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Jay Peters

Jay Peters

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    Jay Peters
    Is HBO Max about to turn into ‘Max’?

    Warner Bros. Discovery is about to tell us the answer, but all signs point to yes. The company is hosting a 1PM ET event to “discuss the upcoming enhanced direct-to-consumer streaming product,” and you can watch the live webcast here.

    Jay Peters
    Jay Peters
    The final pre-launch Tears of the Kingdom trailer airs tomorrow.

    Tune in at 10AM ET / 7AM PT on Nintendo’s YouTube channel to catch the “roughly” three-minute video for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Ahead of the premiere, if you want to watch all of the trailers released so far (there’s only 22 minutes and 15 seconds of footage to watch), I collected links to the first five trailers here and you can watch last month’s 10-minute gameplay video here.

    The game releases in exactly one month on May 12th.

    Jay Peters
    Jay Peters
    Playdate is adding five new games to its Catalog.

    The new games have a lot of promise, and they include a “crank-operated digital talking calculator” and a Vampire Survivors-esque game where you play as a mining droid. The new games are available to purchase from the Catalog now.

    A GIF from the Playdate game Core Fault.
    Core Fault looks like my jam.
    GIF: Panic
    Jay Peters
    Jay Peters
    macOS and watchOS are moving to Apple’s new beta software system.

    With iOS 16.4 and iPadOS 16.4, Apple has dropped its “profile” system for betas and instead lets you pick a beta channel from settings, and the next releases of macOS and watchOS will move to a similar system, according to 9to5Mac. The change means that you can’t just install a developer beta profile to get access to that bleeding-edge software; instead, you’ll need to pay to be part of the Apple Developer Program to get those developer betas.

    Jay Peters
    Jay Peters
    Cyberpunk 2077’s new “Overdrive Mode” makes the game look incredible.

    The feature, which adds path tracing for much-improved lighting and shadows, is coming in a new patch tomorrow, and Digital Foundry has already tested it out. How well does it work? Just watch the video:

    Jay Peters
    Jay Peters
    Katie Cotton, Apple’s former PR chief, has died.

    Cotton passed peacefully on April 6th, according to her obituary. Cotton was at Apple for nearly two decades, leading communications for major launches and working closely with Steve Jobs. She retired from the company in 2014.