‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ should not set the standard for role-playing games, warns game developers

Parts of Greece are experiencing major wildfires as blazes continue to wreak havoc across the country, with locals and those visiting the areas of danger issued a warning.

Former Love Island star Olivia Hawkins has fought back against an online troll who slammed her for posting about her lavish lifestyle as she said her handbag cost £1.50 from Primark. Olivia featured in series nine of Love Island on the winter season of the show, which was filmed in South Africa, and has been making a name for herself in the fashion industry since exiting the show.

The Princess of Wales has expertly navigated life as a member of the Royal Family and has found many worthwhile causes to support - from children's mental health to early years development. While this is the case, there is one crucial part of Royal life that she has previously admitted to struggling with. Members of the Royal Family need a strong work ethic and the ability to listen to people from all different walks of life.The King and members of his family find themselves at events with people from around the world which means they are constantly surrounded by different languages.

Fans have been treated to their first look at Coleen Rooney: The Real Wagatha Story which is heading to streaming service Disney+.Three first-look images have been released, giving viewers some idea of what they can expect from the highly-anticipated show. In one image, Coleen Rooney, 36, sits in court with a notebook open in front of her.

A trampoline park manager who was sacked for whistleblowing has been awarded more than £54,000 in compensation. George Gallagher had been living off benefits after being left out of work when he left his role at Flip Out Glasgow.

A young delivery driver has died after being attacked by a gang who ambushed him with "blades and blunt objects" while making a delivery. Officers were called to the Coton Hill area of Shrewsbury at around 1.05 pm on Monday August 21, following reports a 23-year-old had been attacked.

Prince William has faced criticism from football fans after he failed to attend the Women's World Cup final, which saw England's Lionesses face off against the Spanish team on Sunday, 20 August. Despite a valiant effort, the Lionesses were beaten 1-0 by Spain in a tense clash. However, they’re still being lauded for changing the face of women’s football - and for being the first England team to make a World Cup Final since 1966.

A Lanarkshire family is set to embark on a charity walk around a Scottish Island in memory of their beloved mum who passed away from dementia.

Two people are in hospital after a car flipped onto its roof in a Scots town.

Queen Camilla's first love Kevin Burke has sadly passed away at the age of 77, according to reports.

Former Gogglebox star Terry Baggs has made a sentimental gesture by getting his first tattoo – a touching tribute to his wife of 31 years, Lisa Baggs. The Baggs family, who gained fame for their appearances on Channel 4's Gogglebox from 2020 to 2022, recently shared the special moment on Instagram.

Sienna Miller is pregnant with her second child, according to reports.

Stacey Solomon has ticked off another "life goal" after she was unexpectedly featured in Monday's episode of hit ITV soap Emmerdale. The 33 year old TV favourite, who is known for starring on shows such as Loose Women and Sort Your Life Out, appears to be following in soap star husband Joe Swash's shoes after her name was mentioned during Monday evening's instalment of the long-running TV drama.

Naman Ramachandran A first clip has been unveiled from Luna Carmoon’s feature debut “Hoard,” which will premiere at the Venice Film Festival. In the film, in London, 1984, seven-year-old Maria and her mother live in their own loving world built on sorting through bins and collecting shiny rubbish. One night, their world falls apart, and the film joins Maria a decade later, living with her foster mother.

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent Victor Erice, one of the greatest of Spanish filmmakers, will receive a prestigious Donostia Award, given for career achievement, granted by the San Sebastian Film Festival. The award will coincide with screening of Erice’s latest film, “Close Your Eyes” (Cerrar los Ojos), which world premiered at the Cannes Festival this May.

Naman Ramachandran The “Barbenheimer” juggernaut continued rolling on at the U.K. and Ireland box office, occupying the top two slots for the fifth consecutive weekend. Warner Bros.’ “Barbie” took pole position yet again with £2.6 million ($3.4 million), per numbers released by Comscore.

Naman Ramachandran Evanna Lynch, the actor best known for portraying Luna Lovegood in the Harry Potter franchise, will star in “Influenced!,” a black comedy set in the world of social media influencers that has been inspired by Oscar Wilde’s classic 1891 novel “The Picture of Dorian Gray.” Lynch will play Dora, a makeup sales assistant who goes on to become one of the world’s biggest influencers. But the more ruthless Dora becomes in her pursuit of insta-fame the more grotesque and distorted her social media profile photo also becomes.

CMU’s sister media ThreeWeeks is currently covering the Edinburgh Festival, the world’s biggest cultural event, which takes over the Scottish capital for three weeks with a packed programme of comedy, theatre, music, musicals, dance, cabaret, spoken word and a whole lot more.Here in the CMU Daily we are picking out some of the highlights of this year’s coverage. That includes recent editions of the TW:Talks podcast, which sees CMU’s Chris Cooke chatting to people performing at the Festival.Today comedian and comedy writer Sophie Zucker talking about her show ‘Sophie Sucks Face’.Says the show’s blurb: “From ‘The Daily Show’s Sophie Zucker comes a one-woman musical about love, death and incest.

Tiffany Young of Girls’ Generation is Moschino’s newest house ambassador.The Italian luxury fashion house announced the appointment of Tiffany Young on their official Instagram page, where the brand noted that the K-pop idol would star in its upcoming Fall/Winter 2023 campaign. According to Women’s Wear Daily, the campaign is expected to be released by the end of August.“I’m honoured to be a part of the Moschino family,” Tiffany Young said of the new partnership, per Moschino’s Instagram post.

Nintendo has announced Charles Martinet, the voice behind Mario, is stepping down from the role after almost three decades.In a statement on Monday (August 21), the company said Martinet will now become a “Mario Ambassador” who will “continue to travel the world sharing the joy of Mario”.“It has been an honour working with Charles to help bring Mario to life for so many years and we want to thank and celebrate him,” Nintendo’s statement read. “Please keep an eye out for a special video message from Shigeru Miyamoto and Charles himself, which we will post at a future date.”In response to the statement, Martinet wrote: “My new Adventure begins! You are all Numba One in my heart! #woohoo!!!!!”My new Adventure begins! You are all Numba One in my heart! #woohoo !!!!!!! https://t.co/3YWYewlnXt— Charles Martinet (@CharlesMartinet) August 21, 2023Martinet first voiced the character in 1994’s Mario Teaches Typing, but was widely introduced to many in 1996’s Super Mario 64 on the Nintendo 64.Along with Mario, the actor voiced various other Nintendo characters including Luigi, Wario and Waluigi across the Mario Kart, Luigi’s Mansion and Mario Party series.While Chris Pratt voiced the character in The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Martinet made a cameo appearance as the voice of Mario and Luigi’s father, along with Giuseppe.Many fans have since shared tributes and clips to honour Martinet’s retirement on X, formerly known as Twitter.

Gamescom Opening Night Live 2023, hosted in Cologne, Germany, is scheduled for this evening. Reveals for games like Assassin’s Creed Mirage, Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 are promised, so here’s when and where you can watch for all of the announcements.The show is set to start at 7PM BST (11 AM PT / 2 PM ET / 8 PM CET / 4 AM AET on August 23).

Blur have shed insight into the cover for their latest album ‘The Ballad Of Darren’, as has the artist and the swimmer captured in the image.The Britpop legends shared the update on their social media pages yesterday (August 21), celebrating one month since their ninth studio album was released.With the Instagram post, the band’s frontman, Damon Albarn, and drummer Dave Rowntree both shared their interpretation behind the cover, and revealed how it has a connection to one of their 1995 live performances.The post began with a brief clip of someone holding the album out, before dropping it down to reveal that they are standing in the same spot where the now-famous image was taken – the Gourock Outdoor Pool in Glasgow.“The image selected for the album’s artwork is one shot by British photographer Martin Parr of a lone swimmer on a stormy day at the Gourock Lido, Scotland, captured in 2004,” the second slide reads, also incorporating a quote from the artist himself.“It was in the summer and you have the blue of the lido but there was the grey sky so familiar in Scotland,” Parr explained, revealing the inspiration behind the photograph. “I thought this was going to be a great backdrop.

Rihanna and A$AP Rocky have welcomed their second child together, it has been reported.According to TMZ, the singer gave birth to a baby boy in Los Angeles, California on August 3. The newborn’s name is yet to be revealed.

Activision Blizzard games like Call Of Duty, Overwatch 2 and World Of Warcraft could be added to Ubisoft’s streaming service soon according to a new announcement.In response to another rejection from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) regarding its proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Microsoft tried to rectify the regulator’s point of contention in this move to sell streaming rights to those games to Ubisoft+.“To address the concerns about the impact of the proposed acquisition on cloud game streaming raised by the UK Competition and Markets Authority, we are restructuring the transaction to acquire a narrower set of rights,” it said in a statement (via Video Games Chronicle).“This includes executing an agreement effective at the closing of our merger that transfers the cloud streaming rights for all current and new Activision Blizzard PC and console games released over the next 15 years to Ubisoft Entertainment SA, a leading global game publisher. The rights will be in perpetuity,” it explained.As a result, it imagined that the CMA would have enough time to review the new transaction and finalise it ahead of its own imposed deadline of October 18.“Under the restructured transaction, Microsoft will not be in a position either to release Activision Blizzard games exclusively on its own cloud streaming service – Xbox Cloud Gaming – or to exclusively control the licensing terms of Activision Blizzard games for rival services,” concluded Microsoft.Chris Early, senior vice president of strategic partnerships and business development at Ubisoft, expressed the developer and publisher’s enthusiasm to offer “a large library of beloved and classic titles as well as the newest releases” through Ubisoft+.

Arctic Monkeys have announced a run of arena shows in Ireland for 2023 – you can find all the details below.The Sheffield band are due to play three headline gigs at the 3Arena in Dublin on October 15, 17 and 19. Additionally, they’ll take to the stage at the SSE Arena in Belfast on October 16.Miles Kane is set to appear as a “special guest” support act at each of the new dates, which will bring AM’s ‘The Car’ world tour to a close.The Monkeys were forced to cancel a concert at Marlay Park in Dublin earlier this summer after frontman Alex Turner came down with acute laryngitis.Per a press release, previous ticketholders for the original date will be sent a unique access code and given 72-hour priority pre-sale access to buy tickets, starting at 9am BST this Friday (August 25).All remaining tickets will be made available at 9am BST next Tuesday (August 29) – you’ll be able to buy yours here.

It might only be August but plans are well underway for Christmas, with light trails, ice rinks and Santa steam trains already confirmed and booking up fast. And now, there's a chance to get your office party sorted as a brand new alpine-themed yurt village is coming to Manchester.

The owners of a soon-to-open new B&B in Blackpool have dismissed claims it will be a 'naughty, naked night club'.

A cat which vanished from its home was found miraculously alive 40 miles away - behind a car's radiator grill.

When it comes to signature designs, there are certain things luxury brands become known for. Chanel is known for its double C logo and Dior is known for its toile fabric, whilst for Bottega Veneta, the brand has become synonymous with woven leather details.

Lucy Letby will die behind bars after murdering seven babies and trying to kill six others.

A hospital consultant said he was made to feel he was 'a problem' when he blew the whistle on killer nurse Lucy Letby.

Millie Bright and Keira Walsh have both opened up about their devastation, days after the Lionesses were beaten by Spain in a nail-biting World Cup Final. England’s team went head to head with the Spanish on 20 August, but after Spain scored an early goal in the first half, they weren’t able to equalize.

Molly-Mae Hague has taken to her Instagram to mourn the fact that she and fiance Tommy Fury are being forced to spend time apart. Posting a sweet black-and-white photo, Molly-Mae wrote: “Missing our little family unit already, this is gonna be a long camp.” In the picture, Molly, 23, holds the camera up for a quick mirror selfie as she holds Bambi while Tommy sweetly kisses his daughter’s forehead.

Louis Theroux has unveiled a Sky feature documentary exploring the controversial affair between a married female professor and a non-verbal black man with cerebral palsy, which led to one of the most divisive criminal trials of the 21st century.

Chloe Ferry has come under fire again for allegedly editing her recent holiday photos, with many Instagram users slamming the ex-Geordie Shore favourite on social media.The 27 year old, who found fame on the MTV reality show back in 2015, has been accused of altering her pictures on several occasions over recent months, with fans being quick to point out 'edited' parts of her photos. Having jetted off to Marbella last week with her close pal Amelia Hewitt, Chloe wasted no time sharing a string of sun-soaked bikini pictures on social media, but was immediately hit with Photoshop accusations.

Baldur’s Gate 3‘s Karmic Dice is a feature that might put the player at risk of suffering a major spike in enemy damage outputs, and fortunately, players are sharing a guide on how to switch this off.Via GamesRadar, players akdavidxy and Havelok worked together in the game’s subreddit to alert new Baldur’s Gate 3 fans that this setting will be active at the start of their playthroughs. Karmic Dice alters the outcome of the next dice roll in a sequence when the rolls have consistently failed, allowing the player to succeed in that specific situation.