Not only did all roads lead to Rome in the ancient world, they also led to modern-day prosperity. A new study has shown a remarkable correlation between the network of stone roads built by the Romans 2,000 years ago and cities, transport hubs and economic development today. The spider’s web of Roman roads that were
A note from the editor: Jelly Deals is a deals site launched by our parent company, Gamer Network, with a mission to find the best bargains out there. Look out for the Jelly Deals roundup of reduced-price games and kit every Saturday on Eurogamer. It’s here. It’s finally here. The actual Friday of Black Friday
Twenty people were killed when a vintage aircraft operating a sightseeing flight over Switzerland crashed into the Alps over the weekend. There were no survivors, Swiss police announced yesterday (SUN) as a search and rescue operation was called off. The historic Junckers Ju-52 propellor plane disppeared on Saturday afternoon after taking off from Locarno in
Call of Duty: WW2’s microtransactions were due to go live today, 14th November, but have been delayed so developer Sledgehammer can prioritise sorting out the game’s troubling online issues. The game’s microtransaction currency, dubbed COD Points, will now go live on 21st November “so the team can focus on our top priority items”, Sledgehammer said
The Korean Peninsula is suffering alongside Europe in soaring temperatures, with Seoul residents resorting to ‘ice vests’ to cool down, and the North declaring an “unprecedented natural disaster.” Dozens of people, and millions of farm animals – including more than 2m chickens – have died in South Korea during weeks of scorching weather that have seen
The Taliban have said they will no longer protect Red Cross workers in Afghanistan, after it alleged the aid group was failing its prisoners held in a Kabul jail. The insurgent movement said it would not guarantee the lives and property of the international humanitarian charity and criticised its conduct. International Committee of the Red
Assassin’s Creed Origins is a beautiful game, and one made for sharing via its fantastic photo mode tool. Yesterday, Ubisoft added a suite of extra photo mode options to Origins so you can show off its version of Egypt with an even more varied range of effects. But, already, we’ve been impressed by some of
Brazil’s highest electoral court on Friday night ruled that Luiz Inacia Lula da Silva, the popular Leftist former president who is serving a 12-year prison term for corruption, cannot stand in October’s presidential election. Mr da Silva, 72, has been incarcerated since April for accepting a bribe, but remained the front runner among Brazilians to win
Protesters have burned Nike merchandise after the brand announced Colin Kaepernick as a face of its new advertising campaign. Shares in the sportswear giant fell by three per cent as it gained traction on social media following its choice of the American Football player for the 30th anniversary of its "Just Do It" slogan. Over
Families in Idlib have begun fleeing from frontline villages and fashioning homemade gas masks in anticipation of an assault by Assad regime forces as early as this weekend. The 2.5 million civilians trapped in Syria’s last rebel-held province are bracing for an attack to begin after a major summit between Iran, Russia and Turkey on