LoL Worlds 2024 Finals Teaser - VFX done with Blender By Bart on November 16, 2024 3D News The 2024 League of Legends World Championship Final was a massive e-sports event that took place in the O2 Arena in London. It was played in front of 14,700 spectators, with 6.9 million peak viewers. See how Calvin Serrano created the VFX for this video in Blender!Full videoBreakdown video

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Bluesky, which has benefited from celebrities and left-leaning users ditching X this week, took a not-so-subtle jab at Elon Musks platform on Friday.The social media app said it has no intention of using user data to train its AI models something that X (formerly Twitter) is now able to do, following a change to its terms of service. Heres a look at Blueskys comment on the matter, below: A number of artists and creators have made their home on Bluesky, and we hear their concerns with other platforms training on their data. We do not use any of your content to train generative AI, and have no intention of doing so. Bluesky (@bsky.app) 2024-11-15T17:17:39.921ZX recently changed its rules, requiring users to file lawsuits against the company in Texas either in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas or in state courts in Tarrant County. Another key change: users now grant X the ability to use their data for training of our machine learning and artificial intelligence models, whether generative or another type.The changes go into effect on Friday. CNNs Don Lemon and actress Gabrielle Union pointed to the updated terms of service as reasons for their exits from X. Others who have left this week include author Stephen King, who said on Friday that the app has become too toxic, MSNBCs Joy Reid and Jamie Lee Curtis. The wave of celebrity and media departures come after Musks preferred candidate, Donald Trump, beat Kamala Harris last week in the 2024 election. Musk has been the president-elects most vocal supporter on the app, and also helped Trump via his America PAC, which spent more than $100 million to help get the Republican back in the White House. The Tesla and X boss was alsonamed the co-head of the new Department of Government Efficiency(DOGE) by Trump on Tuesday. Meta-owned Threads and Bluesky have become the go-to apps for many self-imposed X exiles this week. Bluesky has also enjoyed a post-election user surge onethatpushed it to the top of Apples App Storeon Thursday.Data provided to TheWrap by Sensor Tower, a market research company, showed Blueskys daily active users count jumped 62% in the week following the election. The Guardianreported the social posting app now had 14.5 million users.But even with big names leaving the app, X has still seen its daily user base increase 5% after the election, according to Sensor Towers data.

X sued to block a new California law that would require social media platforms to censor materially deceptive content, aka deepfakes, about politicians in the lead up to an election. The company, owned by Elon Musk, claimed in its Thursday court filling the new law would trample the First Amendment, as well as Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which gives social platforms the broad legal immunity to moderate content however they see fit. It is difficult to imagine a statute more in conflict with core First Amendment principles, the lawsuit, filed in the Eastern District of California Federal Court, said. The new law in question, Assembly Bill 2655, which has been dubbed the Defending Democracy from Deepfake Deception Act of 2024, would require platforms like X to remove inauthentic, fake, or false content of politicians 120 days before an election. Platforms would also have to develop procedures that allow California residents to file complaints about altered content, and would also require platforms to label certain additional content inauthentic. AB 2655 is set to go into effect next year. This system will inevitably result in the censorship of wide swaths of valuable political speech and commentary and will limit the type of uninhibited, robust, and wide-open debate on public issues that core First Amendment protections are designed to ensure, Xs lawsuit said, while citing the 1964 case New York Times v. Sullivan case.The new law, the lawsuit added, would impose unintelligible prohibitions on political speech,greatly incentivizing covered platforms to censor all content that could reasonably fall within the statutes purview to avoid substantial enforcement costs. This will lead to censorship at the direction of the State, the lawsuit said, due to AB2655s draconian and one-sided provisions. If this sounds familiar, thats because a California judge blocked a similar anti-deepfake law last month, two weeks after California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed it into law. U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez agreed with Musk that the law, which prohibited the distribution of materially deceptive audio or visual media of a candidate within two months of an election, unless the post included a disclosure that the content was a deepfake, went too far. Mendez said the law, AB2839, gave legislators unbridled license to bulldoze over the longstanding tradition of critique, parody, and satire protected by the First Amendment.

Credit ControversyAfter GTA Trilogy Definitive Edition update ditches some mentions of the studio, Grove Street Games boss says it's "a dick move" to yank devs from credits via updatesThe latest update to CJ, Tommy, and Claude's remastered adventures removes some GSG logos, but leaves the studio in the end credits.Image credit: Rockstar Games News by Mark Warren Senior Staff Writer Published on Nov. 15, 2024 The CEO of Grove Street Games, the studio which developed The GTA Trilogy's Definitive Edition - yes, the version that came out in a pretty shocking state - has tweeted a thinly veiled response to Rockstar's latest update to the trilogy removing some mentions of the studio from the three remastered games.Following the release of the update - which brings a heap of fixes, including lighting tweaks that at least one of our lovely regular contributors is a big fan of - players have noticed that some mentions of Grove Street Games are now absent. The main references removed are in the start-up splashes for the collection's GTA 3, San Andreas, and Vice City remasters, as well as copyright blurbs.To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Seemigly responding to the online chatter this inevitably spawned, GSG CEO Thomas Williamson posted: "Speaking entire hypothetically: It's a dick move to remove primary developers from credits in an update, especially when an update includes hundreds of fixes that were provided by those developers that stayed out of players' hands for years."While the Trilogy update hasn't removed Grove Street Games from the end credits of the games, as GTANet points out, you can understand why a developer might be unhappy at evcen some mentions of their studio being taken out of a game it helped develop, and faced plenty of criticism for the launch state of after being being given the project by Rockstar. To see this content please enable targeting cookies.The second half of Williamson's tweet is also interesting, given that it appears like it could suggest that fixes for the game weren't deployed right away, instead allegedly being held back in some fashion. While this would seem a strange thing to have happened with any game, depending on the factors at play, the developer didn't elaborate on it any further.We'll have to see if anything else comes of this, but for now it's a strange end to what was an altogether pretty weird release of remasters for three widely beloved games that it doesn't exactly take much to persuade most GTA fans to replay.

Easier GrindSurprise! All your double XP tokens from Modern Warfare 2&3, and Warzone are now in Black Ops 6The first season of Black Ops 6 came with a really nice surprise for players with a history in Warzone, Modern Warfare 2 and Modern Warfare 3.Image credit: Activision, Treyarch, Raven. News by Sherif Saed Contributing Editor Updated on Nov. 15, 2024 Season One has officially kicked off in Black Ops 6, following a major update. Apart from the new content, battle pass, weapons, maps and everything else players knew they were getting after the season goes live, it seems Call of Duty developers threw in an unexpected gift.In particular, anyone who spent hours playing Modern Warfare 2, last years Modern Warfare 3 or Warzone will find a nice surprise waiting for them the next time they log into the game.To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Following the release of the Season One update, it appears that double XP, double weapon XP, and double battle pass tier tokens from past years games have made it into Black Ops 6/Warzone.While players knew that the integration would allow them to make use of Black Ops 6s weapons, gadgets and Omnimovement in Warzone, no one expected their entire library of unused double XP tokens to also show up.Shortly after the new season went live, a number of players shared their reaction upon discovering a stacked set of double XP tokens available to use in the new game/Warzone. The tokens appear to be usable across multiplayer, Zombies, as well as Warzone. This is particularly surprising, because prior to the launch of Black Ops 6, Activision said that tokens would carry over, but players will only be able to use them in Warzone, as the free-to-play battle royale mode is the only one that shares continuity with the three most recent games.This is why some believe this to simply be an error that will be corrected soon, removing the tokens from Black Ops multiplayer and Zombies modes, and limiting their availability to Warzone. Needless to say, doing so after letting players access all tokens everywhere would cause a ruckus, but Activision hasnt been shy about doing so in the past.Whether or not the situation changes in the next few days, however, its probably worth taking advantage of this - assuming you have any leftover tokens from past games - in Black Ops 6 multiplayer and Zombies.In other Season One news, Activision has also started cracking down on VPN usage in multiplayer, which some players abused to find matches outside their region in order break the games matchmaking and end up in sessions where they outskill their opponents.

Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube785kBandai Namco lifted the lid on the action RPG Tales of Graces f Remastered earlier this year and it's scheduled to launch on Switch in January 2025. Tales of Graces originally debuted on the Wii in Japan and was eventually ported and localised (with some additional content) for PlayStation 3 as Tales of Graces f.As highlighted in this new video, the remaster coming to Switch and multiple other platforms next year will feature a ton of quality-of-life features including destination icons, toggle encounter options, the ability to instantly retry battles, subtitles for post-battle dialogue and everything else you could want in a modern RPG release.Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube785kWatch on YouTube In battles, you'll be able to swap between styles to freely control all aspects of your attacks. Along with this you can "quickly dodge and move in all directions" with the guard button and stick controls, and you can now continuously use arts and skills for as long as Chain Capacity lasts.Other features will allow you to enhance the battle speed with the Accel Mode, and to top it off the game will include over 80 DLC from the original release. Of course, there's also improved graphics! Good gracesWill you be revisiting this game when it arrives on Switch early next year? Let us know in the comments.Related GamesSee AlsoShare:01 Liam is a news writer and reviewer for Nintendo Life and Pure Xbox. He's been writing about games for more than 15 years and is a lifelong fan of Mario and Master Chief. Hold on there, you need to login to post a comment...Related Articles'Switch Pro' Dongle Is Making A Comeback With New 'RGB Collection'But we're not sure what they actually doReview: Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake (Switch) - Square Doesn't Drop The Ball, Just Some FramesThe wait is finally overThe First Review For Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake Is InFamitsu rates itMario & Luigi Fans Aren't Happy About Brothership's Battle Button TweaksIt should be 'B' for the Bro, right?

Image: AspyrIn case you somehow missed it, Aspyr is working on another Tomb Raider trilogy focused on remastering three more of Lara Croft's adventures.Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered will also come loaded with plenty of features and one of these is the returning 'Photo Mode' (which also appeared in the first trilogy). This was recently discussed on the PlayStation Blog and once again allows you to freeze frame and capture the most memorable moments in the game.This feature comes packed with new poses and outfits, customisable shots, dynamic expressions to bring Lara's character to life, and seamless integration with each game.Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube785kWatch on YouTube Developer Aspyr has also shared some new screenshots of two of Lara Croft's most formidable foes - the Bronze Bull and the Minotaur from The Last Revelation. Just keep in mind these screenshots are from the PlayStation version of the game.Original (left), Remaster (right) Images: AspyrOriginal (left), Remaster (right) Images: AspyrWhen Tomb Raider I-III Remastered arrived on the Switch eShop earlier this year, we called it a "great" package:"Tomb Raider I-III Remastered is one of Aspyr's most accomplished projects to date, successfully giving three of gaming's most iconic titles a much-needed lick of paint while upgrading the controls to give newcomers a welcome leg-up. Some of the lighting is a bit off with the new visuals, and the need to manually save your game is a big no-no in 2024, but if you're curious as to how Lara Croft got her start in gaming, then this is easily the best way to experience the original trilogy." When old becomes newJust in time for Valentine's DayTomb Raider will arrive early next year on Valentine's Day. Will you be adding it to your Switch library? Let us know.[source blog.playstation.com, via gonintendo.com]Related GamesSee AlsoShare:01 Liam is a news writer and reviewer for Nintendo Life and Pure Xbox. He's been writing about games for more than 15 years and is a lifelong fan of Mario and Master Chief. Hold on there, you need to login to post a comment...Related Articles'Switch Pro' Dongle Is Making A Comeback With New 'RGB Collection'But we're not sure what they actually doReview: Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake (Switch) - Square Doesn't Drop The Ball, Just Some FramesThe wait is finally overNew Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Update Leaves The Switch BehindLa-li-lu-le-lower resolutionThe First Review For Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake Is InFamitsu rates it

In BriefPosted:9:11 PM PST November 15, 2024AI Granny is happy to talk with phone scammers all dayOn Thursday, the UKs largest mobile network operator, O2, introduced a chatbot designed to frustrate phone scammers. Called dAIsy, it mimics an older woman with all kinds of time to chat about knitting, her cat Fluffy with the aim of keeping fraudsters endlessly engaged as they try obtaining her (fake) bank details.A press release about O2s AI Granny says it combines various AI models that transcribe the callers voice into text before generating a response through a custom large language model, then feeding it through a text-to-speech model to produce a voice answer. The AI was trained in part by Jim Browning, a scambait expert with a huge YouTube following.Its fun to see in practice. (O2 says the audio in the video below is real.) If it makes a dent, all the better. Last year, the FBI reported that people over age 60 were swindled out of $3.4 billion via telephone scams, up from $3.1 billion in 2022. With generative AI taking off and voice impersonation with it those numbers are poised to balloon.Topics

Breakdown & ShowreelsThe Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 2: VFX Breakdown by DNEGBy Vincent Frei - 15/11/2024 Experience the magic behind the magic! The visual effects crafted by DNEG for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 2 bring hill trolls, epic battles, and the majestic city of Eregion to life!WANT TO KNOW MORE?DNEG: Dedicated page about The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 2 on DNEG website.WATCH IT ON Vincent Frei The Art of VFX 2024