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A gaming YouTuber is seen getting incredibly emotional after killing her cat in Minecraft in a tragic mining accident. The story follows weeks of other, upsetting news about streamers and YouTubers abusing their animals in real life and accidentally showing the world how they treat them badly when they think that no one’s looking. On Twitter, gaming YouTuber Freyz Playz, or Frey, revealed a short clip of what seems to be normal Minecraft gameplay....

The latest update for an expansive Breath of the Wild mod known as “Second Wind” sees the Great Plateau’s tutorial shrines getting a shiny new makeover. This update was debuted by Waikuteru, one of the mod’s developers (there are currently over 50 creators working on it). Waikuteru says: “In this video you will be able to see the latest changes to the first four shrines on the Great Plateau overhauled by Normie’s Progress”....

Last week, NetherRealm Studios confirmed the DLC roster for Mortal Kombat 11’s Kombat Pack 1. The six characters include classic MK fighters Shang Tsung and Nightwolf, already in the game, followed by Terminator T-800, Sindel, the Joker, and Spawn. This announcement has rubbed fans the wrong way and, as is the status quo for the industry, gamers are up in arms. Following the announcement trailer, fans are upset about the Mortal Kombat 11 Kombat Pack 1 release dates that are staggered all the way into 2020....

Black Panther Wakanda Forever embraces African cultural norms and styles just as much as its predecessor, not least of which during T’Challa’s funeral scene. There are people dancing, instruments being played, and a wide range of outfits that are all a stark and pristine white. If you’re like a lot of western audience members, though, these elements probably left you wondering: Why were they wearing white and dancing at T’Challa’s funeral in Black Panther Wakanda Forever?...

Place and rename the MSU file in an easily accessible place, e.g. C:\8preview\preview.msuOpen command prompt in administrator mode.Type: Expand –F:* c:\8preview\preview.msu C:\8preview\Type: DISM.exe /Online /Add-Package /PackagePath:c:\8preview\Windows8-RT-KB2849636-x64.cabWindows RT Users need to change the end of the file name in step 4 from x64.cab to arm.cab Microsoft officially took the wraps off the preview of Windows 8.1 during the Build developers’ conference opening keynote on Wednesday. The Redmond-based company has brought many changes to the Windows platform, including the re-addition of the Start menu to the desktop, streamlined app updates, the ability for Retina display hardware, improved camera app, and more....

Earlier today through the Jagged Edge Productions YouTube channel, horror fans got their first look at Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey, a slasher film that sees beloved children’s characters Pooh and his pal Piglet revert into bloodthirsty maniacs long after Christopher Robin has abandoned them. This version of the classic tale sees Robin setting off to college, but not before returning to check in on his old friends. Unfortunately, things take a very brutal turn not long after....

It’s a new day, and you know what that means - time to work out the Wordle answer for today, 24th August. For the uninitiated, the aim of Wordle is to work out a daily five-letter word within six guesses. The fewer the guesses, the better - and if you fail to guess it at all, you’ll break your streak. The latter is why working out today’s Wordle answer is such a priority, as players pride themselves on keeping their streak going....

World War 1 multiplayer shooter Verdun will release for PS4 on August 30, but has seen its release of Xbox One delayed, developers M2H and Blackmill Games have announced. “Although we would have loved to release Verdun on both the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 at the same time, we regret to inform you that the Xbox One release is postponed,” reads an update from the developer. “We hope to get the game as soon as possible on this great platform....

The Senior Vice President of Japanese developer Yuke’s – responsible for most of the WWE games of the past few years including the recent WWE 2K series – has gone on record to declare the studio is to create a new wrestling game that’s not related to its long running series. Speaking in a fascinating chat with Video Games Chronicle, Hiromi Furuta cited the lack of major rivals in the wrestling space as ’not being healthy’ for the company, even going so far as to say they are aware that ‘our creators are beginning to lose sight of their passion and confidence and becoming focused only on completing assigned tasks....

Xbox has announced it’s to hold a reveal event on July 23 where it intends to show off a bunch of upcoming games for the new Xbox Series X and more at 5pm BST. The event will take place live across all of Xbox’s social media channels such as Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Twitch, and is expected to include the first proper showing of Halo: Infinite from 345 Industries which is expected to launch with the Xbox Series X console this Holiday 2020 as well as appearances from other members of the Xbox Game Studios family such as Double Fine Productions....

Xbox Game Pass subscribers are to be quite spoilt for choice this November, as a host of big name games have been announced for the service. The previously-revealed Minecraft bundle featuring both the Java and Bedrock editions lands first on PC tomorrow. That’s joined by the launch of zen puzzle game Unpacking which lands on Cloud, Console and PC. Co-op adventure It Takes Two arrives next, on Cloud, Console and PC on November 4 via EA Play....

Microsoft just announced another “non-E3” livestream which will follow its Xbox & Bethesda Game Showcase later this week. The Xbox Games Showcase Extended will happen on Tuesday, June 14 at 10:00 am PDT, 1:00 pm EDT, 6:00 pm BST, or 7:00 pm CEST depending on where you live. It promises 90 minutes of new trailers, deeper looks at the news from the Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase, and presentations from game creators....

Xbox Live’s regular Free Play Days promotion has returned to the Microsoft Store this weekend, granting free access to Bethesda’s MMO The Elder Scrolls: Tamriel Unlimited, city-building simulator Cities: Skylines, and sci-fi melee brawler The Surge to Xbox Live Gold and Game Pass Ultimate subscribers on the Xbox One for a limited time. Xbox programming director Larry Hryb, a.k.a. Major Nelson, shared the news on his blog on Friday afternoon. All three games are discounted on the Microsoft Store for the weekend in case fans want to dive deeper after the end of the trial period....

Jake Solomon, director of XCOM and XCOM 2, has said he is currently still in the dark on the future of Firaxis’ turn-based tactics series. Solomon’s team at Firaxis most recently released the brilliant yet underappreciated Marvel’s Midnight Suns, and are now working on its upcoming DLC plans. But when asked if an XCOM 3 might be next on the agenda after that, Solomon said he had “no information” and no “secret agenda” for saying so....

Four Facts About the Xerox NoteTaker The NoteTaker inspired the Compaq Portable and Osborne 1 computers.This personal computer was termed a “luggable” computer. It had a portable case, but at 48 pounds it’s size made it not the most convenient to carry around the office.The 128 kB of RAM, while laughable by today’s standards, was an impressive amount for one of the first portable computer designs in 1976.It’s estimated that the Xerox NoteTaker would have cost approximately $50,000 due to high-end hardware....

The Five Nights at Freddy’s franchise has appeared in the Guinness Book of Records: Gamer’s Edition, for most sequels released in a year. As such, one-man series developer Scott Cawthon has to keep up a near-endless stream of teasers, trailers and tidbits for the next title in the hit horror series. For some weeks now, he has been teasing us with what appeared to be an upcoming Five Nights at Freddy’s 6, but there’s some sad news for FNAF-ers: it looks like this one’s not going to be after all....

Key Points William Beardsley was descendant of one of early settlers who came to America in a ship called ‘Planter’.He graduated from Miami University and went on to work for various ventures including publishing and irrigation before inventing the Keyboard Adding Machine.He died of terminal illness in 1925 and is buried in Woodside Cemetery, Middleton, Ohio. Who Was William Beardsley? Born on Nov 13, 1850, in Hamilton, Ohio, William Henry Beardsley was a holder of multiple US patents, including the patent for Keyboard Adding Machine and adjustable chairs....

Fancy crawling through a gloomy dungeon? Take a look at the upcoming Wizardry: Labyrinth of Lost Souls, which arrives on PC on January 15. It’s not a new game — Labyrinth of Lost Souls originally launched on PS3 back in 2011 — but it is new to PC. Published by XSEED Games, Wizardry brings back the dungeon-crawling gameplay from the old, beloved series. Old-school dungeon crawling Anyone familiar with the series will be pleased to know that Wizardry: LoLS sticks close to its roots....

Bethesda has announced a new Wolfenstein VR experience called Wolfenstein Cyberpilot. According to everyone’s favourite Bethesda Boi Pete Hines, in Cyberpilot you play a hacker who can take over Nazi robots, turning their own war machines against them. Hines described it as part of Bethesda’s ’neverending quest to bring the message of “Fuck Nazis” to every platform possible.’ Bethesda are clearly not ready to lean away from that whole ‘poking the Nazi hornets nest’ thing they established with Wolfenstein II last year....

The Wordle answer for today, 25th October, takes the form, as always, of a five-letter word. For the uninitiated, the aim of Wordle is to work out a daily five-letter word within six guesses. The fewer the guesses, the better - and if you fail to guess it at all, you’ll break your streak. The latter is why working out today’s Wordle answer is such a priority, as players pride themselves on keeping their streak going....