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• Hitman 2 Officially Announced, Coming This Year

  07-06-2018 23:58
  After a series of teases and leaks, Hitman 2 has been officially revealed by developers IO Interactive.
  WB Games has announced the sequel to 2016's episodic Hitman will be available on the PS4, PS4 Pro, Xbox One, Xbox One X, and PC on Nov. 13.
  The story will follow Agent 47 as he works to "hunt the elusive Shadow Client and unravel his militia once and for all."
  The trailer includes a vignette of a Miami racing meet-up location, but "sun-drenched streets and dark and dangerous rainforests" are a
  
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• Scott Pruitt Just Proposed His Third Radical Change At EPA Since His Scandals Began

  07-06-2018 23:49 via yahoo.com
  Another day, another bizarre, oily Scott Pruitt controversy.
  
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• Facebook launches new program for gaming streamers just starting out

  07-06-2018 23:42
  Facebook announced the launch of its Level Up program today, designed to help new and aspiring streamers foster a community using its platform. ...
  
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• Scott Pruitt Made Staff Drive Him Around To Find His Favorite Lotion: Report

  07-06-2018 23:04 via yahoo.com
  Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt faced yet another
  
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• The Latest: Police nab man sought in Vegas double killing

  07-06-2018 22:55 via yahoo.com
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Latest on the arrest of a man sought as the suspect in the killing of two Vietnamese tourists at a Las Vegas Strip hotel-casino (all times local):
  
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• Vibrant wave photography

  07-06-2018 22:34 via yahoo.com
  These kaleidoscopic images are the work of one persistent photographer’s efforts to capture vibrant hues at the exact moment a wave breaks. Ryan Pernofski‘s stunning shots feature brilliant yellows, reds, blues and purples as an array of sunlight hits the water at the perfect time.
  
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• MIT Creates Psychopath AI By Making It Look At A Reddit Forum

  07-06-2018 22:27 via yahoo.com
  Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have truly created a
  
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• Corrupt Baltimore police officer sentenced to 25 years

  07-06-2018 22:23 via yahoo.com
  A police officer described as perhaps the most corrupt in the history of the Baltimore police department was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Thursday.Sergeant Wayne Jenkins headed an elite unit known as the Gun Trace Task Force that was responsible for stunning amounts of abuse in the troubled US city.Instead, the Task Force resold weapons they stole, robbed drug dealers and planted false evidence.
  
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• Every IGN Hitman Review

  07-06-2018 22:20
  Agent 47 returns this November 13 for Hitman 2! No, not Hitman 2: Silent Assassin - the other Hitman 2. The one that's actually Hitman 7, if you count all the episodes of the previous game as one and not counting Hitman Go. (It's also not the second Hitman movie, Hitman: Agent 47.)
  Confused yet? LOOK OUT BEHIND YOU! Assassins often attempt to confuse their prey to make them drop their guard and become easy targets. So when you really think about it, flipping through this slideshow of every IGN H
  
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• Trump’s DOJ leak probe snags Senate staffer

  07-06-2018 22:19 via yahoo.com
  Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) reacts to breaking news that a recently retired high-ranking staffer on the Senate Intelligence Committee was arrested for lying to the FBI while a New York Times reporter’s email and phone records were also seized.
  
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• Giuliani Speaks, Causes Trouble for Trump

  07-06-2018 22:16 via yahoo.com
  Rudy Giuliani made off-the-cuff remarks about North Korea that the Secretary of State had to rebuff. Giuliani also made claims about Melania Trump and Stormy Daniels that the First Lady's spokesperson had to shoot down.
  
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• Weekly Jobs Roundup: Telltale Games, Disbelief, and more are hiring now!

  07-06-2018 22:15
  Companies like Insomniac Games and Outfit7 are looking for designers, programmers, data scientists, artists, and more on the Gamasutra Job Board. ...
  
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• Trump may invite North Korea’s Kim Jong Un to the U.S.

  07-06-2018 22:09 via yahoo.com
  In a joint press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, President Trump said he could invite North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un to the U.S.
  
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• Psychonauts Director Tim Schafer Reflects on the 2005 Classic - IGN Expert Mode

  07-06-2018 22:07
  You might know Psychonauts as the "psychic adventure from the mind of Tim Schafer", but it was also the game that shaped Double Fine Productions as a studio. The part-platforming, part-adventure game started out as an obscure concept in the 90s, became a huge critical success on launch, then, slowly, evolved into the beloved cult classic it is today, with a sequel set for 2019.
  In the latest episode of IGN's Expert Mode, we sat down with Tim Schafer himself to talk all about the challenge of ori
  
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• The Latest: Autopsy: Man shot by police had wound in back

  07-06-2018 22:03 via yahoo.com
  CHICAGO (AP) — The Latest on the fatal shooting of a man by a Chicago police officer (all times local):
  
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• Valve's new policy on Steam games splits opinions among devs

  07-06-2018 22:02
  Game developers express their mixed opinions over Valve's new policy over what is and isn't allowed on the Steam Marketplace....
  
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• Alice Marie Johnson Dines at a Restaurant for the First Time in More Than 20 Years Following Prison Release

  07-06-2018 21:54 via yahoo.com
  Kim Kardashian West, who helped secure Johnson's release, is now eager to meet her.
  
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• Black Ops 4 Announces New Multiplayer Map Details

  07-06-2018 21:46
  Treyarch detailed maps coming to Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 on a live-stream hosted by Director of Communications, John Rafacz and featuring Co-Studio Head, Dan Bunting and Studio Design Director, David Vonderhaar.
  While there were unfortunately no details about the battle royale mode Blackout's map, Treyarch did confirm five of the maps coming to Black Ops 4 will be fan-favorite locations making a comeback. All maps will be completely remastered with new visuals and adaptations to the
  
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• Austrian court ruling could hold YouTube liable for copyright infringing content

  07-06-2018 21:46
  The preliminary decision means that, if upheld, YouTube, and potentially other major platforms, are legally accountable for the content posted by users on its platform. ...
  
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• US man sentenced to death for torture killing of 8-year-old

  07-06-2018 21:44 via yahoo.com
  A US man was sentenced to death on Thursday for the torture killing of his girlfriend's eight-year-old son, who was beaten, starved and forced to sleep in a closet until his death in 2013.The boy's mother, Pearl Sinthia Fernandez, was sentenced to life in prison for her role in the death of her son, Gabriel.The pair were arrested in 2013 after paramedics were called to a home in Palmdale, northeast of downtown Los Angeles, and found Gabriel unconscious and with a broken skull as well as broken r
  
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• Rescue work at Guatemala volcano suspended, death toll hits 100

  07-06-2018 21:30 via yahoo.com
  By Sofia MenchuSAN MIGUEL LOS LOTES, Guatemala (Reuters) - The search for survivors from deadly eruptions of Guatemala's Fuego volcano was temporarily suspended on Thursday due to dangerous conditions for rescue workers, as the death toll from the disaster reached 100, authorities said.Residents should stay away from the still-dangerous area, said David de Leon, a spokesman for national disaster management agency CONRED.Authorities have admitted that a communication breakdown between CONRED and
  
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• Mom, boyfriend sentenced in boy's 'beyond animalistic' death

  07-06-2018 21:23 via yahoo.com
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge sentenced a California mother to life in prison Thursday and gave her boyfriend the death penalty in the "beyond animalistic" killing of the woman's 8-year-old son, who prosecutors say was punished because the couple believed he was gay.
  
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• Uniqlo Blizzard Line Includes Overwatch, Diablo Shirts

  07-06-2018 21:17
  A limited-edition Blizzard line of T-shirts is coming from Uniqlo next week.
  Available June 11, the Blizzard collection (seen below in the image gallery) focuses on games like Overwatch, Diablo 3, Hearthstone and World of Warcraft. They can be bought on Uniqlo's website or at the Uniqlo stores in New York and Chicago.
  Now this isn't the only new merchandising on the way for Activision Blizzard. For instance, LEGO Overwatch sets are coming too, as well as toys from Hasbro.
  As for the Uniqlo Blizz
  
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• Israel says medic killed in Gaza was 'human shield'

  07-06-2018 21:15 via yahoo.com
  Israel on Thursday said that a Palestinian medical volunteer shot dead during violence along the Gaza border had agreed to serve as a "human shield" during protests and clashes.Spokespersons for the Israeli government and the army published the same tweet, quoting part of an interview with the young woman, Razan al-Najjar, in which she says she was acting as a "human shield"."Razan al-Najjar was not an angel of mercy as Hamas is trying to market her," Ofir Gendelman, the Arabic-language spokesma
  
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• NASA rover data shows Mars had the ingredients needed for life

  07-06-2018 21:05 via yahoo.com
  By Will DunhamWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A NASA rover has detected a bonanza of organic compounds on the surface of Mars and seasonal fluctuations of atmospheric methane in findings released on Thursday that mark some of the strongest evidence ever that Earth's neighbor may have harbored life.Three different types of organic molecules were discovered when the rover dug just 2 inches (5 cm) into roughly 3.5 billion-year-old mudstone, a fine-grained sedimentary rock, at Gale crater, apparently the sit
  
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• NASA's Mars rover drills up most complex organic matter yet

  07-06-2018 21:00 via yahoo.com
  In a breakthrough for the hunt for life on Mars, a NASA robot has detected the most complex organic matter yet from 3.5 billion-year-old rocks on the surface of the Red Planet, scientists said Thursday.The unmanned Curiosity rover has also found increasing evidence for seasonal variations of methane on Mars, indicating the source of the gas is likely the planet itself, or possibly its subsurface water.While not direct evidence of life, the compounds drilled from Mars' Gale Crater are the most di
  
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• DoJ seizes records of NY Times reporter in leak probe: NYT

  07-06-2018 20:59 via yahoo.com
  Rachel Maddow shares breaking news from The New York Times that the Justice Deparment seized the records of and surveilled a national security reporter who currently works for The New York Times, in an investigation of leaks of classified material.
  
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• Pulse nightclub shooting survivors sue Orlando, its police

  07-06-2018 20:44 via yahoo.com
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Almost two years after a massacre at an Orlando nightclub left 49 people dead and 53 injured, some of the surviving victims were filing a lawsuit in federal court Thursday saying the city and police didn't do enough to try to stop the shooter.
  
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• Putin says Russian military not building long-term in Syria

  07-06-2018 20:38 via yahoo.com
  MOSCOW (AP) — Russian troops will remain in Syria as long as Moscow thinks it's necessary, but Russia isn't building permanent facilities in the only Middle East country where it has a military foothold, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday in his annual marathon call-in show.
  
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• Satellite photos reveal the devastation of Guatemala's Fuego volcano

  07-06-2018 20:24 via yahoo.com
  Hotel La Reunión Golf Resort and Residences sits in the shadow of Guatemala's Volcán de Fuego, at about five miles away. Prior to the June 3 eruption, it was a verdant land, with well-manicured lawns.  Two days later, harrowing avalanches of scorching volcanic ash, rocky debris, and gas — called pyroclastic flows — smothered La Reunión and the surrounding land. Satellite images taken before and after the eruption reveal the devastation, which was not caused
  
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• Fortnite's Shotguns Are Being Nerfed

  07-06-2018 20:21
  Epic Games is finally making a move aimed at satisfying one of Fortnite players' biggest gameplay complaints. Fortnite's shotguns have been nerfed.
  "For a while we felt that shotguns promoted healthy close-quarter gameplay; however, with the recent equip time changes, shotguns are being used more often than we like," reads Epic's post about the changes, which also come with the delay of Playground Limited Time Mode. "It's something we've been keeping an eye on, but broadly speaking we feel shotg
  
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• Hitman 2 has a release date and a cool pre-order bonus: a co-op sniping game out now

  07-06-2018 20:17 via gamesradar.com
  Hitman: Sniper Assassin is a long-distance appetizer for 47's return
  
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• Mail.Ru and Unity partner up to fund devs creating games with Unity

  07-06-2018 20:15
  The European tech company Mail.Ru has partnered with Unity Technologies with the specific goal of investing in developers working on projects made with the Unity game development engine. ...
  
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• New Official Dark Souls Merchandise Features Figurines, Shirts, and More

  07-06-2018 20:04
  Following the launch of Dark Souls Remastered last month, Fangamer and Bandai Namco have teamed up on a new line of official Dark Souls merchandise. The first wave (which was teased back in January) is available now, with more to come later in the year.
  The first wave of Dark Souls merch includes a line of three figurines titled Heroes of Lordran: Series 1. Designed by 3D artist Stefano Bernardi, the figures depict Oscar, Knight of Astora (4-inches tall), Siegmeyer of Catarina (4.25-in
  
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• German police seek fugitive Iraqi over killing of girl, 14

  07-06-2018 20:00 via yahoo.com
  BERLIN (AP) — German authorities investigating the rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl said Thursday they are seeking a fugitive Iraqi asylum-seeker, but released a Turkish suspect in the latest high-profile criminal case involving migrants.
  
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• Appeals court allows review for Texas inmate who ate his eye

  07-06-2018 19:59 via yahoo.com
  HOUSTON (AP) — A federal appeals court said Thursday it won't consider whether the execution of a Texas inmate who removed his only eye and ate it in an outburst several years ago would be unconstitutional because he's mentally ill but will consider other questions in an appeal of his conviction for killing his estranged wife's 13-month-old daughter.
  
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• Insomniac Announces Stormland, a New Open World VR Game

  07-06-2018 19:57
  Having one of the most anticipated games of E3 2018 isn't enough for Insomniac Games. The developer wants to explore the VR space as well.
  On Thursday morning, Insomniac announced a new Oculus Touch game named Stormland. The open world VR game puts players in the body of an android left broken by a ominous force known as The Tempest.
  Stormland, only announced for Facebook's platform at the moment, looks like it will have different forms of movement, weapons, and ways to interact with the environ
  
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• Supercell invests $5M in Redemption Games, marking its first US investment

  07-06-2018 19:50
  Supercell has picked up a minority stake in California-based Redemption Games for $5 million, marking the Finnish company's first investment in a US-based studio....
  
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• Sean Hannity suggests Mueller witnesses 'bash their phones to pieces'

  07-06-2018 19:45 via yahoo.com
  Sean Hannity is trying a new tactic in his attempts to derail special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation.The Fox News host, who it is reported has replaced Melania Trump as the last person Donald Trump speaks to before he goes to bed each night, was responding to news that Mueller has asked some witnesses to turn in their phones in order to view messages on encrypted apps such as WhatsApp.
  
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• Fallout 4 Wasn't Originally Set In Boston

  07-06-2018 19:43
  Fallout 4 wasn't always going to be set in Boston, Bethesda Game Studios has revealed.
  In a new documentary from Noclip which chronicles Bethesda's history, Design Director Emil Pagliarulo said that the original design documents for Fallout 4 used New York as the setting. However, New York was just one of the ideas the team was toying with.
  As journalist and narrator Danny O'Dwyer explained in the documentary, San Francisco was also on the table. In fact, O'Dwyer said, to keep San Francisco open
  
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• KFC To Test Vegetarian Fried Chicken Option In U.K.

  07-06-2018 19:33 via yahoo.com
  Someone alert the brigadier general ― the Colonel has gone rogue.
  
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• Michael Avenatti Calls For 'Absolute Pig' Rudy Giuliani To Be Fired After Comments

  07-06-2018 19:29 via yahoo.com
  Stormy Daniels' lawyer Michael Avenatti went after Rudy Giuliani on Wednesday
  
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• Avalanche Studios Announces New Co-op Shooter

  07-06-2018 19:04
  Avalanche Studios brought us Just Cause and Mad Max, and now it's ready for its next big thing. Today, the studio announced a new project called Generation Zero, an open-world shooter set in an alternate history of 1980's Sweden. You take on the role of a local fighting against an invasion of machines in the rural Swedish countryside.  Players can play solo or have three friends join in for seamless four-player co-op. Enemies in the world will be persistent and the damage you inflict w
  
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• Carrie Underwood Kisses Husband Mike Fisher After Winning CMT Award for Female Video of the Year

  07-06-2018 18:57 via yahoo.com
  PLUS: Blake Shelton takes home top honors after winning Video of the Year.
  
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• Chicago police officer fatally shoots man; family asks why

  07-06-2018 18:45 via yahoo.com
  CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago police officer fatally shot a 24-year-old man who authorities said pulled a gun while running away, prompting questions from the man's family about why the encounter turned deadly.
  
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• Immigrant Faces Deportation After Delivering Pizza To New York Army Base

  07-06-2018 18:30 via yahoo.com
  A New York City pizza deliverer who brought a pie to an Army base in Brooklyn
  
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• Las Vegas shooting: New CCTV video shows people running for their lives

  07-06-2018 18:29 via yahoo.com
  Las Vegas police have released footage from a camera positioned on top of the Mandalay Bay Resort recording during last October's mass shooting in the city - the deadliest in modern US history.The eerie video shows floodlights sweep the concert crowd before the shooting starts.The newly-released footage, provided more than eight months after the shooting, represents the fifth batch of records made public by the Las Vegas police department.
  
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• Suspected Los Angeles street race ends in massive crash ‘like Armageddon’

  07-06-2018 18:26 via yahoo.com
  A suspected street race in Los Angeles ended in a driver who may have been intoxicated crashing into several parked vehicles, authorities said.Police officers responded to reports of a collision involving street racing in the Reseda section of Los Angeles to find a scene of destruction after the drivers rammed into a number of parked cars.A Los Angeles Police Department official said that two people were in critical condition and local reports said three were injured in total.
  
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• Philadelphia 76ers President Resigns After Wife's Twitter Controversy

  07-06-2018 18:26 via yahoo.com
  The president of the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers, Bryan Colangelo, resigned on
  
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• Investigators say Tesla Autopilot sped up before fatal Model X crash

  07-06-2018 18:24 via yahoo.com
  Federal investigators said Thursday that a Tesla Model X traveling on Autopilot in California sped up before crashing into an highway barrier, killing its driver and striking two other cars.A preliminary report was made available by the National Transportation Safety Board detailing the moments before and after the March crash near Mountain View, California.In that report, investigators said the car's Autopilot system actually increased speed in the moments leading up to the crash and didn't att
  
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