Chinese studios are no strangers to outsourcing for the biggest AAA titles, but local teams are also starting to tackle their own projects. We’ve seen signs of this through Sony’s China Hero project, which is designed to help independent teams port their titles to the PlayStation 4 and release them …
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Oil and equities are falling as markets still rattled by Fed minutes
LONDON (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve’s doubts about the US economic recovery kept markets in the red on Thursday, even though European stock indices spent the morning recovering from initial losses. FILE PHOTO: Traders are pictured at their office for the DAX board on the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany …
Read More »Nigeria’s wet markets are flourishing despite coronavirus pandemics
LAGOS (Reuters) – Just a few months after Epe Fish Market was shut down to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, vendors on the spot in the southern Nigerian state of Lagos returned to buy, sell and trade animals. Shortened pangolins and a snake are displayed on a table …
Read More »Trevor Noah on the brilliance of Michelle Obama’s ‘ice-cold’ speech | Cultures
Trevor Noah In the air as the second night packed, The Daily Show took back the first night of the virtual Democratic national convention, in which numerous ordinary Americans, politicians and celebrities launched a celebration of the week and called for action for candidate Joe Biden . One of the …
Read More »California has its first case of plague in 5 years. How likely are you to catch it?
In the Middle Ages, the plague caused tens of millions of deaths in Europe in a series of outbreaks known as the Black Death. And although it is extremely rare in modern times, the deadly bacterial infection is still prevalent today – but how likely are you to catch it? …
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