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Citing Spike in Crime, International Red Cross Reduces Operations in Central African Republic

February 12, 2020

BANGUI, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC -- Following a number of security incidents that have endangered its personnel and its operations, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been obliged to suspen...

Preview: Darksburg, Co-Op PC Zombie Survival Action Game

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February 10, 2020

Darksburg, the co-op zombie survival action game from Northgard and Evoland series developer Shiro Games, storms Steam Early Access on Feb. 12, 2020. Select from a squad of eclectic Survivors and fight to pu...

Not For Broadcast, a dystopian newsroom simulator, hits Steam

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January 30, 2020

Not For Broadcast is finally out on Steam in Early Access! This newsroom simulator eludes chaotic energy. It's almost as chaotic as a real broadcast room, some of our players with TV experience say. It's lik...

Letters To Cleo to headline 20th Annual Boston Hot Stove Cool Music Concert: Two decades of music, baseball, and giving back

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January 21, 2020

BOSTON (January 21, 2020) – Letters to Cleo will headline an all-star lineup of performers at the 20th anniversary Hot Stove Cool Music benefit concert, along with Belly’s Tanya Donelly and Gail Greenwood, Pete...

Pandemic Express – Zombie Escape is going free to play

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January 16, 2020

Pandemic Express - Zombie Escape is going free to play! Pandemic Express is a session-based survival shooter. Think Left 4 Dead, if the swarm was player-controlled. Everyone spawns as suvivors, one is random...

When Better Management Could Have Prevented Mishaps in the Gaming Industry

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December 19, 2019

The process of developing a new video game is long, featuring several different teams that work on specific aspects of the release. The studios that consistently produce stellar work are those finely attuned to...

Might and Magic: Era of Chaos Announced

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December 10, 2019

Today, Ubisoft announced that Might & Magic Heroes: Era of Chaos is now available for free on iOS and Android devices. Developed by Playcrab, the game brings the high-fantasy universe of Heroes of Might &am...

Jurassic World Evolution Has Brought Brutal Fun Back to Contemporary Gaming

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November 22, 2019

Much like many popular film franchises, Jurassic Park made the crossover to the gaming world back in 1993. With its first release coming on the Nintendo Entertainment System, the series has since developed nume...

Former Mario Kart Devs Announce GENSOU SkyDrift for Switch, Steam

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November 12, 2019

Mrio Kart developers at illuCalab will release the spell-slinging tag-team racer GENSOU SkyDrift onto Nintendo Switch and Steam for Windows PC on Dec. 12, 2019. A PlayStation 4 version will enter the track in Q...

German Firm Finds Major Security Hole in TwitterKit

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November 5, 2019

The Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology SIT in Darmstadt has discovered serious flaws in the TwitterKit for iOS 3.4.2 that can result in account abuse and data loss. The TwitterKit is an end-...

Activision Blizzard Announces Diablo 4

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November 1, 2019

An ancient evil threatens to engulf Sanctuary in darkness, and new heroes have been called upon to face challenges the world has never seen before. Today, Blizzard Entertainment announced Diablo IV, the highly ...

Edison Mail App Releases New Dark Mode for Android

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October 29, 2019

Today Edison Mail, the award-winning AI-based independent mail app offering private and secure mailbox management, released a new version of its app offering Dark Mode for Android. The update is available immed...

What Your Preferred Instrument Says About You

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September 20, 2019

It's no secret that musicians are a special breed of human. It's usually very easy to spot one just by looking at them, regardless if they actually have their instrument in tow or not. Musicians tend to either ...

2019 Home Appliance Guide

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August 28, 2019

Home Appliances You Need to Get If you're moving into a new home or a new-to-you home, the following list of appliances should ensure you won't move in unprepared. Large Appliances These are the applia...

How Traditional Casino Games Differ from Online iGaming

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August 27, 2019

"Hard Rock Casino" (CC BY 2.0) by tedmurphy With the plethora of online slots on the market, it’s hard for the uninitiated to sift through them all and know the differences between the various games availab...

Denon Adds Two Soundbars with HEOS Built-In

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August 27, 2019

Denon, Japan’s defining audio manufacturer, today announced it is expanding its sound bar lineup with two premium options, the DHT-S516H and DHT-S716H. Optimized with Denon’s century-long legacy of creating gre...

Frozen 2 details emerge

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August 21, 2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi4LMpSDccc The official line form Disney has come out for Frozen 2: "Why was Elsa born with magical powers? The answer is calling her and threatening her kingdom. Together wi...

Edison Mail Adds New Focused Inbox Feature for iOS

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August 20, 2019

Mentally, everybody assigns different emails different levels of importance. Emails from that store you shopped at once? Ignore. Emails from your dentist about an upcoming check-up? Something you should probabl...

Movies with the Best Poker Scenes

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August 13, 2019

Poker is easily one of the most intense, competitive, and glamorous games in the world, so it makes perfect sense that filmmakers have chosen to incorporate it into their hit movies. While it is a feat to co...

Is it Time for Another Reimagining of Peter Pan?

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August 12, 2019

The current trend in the cinema industry is to take old classics and remake them for modern audiences. This has been seen numerous times with Walt Disney cartoons, with the new versions classed as live-acti...