First-person_story articles
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Ubisoft's first-person shooter XDefiant is launching on May 21
Tom Clancy's XDefiant is almost upon us. Ubisoft is releasing the free-to-play first-person shooter on May 21 for the Xbox Series X|S, the PS5 and PC through Ubisoft Connect. The developer is kicking things off with the preseason version of the game, which is scheduled to last for six weeks before XDefiant's first season officially starts. Ubisoft announced the game way back in 2021, promising team-based matches with a focus on gunplay that will include elements from other games in the Tom...
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Erling Haaland becomes the first ‘real person’ in Clash of Clans
Manchester City superstar Erling Haaland is becoming a playable video game character in Clash of Clans this week. It’s the first time a real person has been added to the game, and footballer Haaland will become the Barbarian King character during a month-long football-themed seasonal event. Clash players will be able to recruit the Norwegian striker or raid his village and ruin it — perfect if you’re an Arsenal fan like me. Haaland has played Clash of Clans for more than 10 years and reached...
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The story of a Derry mayor’s nephew who was one of the first Governors of Alicante
John Gorges had been the last-but-one Governor of Derry before Colonel Robert Lundy’s ill-fated stint at the time of the Siege. He sat in Oliver Cromwell’s protectorate parliament for Derry, Donegal and Tyrone in 1659, was one of the aldermen named in the civic charter in 1662, was elected Mayor of Derry in the 1660s, and returned as the city's member of the Irish commons at a by-election in October 1665, according to John Bergin’s informative account of the family’s history in the Dictionary of...