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If your group chat is anything like Engadget's Slack, Balatro probably comes up several times a week. The indie poker-style title is one of the most talked-about games of the year for good reason: it's endlessly compelling. But what if you don't have a laptop, phone, Steam Deck, Switch or other console nearby and you need your fix, goshdarnit? That's where a physical deck of Balatro playing cards may come in handy. A $16 deck is up for preorder on Fangamerand it's expected to ship in March. The mockups show subtly pixellated cards that ape the game's art style. They have a red design on the rear Balatro players will know that the red deck is the default set in the game. But what of the game-changing jokers? I'm afraid you only get four of those: Joker, Juggler, Blueprint and Gros Michel. Plus, they're just regular ol' jokers here. That's a little disappointing, given how important jokers are in Balatro, but at least my personal favorite banana card is here. The same goes for the apparent lack of tarot, planet and spectral cards, which greatly modify each run. It's fun that there's a physical Balatro deck on the way, but it's a bit of a bummer that it's a standard set of cards that doesn't really play into the convention-breaking ethos of the video game. Perhaps a board game along those lines is in the works. But for now I might have to pick up several of these decks. I'm probably going to ruin at least one set by using a Sharpie to have 52 diamond cards. This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/gaming/a-physical-deck-of-balatro-cards-can-soon-be-yours-for-16-180958044.html?src=rss
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Theres a huge gap between serious racers like Gran Turismo and arcade-style stuff like Mario Kart. Thats where the soon-to-be-released My First Gran Turismo comes in. This is a streamlined version of the iconic Sony racing game thats intended for those who have yet to experience Gran Turismo. The free-to-play title launches for both PS4 and PS5 on December 6. Sony promises that the game is perfect for anyone aged 7 to 77. Im not sure what my 78-year-old dad would say about that, but whatever. Theres a trailer to help folks get the gist, which shows off a selection of real-world vehicles and graphics that dont stray too far from the mainline games. It looks pretty fun. All told, there are 18 cars to choose from and three tracks to race around. For comparison, the most-recent entry Gran Turismo 7 includes more than 400 vehicles and around 40 dedicated tracks. Its also a full-priced game, though likely on sale for the holidays, whereas My First Gran Turismo is free as a bird. The cars in this kid-friendly version have Mario Kart-style charts to show off various specs and theres a nifty game mode called Music Rally. This makes players race along to the beat of a song. Other modes include time trials and license tests. Sony Finally, theres PSVR 2 support for PS5, bringing the whole experience into virtual reality. Racing in VR is super fun, but remember to take copious breaks to avoid the dreaded nausea fairy. This launch is part of PlayStation's wider 30th anniversary celebration. The company released some retro-looking hardware, which sold out in no time, and digital themes from past console iterations. This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/gaming/playstation/the-free-to-play-my-first-gran-turismo-comes-to-ps4-and-ps5-on-december-6-172344125.html?src=rss
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OpenAI will start announcing new features and demos tomorrow for 12 days through livestreams. Sources familiar with the matter told The Verge that these new products will allegedly include OpenAIs long-awaited text-to-video tool, Sora, and a new reasoning model. The announcement for "12 Days of OpenAI, as the company puts it, was made public on X yesterday. The first livestream will broadcast tomorrow, but the announcements themselves remain unconfirmed That said, in addition to the sources that spoke more recently with The Verge, the Wall Street Journal previously reported Sora was likely to come out before the end of 2024. Sora was revealed early this year, and shared with a small group of testers. But 20 or so of those artists leaked the model to the public in protest of unpaid labor, The Washington Post reported. OpenAI has broadly been the subject of criticism regarding the provenance of data supporting its language models, and Sora has been no different. The company has yet to directly address if Sora has scraped public YouTube videos something that YouTube's CEO has said would be a breach of the platform's terms of service. OpenAI isnt the only company working on text-to-video models. Googles Veo is now available to Google Vertex AI users via private review. It was announced three months after Soras February unveiling.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/ai/openai-may-launch-sora-its-text-to-video-model-very-soon-171434280.html?src=rss
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