23:20
  Last month, Aksys Games unveiled Little Dragons Café, an adorable game that combines restaurant management, raising a dragon, and cooking. It's a concept that interested us immediately, and today, we were able to get our first hands-on time with it on Nintendo Switch.
  Aksys teamed up with Harvest Moon creator Yasuhiro Wada to bring Little Dragons Café to life. The story follows twins Ren and Rin, whose mother mysteriously falls into a deep sleep and is unable to wake up. You
  
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• David Clarke Makes A Tacky, Homophobic Joke About Joe Biden

  21-03-2018 23:00 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump has a true supporter in former Milwaukee County Sheriff
  
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• Vigil for Florida bridge-collapse victims draws tears, gasps

  21-03-2018 22:40 via yahoo.com
  MIAMI (AP) — Hundreds of Florida International University students held a vigil Wednesday to remember the six victims who died in a pedestrian bridge collapse near campus.
  
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• The Latest: ATF: Fairly certain no packages, urges caution

  21-03-2018 22:36 via yahoo.com
  ROUND ROCK, Texas (AP) — The Latest on the Austin bombings (all times local):
  
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• Your Meh Backsplash Needs This Removable “Tile” Upgrade

  21-03-2018 22:32 via yahoo.com
  Chasing Paper's new “Tile” collection is inspired by the founder’s European travels
  
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• Your Meh Backsplash Needs This Removable "Tile" Upgrade

  21-03-2018 22:32 via yahoo.com
  Chasing Paper's new "Tile" collection is inspired by the founder's European travels
  
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• The Latest: Rods were being adjusted when bridge fell

  21-03-2018 22:26 via yahoo.com
  MIAMI (AP) — The Latest on the bridge collapse in Florida (all times local):
  
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• Police fatally shoot unarmed black man after mistakenly believing he had weapon

  21-03-2018 22:25 via yahoo.com
  Police officers in California fatally shot an unarmed man after mistakenly believing he was armed.Responding to reports of a suspect in a black hoody breaking car windows, officers in Sacramento were directed to a backyard where a law enforcement helicopter had spotted the suspect picking up a toolbar and shattering a window, according to the Sacramento Police Department.“After an exhaustive search, scene investigators did not locate any firearms.
  
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• Trump Tweets Strange Warning Of 'Coming Arms Race,' Suggests Russia Can Help

  21-03-2018 22:19 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump on Wednesday tweeted a bizarre and ominous defense of
  
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• Latest: Officer praised in previous encounter with armed man

  21-03-2018 22:09 via yahoo.com
  GREAT MILLS, Md. (AP) — The Latest on Tuesday's school shooting in Maryland (all times local):
  
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• FBI Dir. Wray: Russian Hacks of US Infrastructure 'The Real Deal'

  21-03-2018 21:58 via yahoo.com
  Rachel Maddow shares some of NBC News' exclusive interview by Pete Williams of FBI Director Chris Wray and notes that not only did Donald Trump not mention the UK poisonings when he called Vladimir Putin.
  
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• Andrew McCabe Oversaw Criminal Investigation Of Jeff Sessions

  21-03-2018 21:38 via yahoo.com
  Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe authorized an investigation into
  
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• Texas Bomb Suspect's Family 'Devastated And Broken'

  21-03-2018 21:35 via yahoo.com
  Family members of the man police suspect in a string of Texas bombings
  
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• The next Elder Scrolls Online expansion will take players to a land they haven't seen since 1994

  21-03-2018 21:34 via gamesradar.com
  Have you heard of the High Elves?
  
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• What we know so far about Austin bombing suspect Mark Conditt

  21-03-2018 21:30 via yahoo.com
  The family of the man accused of terrorising Austin with a deadly month-long bombing spree has spoken of their devastation at his actions, as police tried to understand how and why he went on his rampage. Mark Conditt, 23, died in the early hours of Wednesday, killing himself in his car as a SWAT team closed in on him in the town of Round Rock, 20 miles from Austin.  Police said that they had learnt of his identity in the previous 24 hours, when he had dropped off a package at a FedEx
  
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• Sea of Thieves: Rare Details Next Update, Gives Status Update on Known Issues

  21-03-2018 21:26
  Rare has detailed what is to come in Sea of Thieves' next update, and given a status update on issues players may be experiencing in the game since launch.
  Rare has released a Developer Update video in which Rare Studio Head Craig Duncan and Sea of Thieves' Executive Producer Joe Neate detail updates to the game, top issues players may be experiencing, the studio's priorities in resolving them, and what players can expect going forward.
  Some updates include the addition of an option to favorite
  
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• Fuming Trump defends Putin embrace after damaging leak

  21-03-2018 21:15 via yahoo.com
  US President Donald Trump stridently defended his much-criticized overtures to Russian strongman Vladimir Putin Wednesday, as White House anxiety over his embrace spilled into full public view.After aides leaked embarrassing details of Trump's shock decision to call Putin and congratulate him on re-election, the US president blamed the media for the furor and insisted Moscow can be a solid partner."I called President Putin of Russia to congratulate him on his election victory," Trump tweeted.
  
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• The Latest: Russia: UK treatment in ex-spy case 'barbaric'

  21-03-2018 20:48 via yahoo.com
  MOSCOW (AP) — The Latest on the poisoning of a Russian ex-spy (all times local):
  
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• ARK: Survival Evolved Coming to Nintendo Switch

  21-03-2018 20:44
  ARK: Survival Evolved is coming to Nintendo Switch, Studio Wildcard announced during Epic Games' "State of Unreal" keynote today at Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2018.
  The prehistoric survival game will be released digitally and at retail for Nintendo's console this fall. The Switch version is being co-developed by Abstraction Games, and will feature all of the content found in the original release, including over 100 different creatures.
  Studio Wildcard also announced the first wave of
  
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• PUBG Creator Will Deliver Opening Keynote at PAX East

  21-03-2018 20:41
  PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds creator Brendan Greene will deliver the keynote speech at this year's PAX East on April 5.
  Greene will take viewers through his five-year journey from an ArmA II modder to the creative director of Steam's third-highest selling game of all time. According to the announcement, PUBG sales have now surpassed 35 million copies across PC and Xbox One.
  "Brendan Greene's story is a fascinating one, and PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is only the latest chapter," said Penny Ar
  
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• Austin bombings: Community left in shock and fearful of more explosives after death of suspect Mark Conditt

  21-03-2018 20:41 via yahoo.com
  For residents of Pflugerville, the fear brought on by the spate of recent bombings will take some time to disappear, not least because their quiet suburb about 20 miles from downtown Austin has become the centre of a massive police operation.Detectives and federal agents have flooded two streets connected to the serial bombing suspect Mark Anthony Conditt, one containing his home and the other his parents’.One neighbour, Debbie Alexander, who has lived in the hamlet for nearly 20 years, ha
  
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• The Latest: Bail cut to $400K for ex-officer in shooting

  21-03-2018 20:21 via yahoo.com
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Latest on the former Minneapolis police officer charged in the fatal shooting of an unarmed Australian woman (all times local):
  
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• Obamas To Parkland Teens: You've Awakened The Nation's Conscience

  21-03-2018 20:18 via yahoo.com
  Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama sent a
  
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• Southern California residents evacuate ahead of storm

  21-03-2018 20:05 via yahoo.com
  Deputies in L.A. County have been busy warning residents to leave their homes ahead of yet another storm that could bring mudslides. But not everyone was willing to evacuate. CBS Los Angeles' Rachel Kim reports.
  
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• What's behind Trump's charges about Andrew McCabe's wife?

  21-03-2018 20:03 via yahoo.com
  President Trump hints there was something nefarious about the wife of Andrew McCabe, the fired FBI official, accepting a campaign contribution from the former Democratic governor of Virginia. What’s the real story?
  
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• Deadly Texas blast suspect was quiet, home-schooled

  21-03-2018 20:03 via yahoo.com
  The quiet, home-schooled son of a local couple that sold Amway products is suspected of staging a three-week deadly bombing campaign that gripped the Texas capital of Austin.An arrest warrant and federal criminal complaint identified the maker of the homemade bombs as Mark Conditt, 23, of the Austin suburb of Pflugerville, Texas, law enforcement said on Wednesday.Conditt, who in 2017 moved out of the Pflugerville home owned by his parents, Danene and William Conditt, blew himself up on Wednesday
  
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• Austin bombing suspect identified as Mark Conditt

  21-03-2018 20:03 via yahoo.com
  The man believed to be behind a three-week string of bombings in Austin, Texas is dead. Police identified him as 23-year-old Mark Conditt. CBS News' Nikki Battiste has the latest from Round Rock, Texas.
  
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• An Hour With Xbox's Chris Charla (ID@Xbox)

  21-03-2018 19:55
  DOWNLOAD UNLOCKED 338 (Audio version)
  Xbox's Chris Charla sits in with us to talk about the ever-growing success that is Xbox's ID@Xbox indie game program. We discuss Cuphead, Inside, and the slate of upcoming ID@Xbox games including The Last Night, Below, and many others! Plus: Sea of Thieves launches, a new Lego game is on the way, and more!
  Oh, and Unlocked now has its own snazzy new homepage! Bookmark this: go.ign.com/unlocked
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• Splatoon could have starred rabbits, not squids, but Nintendo devs had questions

  21-03-2018 19:45 via gamesradar.com
  A GDC panel reveals how Splatoon's Inkling characters came to be
  
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• Mark Anthony Conditt: Who is the Texas bombing suspect?

  21-03-2018 19:45 via yahoo.com
  Mark Anthony Conditt has been named by police as the suspected serial bomber who terrorised the capital region for the past three weeks.The 23-year-old white male from Pflugerville, Texas, a suburb of Austin, died earlier this morning after setting off an explosive device in his vehicle after police had caught up to him approximately 13 miles north of his home, outside of the Round Rock, Texas, Red Roof Inn.Mr Conditt, who had no criminal record or military experience, had been tracked there aft
  
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• Man Dies After Getting Head Stuck In Movie Theater Seat

  21-03-2018 19:44 via yahoo.com
  A man who got his head stuck in a reclining movie seat has died as a result of
  
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• 44 African nations sign pact establishing free trade area

  21-03-2018 19:42 via yahoo.com
  Forty-four African countries have signed an agreement establishing a free trade area seen as vital to the continent's economic development, the head of the African Union said Wednesday.The creation of a free trade area -- billed as the world's largest in terms of participating countries -- comes after two years of negotiations, and is one of the AU's flagship projects for greater African integration."We have come here to fulfil the aspiration of our peoples for integration and unity," said Mouss
  
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• The Latest: Number of freed Nigerian schoolgirls up to 104

  21-03-2018 19:34 via yahoo.com
  MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — The Latest on the mass abduction of Nigerian schoolgirls (all times local):
  
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• Obamas pen letter to Parkland students: 'You've helped awaken the conscience of the nation'

  21-03-2018 19:32 via yahoo.com
  Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama sent a handwritten letter earlier this month to the survivors of the mass shooting in Parkland, Fla., saying they have been “inspired by the resilience, resolve and solidarity” shown by the students.
  
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• Read the Obamas' heartwarming letter to the survivors of the Parkland school shooting

  21-03-2018 19:18 via yahoo.com
  While it's been over a month since the deadly mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, both the victims and survivors remain front of mind for many, including Barack and Michelle Obama.  The former First Couple sent a handwritten letter to the survivors on March 10, 2018, praising them for their "resilience, resolve and solidarity" after the shooting and in their activism, according to a copy of the letter obtained by Mic.  SEE ALSO: Parkland students
  
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• Rocket League Tournaments Update Coming in April

  21-03-2018 19:12
  Rocket League's Tournaments Update is coming in early April, Psyonix announced.
  The update will be released on all platforms on April 3 and will allow players to create tournaments without leaving the game. Plenty of quality-of-life improvements will also be added, including performance and visual quality updates for the Nintendo Switch version of the game.
  The following improvements/content will be added with the Tournaments Update: Connection Quality Information - This will add new n
  
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• Modern Warfare 2 Remaster Reportedly Single Player-Only

  21-03-2018 19:09
  Last week, a listing was spotted for a Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 remaster, suggesting Activision may be announcing a remaster of the title some time soon. Now new rumors are hinting that the game may be single player-only.
  Charlie Intel and Eurogamer report sources confirmed to both outlets that the title won't have a multiplayer mode.
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• Austin bombing suspect blows himself up as SWAT moves in

  21-03-2018 19:09 via yahoo.com
  ROUND ROCK, Texas (AP) — The suspect in the deadly bombings that terrorized Austin blew himself up early Wednesday as authorities closed in on him, bringing a grisly end to a three-week manhunt. But police warned that more bombs could be out there.
  
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• Police chief: Uber self-driving car may not be at fault in fatal Arizona crash

  21-03-2018 19:06 via yahoo.com
  The Uber test car involved in a fatal crash in Tempe, Arizona, may not be at fault, the city's police chief said Tuesday. Tempe police chief Sylvia Moir chief instead suggested that the impact between a pedestrian and a Volvo XC90 equipped with self-driving technology couldn't have been avoided, even by the human backup driver inside the vehicle. “I suspect preliminarily it appears that the Uber would likely not be at fault in this accident,” Moir told theSan Francisco Chronicle,&nbs
  
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• Milo And Lola Take A Shot At Satan

  21-03-2018 19:04
  Afterparty is the next adventure from Night School Studio (the team behind Oxenfree), and the game's first trailer shows the two main characters having a hell of a time escaping the afterlife.
  Milo and Lola are being escorted to a bar in Hell via flying demon after Milo somehow got them killed. As the pair walk in, dialogue choice bubbles appear over Lola's head akin to Oxenfree. Unlike Oxenfree, however, Afterparty aesthetically aims for vibrant 3-D cel-shading with 2-D movements, whereas Oxen
  
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• Trump's Department Of Homeland Security Is Cruelly Separating Asylum-Seeking Families

  21-03-2018 19:02 via yahoo.com
  When the U.S. government removes a child from a mother's custody and puts the
  
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• 13 Stunning GIFs Show Puerto Rico's Road To Recovery

  21-03-2018 18:44 via yahoo.com
  Six months after Hurricane Maria devastated the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico,
  
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• Trump Having Second Thoughts About Spending Deal

  21-03-2018 18:41 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump is having second thoughts about supporting the omnibus
  
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• What It's Like To Date An Older Man At 17, Then Marry Him

  21-03-2018 18:35 via yahoo.com
  This as-told-to has been edited for clarity and length. Debbie, who's from
  
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• Kristin Davis Endorses Cynthia Nixon for Governor of New York Because Friendships Never Go Out of Style

  21-03-2018 18:34 via yahoo.com
  "I am thrilled to support her and I know that she cares deeply about the issues facing all of us"
  
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• From 'covfefe' to 'council,' Trump's trouble with spelling is 'unpresidented'

  21-03-2018 18:29 via yahoo.com
  President Trump likes to brag that he’s a “smart person.” But you wouldn’t know it from the president’s tweets, which often contain notable spelling errors.
  
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• Syria rebels say deal reached to evacuate Ghouta town

  21-03-2018 18:27 via yahoo.com
  A hardline Syrian rebel faction said Wednesday it had agreed with the regime to evacuate a bombed-out town in the Eastern Ghouta enclave near Damascus.It is the first deal reached in Ghouta for a mass exit of rebels and civilians since Syrian government troops launched an offensive on the enclave a month ago."The deal between the regime and rebels in Harasta sees rebels exiting the city with their weapons, and whichever civilians want to leave, to northern Syria with Russian guarantees," said Mu
  
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