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Updated October 24, 2018: New entries added We're big proponents of originality in games. But there's no denying the simple thrill of an expertly executed conversion. When a developer manages to capture the essence of a game designed for the big screen on a pocket device, it can feel like nothing less than magic. The vagaries of a touch-driven control system make such moments quite rare, but they're out there. The following examples are from developers who have managed to work things out - or have just been lucky that the original game naturally translates well to Android. Either way, they're all brilliant games. Updated December 5, 2018: New entries added It doesn't matter how much of a calm-hearted, yoga-practising pacifist you think you are, everyone likes a good fighting game. Letting off steam with a bout of digital fisticuffs is essential therapy, whether it's the blood and thunder brutality of a scrolling brawler or the hyper-violent chess of a one-on-one beat-'em-up. They're not all a case brainless button mashing either. In fact, some mobile fighting games prove to be downright thoughtful. That diversity is reflected in the following list, which contains scrolling brawlers, technical one-on-one scrappers, fantasy hack-and-slashers and more. Here, then, is a list of the 25 best fighting games on Android. We'll fight anyone who disagrees with us. Virtually, of course. Best of three? Updated December 12, 2018: New entries added Think that graphics don't matter? That gameplay is everything? Nonsense! Video games are a visual art, so it's imperative that they sell their premise with an appropriate visual style and solid animation. Of course, what makes a game look good is a little tougher to pin down. What's better, a lavish 3D world or a stylised 2D one? Neither, of course. It all comes down to preference and taking things case by case. The following 25 games vary in style, but they're all among the prettiest, most technically audacious games on the Google Play Store.

FPS games (first person shooters) are among the most exciting game genres out there. It is one of the most po[CENSORED]r genres ever. Additionally, a variety of high-value games have come from it, including Halo, Call of Duty, Battlefield, Destiny, and many others. Believe it or not, there is actually a healthy supply of FPS games on Android that you can dig into. If you’ve got your trigger finger ready, here are the best FPS games on Android right now. Most of these require at least a semi-decent device to play. They tend to have heavy graphics, high demand on Internet usage, and are generally just high resource consuming games. Fortnite is another excellent FPS game on Android, but it’s not in the Play Store so we didn’t list it here. You can click here for installation instructions in case you want to try that one! Critical Ops Link download / https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.criticalforceentertainment.criticalops Critical Ops is one of the newer FPS games. It's technically still in public beta without a full release yet. In this one, you can choose to be part of an anti-terrorism unit and stop destruction or play as a terrorist and cause destruction. It features online multiplayer modes, leaderboards, and decent graphics to create a pretty complete overall experience. Considering that’s in alpha and it’s still on this list, that should give you an indication of how promising this game is. ------------------------------------ Guns of Boom - Online PvP Action Link Download / https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gameinsight.gobandroid Guns of Boom is a po[CENSORED]r FPS game. It features a cartoon style similar to some po[CENSORED]r shooters on PC and console. It is not as good as those, though. The game features a variety of weapons, online PvP combat, and a loot box system. We're not too thrilled about the loot box system but everything else is good. All players need to do is aim. The game auto-fires when the enemy is in the cross-hairs. That gives the game a bit of simplicity that works well for it being a mobile shooter. It's freemium as per the norm. -------------------------------- Hitman Sniper Link Download / https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.squareenixmontreal.hitmansniperandroid Hitman: Sniper is one of the more unique FPS games. Your character is perched outside of a building, looking in with a sniper rifle. Your job is to take out the various targets without anyone getting suspicious about your location. The game contains over 150 missions, various sniper rifles to unlock, leaderboards, and it also has some strategy elements. It’s relatively inexpensive and can be a lot of fun if you like your action a bit slower paced.

Neverwinter Nights 2 Release date: 2003 |Developer: Obsidian Entertainment | GOG We loved BioWare's original Neverwinter Nights from 2002 (and especially its expansions), but as a single-player experience, Neverwinter Nights 2 was in a class all of its own. Whereas the original had a fairly weak main campaign that mainly seemed aimed at showing what the DM kit was capable of, Obsidian Entertainment managed to equal and arguably outdo BioWare's storytelling prowess in the sequel when it took over the helm. The whole affair brimmed with humor, and companions such as the raucous dwarf Khelgar Ironfist still have few rivals in personality nine years later. And the quality just kept coming. Shades of The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past reveal themselves in the masterful Shadow of the Betrayer expansion's focus on two halves of the same world, but Obsidian skillfully uses that familiar framework to deliver an unforgettable commentary on religion. Gothic 2 Release date: 2002 | Developer: Piranha Bytes | Humble Store, Steam Few games are as staunchly open-world—and unforgiving—as Gothic 2. The first time we played it, we left town in the wrong direction and immediately met monsters many levels higher than us, and died horribly. Lesson learned. It sounds like Gothic 2 is too punishing, but we love the way it forces us to learn our way through its world. Enemies don’t scale with your level, as they do in the Elder Scrolls series, and you’ll have to pay close attention to quest text and NPCs to find your path. Once you do—and overcome the awkward controls—there’s a huge, sprawling RPG at your fingertips, and while you may have felt weak and powerless at the beginning, you’ll be a true badass by the end. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Release date: 2012 | Developer: Bethesda Softworks | Humble Store, Steam (Special Edition) Pick a direction and run. You’re almost guaranteed to discover some small adventure, some small chunk of world that will engage you. It’s that content density that makes Skyrim constantly rewarding. A visit to the Mage’s Guild will turn into an area-spanning search for knowledge. A random chat with an NPC will lead you to a far-off dungeon, searching for a legendary relic. You could be picking berries on the side of a mountain and discover a dragon. Oops, accidental dragon fight. And if you somehow exhaust all of Bethesda’s content, rest assured that modders have more waiting for you in Steam Workshop—that lively community has kept Skyrim in the Steam top 100 since its release, and given us endless ways to adventure through a great world. Some on the PC Gamer team keep a modded-up Skyrim install handy, just in case they feel like adventure. That’s some high praise.

The Earth is on the verge of collapse and once again it is our fault. What sounds like a nightmare prophecy is actually the beginning of this game, successfully funded on Kickstarter just over two years ago. Deliver us the Moon: Fortune tells a story that could become reality in our near future, the energy collapse and the exhaustion of the planet's natural resources, with the consequent destruction of life in all its forms. In the game this eventuality is avoided by the discovery of an alternative energy source, the Helium-3, which is found in abundance on the Moon. In a few years, the new World Space Agency manages to colonize the satellite, preparing a revolutionary energy transfer system called Microwave Power Transmission. For 20 years the system works but just when the world seems to have become accustomed to this new condition ... blackout. Communication with the moon base suddenly stops and the energy flow of the MPT stops. The disaster seems ready to pick up where it left off. It will be up to a single surviving astronaut to return to the Moon to understand what happened and restore the use of Helium 3. Ironically this improvised hero is called Fortuna and it will be him starting this desperate mission in 2059, five years after the blackout and a few hours before a devastating sandstorm hits the site of the launch. The very first phases take place on Earth and serve as usual to become familiar with the game commands. Nothing particularly complicated, the control system can be assimilated in a few minutes and the visual is almost always in the third person. Exceptions are the zero-gravity sections and those in particularly small places, in which the shot passes to the first person. At your side in this mission you will have a robotic companion, ASE. With him you will have to explore the bases now abandoned, gather clues about what happened and possibly bring everything back to normal by saving the Earth. What has been written so far could make you think of finding yourself in front of a classic horror adventure, a sort of clone of the beautiful Prey, but it is not. Deliver us the Moon: Fortuna is actually an explorative / investigative adventure with generous doses of environmental puzzles. Thanks to holographic projections and documents you can reconstruct the last days of those present on the lunar base. In the places you will explore you will find fragments of the past, flashbacks of previous missions that you will have to analyze in order to reconstruct what happened. The sense of loneliness that will accompany you has been pretty well done by the development team, which has clearly been inspired by many genre films and also some games of the (recent) past. The obstacles you will encounter on your way to the truth will be largely represented by the base itself, long abandoned and difficult to explore, especially at the beginning. You will not have access to all areas and to be able to unlock some steps you will have to restore the energy in the missing areas. To do this sometimes you will need ASE and do not forget to check your oxygen supply. These lightweight survival elements help keep the player's interest alive, despite the rather bland pace of adventure and the lack of a real sense of imminent danger. The lunar environment obviously gives life to numerous zero-gravity sections, which have been fairly well physically, even if there is some lack of precision in the collisions. Moving on the surface of the small satellite requires a minimum of habit but once you become familiar with the slowed and "lengthened" movements, the exploration becomes much easier. No, we're not on Mars. These are the "last" moments of Fortune on planet Earth before his departure for the Moon. Unfortunately, the game suffers from significant frame rate problems due to a far from perfect optimization. The graphic sector is of the highest order and offers highly evocative and discreetly detailed panoramas. The overall view is made even better by an incredibly realistic color temperature, an excellent dynamic lighting system and a handful of good impact post-processing effects. But all this well of God has a cost in terms of fluidity. On a mid / high-end machine like the one we used for the test the frame rate drops are more than frequent and the only solution to make the game enjoyable is to lower the software "pretensions". A title full of lights and shadows in short. Compared to the original project (which included the release of episodes) Deliver us the Moon: Fortune has also been modified and heavily downsized. The dimensions of the adventure have been greatly reduced, the three lunar bases have become a single hub half the same and have eliminated potentially interesting features, such as the use of the jetpack for movements outside. The driving of vehicles is unfortunately limited to some missions where you have to reach radio links to be restored. However, the developers have done a fair job to put together a fairly homogeneous title. What the Dutch team has not managed to avoid is a fairly poor longevity, the daughter of the cuts we have just mentioned. In little more than six hours we arrive at the end, with some good moments but also some decline in rhythm. Unfortunately, the end comes useless and hurried when one would expect a turn or a vertical takeoff. The talent of the guys of KeokeN Interactive in handling the Unreal Engine is undeniable, but perhaps for budget problems and certainly for lack of time, their little epic stops a few steps from excellence, remaining unfortunately confined in the limbo of missed opportunities . However, recommended for those who love the sci-fi genre and for those looking for something different from the "usual" horror among the stars.

US President Donald Trump has denied hiding details of conversations with Russia's Vladimir Putin, saying he is "not keeping anything under wraps". The Washington Post alleges that on at least one occasion in 2017 he took away his interpreter's notes after talks. And there is reportedly no record of his one-on-one, two-hour discussion with Mr Putin in Helsinki last year. Mr Trump's relations with Russia before his election in 2016 are the subject of an ongoing federal investigation. All you need to know about Trump Russia story The Trump-Russia saga in 250 words Investigators led by former FBI chief Robert Mueller are trying to establish whether there was any collusion between Mr Trump's campaign team and the Russian state to help get him elected. Earlier this week the New York Times reported that the FBI had opened a counterintelligence inquiry into whether Mr Trump was secretly working for Russia after he sacked FBI director James Comey in 2017. This alleged inquiry was eventually merged into the Mueller investigation. In 2016, US intelligence agencies concluded that Russia had launched cyber-attacks and planted fake news stories on social media in a bid to boost Mr Trump and damage his rival for the presidency, Hillary Clinton What did Mr Trump say about the Putin story? "I'm not keeping anything under wraps," Mr Trump told Fox News while referring to the latest report. "I couldn't care less." He said he had talked in Helsinki to the Russian leader "like every president does" and that they had had a "great" conversation about "very positive things" such as the economy. "Anybody could have listened to that meeting," he said. "That meeting is open for grabs. The whole Russia thing is a hoax." The US president said he met one-on-one with many world leaders but the meetings with Mr Putin were all that were focused on. White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said the story was so outrageously inaccurate it didn't even warrant a response. What did the Washington Post report? The paper says Mr Trump concealed details of his conversations with Mr Putin from senior officials in his administration, quoting unnamed current and former US officials. After a meeting with Mr Putin in Hamburg in 2017, Mr Trump took possession of his interpreter's notes, the paper says. In Helsinki, the two presidents spoke behind closed doors for two hours with only their interpreters present. Former officials say this is at odds with practices of previous US presidents. The Washington Post adds that Mr Trump "generally has allowed aides to listen to his phone conversations with Putin". How far on is the Mueller inquiry? Robert Mueller has spent 20 months investigating Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election, and possible collusion between the Trump's campaign and Moscow. It has already put some of Mr Trump's closest associates in the dock. His former personal lawyer Michael Cohen was sentenced to three years in prison for campaign finance and fraud crimes while his campaign chief Paul Manafort was convicted of financial fraud. The US president has repeatedly described the inquiry as "a witch hunt".

Relaxnews Published Wednesday, November 14, 2018 9:28PM EST Hark, New Yorkers! Ferrero brings good tidings to Nutella fans in the city, with the grand opening of its first permanent café in New York City. After first announcing the news this summer, maker of the famous chocolate hazelnut spread Ferrero has opened the doors to the Nutella Café New York, their second branded café after Chicago. Open year-round, the café near Union Square will serve baked goods like breads, pastries and desserts along with breakfast and frozen treats made with the chocolate hazelnut spread.

Phil Masinga in action for Leeds United Former Leeds United and South Africa striker Phil Masinga has died aged 49. Masinga played for Leeds between 1994 and 1996 making 31 appearances and scoring five goals. He was signed for Leeds by then manager Howard Wilkinson at the same time as his compatriot Lucas Radebe. Masinga left for Swiss side St Gallen in 1996 and went on to play for Salernitana and Bari in Italy. He won 58 caps for South Africa, helping them win the African Nations Cup on home soil in 1996. Masinga also scored the decisive goal against Congo which sealed South Africa's qualification for the 1998 World Cup, the first time they had qualified for the tournament. He died after a long undisclosed illness. A statement from Leeds read: "It is with great sadness that the club has learnt of former striker Phil Masinga's passing. The thoughts of everyone at #LUFC are with his family and friends."

On this episode of the Autoweek Podcast, host Rory Carroll is joined by Mike Pryson, Jake Lingeman and Wesley Wren to dissect the Roar Before the 24 Hours of Daytona. Calling in -- because he was actually there -- is Steven Cole Smith with a report on what teams look strong, the hype surrounding Fernando Alonso and what you can expect from the upcoming IMSA race. From there, Graham Kozak hops on a microphone to talk about the Mecum Kissimmee auction with the team. The group has a conversation with Mecum’s Dave Magers to get a feel for the current state of the classic car market, the auction world and more. Magers mentions some noteworthy cars slated to sell in the final weekend of the auction and talks about other Mecum auctions aside from the big Florida sale. After that, Graham, Rory and Wesley dive into the first of the Autoweek and eBay Motors garage videos -- “the brake job.” The team talks about how the video shoot went behind the scenes, what Wesley’s first time behind a camera was like and what you can expect from upcoming videos. Wrapping the show, Robin Warner joins the group to talk about the Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo he recently drove. The group spins that to the Lamborghini Urus currently nestled in the Autoweek fleet. Tune in below, on iTunes, Spotify or anywhere podcasts are played.

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WAR THUNDER Perhaps the best thing about this free MMO is that it’s very easy to just plunge into it, get a decent idea of its systems and start having fun right away. Try saying that about Flight Simulator X with a straight face. If you’re after sheer volume of machinery, War Thunder’s WW2/Korean War era roster exceeds 300 aircraft. Each can be piloted using arcade (boo!) or simulation physics models to blast away at airborne adversaries playing on both PC and consoles – its servers know no platform boundaries. Which, of course, means there’s usually plenty of easy meat for PC players to pick off. If War Thunder’s skies offer an opportunity for a quick joyride and a bit of sightseeing, ground combat offers the exact opposite – the steel beasts in this tank game move at such a glacial pace that you’re constantly on high alert, scanning for enemies in the scrubland. Whoever fires first in this free Steam game almost always carries away the spoils. The USA, Russia, Britain, Germany and Japan all wage war here, each with their own particular mechanical strengths (there’s a long-running argument concerning Soviet machinery bias in this area), weaknesses… and convoluted upgrade paths. If you’re averse to grinding, this might not be the simulation game for you. If you’re after a WW2 sim with an enormous community that you can start playing with no financial outlay, though… well, your demands are very specific, and War Thunder’s your sim. Play War Thunder for free FARMING SIMULATOR 19 When it comes to farming simulator games, look no further than, er, Farming Simulator 19. The clue’s in the name, frankly. Please excuse our facetiousness, but believe us when we say that if you’re looking for the closest one-to-one recreation of truly living off the land, Giants Software’s latest agricultural outing is for you. And we’re experts, as our Farming Simulator 19 diary eloquently (read: sort of) shows. Considering you’ll most likely be losing many hours to tending your crops and livestock, it’s great that Farming Simulator gives us a graphical overhaul. That doesn’t help the smell of the manure, though. With more vehicles and detail than ever before, Farming Simulator is the kind of management game that teaches you new skills as you get away from the big smoke. Or just lets you make creepy crop circles. FLIGHT SIMULATOR X When people say the word ‘simulator,’ Microsoft’s imperious and encyclopaedic aviation behemoth is the first game that springs to mind. It’s inevitable – like picturing a Christian Bale in a clear raincoat flecked with blood whenever you hear Huey Lewis and the News. It’s rare for a sim to be so all-encompassing that it can provide both light entertainment to the curious casual gamer who wants to fly fighter jets under bridges with a gamepad, and valuable education to a budding pilot ensconced in a home-made cockpit – but such is FSX’s scope. In a recurring theme throughout this feature, mod support plays a huge role in its prolonged lifespan. At this point, all FSX’s best planes and environment maps come from third parties, which means to get the most out of it you’ll need to invest a fair few hours gathering .zips of high-res textures before you fly. TRAIN SIMULATOR 2016 Train Simulator 2016 has some big problems, and a risible pricing model – and yet, it’s unquestionably the best way to travel the world’s best-known and most historic railways without leaving the comfort of your PC gaming dungeon. It’s a tricky one. If you already own Train Simulator 2015, this year’s game is available as a free update that adds a shiny new UI, expanded tutorials and better search functionality. However, it also includes new trains and routes that you can buy by either shelling out TS2016 as a standalone game, or purchasing them separately. Currently the game has over £3000/$5000 of DLC on its Steam store page, carrying over from title to title dating back to 2014, with individual routes and trains costing as much as £24.99/$27.99 each. That pricing model is bewildering at best, and yet armchair locomotion enthusiasts have no better option than TS. Routes are exceptionally detailed, trains include familiar domestic and exotic historical machinery, and while the series has yet to make the jump to Unreal Engine 4 as promised, it boasts higher visual detail than its limited rivals. F1 2015 In some respects, Codemasters’ F1 series has been on something of a downward trajectory for several years, with enjoyable additions such as historical content stripped out and the game’s once lavish career mode now reduced to a single championship season in one of the real drivers’ flame retardant booties. However, beneath this year’s disconcertingly bare game lies the best driving the series has ever seen. F1 2015 arrives with a handling model that articulately conveys the grippiness and volatility of a modern F1 car. Brakes must be applied like you’re taking home a box of eggs in the footwell; turn-in points precisely anticipated and throttle modulated as your V6 engine does its best to squirm away from your control. There are numerous other ways to chase the F1 rush – Assetto Corsa and Project CARS offer something approaching top-tier open wheeled racing, and modders have built damn good approximations of the sport in every simulation game from rFactor to GTR2. But F1 2015 offers fully licensed cars and tracks, both rendered with impressive detail, without the need to unRAR a single file or visit the game directory once. Its wheel support is improving year-on-year, too.

Get ready, because 2019 is shaping up to be a special year for video games. While it's always possible for a year to take us by surprise in regards to how great it is for gaming or how bad it ends up being, you can generally tell when you're going to have a marquee year. In the case of the formidable 2019, we get the feeling that it might be the last full year of the current console generation. Considering that the final years of consoles are often their best, there's plenty of reason to believe that 2019 is going to be the final, victorious bow for this generation's best developers. Besides, a quick look at the best video games coming out in 2019 reveals a variety of titles that rank near the top of our most-anticipated games. From beloved RPG developers branching out into online shooters to the return of one of the greatest horror games ever made, 2019 is loaded with the kind of games that make you grateful to be a gamer. First, though, we must share a brief explanation of our choices. While we're just as excited as you are about games like Ghost of Tsushima, Cyberpunk 2077, Halo Infinite, and The Last of Us Part II -- and fully believe that they will rank amongst the year's best video games -- there is currently no confirmation that those games will be released in 2019. As such, we are limiting this list to games that are currently scheduled for a 2019 release date. With that out of the way, let's take a look at the best video games of 2019: Anthem February 22 | BioWare | PS4, XBO, PC BioWare’s Anthem is the studio’s most talked about game in years, even if it’s not always being talked about for the reasons that BioWare and EA would like. Questions of microtransactions and originality still surround this title a year after it was first announced. Yes, Anthem is certainly a departure for the house that RPGs built, but everything that developer BioWare has shown of this Destiny-like online experience suggests that this online multiplayer experience is exactly what they needed to get back on track. Can this online shooter learn from the mistakes of its predecessors and deliver the ultimate sci-fi shared world experience? Battletoads TBA | Rare | XBO We were starting to think that we’d never get another Battletoads game given that it’s been over 20 years since we’ve last received a new installment, but Rare is returning to the franchise that most people remember as one of the hardest games on the NES. This new Battletoads might feature a slightly different art style and other modern improvements, but we fully expect it to be largely familiar to fans who have been waiting years for another co-op brawler from this beloved, and undeniably bizarre, series. Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night TBA | ArtPlay & DICO | PS4, XBO, Switch, PC Since its Kickstarter debut, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night's name has come second to that of its creator, Koji Igarashi. Many of you may remember Igarashi as the director of the revolutionary Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, and his return with a game that is very much in the spirit of his classic Castlevania tiles has been anticipated by genre fans for many years. While we have some concerns regarding the possibility that Ritual of the Night ends up being the next Mighty No. 9, the quality of this team's side project - the 2D action/adventure title Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon - leads us to believe that these guys know what makes this genre tick and may be prepared to deliver something special. Crackdown 3 February 15 | Reagent Games, Sumo Digital, Ruffian Games, Cloudgine | XBO, PC It's been almost eight years since we last heard from the Crackdown series. There was a time when Microsoft's hidden gem open-world title provided a breath of fresh air to the subgenre. Its outlandish, superhero-like gameplay afforded players the chance to just go wild in a metro setting. The open-world genre -- and the world at large -- has changed quite a bit, though. In order for Crackdown 3 to make the same impact that Crackdown protagonists make when they jump off the city's highest buildings and crash onto the streets below, it's going to have to invoke the casual gameplay of the first two games while finding a way to advance the game's style just enough to make us feel that old joy of galivanting around a superhero sandbox. Code Vein TBA | Bandai Namco | PS4, XBO In a world without Dark Souls and Bloodborne (at least for the foreseeable future), the time is now for an outsider to ascend the throne and rule the kingdom that FromSoftware's titles helped establish. To that end, it's entirely possible that Code Vein may just become the next big game in this genre. Code Vein is easily described as "anime Dark Souls." It's an over-the-top action-RPG that emphasizes an intricate combat system, character builds, and a sometimes punishing level of difficulty. It also adds a sometimes over-the-top style that is a far cry from Dark Souls' muted tones and grim atmosphere but just might be enough to help put this game over-the-top.

2019 is looking like a great year for gaming overall, and the strategy genre is no different. From historical wargames to a classic fantasy franchise getting a new coat of sci-fi paint to city builders right out of the '90s, there's something for everyone out there. So check out our list of the top 10 most anticipated strategy games of 2019. Who knows, you may see something you'll like. Total War: Three Kingdoms Creative Assembly's venerable strategy series ventures into truly new historical territory for the first time since 2009's Empire: Total War. As they try to knock off Koei from their perch atop the throne of Romance of the Three Kingdoms-inspired storytelling through play, they'll be bringing to bear the classic Total War formula that's been working for them since 2000. On a detailed map of China featuring all the historical locations from the second and third centuries AD, the early look and feel of the combat seems vaguely reminiscent of the old Rise of the Samurai campaign in Shogun 2: Total War from 2011. Total War: Three Kingdoms drops on Steam on March 7, 2019. ------------- Tropico 6 Taking gameplay beyond the confines of a single island for the first time in the Tropico series, Tropico 6 builds on the gameplay of its immediate predecessor to create a series of interconnected island economies across an archipelago, opening up new strategic avenues for the player who's been with this series either in recent iterations or since the very first one hit way back in 2001. We covered the game with our impressions of the preview build, so why not give that a read while you get yourself hyped up for the game's launch? Tropico 6 lands on PC January 25, 2019. Paradox Interactive has ventured into Roman history before, but the result was the uneven, disappointing Europa Universalis: Rome in 2008. They've dispensed with trying to make this a Europa Universalis game this time, choosing instead to allow the game some room to breathe in its own right, in hopes that they'll create something that will stand alongside their other historical strategy titles and possibly launch a franchise in its own right to go with EU, Crusader Kings, Victoria, and Hearts of Iron. This doesn't excuse you from making Victoria 3, Paradox. Get on that. Imperator: Rome will stretch across the known Classical world sometime in early 2019. Narcos: Rise of the Cartels Not much is known about this video game tie-in to the Netflix series of the same name, but early indications are that it's going to be a turn-based strategy game pitting Pablo Escobar's Medellin cartel against the US Drug Enforcement Agency in a game of move and counter-move. The Netflix show is renowned for its gritty brutality, and no doubt that vibe is going to translate to the game as well, with players right at the head of all of it. Narcos: Rise of the Cartels is slated for a PC and console release in the third quarter of 2019, just in time for it to have some press before the hot holiday season releases.

Xbox One X Not only does the Xbox One X have a large library of new and classic game titles – it’s also an extremely powerful unit that’s great for both gaming and multimedia app usage. ------------------------ Nintendo Switch The Nintendo Switch is a portable hybrid console that you can play anywhere, solo or with friends. You can play exclusives or third-party titles, record your gameplay and pair your Amiibos. -------------------------- Xbox One S With its 4K UHD Blu-ray playback capability and aesthetically pleasing and modern white design, the Xbox One S lets you enjoy gaming and plenty of multimedia entertainment without breaking the bank.

What are the best shooting games on PC? From the classic physics chaos of Half-Life 2 to Overwatch’s incredible guns, these are the finest first-person shooters. For more than two decades, the best FPS games have been the driving force of the PC games industry. They’ve let us travel from the depths of Hell in Doom to the outer reaches of space in Titanfall 2. Others have taken us on a detour through the likes of Half-Life 2’s zombie-infested Ravenholm, while some have embraced futuristic cities. Some of these shooters are old, others are new, all are great. Wolfenstein 2’s amazing campaign; Rainbow Six Siege and its tight tactical multiplayer; Overwatch and its vast array of amazing heroes. No matter what sort of virtual gunplay you’re after, the following FPS games will satisfy your itchy trigger finger. So crack those knuckles, get ready to make all the headshots, and keep in mind that guns will solve all your problems in the following shooty gems. These are the best FPS games on PC. We hope your aim isn’t off… HALF-LIFE 2 So much more than an evolution of its superb predecessor, Half-Life 2 is frequently hailed as the best PC games of all time. Such accolades are not undeserved, either. The long-awaited sequel to Half-Life is hugely ambitious, benefitting from being developed by a much more confident Valve. Everything is bigger than the 1998 original: the environments, the enemies, the story – it’s a blockbuster, but a smart one. There are decent AI companions; real characters who exist to do more than die comically; physics that transform the world into a seemingly real, tangible place. Valve again works magic with its environments. Despite often being larger and more open than Half-Life’s, they are still crafted with the same care and attention to detail. And, importantly, they remain memorable, from the haunted streets of Ravenholm to the ominous Citadel, standing over City 17 like a steel and glass tyrant. Age may have worn away some of the sheen, but it remains a striking, compelling FPS. RAINBOW SIX SIEGE Thanks to continued support from Ubisoft, Rainbow Six Siege is almost completely unrecognisable from the so-so shooter that emerged with a whimper rather than a bang in 2015. Now, with its burgeoning e-sports scene, a constant flow of Rainbow Six Siege operators, and some of the best multiplayer gameplay around, it has become one of the best shooting games on PC. Every moment of Siege’s boxed-in battles is fraught with tension and danger, from the moment you start scouting an area with your drone – praying your enemies don’t spot it before you can find the hostage – to that final attempt to save the day by shooting down walls and smashing through the ceiling. Its asymmetrical multiplayer and tactical openness mean no round plays out the same way. It is a psychological battle as much as it is a series of gunfights; a game about mani[CENSORED]tion and control as you attempt to make your foes react in specific ways while you try to keep your own team working together. You never feel safe: an attack can come from anywhere, usually everywhere all at once. After all these years of feeling safe behind walls, Siege’s destructible environments force you to think on your feet and trust no wall. Siege features a relatively high barrier to entry, but unsure players can jump into the fray cheaply with the Rainbow Six Siege Starter Edition. For those who take to Rainbow’s punishing gameplay, you can be assured Ubisoft Montreal’s shooter is here to stay with new seasons and content coming all the time. LEFT 4 DEAD 2 Valve’s zombies are not like other zombies. In Left 4 Dead 2, they crash over you like waves, crawling up walls and leaping across gaps. They are accompanied by specials: highly-evolved undead that force you to work together. A Smoker will drag you off into an alley with its long tongue where you’ll be mobbed by common undead. A Hunter will pin you to the asphalt before tearing out your throat. A Boomer will charge right into your face and explode, drowning you in green gloop. Even though zombies are a dime a dozen and Left 4 Dead 2 has been around for a long time, the tension, level design, and countless mods ensure it remains a compelling romp. It remains one of the best co-op games on PC. TEAM FORTRESS 2 In this extra shooty, class-based affair, angry cartoon men capture briefcases, escort bombs, and stand on nodes. Team Fortress 2 is brilliant, and it’s still easily one of the best shooting games on PC. It has also evolved, with mountains of user-created content, maps, modes, and new Team Fortress 2 gadgets helping keep the shooter relevant. The premise is as simple as ever: you pick a character from a cast of nine and take your place on a team. Modes include Capture the Flag, King of the Hill, and Payload – the latter seeing a team drive a bomb forward on a rail track, while their opponents desperately attempt to hold them back. It is a classic that has become the flagship mode of Overwatch, but it was refined to perfection here in Team Fortress 2 first. UNREAL TOURNAMENT Epic made a name for itself with Unreal – impressive in a time when shooters were dominated by id – but it was with 1999’s Unreal Tournament that Epic earned its grand moniker. Tournament had the same core concept of Quake Arena but offered an alternative for those looking for a few more frills. Among the game’s exciting weapons is the BioRifle, which weaponises toxic sludge. You can even charge it up and release a great bulb of the stuff, using it as a gelatinous landmine. Then there is Redeemer, a rocket launcher that flings a pilotable thermonuclear warhead at your enemies. You should also try the Ripper, which fires saw blades that bounce around corners. Each gun has separate strengths and alternate fire modes that need mastering in order for you to dominate in the arena. Tournament’s maps – old and new – are filled with memorably mad architecture. There is nothing quite like leaping in low gravity between the three stratospheric towers in DM-Morpheus – particularly if you can gib someone in mid-air, spraying their gore through the sky. FAR CRY 3 Even after more than half a decade, Far Cry 3 remains the high point for this sandbox shooter series. Set in a lush tropical paradise, one moment you’re diving off a boat to hunt sharks, the next you’re infiltrating an enemy outpost with nothing but a bow and some Molotov cocktails. There is an interesting story beneath it all, too. With Far Cry 3, Ubisoft Montreal subverted colonial fiction, skewering it while also firing shots at its legacy of entitled Western holidaymakers. Sometimes it gets a bit too close to simply mimicking colonial fiction, but it is bold for one of the best shooting games to attempt to say anything at all. Spin-off Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon’s gameplay is a thoroughly campy, affection nod to ’80s sci-fi, and is also well worth playing. So there you have it, the best FPS games on PC. 2018 has already been very good to shooter fans, and as you can tell from our Far Cry 5 PC review, we have a particular soft spot for Ubi’s latest open world. With so many upcoming PC games taking the form of shooters – we can still dream of a Half-Life 3 release date being announced, right? – now is a glorious time to be an FPS fan. So give that trigger finger a stretch, and keep practicing your virtual headshots. After all, those Nazis, zombies, and virtual terrorists won’t shoot themselves.

As the nights are (still) dark, long, and cold, we don’t blame you for being semi-reluctant to going outside. So there’s no better way to spend your evenings than sitting down with one of the best RPG games around, and losing yourself in its dense world crammed full of quests, copious looting, and enough exploration to make you feel tired just by thinking about all the in-game travelling you’ll be doing. However, finding the right one is key, as the RPG genre is continuously expanding as more and more games incorporate RPG elements, like the stunning Assassin’s Creed Odyssey with its brand new dialogue and romance options. With so many to choose from, we’ve managed to narrow it down to the top 25 you can play right now, from the all-time greats to some that you might have overlooked. Just remember to take a break every now and again and ingest some vitamin D, ok? And one more thing - a few of these games can display in 4K resolution, so you'll need an Xbox One X or PS4 Pro to see them at their best on console. For those who haven't got one yet, visit our dedicated pages for Xbox One X deals or PS4 Pro deals. Read more: 25 best open world games to play right now and completely forget real life exists 4. Kingdom Come: Deliverance Available on: PS4, Xbox One, PC Henry the blacksmith’s son can either be a hero...or an utter cad. Thanks to Kingdom Come: Deliverance’s intricate - and unforgiving - mechanics, he can pickpocket the villages scratching a living out of the Bohemian villages, dedicate time to making the perfect potion, or refine parrying to become the scourge of bandits everywhere. Kingdom Come: Deliverance is one of the best RPG games out there not just because of its protagonist, but also because the world around Henry has strict rules, which are obviously there to be broken. Breaking or abiding by these rules gives you enough role-playing potential for playthrough after playthrough, with multiple ways to solve each quest just begging you to be a dick one moment and a benevolent helper the next. 3. South Park: The Stick of Truth Available on: PS4, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch It should come as no surprise that not only is South Park: The Stick of Truth ridiculously funny, but it also pushes fantasy tropes as far as they’ll go. Thankfully that doesn’t mean that you’re stuck as a Mage, Fighter, Thief, or Jew (a class which grants you the jew-jitsu fighting style - no, I’m not kidding) as throughout the game you can learn whichever skills you want and tailor the New Kid to be exactly the hero you have in mind. You know, if you imagine 2D kids when you hear the word ‘hero’. Characters from the TV show fight alongside you, although you can only saunter around with one of them at a time, and as long as you’re ok with tons of inside jokes and the odd magical fart attack, The Stick of Truth will delight for hours on end. 2. Diablo 3 Available on: PS4, Xbox One, PC Loot, glorious loot: Diablo 3 has a ton of it. Anyone looking for endless customisation options in their ideal RPG should gravitate to Diablo 3 like a well-aimed crossbow gravitates towards a demon’s skull. That endless torrent of coloured loot push you onwards no matter which of the seven classes you decide to play as, constantly evolving your playstyle to suit the shiniest new item and experimenting so that those pesky demons have a much harder time beating you up. Randomly-generated levels means that it’s a literally endless RPG, so if for some reason you’re not too fussed by an impressively-voiced story campaign and atmosphere you can just go on a majestic quest for loot. Lots and lots of loot. 1. Persona 5 Available on: PS4 School is hard. It’s even harder when you have a super-powered alter ego who spends their nights roaming through a supernatural realm fighting the bloodthirsty, personified desires of the people around them. Fighting isn’t the only thing that makes Persona 5 one of the best RPG games of 2017, though. As well as slashing your way through winding combat levels, you have to navigate daily life as a student at your new Academy. Chat to your fellow classmates, try to balance schoolwork with a part-time job… or be a bit more productive with your time and craft items that’ll help you in an alternate world that’s filled with the manifestation of people’s (rather unfriendly) inner psyches. The two different gameplay cycles flesh out Persona 5 and make it an incredibly well balanced game, and one that you can’t miss even if you have a ton of homework to do.

Now Playing: Activision Blizzard Execs Leave For Netflix, Square, And New Marvel Game - GS News Update Activision Blizzard, the gaming giant behind franchises like Call of Duty, Destiny, Overwatch, Diablo, and World of Warcraft, is starting 2019 down two top executives. Activision Blizzard CFO Spencer Neumann recently left, and was recently named the next CFO of Netflix. And now, Blizzard CFO Amrita Ahuja has left the company to join mobile payment company Square as its new CFO. Jack Dorsey, Square's co-founder, said in a statement that Ahuja "brings us a deep understanding of ecosystem businesses, and she's purpose-driven, disciplined, and has a strong growth mindset." Ahuja was with Activision Blizzard for more than eight years, where she held a number of finance-related positions including VP of Finance and Operations and VP of Strategy and Business Development, before becoming CFO. Before joining Activision Blizzard, Ahuja worked at Fox Networks, Walt Disney and Morgan Stanley. Ahuja's departure from Blizzard comes not long after the company's controversial announcement of Diablo Immortal at BlizzCon late last year. Kotaku reports that there has been increased friction between management at Activision and Blizzard, and the report also states that Blizzard is trying to cut costs. Blizzard co-founder and longtime president Mike Morhaime left the company in October 2018. Filed under:OverwatchDiablo IIIWorld of WarcraftPCXbox OnePlayStation 4

Philippe Coutinho has started only half of Barcelona's league games this season With Ander Herrera deep in contract talks and Philippe Coutinho said to be a target, here are Saturday's Manchester United transfer rumours. Coutinho is said to be at "rock bottom" at Barcelona according to The Daily Express, having started only nine league games this season, and United are reportedly preparing to bid for the former Liverpool man. The Brazilian midfielder is understood to be available in the January transfer window if a club meets the asking price. The Daily Express also reports Roma midfielder Lorenzo Pellegrini is a target for both United and Arsenal during January. Lorenzo Pellegrini has started 31 league games since the start of last season Pellegrini came through the youth system at Roma before moving to Sassuolo for two years, and returning to the Stadio Olimpico in 2017. The 22-year-old reportedly has a £27m release clause in his deal with the Serie A side, but Italian outlet Il Messeggaro suggest he is in "no rush" to leave Roma. Manchester United's potential new manager Mauricio Pochettino will not be allowed to leave Tottenham even if they are offered £50m to prise him to Old Trafford, according to The Sun. Mauricio Pochettino has Spurs six points off the top of the Premier League The newspaper reports Daniel Levy is desperate to keep hold of the Argentinian, who has led Spurs to Champions League qualification in both of their last two seasons.

The 2020 Toyota Supra is one of the spotlight reveals at this year’s Detroit auto show, and it might have just gotten a premature reveal on Toyota Mexico’s Twitter feed. According to the Supra MkV forum, the video was posted to Toyota Mexico’s feed before being taken down a few hours later. Shocking no one, it seems like this video maybe wasn’t supposed to see light of day until after the Supra makes a public reveal during the auto show. From the video, it looks like the design team at Toyota did a great job separating the Supra from its BMW bones. Basically, that means that the Supra doesn’t look like a badge engineered spinoff of the BMW Z4, and should please Toyota devotees. It’s probably safe to say that this video is legitimate, considering its prompt removal. Judging by the video’s quality, it could be part of the preview played before the Supra’s reveal. If you want to see the 2020 Toyota Supra before you’re supposed to, check out the video above. If you want to get an even better look, check back next week for our Detroit auto show coverage.

If you’re finally getting to sleep at past midnight and waking up to go to work at 5am, your inefficient sleeping pattern could be affecting your everyday life. But what can you do to improve your sleeping pattern. Is waking up at the same every day the answer? Professor Colin Espie at Nuffield Department of Clinical Neuroscience at the University of Oxford and co-founder of Sleepio has some insight. However when it comes to what time to go to sleep, Professor Espie explains that the rules are much vaguer. “It’s important not to get stuck on the idea of one bedtime that suits all, because different individuals can have different chronotypes. Most of us sit in the middle between being an early bird or a night owl, but there are people who are on either extreme of this.” He explained that each individual “should discover what they personally need and then make this a recurring habit.”

Firefighters have been tackling a blaze in a business in the centre of Paris after a powerful explosion left 12 people seriously injured. Cars were wrecked and other buildings were damaged by the blast on Rue de Trévise in the 9th Arrondissement. Police suspect a gas leak caused the explosion which occurred in a bakery around 09:00 (08:00 GMT). They have asked people to stay away from the area, to allow emergency services access. In the immediate aftermath, smashed cars and debris from other shop fronts littered the street in front of the burning bakery as people stood around, looking stunned by the force of the explosion. In pictures: Rescuers fight bakery blaze Visiting the scene, Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said the situation was now under control. Paris and other French cities have been bracing themselves for a new round of anti-government protests by "yellow vest" demonstrators, with 80,000 police officers due to be on duty on Saturday - although the explosion is not thought to be connected with the demonstrations. What happened? The Hubert bakery at No 6 Rue de Trévise was not due to be open at the time of the blast, Le Parisien newspaper reports. A gas leak had been reported in the building and firefighters had been on their way to deal with it when the explosion occurred. Helicopters landed on the nearby Place de l'Opéra to evacuate the injured, Reuters news agency reports. A passing journalist, Emily Molli, described the force of the blast and vast extent of the damage. A resident named Killian was asleep when the explosion blew in his windows. Everybody in the building came downstairs, he said, and he could hear screaming. The blast also destroyed a theatre, he told French news channel BFMTV. "I was sleeping and woke up by the blast wave," Claire Sallavuard told AFP news agency. "All the windows in the apartment exploded, doors were blown off their hinges, I had to walk on the door to leave the room, all the kids were panicking, they couldn't get out of their room." Paula Nagui, a receptionist at the nearby Diva Hotel, said there had been an "enormous blast" that shattered all the windows. Anxious guests had received assurances that it was not a terror attack, she told Le Parisien. Why such heavy security for the protests? For the ninth Saturday in a row, demonstrators are turning out to criticise the government's policies in a mass phenomenon which began with a protest over tax on vehicle fuel on 17 November. Called the "yellow vests" because of the colour of the high-visibility vests they wear symbolically, they have disrupted traffic on roads and in towns across France, and their marches have descended into some of the worst rioting France has seen in decades. Who are the 'gilets jaunes'? Les gilets jaunes: The full story Yellow vests could be seen gathering outside the finance ministry in Paris on Saturday. Prime Minister Edouard Philippe recently announced plans to punish people who hold unsanctioned protests. Ten deaths have been linked to the unrest, all but one in traffic accidents, the tenth being an elderly woman hit in the face by a tear gas grenade in her flat in Marseille. More than 1,500 people among the demonstrators have been injured, 53 of them seriously. Nearly 1,100 members of the security forces were also hurt, French TV reported on 5 January. As of 6 January, 5,339 people had been taken into custody and 152 had been sent to prison, the justice ministry told L'Express newspaper.

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