which the side went on to score, helping them defeat australia 2-1. more than 600 migrants, on board a ship that was refused entry by both italy and malta, are due to arrive at a port in the spanish city of valencia after a week at sea. the migrants, mainly from africa, are being welcomed by around a thousand aid workers and almost 500,000. there's been fresh violence in nicaragua just a day after the governent and opposition called a ceasefire. eight people died on saturday, including six members of one family whose home was burned down at dawn. there've been protests in greece after prime minister alexis tsipras survived a no—confidence vote brought by the opposition after he struck a controversial deal over the renaming of neighbouring macedonia. now on bbc news, it's time for click. zombies, dinosaurs, and fluffy cloud candyfloss trees —

yes, it's all in a day's work at the biggest gaming event of the year, e3. video games have come a long way in the last a0 years. gaming gear now feels a lot more real. gaming rigs have got big and expensive. controllers are notjust a bunch of buttons any more. these days, you can feel like you're in control of a real vehicle, and the graphics, oh the graphics.

but sometimes, you just can't beat the real thing. because even in virtual reality, which can be really, really good, you still can't feel the realism, you can't feel the forces on your body, you can't feel the car being crushed under your tracks. at least that's the argument made by tank america, here in florida, and for the moment at least, i think they're right. seriously though, if you don't have your own tank, don't worry because video games are getting more and more like the real thing. we're going to hand over now to kate russell and marc cieslak, who are at the world's biggest video games expo —

e3 in los angeles. for the next three days, 60,000 odd people are going be jampacked into the giant la convention centre, all of them wanting to get their grubby mitts on the very latest video games. it's only the second time the general public have been allowed into this space, and it is rammed beyond belief and very, very noisy, but don't worry, we're here to brave the throng so that you don't have to. first up, surprising absolutely nobody, battlefield returns with another slice of multiplayer mayhem, battlefield 5. this time, the action‘s been transported to the second world war. 0h. one new edition is a last man standing battle royale mode, but more on that later in the programme. also making waves, first person demon slaying in doom eternal.

and post—apocalyptic roleplaying game fallout 76 got fans excited, as did third person shooter, the division 2. you'll note that all of these games have something in common, and that is they're sequels, they're part of a franchise. a sequel basically guarantees your user base from the start off. developing a brand new title costs a lot of money, upwards of like millions and millions of pounds, so creating something where you've already got an established genre, you've got your weapons, you've your characters, everything feels familiar and people want more of the familiar. but in amongst all the games with numbers after their titles, there's still plenty of original stuff on show here at e3. uk developer media molecule has a ton of experience creating original and unusual games. they're the brains behind the little big planet series of titles.

this is their latest offering. it's called dreams and it defies categorisation. it's a game but it's also a creative toolbox, if you like. it allows players to create their own games too. so a big part of the experience is the creation of your own games and they supply you with an enormous number of tools with which to do that. so for example, we've got an existing level here and i'm going to remix it, so i can go into an editor and i can change or create whatever elements i want to. and if you're musically minded, you could even create your own tunes to go with the game that you've created. this is how calvin harris does it. from making platformers to space shooters to whatever this is, creating and sharing the fruits of your labour is what this is all about. you'd be forgiven for thinking that virtual reality had gone the way of fidget spinners — yesterday's passing fad — but that's not the case at this year's e3. there's plenty of vr games on show, and one particularly interesting one comes courtesy of a feller who used to live in the shire.

mr frodo himself, movie and tv star elijah wood founded a production company back in 2010, which makes horror and genre movies, such as the acclaimed a girl walks home at night. it's teamed with ubisoft to create a vr psychological thriller called transference. what are the things that you can do in vr that you can't do in films? similar tools that one has in films, sound design, music, the lack thereof — therse are all things that you can use in vr as well to elicit an emotional response, but you're in it. sounds intriguing, i'll find out for myself. well, this looks like the kind of birthday party you don't want to go to. let me go. help. there's like a phantom dude. 0h! laughs. more vr on show in this title, called arca's path. so my goal is to guide this sphere through this ever—changing map.

i controll the sphere by looking where i actually want to go. it's all done with my head movements, and it's a clever way of sort of getting around not being able to see your hands and see where they're placed on the controller, and it demonstrates that developers are looking at different ways of drawing the best out of virtual reality, playing to the technology's strengths. unsurprisingly, dream reality, the developers behind this game, think vr is only getting into its stride. we are on the second or third wave, we're getting more sophistication. any new tech, you're going to get these ups and downs but if we look back in ten years, it will be, in my mind, we've had a lot of excitement, we've plateaued a bit, a bit of disappointment, but we're already going back up. in a gaming landscape ruled by franchise fodder and copycat shooters, it's refreshing that jewels of originality can still be found — if you look hard enough.

now, two of the biggest events at e3 are the microsoft and sony press extravaganzas, and here are highlights from both. and there was plenty of new stuff for xbox fans. the show starting strong with a tease, climaxing in a glimpse of that helmet. we willjoin master chief on his greatest adventure yet to save humanity. showcasing 50 games, the briefing was a riot of gun toting, rubber burning, puzzle solving, ninja sneaking, body slamming, alien exploding, action. for when the fighting is stopped and the fallout has settled... iconic sequels came thick and earsplittingly fast, games like fallout 76. not just walls, but hearts and minds... this is a trial from the heavens above. devil may cry 5.

and dying light 2. once again, the world changes completely with the seasons... but the only one we'll be able to play this year is forza racing, set in great britain, with seasonal weather fronts to mix lay. what is it about us brits and talking about the weather? round these people up. i need help. one of the biggest cheers came for gears five which introduced a female lead — a move which could cause controversy in certain online circles. that is a direct order. well, captain. one of the things i really love about gaming is it really can unite all of us, across age, across gender, across geography, we're able to bring people together playing games. some of that isjust

the people who play, you see that in our fans, but also in the characters i play. either i get to craft the character the way i want to show up in the game or, as you said, strong female protagonists in games, i think you're seeing a lot of that. i'm proud to be able to do that with our first partner. microsoft is still playing catch up in the console space, with industry pundits judging they're being outsold by playstation 4 by a factor of four to one by the sony playstation, although no official figures support this. but could today's announcements finally see xbox make the comeback the so desperately need? delivering games you can only play on xbox is what will boost that comeback, and microsoft announced buying up five indie game makers to make that happen. it's a city of dreams... among the existing line—up of 18 xbox exclusives was long anticipated and frankly gorgeous rpg,

cyberpunk 2027, from the team behind the witcher franchise. xbox game pass, a way to give gamers the ultimate freedom to play. but that light was a betrayal, only fleeting. we may have to wait a while for most of these games. but with microsoft pushing the cheaper subscription model... we shall not fear... in the way that music and movies went, the good news is that lots of the big names will launch straight to the xbox game pass. sony is trying something different with its press event this year. they're actually physically moving all of the assembled fans and press to several different themed spaces, they've been themed to reflect the kind of games which are shown in there, sort of a magical mystery tour with video games. it started with a kiss. sony opened its press event with the last of us part two and the game's lead ellie kissing a new character called dina, which drew cheers from the audience.

then we got a first glimpse of gameplay from a third person actioner, set in a world devastated by a fungal zombie plague. the demo was brutal in its depiction of graphic violence. from this we can glean, the combat system now seems more fluid than the previous outing. no word on a release date yet, though. then came the sheer, bizarre spectacle of the first gameplay from video games auteur hideo kojima — the brains behind the metal gear solid series — his long—awaited death stranding. with its babies in bottles, visible antagonists and star—studded cast, including the walking dead's norman reedus and lea seydoux, the game looks stunning. but even sony executives seem in the dark about what this all means. we've seen death stranding trailers for the last few years at e3.

that's right. can you tell me what death stranding is actually about, because i have no clue? can i ask you to ask hideo kojima yourself? maybe i'll broker that interview for you but, uh... if you can make that interview happen, i'm very happy to ask him. i'll stand by and listen as well. its release is expected in 2019. our friendly neighbourhood spiderman swings back onto the playstation in a game that shows off the webslinger‘s aptitude for acrobatics... electro, stop! with combat that revolves around punches, leaps, and enough spinning kicks to make jean—claude van damme dizzy. spidey navigates a huge playing area using his trademark webslingers, and takes on a gang of his deadliest enemies, the sinister six. it's released in september this year. a resident evil 2 remake and a brief glimpse of a gravity defying game called control from developers remedy, and another five games, rounded out a solid release, which focused on titles exclusive to the machine, which is currently riding high as the dominant console

of this generation. hello and welcome to the week in tech. it was the week that dixons carphone admitted a major data breach affecting more than a million users‘s personal records and compromising nearly 6 million bankcards. apple is to change the iphone default settings to make it harder for hackers to access devices. the move will also make it trickier for law enforcers to get in if need be, although the company denies that's part of the aim. and uber has applied for a patent to use al to assess how drunk a potential passenger might be, doing so by looking

at their location, typing accuracy, and even the angle they're holding their phone. an important milestone for drone deliveries in the uk has been passed, as one has been given permission to fly far beyond the visual line of sight. the partnership between the uk government's pathfinder programme and sense app saw a successful flight stretching 12 kilometres away from the pilot, making use of gps positioning and real—time photography mapping system. and finally, mit has revealed these 3—d printed structures that can grab, crawlandjump. they're designed for use within biomedical devices, where they could be remotely controlled from outside the body. the idea is that they may take images, extract samples, deliver drugs, or even surround a blood vessel to control the pumping of blood. i'll always remember the first time that i saw doom — a first—person shooter game that

several people on different networked computers could play at once. it absolutely blew my mind. the latest virtual reality tech makes it possible to feel like you're actually there and feels pretty realistic. but real battle games have moved on as well, and this is the most realistic laser tag i've ever played. this experience has taken some of the ideas from videogames and combined them with the ultra—realism of being on a movie set. 0nce hit, players can respawn

at the special respawn button. scoreboards are displayed around the rooms and you get an app to track your score between visits. it's exciting, it's exhausting, but i think kate has found something even bigger at e3. it's all very well going onto the battlefield fully armed but sometimes, the only thing you can find is a bush to hide in. and that is the thrill i love when playing battle royale games. you start each round with nothing and have to try and stay alive until everyone else is dead. 0k, a tank would have been better. player unknown‘s battlegrounds kicked off the current craze for battle royale type games, but this year it's

all about fortnite. now the world's most popular game, fans packed into a stadium to see 50 celebrities and 50 gamers compete for a $3 million charity prize pool, with popular twitch streamer ninja claiming victory. more big news at e3 was nintendo announcing fortnite on the switch. from a standing start back in march, pubg and fortnite have been breaking records all over the place. it seems everybody is playing these games. so what is it about battle royales? i think battle royale is so popular because it has all the best elements of online gaming but also reduces some of the problems. you don't have to spend hours a week playing. we don't all have evenings free to spend playing. it also means you are not going to run into people who are griefing or trolling.

we have unpleasant aspects of online gaming, people who just want to get in your way, and in battle royale games that is not always in their best interests because if you get in the way, there is a good chance you're going to kill them. there's such an appetite for the genre, there are now plenty of battle royale games in the making. and with fortnite reportedly earning hundreds of millions of dollars on in—game cosmetic purchases in april, it's a tasty slice of pie they're after. just charging for skins, crazy hats for your characters, it's pretty unusual, nobody else is doing it. the rest of the industry, believe me, is looking at fortnite and seeing if they can borrow that stuff. you know battle royale is huge as a concept when something as big as call of duty is willing to drop its single player campaign to focus on it. yes, you heard that right. call of duty: black ops is dropping the single player story mode

for a last man standing. but not everybody enjoys playing online with real people. you have a legion of fans of call of duty who love the solo mode. what do you say to them? we try to tell a narrative in different ways with this game. the zombie experience we did at launch was the biggest one we've ever done and we're introducing a whole new cast with different storylines. blackout is a new mode, it brings a lot of the legacy of the blackout series, in a way which i think is going to let fans create their own stories, and i think it will really appeal to casual and very competitive and hardcore gamers alike. when you look at these games, it's easy to think there's no such thing as an original idea any more.

but mavericks: proving grounds, due out next year, is hoping to stand out from the crowd. where we see existing battle royales, they are the first step into massively multiplayer competitive gameplay, but mavericks is taking a step up in terms of depth. you actually affect the environment more. there's a lot more strategy that occurs in a game of mavericks because you can see information caused by other players. there's much more depth in the player—to—player interaction. with 1000 players in a match and the ability to track your prey by the footprints and other marks they leave on the landscape, it's an intriguing spin on the seemingly unstoppable might of the battle royale game. so, that's it. e3 over for another year and battle royale games are obviously one of the biggest themes on show, basically. so huge. 0ne doesn't wonder if the bubble isn't going to burst at some point. black ops, i enjoyed playing that

but i think there will be a lot of problems with their single player fans when it comes out, despite their insistence they will be content in there for story mode fans. i think fortnite will remain dominant, it's difficult to beat. interestingly, diversity and the characters you can play is a very big thing. lots and lots of games allowing you to play as female characters, and that has caused some fuss online. but the games companies seemed to be ignoring that kind of fuss. and a good job, too, because the figures are showing that more and more women are coming to gaming, so perhaps more representative of the stories that we live in our real lives and the characters we come across in our real lives, is actually attracting a wider audience, and that can only be a good thing. so female player characters in battlefield v, a female player character in assassin's creed: 0dyssey. that is two big franchises. and gears 5 coming out with a strong female lead. we were lucky because we got the opportunity to play a lot of games and even got

the opportunity to play against one another. i knew you were going to bring this up. he's basicallyjust saying this so he gets the chance to say again... i'm the king of games! right, play me in a pc game. watch this, just watch this. now, this is a hugely anticipated title for the switch, super smash brothers. all your favourite classic gaming characters are there. i'm playing sonic at the moment, there's solid snake, zelda is in there. it looks gorgeous. doing well at the moment. i am a bit of a button masher, which is actually driving mark wild. it's interfering with my precision combat. it's kind of a cross between a beat ‘em up and a platformer, because you have to

stay on the platforms. as well, yeah. it's not quite as simple as pulling off some martial arts moves. you can choose signature moves that you don't normally find in beat ‘em up games. and the winner is... samus aran! thank you very much. in yourface. i was let down by the hedgehog. seriously, sonic, you could do better. brilliant stuff. and that's it for this week. i hope you've enjoyed it half as much as i have. we're staying in the us next week for a look at sustainable technology. in the meantime, you can find loads more from us on facebook and twitter. thanks for watching. and if you wouldn't mind, get out of my way. hello.

a lot of quiet weather across the uk. particularly across scotland. some sunshine in the morning across eastern areas but quickly, the clouds will increase and we are going to end up with a pretty cloudy sunday. this is what it looks like on the satellite image, at least in the last few hours. you can see the breaks in the cloud across much of the country but this is racing in our direction and that will be on top of the uk during the course of sunday, giving way to the cloudy day. early hours of the morning, clear skies across eastern areas, all the way to scotland. here the cloud is already encroaching, some of it thick enough to produce a bit of light rain or drizzle.

nothing more than that, though. 13 in the south first thing on sunday. closer to eight degrees in aberdeen. in rural spots in scotland, it could be as cold as four celsius. sunday morning dawns on a cloudy note across many western areas, a bit of sunshine in the east, not lasting too long. basically, through the course of the day, the clouds will get thicker and thicker and i suspect there will be some coastal drizzle around western areas. temperatures in the south or the north will be more or less the same, around 17 or 18 degrees. the pollen levels will still be relatively high across much of england but notice the pollen levels are easing off in the west because of the winds coming off the atlantic so bringing some slightly fresher conditions. on monday, we will see a pressure system drifting further north, still some weather fronts moving through. to the south of the weather fronts, some warmer air coming in off the south so temperatures will start to rise across the southern half of the uk. the low here, weather fronts coming in to scotland, bringing some rainfalls, still cool here on monday. to the south, look at those values, 2a in london, possibly reaching 25 celsius.

a very warm day come monday across the south with sunshine around as well. unfortunately, if you want some heat and you live in scotland, it's not really heading your way because the heat is coming in from the south and will turn and move in to europe. it means in the north, aberdeen and in belfast, for example, the temperatures will remain in the teens whereas the middle high 20s are expected in the south. hello and welcome to bbc news. i'm nkem ifejika. the migrant rescue ship, the aquarius, is expected to dock in spain later on sunday. on board are 600 people who were rescued off the coast of libya but were denied entry to italy. they're now en route to the port of valencia. meanwhile, a further 900 people have been rescued by spanish coastguards in the waters off morocco. bill hayton reports.