On Thursday, Ubisoft Montreal revealed Hyper scape, a new Battle Royale game set in a cyber future. The game’s heroes enter the future equivalent of the Internet to fight for glory, basically the Oasis of Ready Player One, if that helps you. In a previous event on June 26, I …
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Mayor Bill de Blasio announced today that 22 new and existing open streets will become spaces for restaurants to set up outdoor dining on weekends throughout the summer, starting tomorrow. During his Thursday morning press conference, de Blasio explained that when a great idea (Open Streets) falls in love with …
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The United States government has long imposed sanctions on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who has presided over a civil war for more than nine years that has claimed the lives of approximately half a million people. But for the first time, on June 17, his British wife Asma was attacked …
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People wearing masks pass the “Real New Yorkers Can Handle It” sign near Union Square amid the coronavirus pandemic on May 16, 2020 in New York City. Alexi Rosenfeld | fake pictures Facebook announced Thursday that it will begin recommending that people cover their faces when they are in public …
Read More »Kongregate is moving away from Flash games
No more user-submitted video games can be added to Kongregate, the company announced Wednesday. The website as the players knew it will change as the company shifts its focus toward “internal game development and acquisitions,” a spokesperson said in a statement to Polygon. Kongregate launched in 2006 and has grown …
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