Cameroon initially dismissed the film of two women and two children being shot as “fake news”.
Lesbos: Hundreds test positive for Covid-19 after migrant camp fire
More than 240 migrants test positive at the new Lesbos camp built after the old one burnt down.
Michael Lonsdale, who played James Bond villain in Moonraker, dies aged 89
The Anglo-French star played Hugo Drax opposite Roger Moore’s 007 in the 1979 film Moonraker.
New York among three ‘anarchist’ cities named by White House to lose funds
New York, Seattle and Portland are named by the White House as cities that could lose federal funds.
Ellen DeGeneres: Humbled host returns to TV with apology and admission
The TV host opens the new series of her talk show by addressing allegations of a toxic workplace.
So, What Happens Now With Elder Scrolls 6, Fallout, And Bethesda’s PS5 Exclusives?
The week is off to a busy start with the massive news that Microsoft has purchased ZeniMax Media and, by extension, Bethesda Softworks and its many game studios. That puts franchises like Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Doom, and others under the Xbox Game Studios umbrella, calling into question what exclusivity might look like for these big-name franchises as we enter the new generation. In the more immediate future, it also raises the issue of what happens with a pair of Bethesda-published games that were previously set to debut exclusively on PC and PS5: Deathloop and Ghostwire: Tokyo.
The official statements from Xbox, Microsoft, and Bethesda unfortunately don’t offer many answers at this point. One aspect of the $7.5 billion deal that has been confirmed is that future games from Bethesda will launch on Xbox Game Pass on the day of their release, whether that’s on Xbox or PC. Starfield is one such game explicitly confirmed to be hitting Game Pass on day one, and it seems safe to assume the same will be true for other, unannounced projects, like the inevitable Fallout 5.
But those games are still far away. More pressing is what happens to Deathloop and Ghostwire: Tokyo, two games set for 2021 releases (following Deathloop’s recent delay) on PS5, but not Xbox Series X and Series S. According to Bloomberg, the exclusivity arrangement for these two games will be honored. Future games will release on Xbox, PC, and “other consoles on a case by case basis.”
Nepalese Ang Rita Sherpa: Everest record-breaker dies aged 72
Ang Rita Sherpa is the first person to have climbed Mount Everest 10 times without bottled oxygen.
Botswana: Mystery elephant deaths caused by cyanobacteria
Toxins made by algae in water holes caused 330 elephant deaths in Botswana earlier this year.
What’s New To Netflix This Week? Stranger Things Star Leads New Sherlock Holmes Movie
As it turns out, and probably should not come as a surprise to anyone, sleuthing runs in the Holmes family. The new Enola Holmes headlines this week’s upcoming Netflix releases, and stars Millie Bobby Brown in the title role–the younger sister of the famous Sherlock and Mycroft Holmes. Brown, perhaps best known for Netflix’s Stranger Things, takes on the role of the teenaged Enola, opposite the already-famous Sherlock (Henry Cavill) and Mycroft (Sam Claflin). In this film adaptation of the Nancy Springer book series with the same name, Enola vies to be taken seriously as a lady, a detective, and also embarks on a quest to find her missing mother. Enola Holmes comes to Netflix on September 23.
On either side of that date, meanwhile, are some great opportunities to stave off early onset seasonal affective disorder with some laughter. On September 22, Season 4 of British comedian Jack Whitehall’s travelogue series Travels with My Father sets sail for Australia. Seeing how past seasons have seen the mismatched pair of perky comedian and party-pooper curmudgeonly father stumble into a Magic Mike show in Las Vegas, wander through the site of the Chernobyl disaster, and attempt parkour in Thailand–it shouldn’t be hard for them to get up to some shenanigans in Australia.
Fast-forward to September 26, and the fourth and final season of NBC’s afterworld sitcom The Good Place will be coming to Netflix. For those who haven’t yet seen how it all wraps it up, it’s probably best to side-step potential spoilers and recount the show’s premise: Kristen Bell stars as Eleanor Shellstrop, a woman who has died and gets welcomed to the titular “good place” by a secret ethereal architect, Michael, played by Ted Danson. If you happen to not be current on the show, it would be inadvisable to skip to the final season first–there are lots of twists along the way that we won’t spoil for you here.
Elder Scrolls Online Will Still Be Supported On PS4 After Microsoft Acquisition Of Bethesda
Microsoft’s acquisition this week of ZeniMax Media, the parent company of Bethesda, has brought with it ownership of several video game franchises. Included in that deal is The Elder Scrolls, a collection of games that includes the fifth chapter in the series, Skyrim, and its upcoming sequel.
In addition to those acquisitions there is also The Elder Scrolls Online, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game which began in 2014. Available on Xbox One, PC, and PlayStation 4, it’ll be business as usual for The Elder Scrolls Online even after Microsoft’s $7.5 billion purchase of it and the rest of the Bethesda game library.
“I want to take this moment to reassure the entire Elder Scrolls community that ESO will continue to be supported exactly as it was, and we fully expect to keep growing and thriving on each of the platforms that are currently supported,” Matt Firor, Studio Director of ZeniMax Online Studios, said in a statement. “We are very happy with the news, and can’t wait to see how the two companies working together can make ESO better for everyone.”