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Flash flood warnings for UK as heavy rain batters drought-hit ground

Further showers are forecast on Friday for most parts of the UK

The Independent UK

Here’s what the strongest-ever El Nino means for UK weather in 2027

Next year’s event could be ‘unheard of’, expert warns

The Independent UK

‘Unprecedented’ El Nino event to bring storms and rain to UK, says Met Office

The weather event in the Pacific is predicted to have a knock-on effect across the world, including the UK.

Evening Standard

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EA could sell "dormant IPs" like Ultima and Wing Commander after Saudi acquisition, former manager says: "There are plenty of IPs like that at EA that nobody cares about at this moment"

"I think probably they will leverage that either by just selling it or trying to find external studios that can work on that"

GamesRadar

The biggest leaks in PC gaming history

GTA 6, Half-Life 2, The Witcher 3, and tons of other games sprung huge leaks before they launched.

PC Gamer

Former EA manager will "believe" the next Mass Effect is happening "when I see it" after $55 billion acquisition: "They can pull the plug very, very easily"

BioWare remains largely quiet about Mass Effect 5

GamesRadar

UK hit with heavy rain and thunderstorms as Met Office warns of flash flooding

Some areas in the country had the ‘first meaningful rain for a long time” this week

The Independent UK

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Will the next Mass Effect actually release under EA's new owners? 'I'll believe it when I see it,' says Newzoo's director of market intelligence and former EA manager

Emmanuel Rosier is here to pour cold water on my hopes and dreams.

PC Gamer

Burnham to raise fines to £5,000 in major crackdown on illegal waste

The prime minister has promised to clean up three more of the country’s ’toxic dumps’

The Independent UK

"Arkane was about to go under" before it committed to Dishonored, former lead says: "We had 4 months of money left"

"At some point, we realized this is not the way"

GamesRadar

EA employees brace for the worst under Saudi ownership: 'Hard to feel good about being bought out by a regime that's very much at odds with progressive society'

Despite assurances from management, some workers believe the company will be subject to censorship by its new owners.

PC Gamer

EA devs feel "the threat of layoffs at all times," especially after Saudi Arabia acquisition: "It's hard to see how teams or games that underperform wouldn't be dissolved"

Increasingly bad energy

GamesRadar

Jared Kushner and Saudi Buyout of EA Could Destroy 'The Sims' as a Safe Space for Queer Diversity

Jared Kushner and Saudi Arabia now own EA, putting The Sims' LGBTQ+ legacy under scrutiny as queer players fear the game could lose its status as a safe space.

International Business Times UK

London’s first official bathing area hit by toxic algae outbreak

Swimmers in the Ham and Kingston site on the Thames left with ‘really bad rash and itchy spots’

The Independent UK

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Evening Standard

Swimmers warned to avoid London's first official Thames bathing spot over toxic algae

The Environmental Agency have advised swimmers to stay out of the water after a potentially toxic bloom of blue-green algae was found

GamesRadar

EA staff fear new Saudi Arabia owners will police their games: "Projects just won't get signed because they don't align explicitly with what the Saudi government wants"

"It's certainly hard to feel good about being bought out by a regime that's very much at odds with progressive society"

The Guardian - UK

Will the future of gaming be powered by upstart indie developers?

As gaming’s biggest publishers retreat into safer bets, a new generation of independents are building an alternative from the ground up

Evening Standard

Thunderstorm warnings issued across country amid ‘first meaningful rain’

The application comes as areas in the country were predicted to have the ‘first meaningful rain for a long time’ this week.

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The Guardian - UK

After 25 years, I’m breaking up with The Sims. Here’s why you should, too

Now that Jared Kushner and the Saudi Investment Fund have bought The Sims’ publisher, EA, it’s unlikely to remain a game celebrating diversity and inclusivity, says video games writer Jordan Erica Webber

InsideEVs

Are Walmart And Ionna Starting An EV Fast Charging Price War? It Sure Looks Like It

How do you disrupt established networks like Tesla and Electrify America? Ionna and Walmart seem to think the answer is beating them on price.

PC Gamer

Steam Week in Review: Here are the 32 Steam games brave enough to release on GTA 6 day

All the interesting Steam facts for the week ending August 16.

Reason

Contract Claim Over Private School Expulsions, Allegedly Caused by Parents' Organizing Against Ideological Curriculum Changes, Can Go Forward

"Beginning in the summer of 2020, the school began to change its curriculum to focus on politicized issues of race and gender identity. At some point, the Turpins learned that the school was teaching their sixth-grade child various polarizing concepts such as 'Republicans are white supremacists.'"

GamesRadar

Gears of War: E-Day's Steam player count has once again blown past the series all-time peak thanks to the beta's second week

E-Day's second beta runs until August 17 on PC and Xbox Series X|S consoles

The Independent UK

England is officially in drought – how do we fix our water woes?

LET’S UNPACK THAT: With the drought hitting millions and putting Southern Water weeks away from completely running dry, Helen Coffey looks at what we can do as individuals – and as a nation – to conserve water as back-to-back heatwaves look set to be a recurring aspect of life

GamesRadar

The Sims 4 mod does what EA never will, delivers "complete overhaul" of the life sim's map and finally unites its worlds with "a seamless layout"

SimMattically "did a ton of research"

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