Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead has released a major patch for the game, adding new Illuminate enemies, a new biome, and raising the level cap.

Update 7.0.0 is about players’ fight toward the Void, which will see the cannon fodder of Super Earth run into “new, hideously mutated organisms.” The patch notes, courtesy of Steam, are below.

Body politic

"That game with the massive dead body was created using generative AI!" roared the masses. "Oh shucks," said I, "Don't worry, I'll soon find another massive dead body game to write about." Reader, never let it be said that I am not as good as my word. In All Haul The King, players team up to drag the huge, elastic carcass of a goblin sovereign from one end of the world to the other. Your goal is to get him onto the Throne of Resurrection. This might go easier if you transform him into an anvil. Anvils don't wobble around quite so much, after all. Here is a trailer.

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Nicolai Tangen, CEO of Norges Bank Investment Management, during a news conference in Oslo, Norway, on Jan. 29, 2025. 

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Norway's $2.3 trillion sovereign wealth fund reported a record half-year profit of more than $184 billion on Wednesday, as a rally in Asian technology stocks helped the fund return 9.4%.

Once used to defend Britain's shores against Napoleonic France, the Ordnance Survey's detailed maps are now essential for tracking and adapting to climate change.

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Socialist state Rep. Francesca Hong was narrowly defeated in Tuesday’s Wisconsin gubernatorial primary by Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley, the establishment candidate, in another swing state contest that divided Democrats amid a string of progressive victories that could shift the party’s identity.

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The shipping industry and environmental scientists might not seem like natural bedfellows, but some are now working together to monitor plastic levels in the oceans.

The Roman emperor Julian (332–363 CE) called bread the food that "among us is thought to be the most nourishing."

Bread and other cereal-based foods were indeed central to ancient Mediterranean diets. This diet was supplemented by pulses, oil, wine and whatever seasonal produce people could obtain.