Homebrew PlayStation 4 development on older consoles is finally happening, which has in turn led to the arrival of pirated software and a way to run more of the PS2 game library on Sony’s modern…
In 1979 more than a million people flocked to Phoenix Park, Dublin to see Pope John Paul II speak. Among them was Sister Stanislaus Kennedy, now a well-known nun, social campaigner and author. "People walked…
The Academy of Motion Pictures has said it would not go ahead with its proposed new "popular film" Oscar category at next year’s awards ceremony. The proposal, announced just a month ago, was met with a…
Among Rain World’s best tricks is that it doesn’t end with you. Fall afoul of the reptiles who coil and flop through its moulting, fungal catacombs and you’ll be dragged to a crevice and swiftly…
Europe must become a "global player" with a muscular foreign policy to match its economic strength, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker urged Wednesday, in his annual address to the bloc’s parliament. Mr Juncker used his State of the…
This month will bring a slew of updates for Assassin’s Creed: Origins, including a new difficulty mode, Horde mode and a big fan-requested feature: enemy scaling. But perhaps most exciting, a “new surprise quest” will…
Two hundred years after it was used as a place of exile for Napoleon Bonaparte, the Italian island of Elba is dealing with another unwelcome guest. Mouflon – wild sheep which sport magnificently curved horns…
British fishermen have claimed that warnings about an extraordinary clash over scallops in the English Channel fell "on deaf ears". French mariners have been accused of endangering the lives of their UK counterparts after rocks, smoke bombs and…
Click:Nail polish Bottles Click:Prototype machining The great Star Wars debacle – and I’m not talking about The Last Jedi’s second act here – dominated video game headlines in the last quarter of 2017. But in…
The success of a Chinese historical period drama about scheming imperial concubines in a Qing dynasty palace has been celebrated by China as a breakthrough in the spread of its cultural influence across Asia. The…