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• Mad Max-inspired skins come to Heroes of the Storm as part of Warchrome Wastes event

  02-07-2018 23:50 via gamesradar.com
  These skins are shiny and chrome
  
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• Todd Howard says Starfield is next-gen but it could "exist on the current systems as well"

  02-07-2018 23:06 via gamesradar.com
  The Bethesda Game Studios boss talks about Starfield's destination
  
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• The new holder of Fortnite's solo kill record embraces his legacy as "the most hated man on Fortnite"

  02-07-2018 21:41 via gamesradar.com
  Cheap shot or legitimate strategy?
  
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• Correction: Shootings-Newspaper-The Latest story

  02-07-2018 21:41 via yahoo.com
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — In a June 28 story about an attack at a newspaper in Annapolis, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the suspect arrested in the shooting had mutilated his fingers in an apparent attempt to make it harder for police to identify him. That report was based on initial information given to law enforcement authorities, which has since been corrected. While the suspect was identified using facial recognition technology, his fingers were not mutilated.
  
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• Fallout 4 Teased Fallout 76 in the Very Beginning of the Game

  02-07-2018 21:03
  
  As we've known for awhileFallout 76 was right in front of us all along.
  At the very beginning of Fallout 4, right before nuclear war drives your character into Vault 111, a television program can be seen touting the debut of Vault 76 in honor of America's 300th anniversary.  Redditors have been highlighting this tease recently, which is something IGN pointed to in our detailed history of Vault 76."Since debuting Vault 76 last year, in honor of America's Tercentenary, Vault-Tec continues to
  
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• Experience The Horror Of Game Shows In New Teaser For Devotion

  02-07-2018 20:56
  Red Candle Games made minor waves with last year's release of Detention, a sidescrolling horror title set in 1960s Taiwan. Now, the studio is sticking with Taiwan but jumping ahead a couple decades for its new game, Devotion.A short teaser shows distorted '80s game show imagery, blazing out of a TV in an otherwise empty apartment. Red Candle has promised that players will explore the apartment's many haunted nooks and crannies and solve puzzles to progress the game. Devotion doesn
  
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• Activision Job Listing Points to Work on Games for 'Next Gen Platforms'

  02-07-2018 20:45
  E3 2018 saw the reveal of what are probably the first three next-gen games–Starfield, The Elder Scrolls 6, and Halo: Infinite–and now a fourth may have emerged. An Infinity Ward job listing first reported by Charlie Intel references a "new, exciting, unannounced title for multiple next-gen platforms."
  The job listing is for a temporary narrative scripter to work on what is almost certainly a future Call of Duty game. Infinity Ward appears to be looking for someone to help keep Call o
  
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• Iron Mountain Interactive lands $3M investment

  02-07-2018 20:21
  Iron Mountain Interactive has secured a $3 million investment at the close of its Series A funding round, notably scooping up leading investor Oasis Games as a minority shareholder in the process....
  
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• Junior soccer team found alive in Thai cave after nine days

  02-07-2018 20:16 via yahoo.com
  By Panu Wongcha-umCHIANG RAI, Thailand (Reuters) - Twelve boys and their assistant soccer coach have been found alive by rescuers inside a Thai cave complex nine days after they went missing, Chiang Rai province's governor said on Monday.The boys, aged between 11 and 16, went missing with the 25-year-old after soccer practice on June 23 after they set out to explore the Tham Luang cave complex in a forest park near by the border with Myanmar."Thai Navy seals have found all 13 with signs of life,
  
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• Rhode Island sues major oil companies over climate change

  02-07-2018 20:01 via yahoo.com
  Rhode Island on Monday sued several major oil companies, including Exxon Mobil Corp and BP plc, accusing them of contributing to climate change that is damaginginfrastructure and coastal communities in the state.The lawsuit announced by Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Kilmartin was the first by a state seeking to hold oil companies responsible for costs associated with climate change and followed similar cases by several local governments nationally.The lawsuit alleged that various oil compa
  
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• Microsoft is working on AI-driven, platform-level Xbox Live cheat detection

  02-07-2018 19:54
  Microsoft has filed a patent application for machine learning tech that would sniff out cheaters on Xbox Live on the platform level, rather than the more traditional per-game anti-cheat approach....
  
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• Three Bleach Characters Announced for Crossover Fighter Game Jump Force

  02-07-2018 19:45
  Get ready for more Shonen Jump for your buck.
  Three new fighters from the classic manga Bleach were announced for the upcoming Bandai Namco Entertainment game Jump Force. In a press release, the publisher and developer named Ichigo, Rukia, and Aizen as playable characters for the crossover fighting game that already includes a number of fan favorites from the popular Shonen Jump magazine.
  Jump Force, announced during Microsoft's E3 Press Briefing, will be a 3D fighter game, where players enlist
  
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• Pichu, Ice Climbers Getting Smash Bros. Amiibo

  02-07-2018 19:38
  Super Smash Bros. Ultimate for the Nintendo Switch will be getting amiibo for Pichu and fan-favorite fighters Ice Climbers.
  This news comes from Nintendo's official Japanese website, which mentions the production of Pichu and Ice Climbers amiibo as only a couple of "resurrection fighter" characters getting the amiibo treatment.
  This suggests that even more of the currently announced fighters of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate could be receiving amiibo.
  No images of the amiibo were shown on the offici
  
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• Soccer team lost for 10 days in cave in Thailand have been located

  02-07-2018 19:35 via yahoo.com
  Photos from the search for the lost soccer team in Thailand.
  
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• Fortnite's post-rocket rift is growing fast according to these screenshots - what does it mean?

  02-07-2018 19:08 via gamesradar.com
  Fortnite's sky rift is growing over time and players have theories
  
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• Starfield Could Still Appear on Current-Gen Consoles

  02-07-2018 19:01
  If you're excited for Starfield, you may not want to plan on completely abandoning your current-gen consoles just yet.
  In an interview with Eurogamer, Bethesda Softworks Director and Executive Producer Todd Howard offered further comment about on what platforms to expect the the sci-fi adventure, announced during Bethesda's E3 press briefing, as the concept of "next-generation" was expressed during that briefing.
  "What systems we put it out on — what's the hardware requirements &
  
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• Guggenheim accused of siphoning annuity unit's cash for LA Dodgers

  02-07-2018 18:30 via yahoo.com
  Guggenheim Partners, overseen by billionaire Mark Walter, is facing a lawsuit claiming it defrauded annuity investors by saddling an insurance affiliate with risky assets, and siphoning cash for purposes including Walter's purchase of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team.It came as Guggenheim, which said it has more than $305 billion of assets under management, tries to quell client concerns after a year of bad press over its corporate culture.Guggenheim in April said it was cooperating with a
  
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• 20 Fascinating Facts We Didn't Know About The Legend of Zelda Series

  02-07-2018 18:29
  Last month, Nintendo along with Dark Horse Comics released The Legend of Zelda: Encyclopedia (See it on Amazon), the third book in their series of Zelda almanacs. The nearly 330-page encyclopedia hosts a wealth of information that could put any Zelda fan to the test regarding their knowledge of the franchise, but it's also filled with sketches and developer notes that come directly from the creators who worked on each title.
  With that said, here's a look at 20 of the most interesting facts we di
  
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• NBA 2K19 Cover Star Revealed

  02-07-2018 18:20
  
  Giannis Antetokounmpo, a.k.a. The Greek Freak, is the NBA 2K19 cover star. His appearance was revealed at a press conference in his hometown of Athens, Greece earlier today.
  Antetokounmpo currently plays for the Milwaukee Bucks, and in the 2016-2017 season became the first ever NBA player to finish in the top 20 for total points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks. Basically, he’s really good at basketball.Continue reading…
  
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• Multiple wildfires burn out of control in Northern California

  02-07-2018 18:02 via yahoo.com
  A barely contained wildfire in northern California grew by about one-third overnight to 44,500 acres (18,000 hectares), the state’s Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said on Monday, during a busier-than-usual year for U.S. wildfires.
  
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• OpenAI to level up Dota 2 neural networks with live Twitch demo

  02-07-2018 18:01
  OpenAI has been teaching a group of neural networks how to play Dota 2 in the hopes they'll be able to compete against a team of pros at The International esports tournament this August....
  
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• Out This Week: Jurassic World Evolution, Blockers, Red Faction: Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered

  02-07-2018 18:00
  
  With so many new games and movies coming out, it can be hard to keep up. Lucky for you, IGN is here to help with a weekly round-up of the biggest releases each and every week. Check out the latest releases for this week, and be sure to come back next Monday for a new update.
  Note: The prices and deals compiled below are accurate at the time we published this story, but all are subject to change.Continue reading…
  
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• Fortnite's Playground Limited Time Mode Still Sidelined

  02-07-2018 17:59
  Fortnite's Playground mode is still missing in action after briefly going live last week.
  Epic Games gave a status update for the creative limited time mode on Reddit, highlighting three areas that need further testing before it's relaunched in Fortnite. "Aside from the scale tests, there are some other test scenarios we need to investigate, such as: exhausting server capacity, matchmaking queue back-pressure specific to the LTM,recovering when new capacity is added, etc," the developer wrote.
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• Tesla hits Model 3 production target, backs profit view

  02-07-2018 17:56 via yahoo.com
  Tesla, which Chief Executive Elon Musk hailed on Sunday ashaving become a "real car company," said it now expects to boost production to 6,000 Model 3s per week by late August, signaling confidence about resolving technical and assembly issues that have plagued the company for months.The electric carmaker's shares rose as much as 6.4 percent to $364.78 in early trading, after Tesla said it produced 5,031 Model 3 cars in the last seven days of the second quarter.Money-losing Tesla has been burnin
  
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• Hero dog suffers swollen snout after saving owner from rattlesnake bite

  02-07-2018 17:46 via yahoo.com
  When his owner almost stepped on a rattlesnake during an early morning hike near their home in Arizona, Todd, the golden retriever, knew exactly what to do. The six-month old puppy jumped in front of Paula Godwin. Instead of Ms Godwin’s legs, the venomous fangs sank into his snout. The grateful owner posted the story of their snake encounter on Facebook, alongside photographs of Todd’s swollen features. “As we were walking down the hill I literally almost stepped on a rattlesna
  
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• PUBG Players Are Exploiting a Bug in the New Map

  02-07-2018 17:24
  PUBG has a new problem, one unrelated to the much-maligned Event Pass. As was first reported by Kotaku, players have discovered a bug in the recently released Sanhok map that lets them glitch through the ground.
  There's a spot in the terrain where the collision detection doesn't properly sync up with the textures, allowing players to hide underneath. It's not just a hiding spot, either. PUBG players can launch unfair ambushes by hanging out under the ground and shooting unsuspecting passersby wi
  
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• Blog: The art of difficult card game design - Part 2

  02-07-2018 16:58
  It's possible to make design choices that turn players away, but it's also possible to make art and writing decisions that cause similarly negative reactions. Here's how to walk the design tight rope. ...
  
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• Incoming Paradox CEO wants more acquisitions and mobile expansion

  02-07-2018 16:57
  Incoming Paradox chief exec Ebba Ljungerud wants the strategy specialist be pulling in at least 10 percent of its sales from mobile titles by 2020.  ...
  
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• Fortnite's Rifts Are Getting Bigger

  02-07-2018 16:37
  Fortnite's rocket launch on Saturday left more questions than it answered, and now there's a new one: Why are the rifts getting bigger?
  Early this morning, Reddit user Discount_Pringles posted screenshots showing that the rift that was torn in the sky by Fortnite's in-game rocket launch event is growing. It's not alone in that, either.
  While the large rift at the rocket's point of impact in the sky is certainly the most noticeable world change from Saturday's event, smaller rifts
  
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• Sharks drag woman who ignored warnings not to feed them into water

  02-07-2018 16:09 via yahoo.com
  A woman on vacation in western Australia says she decided to hand-feed the sharks while boating when she was pulled into the water.
  
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• Summer Games Done Quick raises record-breaking $2.1M for charity

  02-07-2018 15:49
  The record-breaking total is the highest in Games Done Quick history, and was raised during a week that saw a group of volunteers and super-quick professionals blitz through over 150 games. ...
  
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• Instagram Numbers Hint at a Facebook, Inc. (FB) Earnings Beat

  02-07-2018 15:38 via yahoo.com
  Amid constant headlines about data security, regulatory crackdowns, newsfeed redesigns and user boycotts, Facebook, Inc. (Nasdaq: FB) investors are happy to be done with the first half of 2018.Fortunately for Facebook, the stock has still managed to gain 10 percent so far this year, and analysts say Instagram will drive further upside in the second half of 2018.Facebook stock struggled in the first three months of the year on investor concerns that newsfeed redesigns and data security investment
  
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• Fortnite Player Breaks Solo Kills Record During Rocket Launch

  02-07-2018 15:19
  A Fortnite player used the rocket launch viewing party on Saturday to break the game's solo kills record.
  With the rocket launching this past weekend, players had a temporary truce to gather and watch the event unfold. However, Fortnite player Elemental_Ray opted to use this truce to his advantage, taking out 48 players at one time.
  As revealed on Twitter, Elemental_Ray destroyed a ramp holding the dozens of players who were viewing the rocket launch, surpassing  the previous reco
  
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• Blog: Building the Frisco Fields in Mafia III

  02-07-2018 15:12
  Frisco Fields was the most diverse district in Mafia III, featuring high-society and walled off communities, while at the same time oppressed families and backwoods racism....
  
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• 2018 Mercedes-Benz E-Class Coupe Review: Smooth Operator

  02-07-2018 15:00 via yahoo.com
  The E-Class Coupe is svelte, sophisticated, and super comfortable.
  
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• Fallout 76 Won't Have Cross-Play Because Sony Is 'Not as Helpful as Everyone Would Like'

  02-07-2018 14:58
  Fallout 76 won't feature cross-play because of Sony, Todd Howard confirmed.
  In an interview with GameStar, Howard was asked why the upcoming online Fallout title won't feature cross-platform play, and it's because Sony is "not as helpful as everyone would like."
  "We would love to have that, but currently this isn't possible," Howard said.
  Currently, cross-play between PS4 and other consoles, most notably Switch and Xbox One, isn't possible. If you had created your Epic Games account on PS4
  
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• Is TooFaced about to launch a skincare line?

  02-07-2018 14:46 via yahoo.com
  TooFaced could be set to double down on its debut into skincare by expanding its range.The makeup brand's co-founder and CEO, Jerrod Blandino, has hinted in an interview with HelloGiggles that a full skincare line could be on the way, following the label's debut in December, when it launched its cult "Glow Job" face mask."I'm actually tip-toeing in skin care based on our Hangover line," Blandino told the publication.
  
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• Birth of a planet captured for first time as gas giant bigger than Jupiter swirls into existence

  02-07-2018 14:43 via yahoo.com
  Even by astronomical standards it is a discovery that is out of this world. Scientists have for the first time witnessed the birth of a planet, a huge gas giant many times the size of Jupiter, swirling into existence 370 light years from Earth.  The theory of how gas planets form from a vortex of hydrogen and helium molecules captivated by their own gravity, is now widely accepted by scientists. But it has never been seen before, until now. Today scientists at the Max Planck Institute for A
  
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• Justice Clarence Thomas leading the US supreme court? A scary thought

  02-07-2018 13:55 via yahoo.com
  Perhaps because of this, his extreme, rightwing jurisprudence has not been seen as very influential, unlike that of his ideological clone, the late Antonin Scalia or the court’s newcomer, Neil Gorsuch.Already, this most recent court term has been a debacle for the liberal justices who, according to Adam Liptak of the New York Times, largely failed to peel off Kennedy to form a majority in the major cases.Already there is much speculation that Donald Trump’s nominee to replace Kennedy
  
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• A look at the numbers in Germany's parliament

  02-07-2018 13:05 via yahoo.com
  BERLIN (AP) — The dispute over migration policy inside Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative bloc has raised questions over the future of Germany's governing coalition, which took office only in March.
  
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• Syria rebels split over Russia-brokered surrender deals in south

  02-07-2018 13:03 via yahoo.com
  Rebels in southern Syria were sharply divided Monday over whether to accept deals offered by government backer Russia that would see regime forces retake control of opposition towns.With those capitulations, regime forces have doubled their territorial control in the main southern province of Daraa to around 60 percent since operations began on June 19.The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Monday there were "divisions among rebel groups" over whether to agree to the terms
  
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• Tesla Inc (TSLA) Needs Big Production Numbers This Week

  02-07-2018 13:00 via yahoo.com
  Tesla Inc (Nasdaq: TSLA) has yet another chance to hit a key Model 3 target when it reports its quarterly production numbers sometime this week.Analysts say Tesla has a chance to finally hit its 5,000-vehicle-per-week Model 3 production rate, but there are still plenty of concerns about the company's longer-term picture.Goldman Sachs analyst David Tamberrino says Tesla will likely release its second-quarter numbers on Tuesday and predicts full-quarter Model 3 production numbers will disappoint t
  
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• GTA Online's promises of GTA 6 next year are a hoax, Rockstar confirms

  02-07-2018 11:52 via gamesradar.com
  It's almost absolutely hackers being cheeky, but a GTA fan can dream, right?
  
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• GTA 6 is coming in 2019 according to GTA Online, sending players into panic mode

  02-07-2018 11:52 via gamesradar.com
  It's almost absolutely hackers being cheeky, but a GTA fan can dream, right?
  
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• Ariana Grande Gets Tattoo To Honor Fiancé's Father, Who Died On 9/11

  02-07-2018 11:50 via yahoo.com
  Pop star Ariana Grande is sporting a new tattoo that reportedly pays tribute
  
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• This Batman: Arkham Knight appearance in Ready Player One might just be the movie’s coolest Easter egg

  02-07-2018 11:49 via gamesradar.com
  Hands up: who spotted this?
  
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• 'I Am Here to Salute My President': Mexicans Celebrate Lopez Obrador's Left-Wing Landslide

  02-07-2018 11:45 via yahoo.com
  The festivities on Sunday night were the culmination of a 30-year struggle by the Mexican left to win the presidency
  
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• 'We'll Fix This': Some Americans Celebrated Canada Day By Apologizing For Trump

  02-07-2018 11:13 via yahoo.com
  There are running jokes about how often Canadians tend to say "sorry." But on
  
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• The Avengers 4 title may have been leaked – and it spells bad news for the likes of Thor and Cap

  02-07-2018 11:06 via gamesradar.com
  The MCU's big question gets an answer
  
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• The Avengers 4 title has *finally* been leaked – and it spells bad news for the likes of Thor and Cap

  02-07-2018 11:06 via gamesradar.com
  The MCU's big question gets an answer
  
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