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Asobo; PC, PS5, Xbox Series S/XAsobo’s medieval adventure sequel is bigger, bleaker and more battle-scarred, but suffers from uneven storytelling At a time when most video game blockbusters are sprawling open worlds that take dozens if not hundreds of hours to complete, there’s something refreshing about one that takes the more traditional approach of putting …

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Theranos founder filed for a fresh trial after a key witness, Adam Rosendorff, told her he regretted his role in her conviction Elizabeth Holmes faces a hearing to assess her request for a new trial after a key witness for the prosecution said he regretted the role he played in her conviction. The Theranos founder …

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Purchase by rapper, who changed name to Ye in 2021, expected to be completed later this year Kanye West is buying the right-wing social network Parler for an undisclosed sum, the site has announced. The purchase by the rapper, who legally changed his name to Ye last year, is expected to close in the fourth …

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A video game exploring the treatment of women in Hollywood has set a new standard of sophistication. We talk to its creator and star Every now and then you play a video game that you just cannot stop thinking about. Candy Crush might leave colourful imprints on the back of your eyelids. The Legend of …

‘Unlike anything you’ve ever played’: Immortality, the video game that’s actually three movies Read More »

Exposed passport numbers blocked from being used in national Document Verification System Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Optus customers told they would not need a new passport after their documents were compromised in the recent data breach …

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The former penal colony has been the sandstone-and-steel backdrop for art shows, concerts and festivals – but nothing quite like Mode Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email On a perfect spring Saturday in Sydney, roughly 3,000 people headed for a festival that most of the city knew nothing about. Siloed in the heritage grandeur …

Mode festival review – ‘elevated’ dance music brings new life to Sydney’s Cockatoo Island Read More »

Hellena Taylor, who voiced title character, says she was offered an ‘insulting’ $4,000 to reprise role The English actor who stars in the hit Bayonetta video game series has asked fans not to buy the latest release in the franchise, after revealing that she was offered just $4,000 (£3,500) to reprise the role. In an …

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Voracious Games/XSEED Games; PCRunning a struggling potion shop, sourcing ingredients, haggling with customers and fending off the bank is all charming and stressful work in equal measure Someone has to make all those potions that heroes quaff as they fight their way through dungeons, and in Potionomics, you’re that person. You play as Sylvia, who …

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Texts released in the legal wrangle between Elon Musk and Twitter are ‘astoundingly unastounding’ – apart from the sycophancy How do tech billionaires talk when they think nobody’s listening? Usually, the only people who know are the National Security Agency and waiters at Manresa, Silicon Valley’s sole three-star Michelin restaurant. But now, courtesy of the …

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World’s richest man previously said company would not pay for satellite internet in war-torn country indefinitely Elon Musk on Saturday announced that his company would continue to pay for Starlink satellite internet in war-torn Ukraine, a day after suggesting he could not keep funding the project. “The hell with it,” the world’s richest man wrote …

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