Verdun adds Americans and Belgians in free Horrors of War update

Edit PC Gamer 25 Mar 2016
The First World War multiplayer FPS Verdun has grown significantly with the release of the free Horrors of War expansion that brings night-time combat to the game in the Champagne region of France ... But to the credit of developers M2H and Blackmill Games, they do seem to be approaching the subject matter a little more sensitively than, say, Sniper Elite 4 ... Details are on Steam. ....

Verdun gets free Horrors of War expansion

Edit Pixel Dynamo 24 Mar 2016
Verdun, the realistic, World War 1-era, trench warfare first-person-shooter from BlackMill Games, has received its first free expansion just under a year after it came out of Early Access ... The Verdun developers BlackMill Games have continuously worked on their game since its release into Early Access, updating the game and adding new features ... ....

Dogs of war: The latest recruits to south Wales' K9 academy

Edit BBC News 07 Nov 2015
When families make the difficult decision to give their pet up for adoption, most just hope they end up in a loving environment with plenty of stimulation ... There are currently eight dogs undergoing six weeks of training in the hills around Blackmill, Bridgend, where they are conditioned to sniff out small quantities of explosives, with their toy - in most cases a tennis ball or squeaking duck- given as a reward for finding them ... ....

From dog grooming salon in Cardiff to a warzone in Iraq

Edit BBC News 31 Oct 2015
These environments were a world away from the kennels his parents ran and the pet shop and dog grooming salon he grew up above on Cardiff's Cowbridge Road ... Using live explosives, mock captures, interrogations and the scenario that Wales is gripped by civil war, animals and people are now readied for danger zones in the hills around Blackmill, Bridgend county.'Fire fight' ... I really had to learn on my feet." ... ....

RWC 2015: Welsh passion is far more powerful than hucksters’ hype - Michael Calvin

Edit The Independent 19 Sep 2015
So much for the social occasion, the opening- night pyrotechnics. Now for the tribal rite, the authentic rugby experience ... Inclusivity is the tournament’s buzzword, inanity the default setting of its interlopers ... I didn’t matter ... The Devils Chair is reached through contracting villages like Blackmill, Evanstown and Nant-y-moel, whose rugby clubhouse is a two up, two down mid-terraced house on Ogwy Street, just along from the chip shop ... ....

Cancer survivor girl's plea as blood donor numbers fall

Edit BBC News 16 Jul 2015
By Charlotte Dubenskij BBC Wales. 16 July 2015. From the section Wales. Orla Galton was diagnosed at three and blood transfusions helped save her life ... Orla Galton, from Blackmill, Bridgend county, was diagnosed with leukaemia at three and blood transfusions helped save her life ... Orla Galton is now in remission ... ....

Fire tackled in barn full of hay near Bridgend

Edit BBC News 12 May 2015
12 May 2015. From the section South East Wales. Firefighters are tackling a blaze in a barn full of hay near Bridgend. The fire broke out just after 18.00 BST at a farm off Dimbath Lane in Blackmill. South Wales fire service said water was being pumped from a river to tackle the fire in the barn which measures 60m (200ft) by 60m ... Share this story About sharing. Email Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Linkedin. Related Internet links ... Features ... ....

New FPS Takes Players Back to World War I

Edit Game Rant 29 Apr 2015
Blackmill Games and M2H Game Studio first released the World War I-era military shooter Verdun on Steam Early Access last year. Boasting a true to life virtual experience of the world’s first great war, Verdun resonated with fans on Early Access, earning overwhelmingly positive reviews from players. Now Verdun has left the Steam Early Access program and is in its official release form, available for purchase ... Black Ops 3 ... Source ... ....

Steam Shooter Copies Real War, Declares Truce for Christmas

Edit Kotaku 18 Dec 2014
Well this is just heartwarming. Verdun, a multiplayer World War I shooter currently in Early Access on Steam, has declared a Christmas truce from December 18th-25th. You will still be able to duke it out in The War That Didn't Really Succeed In Ending All Wars if you wish, but developers M2H and Blackmill have begun to "enforce" peaceful events rooted in very real history. They explained. ... " ... ....

Johns Hopkins University raising tuition prices for 2014-2015 school year

Edit The Business Review 25 Apr 2014
Creative Commons Attribution/Iracaz. Johns Hopkins University is hiking tuition for the 2014-2015 school year. Reporter- Baltimore Business Journal  . . undergraduate students will pay 3.5 percent more for tuition this fall. The university is raising tuition prices in the 2014-2015 school year for full-time liberal arts and engineering undergraduate students by 3.5 percent, for a total of $47,060 ... Blackmill Marketing Services ... ....

The Last Word: Betrayal that leaves Welsh rugby rotting at the core

Edit The Independent 08 Mar 2014
Volunteers at Pontypool Park comb the pitch for used needles and syringes, the detritus of drug abuse. Screwdrivers, nails, knife blades and broken bottles are planted deliberately on the try line. Arsonists persistently target the main stand ... The hymns and arias will have a hollow ring ... Places like Wyndham, Lewistown, Pant-yr-awel, Blackmill and Evanstown have been contracting since the last deep coal pit closed 30 years ago ... ....

Top Cycling Event Returns To County Borough (Rhondda Cynon Taff County Borough Council)

Edit noodls 13 Jan 2014
(Source. Rhondda Cynon Taff County Borough Council). Posted on Monday 13th January 2014 ... The Epic Route, a distance of 95km with a total climb of 6,000 feet over six major hills, leaves the Dare Valley Country Park towards Rhigos, climbing the stunning Bwlch Mountain and heading down the Ogmore Valley to Blackmill, Tonyrefail and Penygraig before joining the Standard Route in Ystrad at the foot of Penrhys Hill ... For further details email....
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