A new House of the Dead is heading to arcades
House of the Dead, Sega’s outstanding campy on-rails shooter, is returning to the arcades after an absence of over a decade with this year’s Scarlet Dawn. The cabinet – a gloriously large number – is…
FBI ‘freezes US assets’ of Putin ally Oleg Deripaska
The FBI has reportedly frozen the US assets of Russian oligarch Oleg Desipaska in what is seen as a further tightening of the noose around the necks of President Vladimir Putin’s allies. Mr Deripaska, an…
There’s a second Monster Hunter World PS4 beta this week
There’s a second Monster Hunter World beta on PlayStation 4 this week. It runs from 22nd December right through to Boxing Day. Goodness me is Christmas really that close?! The exact start and finish times…
Britain sending experts to Indonesia in aftermath of devastating earthquake
Click:high temperature gate valves Britain will send a team of aid experts to Indonesia after its government made a plea for help in dealing with the aftermath of the devastating Sulawesi earthquake. The official death…
Marilyn Monroe’s Ford Thunderbird tipped to fetch $500,000 at auction
A Ford Thunderbird once owned by Marilyn Monroe is expected to fetch up to $500,000 (£379,000) when it comes under the hammer in November. The black soft-top with whitewall tyres was bought on December 20, 1955,…
Pokémon Go rotates region exclusives in a cool nod to original games
Pokémon Go’s Christmas event concluded last night with an unexpected surprise for fans: the rotation of two creatures’ in-game region exclusivity. Upon waking this morning, players found the two recently-released Pokémon Seviper and Zangoose had…
Bodies of British businessman and his Thai wife found after alleged contract killing ordered by woman’s brother
The bodies of a wealthy British businessman and his Thai wife have been recovered near their luxury home in northern Thailand after they were allegedly murdered in a contract killing ordered by the woman’s brother,…
What is Unit 26165, Russia’s elite military hacking centre?
The four intelligence officers detained by Dutch security services are part of an elite military unit that runs high-risk cyber espionage operations out of a 19th-century barracks in central Moscow. Unit 26165 – named by…
There’s a Tomb Raider Barbie doll
Barbie has been an astronaut, a vet, even a mermaid. Now, she’s a Tomb Raider. Doll maker Mattel has unveiled Tomb Raider Barbie (thanks, IGN), which is less a new look for Barbie herself and…
Pop-up Pilgrims review – a beautiful VR game lacking in challenge
Pop-up Pilgrims provides a nice change of pace and a glimmer of originality for PSVR users bored by the usual churn of glorified shooting galleries. This puzzle-platformer that plays like a Lemmings-lite puts you in…