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Fully unlocked RX 7900 XTX very nearly matches RTX 4090 performance
Roku touts its new ad products, including an AI that matches campaigns to TV moments
In Roku’s recent quarter, the company posted better-than-expected revenue of $741 million, but worried investors with its warning of an uncertain ad market and declining average revenue per user. Today, at the IAB NewFronts, the streaming media company introduced its latest ad products to potentially help it address the latter, at least. These included new […]
Roku touts its new ad products, including an AI that matches campaigns to TV moments by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch
‘The Hunger Games: Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes’ trailer makes child death matches retro
The official trailer has arrived for The Hunger Games prequel The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, giving us a look at a new round of child death matches with retro theming.
Set 64 years before The Hunger Games, The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes follows future Panem president and series antagonist Coriolanus Snow (Tom Blyth). Still only 18 years old, Snow is assigned to be a mentor during the 10th Hunger Games, tasked with guiding District 12 tribute Lucy Gray Baird (Rachel Zegler) in the arena.
The film also stars Peter Dinklage, Viola Davis, and Euphoria‘s Hunter Schafer.
Of course, Snow’s task won’t be as straightforward as simply helping to force a bunch of impoverished kids to fight to the death.
Songbirds & Snakes probably won’t have a completely happy ending though, considering the Hunger Games are still being held over half a century later. It is a ballad, after all.
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes arrives in theatres Nov. 17.
‘Super Tilt Bro.’ is like NES Smash Bros. with online matches
If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to play Super Smash Bros. a decade before it came out — with online gaming tech that didn’t exist in the 80s — Super Tilt Bro. is your answer. The retro homebrew NES game pays homage to Nintendo’s fighting franchise (while steering clear of Nintendo IP) in a lovingly crafted passion project now seeking funding on Kickstarter.
The platform-fighting game will ship as an NES cartridge using a custom memory management controller (MMC) with a WiFi chipset and antenna, allowing for online matches and software updates. It even uses modern tricks like rollback netcode, which predicts each player’s moves to account for potential network lag, correcting itself quickly if needed. In addition to online play, you can enjoy local co-op or try its solo story mode with AI-controlled opponents. It’s retro gaming with some modern luxuries, and Ars Technicanotes that it “shines when played on a real NES and CRT television set.”
Super Tilt Bro. has been years in the making. Developer Sylvain Gadrat began work in 2016 on an ode to both the Smash Bros. franchise and NES pixel art aesthetics. After soliciting feedback from friends and fellow enthusiasts, Gadrat unveiled the retro platformer’s first version two years later, with subsequent iterations fine-tuning the game engine while adding new characters, stages and initial online capabilities. He even shipped a more rudimentary WiFi-friendly cartridge in a limited run of 50 copies. In sum, this isn’t some hasty money grab: Today’s version is the culmination of seven years of dedication.
At publication, the game’s Kickstarter campaign has raised nearly $60,000, surpassing its initial $44,182 goal with 26 days to go. If you want to contribute, you’ll need to pay €55 (just over $60) for a WiFi-capable cartridge; a €15 pledge will get you a digital copy to play with an emulator. Delivery is expected in April 2024. Finally, you can download a demo here to see if Super Tilt Bro.’s retro vibe suits you.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/super-tilt-bro-is-like-nes-smash-bros-with-online-matches-193043097.html?src=rss
Android 14’s first beta introduces a back arrow that matches your background
The first beta of Google’s Android 14 OS is available to download today, introducing new features focused on system navigation, privacy, performance, and user customization. We already had a good idea of what to expect thanks to the first two developer-only previews, but the beta release is the first opportunity for the general public to test the changes.
Gesture navigation has been updated to include a more conspicuous Material You-themed back arrow that adjusts to complement the device’s theme or wallpaper. Aside from arguably being more aesthetically pleasing, the updated back arrow is designed to help users better understand Android 14’s predictive back gesture experience, which now previews the screen users are navigating to within…
Nvidia’s RTX 4070 matches RTX 3080 in leaked benchmarks
It looks like Counter-Strike 2 will cancel matches immediately if Valve detects a cheater
Counter-Strike 2 may have a new Valve Anti-Cheat that cancels matches
With the Counter-Strike 2 limited test already underway, files inside the upcoming FPS game point to the possibility of a new form of Valve Anti-Cheat, which potentially borrows a fundamental feature from Riot Games’ multiplayer rival Valorant by immediately cancelling games where cheaters are detected. Ahead of the Counter-Strike 2 release date – which sees CSGO Source 2 receive a full rebranding to CS2 – alongside changes to weapons, skins, and maps, it now seems possible that VAC is being overhauled, also.
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