5 h. ago Battlefield 6 review: Big, bold and bombastic war gaming at its finest on the PS5

Electronic Arts has pulled off a stunning new first-person shooter game in Battlefield 6, particularly in the multiplayer modes, as the developer delivers chaotic destruction across large gaming maps

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4 d. ago Netflix or Disney could buy Champions League broadcast rights

The streaming giants, along with competitors such as Amazon and DAZN, look set for a bidding war over the ‘global first pick’ Champions League game from 2027

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3 w. ago Why random lines of video game dialogue get stuck in our heads

From famous Street Fighter lines to quips from 90s classics, these are the quotes we hear again and again – and even incorporate into our own livesSome snippets of video game dialogue, like classic movie quotes, are immediately recognisable to a swathe of fans. From Street Fighter’s “hadouken!” to Call of Duty’s “remember, no Russian” to BioShock’s “would you kindly?”, there are phrases so creepy, clever or cool they have slipped imperceptibly into the gaming lexicon, ensuring that whenever they’re memed on social media, almost everyone gets the reference.But there are also odd little phrases, sometimes from obscure games, that stick with us for seemingly no reason. I recall most of the vocal barks from the second world war strategy game Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines, even though I haven’t played it for 20 years. Why is it that I’ll lose my headphones, wallet and phone on a daily basis, but I have absolute recall when it comes to the utterances of burly soldier Samuel Brooklyn? Why ...

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3 w. ago Putin dons his military fatigues to visit Zapad war games 500miles from the frontline

Vladimir Putin wore his military fatigues today on a visit to the Zapad 2025 war games around 500 miles away from the nearest frontline, while his trooped unleashed a drone in Kharkiv, east Ukraine.

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3 w. ago NHS running ‘war game’ exercises as bosses predict busy winter

Local health organisations are asking for special attention to patients considered most vulnerable to winter viruses and hospital admissions

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4 w. ago World leaders 'staring into abyss of World War 3' as Putin deploys strategic nuclear bombers

World leaders are warned that they are 'staring into the abyss of a Third World War' as Russia is positioning long-range strategic bombers and carrying out drills in several days of 'war games'

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last month PRIMAL INTELLIGENCE by Angus Fletcher: Why US generals always outwit AI in war games

AI may beat us at math's or logic, but when it comes to common sense, us humans will always have the upper hand

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last month Putin's threat to the West: Russia begins huge 'Zapad' military drills involving new Oreshnik nuclear missiles days after using drones to test NATO weaknesses as fears grow over European invasion

Poland, Lithuania and Latvia have ramped up security ahead of the drills, with Poland ordering the complete closure of its border with Belarus for their duration

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