At Sportico, Jacob Feldman has the history of how Google’s streaming product became the thing that has consolidated live sports — an endeavor that began, at least spiritually, over two decades ago. Now it’s the place to watch most of the NFL and, if rumors are true, a frontrunner for most of the NBA too.
Even while developing GTA VI, Rockstar has also had an eye on popular mods and RP communities for its old game, and today it revealed this trailer for Nopixel V. Announced a year ago, it builds on GTA V Enhanced for PC with a heavily modified city and support for extensive editing by players.
A closed beta for invited players opens September 8th, as we continue to wait for details about any future GTA VI multiplayer or PC options.
If you subscribe to YouTube TV’s main $82.99 / month plan or standalone Sports package, you can now access live sports and other content from ESPN Unlimited directly within the YouTube TV app.
YouTube TV started allowing users to connect ESPN Unlimited to their accounts in July, as part of a carriage agreement reached by Google and Disney last year.
HarperCollins probably dropped a pretty penny to get Jimmy “MrBeast” Donaldson and James Patterson to collaborate on their newly released novel, The Most Dangerous Games. But Semafor reports that the publisher might have a hard time making that money back due to the book’s very, very low pre-sales.
Correction: An earlier version of this post incorrectly highlighted the book’s pre-sale numbers rather than post-launch sales.
Luca Guadagnino’s Artificial stars Garfield as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman as he’s fired and rehired by the company over the course of five days in 2023. Variety announced that Artificial will have its world premiere at the New York Film Festival on October 5th.
The film was dropped by Amazon MGM following Amazon’s $50 billion investment in OpenAI and acquired by Neon earlier this year.
Ahead of an enhanced version of The Rocky Horror Picture Show debuting next year, the Las Vegas Sphere is adding new 4D effects to The Wizard of Oz, as spotted by The Hollywood Reporter. Starting on September 25th these will include animatronic monkeys that fly through the venue, more pyrotechnics, and additional scents released during key scenes.
That’s a stat shared by Sonos CEO Tom Conrad at the company’s Open House event. Always interesting to hear the numbers. You can read about the new gear (and a big update to its app) in our post, but stay tuned for more coverage.
The simplicity of the Arduboy is one of the platform’s biggest appeals, but its creator, Kevin Bates, is developing a color screen follow-up in an attempt to “push the boundaries of the lowest cost open-source game system.” To help fund its development he’s now selling an early version of the CHGame Rev0 for just $39.
The robotaxi company said today that it will start accepting its first public riders in three new cities. Customers will be invited to ride on a rolling basis before the service is opened up to everyone. The announcement marks Waymo’s first public rides in the new state of Colorado. And the company says it now has over 4,000 vehicles in its commercial fleet across 14 cities. Here are the service area maps for all three cities.
Jsaux has launched the Elite Extender, a $39.99 accessory for the original Nintendo Switch Pro controller that reminds me a bit of Sony’s Back Button Attachment for the PS4. It adds up to four mappable buttons for your most frequently-used buttons or for macros. The accessory boasts a 1,800mAh battery, though the host controller’s Amiibo functionality won’t work while it’s attached.
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Jsaux is launching the S1 Pro, a small $49.99 wireless controller that can wake the Switch 2, and connect to various other platforms via Bluetooth, 2.4GHz, or USB-C. It features Switch-like TMR sticks, gyro controls, and adjustable trigger throw distances. But its marquee feature is that it lets you connect two S1 Pros to a single 2.4GHz transmitter, and swap player assignments in local multiplayer games at will, so player two can jump in to help with a difficult part.
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He admitted to being “scared” but excited about his new YouTube channel in his first video, but said that after 30 years making movies, he wants to “undo whatever stigmas are in my head or in anybody’s head.” Shyamalan dives into his Signs filmmaking diary in his second video on the channel.
Nvidia originally announced DLSS 5 would come to as many as 16 specific games from a wide variety of studios… but at its September 3rd launch, 2K Games’ NBA 2K27 is going it alone. Probably a smart idea to see how gamers react first? These do look better than before.
A show-and-tell with Nvidia’s controversial DLSS 5 neural rendering, launching this week.
Xiaomi, Apple, Huawei, and more are all launching flagship phones this month.
An executive summary to get John Ternus up to speed.
The $749 FP-40 connects to the company’s Piano Sphere app for “personalized learning, feedback, and motivation.”
