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Archives for September 2024

Sean Hollister
Sean Hollister
Google’s wacky VR game studio just dropped a free game for Meta’s headset.

Dimensional Double Shift is a four-player co-op game from Owlchemy Labs, the creators of Job Simulator, Vacation Simulator and Cosmonious High.

Like those games, you’ll be doing hilarious oddball tasks in VR — but now you’re working for an “interdimensional” gas station, diner, and garage, and using your actual tracked hands to manipulate objects.

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Andrew Liszewski
Andrew Liszewski
The Simpsons: Tapped Out taps out.

After 12 years, today EA announced that its free-to-play city building mobile game is shutting down. D’oh!

We have made the difficult decision to sunset Tapped Out. In-app purchases have been disabled, and the game will be removed from the app stores October 31, 2024. You may continue playing until January 24th, 2025, at which point servers will be turned off and TSTO will not be accessible.

A screenshot of The Simpsons: Tapped Out mobile game showing a small section Springfield.
The mobile game let players build their own version of Springfield with locations and characters from the long running animated series.
Image: EA
Ash Parrish
Ash Parrish
Bye, forever because Balatro is out now on mobile.

Balatro, the super popular to the point of active concern poker roguelike, is now available on mobile. The game went live earlier today on Apple Arcade / iOS, and after a brief technical issue with Google Play, is also available on Android.

I’m getting ready to dig in myself and I’m looking forward to future news stories lamenting a sudden drop in worker productivity.

Andrew Liszewski
Andrew Liszewski
The GeckoWiper fixes the Hyundai Ioniq 5’s missing rear wiper.

The aftermarket upgrade uses a combination of suction and magnets to stick a temporary wiper to the rear window of older Ioniq 5 models lacking one. The GeckoWiper is battery-powered and rechargeable, uses standard OEM blades, and is controlled using a small wireless remote.

It’s available for preorder through Kickstarter at a discount for about $435, with delivery estimated in February 2025.

The GeckoWiper attached to the rear window of a Hyundai Ioniq 5 sitting in the rain.
This aftermarket accessory brings a common feature to the Ioniq 5.
Screenshot: YouTube
Jay Peters
Jay Peters
X has reportedly requested to be able to return to Brazil.

The company already said it would abide by Brazilian Supreme Court orders. Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered the X ban on August 30th.

Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Fubo is getting multiview in beta on some Roku devices.

You’ll be able to watch up to four Fubo channels simultaneously. “Additional” Roku devices are set to get the feature in the “coming weeks,” Fubo says.

Fubo’s multiview is also available on Apple TV.