Graveyard Keeper 2 is coming this year, and the original is free to keep on Steam if you grab it now

The sequel to the 2018 medieval cematary sim launches this year.

Before Imagine Dragons, brothers Dan and Mac Reynolds always wanted to make videogames—now their first, Last Flag, is about to release

They love capture the flag, so they made a game dedicated to flag hiding and flag retrieving, with inspiration from Team Fortress 2, Halo, and League of Legends.

Survival shooter Road to Vostok 'secured the entire production budget for this game for years and years to come' within 24 hours of its Steam early access launch

You could buy a lot of cans of pea soup with that kind of money.

Gunzilla CEO denies delaying payments to 'full-time official employees,' says contractors complaining about going months without being paid are just 'haters' who don't know what it takes to run a business

At least one of former Gunzilla staffers who said she went months without being paid sure sounds like a full-time employee, though.

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This week: Compton’s forthcoming art center, a Lebanese artist’s workshops for displaced children, dog sledding in Yukon, the NGA goes viral on TikTok, stop-motion versus AI, and more.

Wait, how many 'horror Stardew' farm sims are in development right now?

We've officially entered an era of anti-cozy farm sims.

This sleepy, rural county has the highest gas prices in the US: Here’s why

A sleepy county in rural California has the highest gas prices in the nation – and on top of the Iran war, motorists can thank the state’s stiff taxes and regulations.

Do you have to watch The Handmaid's Tale before The Testaments?

Everything you need to know about the setting, characters, and plotlines of these Margaret Atwood adaptations before watching the new spin-off.

One Last Kill trailer suggests The Punisher's violent streak will remain intact

Fans have worried that Spider-Man: Brand New Day would soften the character, but he's as violent as ever in the new One Last Kill trailer

Filmhub Acquires Indie Dramedy ‘Burt’ Ahead of World Parkinson’s Day (EXCLUSIVE)

Global sales and distribution company Filmhub has acquired the rights to “Burt,” a micro-indie dramedy about an estranged father and son navigating Parkinson’s Disease. The film stars Oliver Cooper and Burt Berger, who plays the title role of Burt, an aging street musician with

Andy Kim: Trump 'should be removed from office'

Sen. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) said Wednesday that President Trump “should be removed from office” amid the president's threats toward Iran. “I think he is unfit to be commander-in-chief. I think he should be removed from office,” Kim told CNN's John King on "The Source." Kim is not

Sean Combs, Prosecutors Fight Over Mogul’s Bid for Freedom at Appeal Hearing

The Bad Boy founder is currently serving a 50-month sentence at Fort Dix after being convicted on prostitution charges last summer

Cuba accuses US of 'extorting' Latin America by forcing countries to cancel doctors deals

According to official figures, some 24,000 Cuban doctors and other healthcare professionals were deployed in 56 countries in 2025.

Press watchdog warns of 'systematic failure' as Israel kills 3 reporters in Gaza, southern Lebanon

Press freedom groups urge journalist killings to be investigated as potential war crimes, as an Al Jazeera correspondent was killed in a targeted strike in Gaza City, and two Lebanese journalists were killed in a wave of Israeli strikes launched within minutes across the country

Watch live: Melania Trump speaks from White House

First lady Melania Trump is set to speak from the White House on Thursday afternoon. The event comes less than a month after Trump hosted a two-day summit as part of her Fostering the Future Together initiative, which is focused on ways the U.S. and allies can “address

'Black Wednesday': Israeli strikes in Lebanon worst since 1982, locals say

According to the Lebanese Health Ministry, Israeli fire on Wednesday killed at least 303 people, wounding over 1,100 and leaving at least 33 people missing under the rubble. The Lebanese government declared a national day of mourning after the Israeli attacks, and hospitals in

UN envoy meets Iran deputy minister and visits bombed sites in Tehran

April 9 (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' personal envoy Jean Arnault met Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takht-Ravanchi in Tehran on Thursday as part of U.N. efforts to bring about an end to the Iran war, the U.N. said. Arnault also met representatives

Analysis-Pakistan's high-stakes Iran peace bid is fraught with risk

By Saad Sayeed and Ariba Shahid ISLAMABAD, April 9 (Reuters) - Pakistan is under huge pressure to pull off what some diplomats regard as mission impossible: broker a peace deal between Iran and the United States to stabilize the world economy while safeguarding delegates

Pakistan's high-stakes Iran peace bid is fraught with risk

ISLAMABAD, April 9 - Pakistan is under huge pressure to pull off what some diplomats regard as mission impossible: broker a peace deal between Iran and the United States to stabilize the world economy while safeguarding delegates already arguing over a fragile truce.

Chimpanzee empire falls apart in rare instance of division and deadly violence

The largest group of wild chimpanzees known to scientists has permanently split in two. In a study published in Science, researchers from the University of Texas at Austin and other institutions report the first clearly documented permanent fission in wild chimpanzees and the

Mammal ancestors laid eggs—and this 250-million-year-old fossil proves it

A remarkable new discovery is shedding light on one of the greatest survival stories in Earth's history, and answering a decades-old scientific mystery. Lystrosaurus, a hardy, plant-eating mammal ancestor, rose to prominence in the wake of the End-Permian Mass Extinction some

Keeping up with the phages: How V. cholerae neighbors swap defenses against viruses

Like most bacteria, Vibrio cholerae lives under constant attack from viruses. To survive, bacteria equip themselves with antiviral immune systems. Previous work has shown that V. cholerae carries a large genetic element called a sedentary chromosomal integron (SCI). This

Wildlife trade increases pathogen transmission: What 40 years of data say about spillover

Hedgehogs, elephants, pangolins, bears or fennec foxes: many wild species are sold as pets, hunting trophies, for traditional medicine, biomedical research, or for their meat or fur. These practices, whether legal or illegal, concern one-quarter of all mammal species. Now a

Northeast farmers could profit from grass-fed beef if they expand, join forces

New York State and New England have optimal conditions for grass-fed beef production—with an abundance of pasturelands and forage—but higher production costs have made farmers wary of expanding operations. In a new analysis, published in Agricultural Systems, researchers find

Wild chimpanzees recorded waging ‘civil war’ with coordinated attacks between two groups

New study describes what may be the first case of a unified community of chimps, in Uganda, turning on itself On a June day in 2015, primatologist Aaron Sandel was quietly observing a small cluster of the Ngogo chimpanzee group in Uganda’s Kibale national park when he noticed

Oxygen sensing helps explain why amphibians regenerate limbs but mammals cannot

Some animals can regrow lost body parts. Salamanders and frog tadpoles can rebuild entire limbs after amputation. Mammals cannot. For decades, biologists have tried to understand why. Now a team led by Can Aztekin at EPFL (now at the Friedrich Miescher Laboratory of the Max

‘The Pitt’ Star Fiona Dourif Joins ‘A Head Full of Ghosts,’ Horror Movie Produced by Robert Downey Jr. (EXCLUSIVE)

Fiona Dourif, best known to “The Pitt” fans as Dr. McKay, has joined the cast of the horror film “A Head Full of Ghosts.” She’ll star alongside the previously announced ensemble of David Harbour, Rebecca Hall, and Esmé Creed-Miles (“Hanna”), as well as Bodhi Rae Breathnach

Two hundred chimpanzees are embroiled in a ‘civil war’

The world’s largest-known group of chimpanzees split into two factions that are now engaged in deadly combat

Seeing and imagining activate some of the same brain cells

By recording brain activity directly, scientists showed that imagining an object can revive parts of the neural pattern used to see it.

How the wildlife trade boosts the chance of a disease jumping from animals to humans

Decades of data reveal that animals involved in the wildlife trade—from pet sales to meat markets to illegal poaching—are much more likely to carry pathogens that can infect humans

1000xResist creator: the game industry needs a universal video codec for FMV games

'We're having to use some nasty codecs sometimes to make sure all platforms are supported.'

California Supreme Court halts sheriff's investigation into special election ballots

The California Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco to stop his investigation into ballots from the November special election that his office seized following accusations of voter fraud. Bianco, who is also running as a Republican candidate

Abdul El-Sayed buddies up to Hasan Piker, avoids Israel question

Remember when I said earlier this week that there’s no need for Democrats to have some very involved and unending internal debate about how to deal with Hasan Piker, the leftist streamer who simps for terrorists and authoritarian communist regimes? As I said, Ro Khanna has it

Labrinth Not Involved in New Season of ‘Euphoria’

Despite an earlier announcement that the two would collaborate on music, Oscar winner Hans Zimmer holds the sole composer credit

Latin Music’s U.S. Revenue Tops $1 Billion, Per RIAA Report

If Bad Bunny’s galvanizing Super Bowl Halftime Show on Feb. 8 didn’t make it crystal clear, new figures from the Recording Industry Association of America released today should: Latin music is American music (and, of course, not just American, as Bunny was the globe’s

Warner Bros. Discovery Shareholders Advised to Vote Against David Zaslav’s $550 Million-Plus Golden Parachute ‘Windfall’ Payout From Paramount Deal

Does David Zaslav deserve to receive more than half a billion dollars in connection with the sale of Warner Bros. Discovery to David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance? Influential shareholder advisory services firm ISS believes the WBD CEO’s “golden parachute” payout package is

Germany has resumed diplomatic talks with Iran, Chancellor Friedrich Merz says

Merz also said that the continued Israeli military campaign in Lebanon could jeopardise peace talks expected between the United States and Iran over the war in the Middle East.

Cannes’ Nepalese Thriller ‘Elephants in the Fog’ Boarded by Best Friend Forever (EXCLUSIVE)

“Elephants in the Fog,” a Nepalese thriller set to bow at the Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section, has been boarded by Brussels-based sales company Best Friend Forever. “Elephants in the Fog,” marks the debut feature of emerging director Abinash Bikram Shah,

Kerry Condon to Star Opposite Maya Hawke in ‘The God of the Woods’ at Netflix

Kerry Condon has been cast in the upcoming Netflix drama series “The God of the Woods.” She will star opposite Maya Hawke in the project, which is adapted from Liz Moore’s 2024 novel of the same name. Per the official logline, “The God of the Woods” is “a multi-generational

Four sperm whale strandings point to potential human causes

Four sperm whales that stranded separately on southeastern U.S. coastlines between 2020–22 were emaciated and malnourished, with ingested fishing gear and marine debris found in two of them, according to a new study that compared the four cases. The investigations, intended to

Deadly heat thresholds have already being crossed in six recent heat waves, study shows

Deadly heat wave events are occurring at temperatures and humidity levels previously thought to be survivable, according to a new paper by a team of international researchers, including from The Australian National University (ANU) and the University of Sydney. The research is

US Republicans block bid to rein in Trump Iran war powers

By Patricia Zengerle and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, April 9 (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Republicans on Thursday blocked a Democratic effort to end U.S. attacks on Iran, as Donald Trump's party continued to prevent efforts to rein in the Republican president's war

Tesla secretly working on new, smaller, cheaper electric SUV: report

The automaker has contacted suppliers in recent weeks to discuss details of the plan for the compact SUV, which would be a new vehicle and not a variant of Tesla’s current Model 3 or Y, sources said.

Meet Cathie Wood's Flagship Ark Innovation ETF, Which Has Crushed the S&P 500 Over the Last 12 Months

A 'super' El Niño may be on the way. Here's how it will impact summer weather

Super El Niños are rare. There have only been four since 1950, with the last one occurring in 2015 to 2016.

‘Star Wars’ Voice Star Ashley Eckstein and World Series MVP Husband David Eckstein Releasing Complementary Novel and Memoir: See the Covers (EXCLUSIVE)

“Star Wars” voice star Ashely Eckstein and her husband, former MLB player David Eckstein, are set to release complementary books in September. Ashley, best known for voicing the role of Ahsoka Tano throughout the “Star Wars” franchise, has written “Lucky 22,” a rom-com novel

The Fabulous Engineering and Design of Duct Tape

Bill Hammack, aka The Engineer Guy , is an amazing engineering educator and in this video he explains how duct tape is designed to simultaneously do three things well: “a) adhere with light pressure, b) stay in place, yet c) be removable”. Controlling the stickiness of tape is

Meta boots law firm ads seeking clients to sue over alleged Facebook, Instagram addiction

The ads had been designed to find users of Meta products to join the growing number of lawsuits targeting the social-media giant.

KATSEYE Share New Single “Pinky Up” Amid Manon Drama

The LA-based girl group KATSEYE functions as a grand experiment, a chance to see whether the K-pop idol model will work in the US and across the rest of the world. In some ways, it’s a tremendous success. KATSEYE have made a lot of social-media noise, and they’ve got a few

Hello, Yoshi revives the face-pulling antics of Super Mario 64

Nintendo released the casual game for Switch and Android and iOS mobile devices, free of charge. It's called Hello Yoshi.