President Donald Trump warned that the Russia-Ukraine conflict could spiral into a world war if the parties keep "playing games."

Ukraine said its long-range drones had struck a major offshore oil platform in the Caspian Sea, as it seeks to cut off the Russian energy revenues funding its war.

The latest entry in the Total War series will be taking things to a very grimdark place. Total War: Warhammer 40,000 was officially announced as part of The Game Awards on December 11.

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte issued a stark warning to Western allies about the reality of the threat posed by Russia, as negotiations are making slow progress to end the war in Ukraine and the U.S. pressures Kyiv to make painful compromises with the Kremlin, including on territorial concessions.

Aid delivery remains extremely difficult in violence-ridden areas, where clashes continue between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.

However, eagle-eyed gamers caught wind of several clues in the Total War dev tools during an anniversary presentation from Creative Assembly that cast doubt on Star Wars as the IP, leading to the conclusion that the Warhammer 40,000 universe would be coming to the Total War world instead. Turns out, they were right.

And this is not merely an arbitrary selection from our editors; we asked military enthusiasts who read The War Room, our newsletter on defence and international security, for their nominations and got scores of replies.

From what we saw of the gameplay, Total War: Warhammer 40k is similar to previous instalments of the series, with an overworld map (in this case, moving your battle fleet between solar systems) and RTS combat, as your troops engage in fighting on the ground.

Warhammer 40,000 announcement seems imminent following the discovery of suggestive filenames in a Creative Assembly video.

Gears of War: E-Day is still on track to launch in 2026, despite the game's absence from The Game Awards 2025, developer The Coalition has confirmed.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has landed in the Rocket City and is now visiting organizations across the city.

Barclay (Russell Tovey) is a low-level UNIT staff member whose ordinary life becomes a world of terror when an ancient species rises from the sea. He becomes humanity’s ambassador when the mysterious Salt (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) emerges from the Tank at a summit on the Thames.