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Many expected Bethesda’s Montreal studio to focus mainly on mobile games. It’s being run by Fallout Shelter lead Yves Lachance, and when the studio opened it was noted as a studio that would work on mobile titles. However, this job listing definitely seems to be for something larger than a mobile title. For one, mobile titles aren’t typically described as “bleeding-edge” or “AAA.” And perhaps more importantly, job listings for mobile games (including at Bethesda) always note that they’re for mobile projects....

Sunday marks the day that Ohio online sports betting will launch in the Buckeye State and our BetMGM Ohio bonus code NEWSWEEK will give players $200 in bonus bets ahead of the app’s launch. Any bettor interested in a $200 pre-launch bonus can sign up today. Ohio will officially give legal online sports betting operators the green light to go live and accept wagers on New Year’s Day. Between now and then, you can pre-register for a $200 bonus with BetMGM Ohio bonus code NEWSWEEK....

Real Madrid barely had to get out of second gear against APOEL Nicosia and still lead the market at 7/2 (4.50) but PSG’s 5-0 victory at Celtic has seen them shorten up to 11/2 (6.50) second favourites with dabblebet. While Glasgow has sometimes been a tricky place for Europe’s top sides to go, Unai Emery’s men breezed through the game. With the imperious front three of Neymar, Edinson Cavani and Kylian Mbappe all on the scoresheet, the bookmakers certainly believe the Ligue 1 outfit have made the step from knockout stage fodder to genuine contenders after a summer of high-profile spending....

The second installment of the Christian Serratos-led drama follows Selena Quintanilla’s rise to fame, becoming one of the most successful female Latin artists of all time, and ultimately her tragic death at the age of 23. The first season brought viewers up to 1990 when she released her second album as a solo artist, Ven Conmigo, and now Season 2 explores events that took place from then until 1995....

But biotech is really just going through some growing pains. The spate of failures, which caused the stocks’ slide, doesn’t mean long-term trouble for the industry. After all, with 350 new drugs in trials–more than ever before–it’s inevitable that failures will occur, industry experts note. Biotech’s high payoffs have always come at high risk, and the industry has hit this kind of snag before. Every time, it’s rebounded. Though biotech refers to a wide variety of life-science products–from genetically modified foods to micron-size drug-delivery devices called MEMs–the industry is essentially made up of small firms searching for medicines based on large molecules like proteins and DNA, a class of possibilities generally ignored by the big pharmaceutical companies....

The Futsal Cup’s showpiece finale saw the two teams play an attacking brand of football. While Vibgyor High created chances through Mithil Navlakha and Rhian Bhog, the strike pair of Vishal Khanekar and Tejas Balwadkar threatened for Bharati Vidyapeeth in an intense affair. After failing to break the deadlock in regulation time, both sides headed into extra time. However, once again they were inseparable and the score stayed goalless. Just as it looked that the game would be decided via the penalty shootout, Tejas Balwadkar struck in twice in quick succession to hand Bharati Vidyapeeth a stunning win....

In what was an instant classic at Margaret Court Arena, it was Kokkinakis who started strong against Murray, taking a commanding two-set lead. The finish line appeared to be in sight for the Australian when he led by a break in the third. However, Murray extended the contest by taking the set on a tiebreak before forcing a decider, which he served out 7-5. The match finished at 4:05 am local time, having gone on for five hours and 45 minutes, the second-longest and second-latest finish in Australian Open history respectively....

Alexander Lasarev, who identified himself as a stand-up comedian online, shared video footage of the incident on YouTube, which Lasarev wrote in the video caption took place on March 28. In the video, Lasarev is seen sitting in the passenger seat of a vehicle while speaking into a megaphone to passers-by on the sidewalk. Lasarev repeats encouragement to prevent the spread of COVID-19 by social distancing and wearing masks in what he called sarcasm....

The data, which was released by the Brown University School of Public Health, shows that approximately 49,555,542 COVID-19 vaccinations have been administered, which equates to 49.6 percent of Biden’s goal, as he has spent slightly over a month in office. The tracker also shows that there were also roughly 16,525,257 vaccine doses administered prior to January 21, indicating a total number of 66,080,799 doses administered since states began inoculating individuals....

Following Ginsburg’s death, Trump has outlined his desire to move swiftly to replace her despite there being just weeks until the election. Biden previously said the vote should be held before a candidate is put forward, with the victor deciding who goes forward to fill the vacant seat. With Democratic lawmakers pushing against Trump’s desire, and the Senate GOP’s willingness to facilitate it, the prospect of packing the court in future has been discussed....

The group shared its new ad and a polling memo with Newsweek to underscore its argument that the time is now for legalizing young undocumented immigrants brought to the country as children. The memo says that despite efforts to cancel DACA and target Dreamers during the Trump administration, polling has been consistently strong over the past four years in favor of Dreamers. It also cites March polling from well-respected Republican pollster Neil Newhouse, who led polling for Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney and John McCain, which reported that over 75% of voters nationwide support a path to citizenship for Dreamers, including a majority of Republican voters....

Hours before Biden’s interview with CBS, Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the Islamic Republic will only scale back its illicit nuclear activities after Biden abrogates U.S. economic sanctions against the regime. O’Donnell asked Biden if he would comply with Khamenei’s condition. Biden responded with a curt “no,” and then nodded after O’Donnell followed up by asking if “they have to end uranium enrichment first?” Back in the studio, CBS’s Margret Brennan concluded, “It appears there is a standoff....

Biden’s American Jobs Plan includes a much-needed expansion of access to home and community-based services though Medicaid, currently riddled by long wait lists. But perhaps most importantly, the plan would support well-paying caregiving jobs that include benefits and the ability to unionize. This would be long-overdue and welcome support for a critical part of the long-term care market, which has been largely ignored since budgetary concerns thwarted the implementation of the CLASS Act in 2011....

In an eBook published to Steam earlier this week about the success of the Steam Deck, Valve confirmed that the developer intends to “follow up” on the Steam deck with new “improvements and iterations.” The publication would even reveal that Valve views its Steam Deck similarly to other major consoles, viewing the Steam Deck as a “multi-generational product.” The Steam Deck was Valve’s first major foray into the console market while Steam has grown into one of the biggest online marketplaces in gaming since its 2005 debut....

The Valve documentary revealed interesting details that fans would have otherwise not known. Apparentlu, Left 4 Dead 3 was originally supposed to be an open-world game crawling with zombies and other potential Left 4 Dead spinoffs. Along with that reveal, the video also showed an RPG that fans had never seen before. RELATED: Steam Summer Sale Ends Today According to the documentary, Valve was working on a video game project that the company’s fans did not know about before the video came out....

The first mountain stage of the Vuelta de Espana cycling race produced the expected big changes to the leadership board as Alejandro Valverde took both the stage and the overall leader’s red jersey. The 167 kilometre-stage between Benalmadena and La Zubia Thursday ended on the top of a first category climb with the steep gradient and high temperatures reducing the peloton to a select group, reports Xinhua. In the last kilometres the group was reduced to Alejandro Valverde and his Movistar team-mate Nairo Quintana, along with Chris Froome (Sky), Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha) and Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff)....

RELATED: Tekken Fighting Game Wish List Truck games are some of the most beloved racers thanks to the creators’ creativity and the unique modes these games provide. Players can find amazing options on all platforms including free-to-play and action-filled racing games on Steam. Players can learn how to drive all kinds of trucks and test their skills on a fine selection of difficult terrains while delivering supplies or crashing everything and everyone in sight....

Bethesda answered those questions – in a manner of speaking – during QuakeCon this week. While speaking with GameSpot, Bethesda marketing VP Pete Hines pulled back the curtain and shared his thoughts about why Prey 2 was abandoned. Hines said: In essence, the team at Bethesda didn’t feel like the developer behind the sequel, Human Head Studios, was producing the kind of game they wanted. And based on the way Hines explained it, the two developers didn’t see eye-to-eye about the direction of the game and parted ways with Bethesda first shifting development to Arkane Studios before ultimately canning the project....

After Jonesboro, Ark.; West Paducah, Ky.; Pearl, Miss., and especially Littleton, Colo., concerns about school violence led to widespread media coverage and a national discussion. Mostly, this was positive. It reignited a debate about the easy availability of guns (though the Democrats, reading too much into that debate, lost votes in the 2000 election by appearing too pro-gun control). The fallout from the seemingly contagious acts of school violence also led to considerable national soul-searching about the problems of young people....

Had the counterfeit products been real, they would have collectively been worth an estimated $30,437,775, according to authorities. All of the products were found in a single shipment by CBP officials with the Los Angeles/Long Beach Seaport, who assessed the shipment in collaboration with the Consumer Products and Mass Merchandising’s Center of Excellence and Expertise. The products arrived at the West Coast port after traveling from China, the CBP said in a news release....