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For the uninitiated, witchers are powerful mutants capable of taking on multiple opponents in combat and are renown for their monster-slaying capabilities. They are basically “heroes” for hire with the caveat that the world of Tamriel cannot be distilled into such a basic black and white morality system. The existence of a witcher slaying kings is out of the norm, however, even in Geralt’s universe and he is determined to discover who is behind this regicide conspiracy....

Sony’s San Diego studios’ new team has been shrouded in mystery ever since the rumors of a new Uncharted game started floating on the internet. Sony hasn’t officially acknowledged the existence of this new team yet, however, eagle-eyed fans were quick to notice the LinkedIn profile of the former PlayStation Studio Head, Michael Mumbauer, who worked as the studio head with a new team-based in San Diego. This new team was apparently working on a brand new AAA action-adventure game, something that sounds vaguely similar to Uncharted....

Speaking at Star Wars Celebration 2016, Hennig confirmed a few details about the Star Wars title, albeit in a rather cryptic way. For starters, Hennig stated that the game will be “an original Star Wars story with new characters, new locations, new tech, new creatures, you name it.” The story itself is all set to be structurally similar to the narratives of the Star Wars movies, complete with a number of important characters, as Hennig stated that “the first thing that jumped out was that these are always ensemble stories…so the same is true of our game....

New World is doing quite a few things different to conventional MMORPGs such as World of Warcraft, Final Fantasy XIV and The Elder Scrolls: Online – the content presented is much less linear, the combat system is much closer to that of an action game and the large focus for end-game content is on Player vs Player action. While some comparisons have been drawn between New World and more survival themed games such as Rust, Conan Exiles, Ark: Survival Evolved (and its recent early access reskin Atlas) – it does set itself apart from these games in some very major ways, although the influence of this genre upon New World’s design can’t be denied....

RELATED: New World Damage Types Guide The best bow build in New World is a versatile one that works with PvP or PvE and also blends well with at least one other weapon, depending on the player’s preferences. The role-playing possibilities are endless and include a soldier who wields their weapon with trained discipline as part of a unit or a rugged hunter that has crafted their own weapons and honed their skills alone....

RELATED: New World Suffering From Long Queue Times New World is available now on PC. MORE: New World Faction ‘The Syndicate’ Explained Source: PC Gamer

Two Point Campus was added to the Xbox Game Pass lineup this past week, and it has so far earned great reviews from fans and critics alike. On review aggregate site MetaCritic, Two Point Campus has an 84 overall critic rating, with praise given to its fun management gameplay and sense of humor. It’s the second entry in the Two Point series of simulation games, following up on Two Point Hospital, which similarly earned strong reviews....

On Tuesday, New York recorded 1,367 hospitalizations, 288 of whom are in ICU. The last time the figure reached more than 1,300 was on May 23. The number of hospitalizations in the state has been steadily rising over the past few days, rising from 788 on August 1 to 1,162 on August 7. In fact, the hospitalization figures from Tuesday are almost quadruple what was recorded exactly a month ago on July 10, where they were 339 people in hospital with COVID....

Fetterman, the state’s Democratic lieutenant governor, was asked about calls from multiple congressional Democrats to add justices to the Supreme Court to counter its current conservative orientation. “I don’t believe in that,” said Fetterman, who added that he still disagreed with the court ideologically. “I would never touch the makeup of the Supreme Court,” said Oz. The moment of agreement was short-lived. Oz called out Fetterman for his support of abolishing the Senate filibuster, which requires 60 votes for most legislation to advance....

The cease-and-desist order was the result of an investigation launched last month by the attorney general into behind-the-scenes practices. A DraftKings employee had won $350,000 in a contest on the rival FanDuel site, prompting accusations of insider trading. MORE: Faces of NFL’s head trauma crisis | Pierre Garcon files class-action lawsuit against FanDuel It’s the biggest blow to the industry since Nevada regulators ruled Oct. 15 that daily fantasy sports companies must obtain gambling licenses or cease operations....

NYCFC are looking to branch out with representatives in FIFA tournaments and championships worldwide. They are following the lead of sister club Manchester City, with the Premier League side having landed FIFA star Kieran ‘Kez’ Brown in 2016. WATCH: The latest episode of Studs Up Leading clubs across Europe have also moved into the eSports arena, with the first professional FIFA league launched in France. New York City have joined the ranks after teaming up with Players’ Lounge in October 2016 to host an online tournament which included a live final event at Yankee Stadium....

“If we have to pivot and shift and come back here in a week and say we’re going to do something different, we’re going to do that,” Adams said in the Tuesday announcement where he also said mask mandates for schools could be lifted if the city’s COVID rates remain low. “I’m not going to hesitate to say this is where the numbers are taking us, this is where the science is....

The 46-year-old man had allegedly raped his 18-year-old niece since she was a child, a senior police source told NBC New York. The firefighter, whose name Newsweek has withheld to protect the alleged victim, was arrested in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City, at around 4.30 p.m. on Wednesday, a spokesman for the New York Police Department told Newsweek. The firefighter was off-duty at the time of the arrest, the NYPD spokesman added....

Speaking to reporters on Sunday regarding the blaze which left 19 people dead, including nine children, Mayor Eric Adams thanked firefighters for their efforts responding to the fire at the apartment building on 333 E 181st Street. “Their oxygen tanks were empty, and they still pushed through the smoke,” Adams said. “You can’t do this if you don’t feel attached to the city and this community, and I really want to thank them for putting their lives in the line to save lives,” he added....

According to Jets beat reporter Zack Rosenblatt, Embree was recently asked about his managing approach regarding the team’s running back rotation. The Jets had their first NFL preseason game against the Philadelphia Eagles this past Friday and are looking toward their next match on August 22 against the Atlanta Falcons. Rosenblatt offered a surprising response for his answer, explaining that he looked at his running backs like Pokemon. RELATED: New Arcade1Up Cabinet is Remastering Classic NFL Blitz Games...

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The Bengals lost to Pittsburgh unexpectedly to start the season, and last week they fell 20-17 to Dallas. Meanwhile, New York shocked Cleveland last week by scoring two touchdowns in the last two minutes. Cincinnati may have had a run to the Super Bowl the previous year, but at this point, the Bengals must focus on the present. In Week 1, they suffered a disappointing overtime loss to Pittsburgh, missing numerous opportunities to win....

Such confusion is standard in the world of “standardized” testing. The seemingly statistical impossibility occurs because “national average” in the widely used tests does not mean the average of all students who took the exam this year. Instead, scores are measured against a sample of students who took the test at a set point in time, sometimes years before. Math scores on the Metropolitan Achievement Test (MAT) used by New York City were compared with a sample from 1985; the “norming group” for the reading test, from a different publisher, was from 1988....

Michael Barbaro, host of the Times’ The Daily podcast, reportedly leant on multiple journalists who were critical of the newspaper’s handling of the Caliphate scandal. The Times launched an investigation of its own reporting when it emerged that one of the Caliphate’s central figures had lied about his supposed role as an Islamic State fighter and executioner in Syria. Folkenflik said he and at least three others were pressed privately by Barbaro to “temper their critiques” of the Caliphate controversy....