Start your engines, warm your tyres and prepare to go full throttle – it’s time for the most glamorous sporting event of the year. Yep, the world-famous Monaco Grand Prix 2018 is here. You may not be able to take your place on a million-pound yacht in the famous harbor, but we can tell you how to stream F1 live absolutely FREE and from anywhere in the world you live.

So far, it’s been one heck of a weekend for Red Bull driver Daniel Ricciardo, who blazed practice and qualifying and sits on pole position for today’s race. But Sebastian Vettel has also won here twice before, including a dominant win at Monte Carlo last year, and will be chomping at Ricciardo’s heels from P-2. While Lewis Hamilton in third is looking for his Monaco Grand Prix victory hat-trick, which would help him to consolidate his place at the top of the F1 2018 Drivers’ World Championship standings.

Steeped in both history and glitz in equal measure, the twisty turny GP around the streets of Monaco are always a race worth tuning in for. Thankfully, it’s really simple to watch the Monaco Grand Prix from the comfort of your own TV or on pretty much any device. Read on to find out how to live stream F1 coverage for free –  anywhere in the world.

How to live stream F1 in the UK for free:

If you’re in the UK then Channel 4 is the way to go for today’s free-to-air coverage. And the station’s All4 platform is free and straightforward to access on a range of devices including tablets, mobile phones, personal computers and Smart TVs.

Formula One 2018 is also being shown on Sky Sports F1. Live streaming of all F1 races is available online to Sky customers with a subscription to Sky Sports F1, as well as access to a mobile device with the Sky Go app. 

So if you already have a Sky subscription and prefer its coverage to Channel 4’s, then job’s a good’n. If you want the Sky coverage but don’t want to splash out on a full Sky contract you could always purchase a day, week or month pass using NOW TV. A daily pass costs £7.99, and is available on more than 60 devices, including TV, mobile phones, and games consoles, and you can register up to four of them.

How to watch the Monaco Grand Prix for free anywhere else in the world

If you’re outside the UK and try to start streaming the Monaco GP on All4, you’ll soon discover that you can’t as it is location restricted. But there’s a way you can watch for free anyway. By downloading and installing a VPN, you can effectively trick your computer into thinking that it’s in the UK. That way you can enjoy the free coverage without having to pay your local broadcaster or find an illegal stream.

It’s really easy to get started with a VPN – here’s how to do it:

How to watch the Monaco Grand Prix: US stream

In the US, NBC Sports will be showing live coverage of every race weekend throughout the season. You’ll need an NBC cable subscription to get access, but once you do, you’ll get access to NBC’s Formula One Live Extra platform, which gives you live coverage and highlights on your smart TV or mobile device.

But our clever little VPN workaround above works equally effectively if you’re in the US. That means you can catch the F1 without having to pay a cent for it.

Stay safe during the Monaco Grand Prix

Photos courtesy of Formula1.com

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First released in 2015, From Software’s Bloodborne was a massive hit for the developer and PlayStation for whom it was an exclusive title. Given the game’s success and continued calls from fans for a sequel we don’t think it’s entirely unlikely that Bloodborne 2 will be announced eventually. That said, it hasn’t been done just yet.

That hasn’t stopped theories and rumors from circulating – especially after a certain mysterious From Software trailer made an appearance at the 2017 Game Awards. We’ve gathered all the latest news and rumors surrounding Bloodborne 2 for your perusal, along with some of our hopes and dreams for the sequel. If it ever happens, of course. 

Cut to the chase

• What is it? An unconfirmed sequel to From Software’s Gothic hit Bloodborne 
• What can I play it on? If it happens it’ll probably be a PS4 exclusive 
• When can I play it? That’s anyone’s guess 

Bloodborne 2 release date

It’d be kind of hard to determine a release date for Bloodborne 2 given we don’t even know if it’s happening yet. That said, the original game was released in 2015 so a release within the next year or two would strike a good balance between a reasonably long development cycle and not allowing fans to lose hope or interest. 

Bloodborne 2 news and rumors

Is it being teased by From Software?

While there’s always been some hope from fans that a Bloodborne 2 would be released eventually, it was a trailer released by From Software at the Game Awards in 2017 that really made fans go wild. 

The very short trailer, which you can watch below, is extremely mysterious. And pretty gross. It doesn’t give any kind of title away but it does have the tagline “shadows die twice.” Between the gore and the mystery this trailer certainly smacks of Bloodborne. That said, it’s not guaranteed and there are many who believe it could just as easily mark the revival of the Tenchu series because there’s a distinctly Eastern theme to the trailer and in the background there’s a script that looks like it could be written in some kind of Japanese script.  

Yamamura the Wanderer 

While it’s true that the Eastern theme shown in the Game Awards trailer wouldn’t fit in with the pseudo Victorian Yarnham of the original Bloodborne. However, if Bloodborne 2 were to be set in an entirely new location it could work. 

Many players point to the character Yamamura the Wanderer from the original Bloodborne as an indication that the next game might move to a more Eastern setting. Yamaura can be found in a cell at The Hunter’s Nightmare and the player can call on him as an ally. What makes Yamamura interesting is that he’s dressed in clothing that shows he’s from a different land. 

Yamamura’s clothing is described as “Garb of a distant Eastern land, worn by Yamamura the Wanderer. This Eastern warrior pursued a beast for honourable revenge, then became a hunter of the League. But when he stared straight into impurity, it drove him mad.“

Many are using Yamamura’s appearance as evidence that Bloodborne 2 is coming and that it’ll take place in this distant Eastern land where he came from. This isn’t without precedent, of course. It’s also believed that Miyazaki hinted at Bloodborne’s setting in Dark Souls through the NPC Marvelous Chester, whose dress and manner are reminiscent of the Victorian Gothic Yarnham. 

From Software is currently working on three games

All the way back in September 2016 From Software president and Dark Souls creator Hidetaka Miyazaki confirmed that the studio is currently developing three games in an interview with IGN at the Tokyo Game Show. Now, one of these is definitely Armored Core, but that still leaves two games in the pipeline. 

“So there are several titles that we are currently working on […] Some of those are dark fantasy, some of those could be a mech [game] – that’s one thing. The second thing is that one of the new titles I’ve been working on will probably comply with the expectations from the fans in straightforward manner.

“The last thing is that another title will probably be a little bit weird. When we actually announce the title, probably fans will react with ‘oh, what the hell is this very weird game that Miyazaki has created?’”

It’s the talk of a game that “will probably comply with the expectations from the fans in a straightforward manner” that has us really interested. 

The Bloodborne community is rather divided when it comes to seeing the need for a sequel but there are a large number of fans who want to see Bloodborne 2 happen in some form or another. In fact, many simply see it as an inevitability. Certainly, it’s the game most would hazard a guess at if From Software said they were working on a sequel for a game. 

Though Miyazaki went no further to confirming that one of the games From Software is working on is Bloodborne 2, we think it’s certainly a strong candidate. 

What we want to see from Bloodborne 2

Aside from the obvious fact that what we want to see most out of Bloodborne 2 is, well, Bloodborne 2, we do have some other wishes. 

A different look in a new setting

Here’s the thing about Bloodborne 2 – we don’t just want to play the original Bloodborne all over again. While we’d love the mechanics and overarching Lovecraftian themes to remain, we’d love to see it take place in an entirely new setting that breaks away from that Victorian gothic look. 

The rumors that the game might be moving to a more eastern setting would be more than enough for us in this sense. Not only would it add a fresh aesthetic, it would let us enjoy that mystery of unravelling what’s happened. 

Keep refining the combat 

One of the best things about Bloodborne is its combat and weapons and we want to see that taken even further. The original Bloodborne has combat that is fast and bold and we’d love to see gameplay additions that make it even more so. That does, of course, include some new weapons. Perhaps if Bloodborne 2 made a little more of long range weapons we could see some genuinely innovative gameplay changes.  

More than one platform

Bloodborne was a PS4 exclusive, and it was a very good one but FromSoftware isn’t a PlayStation exclusive developer. Even if it does work with them very often. In the way that Dark Souls moved onto other platforms, we’d quite like to see the same happen with Bloodborne. Having a wider audience for games like these really adds to the discussion and lore that builds up around them. 

If the trailer shown at the Game Awards does end up being Bloodborne 2, this is perhaps a good sign that it’ll be a multi-platform release since it was shown here rather than the PlayStation Experience which takes place in the same time frame. That does, of course, depend on this trailer being for Bloodborne 2 which we can’t confirm just yet. 

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It’s not often my job as a technology journalist requires me to wade out into a river in the British countryside. As they say, water and technology don’t mix. 

Well, that’s all starting to change thanks to more robust waterproofing finding its way into consumer technology. I can use my phone in the shower (although I don’t), I can drop my e-reader in the bath (although I shouldn’t), and I can chuck a drone in a river (and I’m actually supposed to).

That’s because this is no ordinary drone, it’s an underwater drone called Biki by Robosea. The box has the (slightly ominous) tagline ‘We can see’ emblazoned on it, alongside the claim that Biki is the “World’s first bionic wireless underwater fish drone”. You can see why I called it in.

Getting to grips with a robot fish

Biki is like a robot of an inflated cyclops pufferfish that you can control with your phone. On the Kickstarter page Biki is white, so it’s with great surprise that I open the box to find a bright yellow robo-fish sat waiting to be awoken and tossed into the murky depths.

There is a remote control that comes with Biki, which has a little wrist strap like you got on Nintendo Wii remotes, I imagine so that when you’re out for a swim in the ocean with your scale-less fishy friend you can have the remote control easily accessible without having it hinder your swimming hands (official term).

After charging Biki up, I booted up the accompanying app, and then spent a frustratingly long period of time trying to get my phone and Biki to talk to each other. It’s one of those systems where Biki makes its own Wi-Fi network that you have to connect to. It was not a fluid process and by the end of it I was ready to chuck Biki in a river, which was handy.

I’m contemplating putting on some fishing waders so I can get some proper depth, and have Biki swim around me, like I’m the Little Mermaid and Biki is Flounder, but my wife sagely convinces me not to. 

In the end I opt for a hefty pair of wellington boots, and off we trudge to the picturesque River Itchen, Hampshire, UK. At 1.1kg, Biki isn’t the lightest thing to carry around with you, but I quite like having him tucked under my arm, and I’m on an adventure, so I don’t mind carrying my new robo-friend.

We get to the river and the moment of truth arrives…and Biki has forgotten my phone exists, again. I go through the series of stages of turning Biki on and off, looking at the LED for when it’s in pairing mode, opening my phone’s Wi-Fi, all the while my wife and dog are swiftly losing interest. 

But then success! I’m connected. I gently lower Biki into the water and he starts swimming! I don’t know why, but he went from ‘it’ to ‘he’ as soon as he started swimming and you can’t convince me otherwise. 

He’s clearly designed for swimming in the ocean, and the current of the Itchen is proving a little too much for the little fella although he’s putting in a valiant effort. 

Now, the Itchen is famous for being full of fish, so I’m really hoping for some amazing shots of fish swimming past, noticing Biki, adopting him as one of their own, but unfortunately I’m out of season, so Biki is just under there with nothing but some weed for company.

Which is a real shame, because Biki’s 4K camera does look like it’s was capable of taking some really lovely images. Certainly the pictures I took when holding him just out of the water are nice to look at.

A fish out of water

Like the friendless schoolkid at his birthday party, I’m not going to let poor attendance get in the way of me and Biki having an awesome time, so I decide to test out his swimming capabilities. 

I run into a slight problem in that the Wi-Fi connection doesn’t do brilliantly underwater once Biki gets more than a couple of meters away from me. I try moving over to the remote control, which doesn’t seem to work at all.  

From looking at the Biki website I’m assured that “Biki is the most agile water fairy”, and that underwater “Biki Robotic Fish adopts the acoustic communication technique”. (I’ve since come to realise this means that you have to put both the remote and Biki underwater and then they communicate acoustically. I wish I’d figured that out in the river. And taken the waders.)

So I end up using my phone to make Biki swim about for a bit, but the current almost pulls him into the weeds, and no matter how frantic his little flippers flap he can’t get back to me. I wade to him, scoop him out of the water, and hold his cold, hard body against me. That sounds very morbid. He’s fine, he’s just a robot. 

Ultimately, I enjoyed playing with Biki a lot, and I think if I was in a body of water with less of a current and more to look at, he’d have been a brilliant companion. I can imagine if you’re going diving, the fact he can get down to 196ft, has lights to take photos of the dark ocean bottom, and has onboard storage for up to 32GB worth of images, he’d be really handy in helping you document your dive.

I do think his top swim speed is a bit of an issue, as he had to swim at full power just to stop the river from taking him away. And also, the Wi-Fi connection through water wasn’t great. 

The crowdfunding projects are now closed, and Biki will soon be available for $1,024 (about £750, AU$1,300), a sizable jump from the Early Bird discount of $549, that came with the brilliant message: “You have fun, but we’re still going to give you $475 off retail! Now get a BIKI and cheer up.”

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