More than 10 years after it was first released, Snowpiercer is getting its very first 4K Blu-ray release. This new edition features a collectible steelbook case with all-new cover art. Preorders are live at Amazon ahead of its release on January 14, 2025, and you can secure your copy for just $35. Snowpiercer 4K Steelbook Edition $35 | Releases January 14, 2025 Along with the steelbook case, this new edition of Snowpiercer includes the movie in 4K, standard Blu-ray, and digital formats, along with the following special features:The Birth of SnowpiercerThe charactersAnimated prologueConcept art galleriesChris Evans and Tilda Swinton on SnowpiercerThe Train Brought To Life: Behind the scenes of a special screeningLe Transperceniage: From the blank page to the blank screen Preorder at Amazon Directed by Bong Joon-Ho and also starring Tilda Swinton, Ed Harris, Song Kang-Ho, Jamie Bell, Octavia Spencer, Go Ah-Sung, and John Hurt, the film was critically acclaimed when it was first released. Adapted from the French graphic novel Le Transperceneige by Jacques Lob, the film would eventually go on to inspire a TV series in 2020 that ran for several seasons. If you want to experience the source material, you can pick up the original Snowpiercer graphic novels in a bundle that includes all three books in hardcover format and three unique art cards for $60.22 (was $80) at Amazon.Snowpiercer was Bong's English language debut, and the South Korean filmmaker has since gone on to make several more critically acclaimed movies, including the dark comedy Parasite, which won the Oscar for Best Picture in 2020, making the first non-English language film to win that category. Some of his other films include the crime thrillers Memories of Murder and Mother, the 2006 monster movie The Host, and the sci-fi adventure film Okja. Despite the variety of genres he's explored, all of Bong's films feature similar themes of environmentalism and class conflict. If you're interested in diving into his work, several of his movies are available at Amazon, including multiple Criterion Collection editions.Continue Reading at GameSpot

Despite releasing into early access, Path of Exile 2 is filled to the brim with content. From the main story campaign to side bosses to an endless endgame, you're certainly getting your money's worth by participating in early access. Some players could find hundreds of hours of gameplay in Path of Exile 2 just through the game's initial content.However, if you're trying to gauge exactly how much time you have to spend in Path of Exile 2 before "beating it," that's another story. Below, you can find how long it takes to beat Path of Exile 2, how long it takes to reach the endgame, and a full quest list so you can track your progress.How long to beat Path of Exile 2Since Path of Exile 2 is an ARPG, you can never truly "beat it." Most ARPGs follow a similar structure of progressing through a main campaign that's followed by the endgame. The endgame is what you make of it and you could spend however much time you want with a given character participating in endgame content.Continue Reading at GameSpot

Riots League of Legends adaptation Arcane has officially come to an end, but the series is still generating buzz as viewers unpack how the series ended things with its main characters. Two champions who have become a source of much conversation are Jayce and Viktor and Arcanes co-creator Christian Linke has addressed the nature of the characters relationship in the Netflix series.

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Content streaming and engagement are entering a new dimension with QUEEN, an AI model by NVIDIA Research and the University of Maryland that makes it possible to stream free-viewpoint video, which lets viewers experience a 3D scene from any angle.QUEEN could be used to build immersive streaming applications that teach skills like cooking, put sports fans on the field to watch their favorite teams play from any angle, or bring an extra level of depth to video conferencing in the workplace. It could also be used in industrial environments to help teleoperate robots in a warehouse or a manufacturing plant.The model will be presented at NeurIPS, the annual conference for AI research that begins Tuesday, Dec. 10, in Vancouver.To stream free-viewpoint videos in near real time, we must simultaneously reconstruct and compress the 3D scene, said Shalini De Mello, director of research and a distinguished research scientist at NVIDIA. QUEEN balances factors including compression rate, visual quality, encoding time and rendering time to create an optimized pipeline that sets a new standard for visual quality and streamability.Reduce, Reuse and Recycle for Efficient StreamingFree-viewpoint videos are typically created using video footage captured from different camera angles, like a multicamera film studio setup, a set of security cameras in a warehouse or a system of videoconferencing cameras in an office.Prior AI methods for generating free-viewpoint videos either took too much memory for livestreaming or sacrificed visual quality for smaller file sizes. QUEEN balances both to deliver high-quality visuals even in dynamic scenes featuring sparks, flames or furry animals that can be easily transmitted from a host server to a clients device. It also renders visuals faster than previous methods, supporting streaming use cases.In most real-world environments, many elements of a scene stay static. In a video, that means a large share of pixels dont change from one frame to another. To save computation time, QUEEN tracks and reuses renders of these static regions focusing instead on reconstructing the content that changes over time.Using an NVIDIA Tensor Core GPU, the researchers evaluated QUEENs performance on several benchmarks and found the model outperformed state-of-the-art methods for online free-viewpoint video on a range of metrics. Given 2D videos of the same scene captured from different angles, it typically takes under five seconds of training time to render free-viewpoint videos at around 350 frames per second.This combination of speed and visual quality can support media broadcasts of concerts and sports games by offering immersive virtual reality experiences or instant replays of key moments in a competition.In warehouse settings, robot operators could use QUEEN to better gauge depth when maneuvering physical objects. And in a videoconferencing application such as the 3D videoconferencing demo shown at SIGGRAPH and NVIDIA GTC it could help presenters demonstrate tasks like cooking or origami while letting viewers pick the visual angle that best supports their learning.The code for QUEEN will soon be released as open source and shared on the project page.QUEEN is one of over 50 NVIDIA-authored NeurIPS posters and papers that feature groundbreaking AI research with potential applications in fields including simulation, robotics and healthcare.Generative Adversarial Nets, the paper that first introduced GAN models, won the NeurIPS 2024 Test of Time Award. Cited more than 85,000 times, the paper was coauthored by Bing Xu, distinguished engineer at NVIDIA. Hear more from its lead author, Ian Goodfellow, research scientist at DeepMind, on the AI Podcast:The AI Podcast Ep. 25: Googles Ian Goodfellow on How an Argument in a Bar Led to Generative Adversarial NetworksLearn more about NVIDIA Research at NeurIPS.See the latest work from NVIDIA Research, which has hundreds of scientists and engineers worldwide, with teams focused on topics including AI, computer graphics, computer vision, self-driving cars and robotics.Academic researchers working on large language models, simulation and modeling, edge AI and more can apply to the NVIDIA Academic Grant Program.See notice regarding software product information.

Its time to see which PS5, PS4, PS VR2, PS VR, and free-to-play games topped the download charts last month. Novembers PS5 list saw spooky newcomer Phasmophobia rise from the dead, landing in the top five of the US and EU charts. Metro Awakening claimed the top spot on Novembers PS VR2 list in the US and EU.Check out the full listings below. What titles are you playing this month?PS5 GamesUS/CanadaEUCall of Duty: Black Ops 6Call of Duty: Black Ops 6PhasmophobiaEA SPORTS FC 25NBA 2K25Farming Simulator 25EA SPORTS FC 25PhasmophobiaEA SPORTS Madden NFL 25Grand Theft Auto VGrand Theft Auto VHogwarts LegacyDragon Age: The VeilguardMinecraftEA SPORTS College Football 25NBA 2K25Farming Simulator 25Marvels Spider-Man 2Marvels Spider-Man 2UFC 5DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZEROCyberpunk 2077Hogwarts LegacyDragon Age: The VeilguardMinecraftPalworldMortal Kombat 1God of War RagnarkUndisputedASTRO BOTASTRO BOTPlanet Coaster 2PalworldBaldurs Gate 3UFC 5DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZEROCyberpunk 2077The Crew MotorfestGod of War RagnarkResident Evil 4*Naming of products may differ between regions*Upgrades not includedPS4 GamesUS/CanadaEUCall of Duty: Black Ops 6EA SPORTS FC 25Red Dead Redemption 2Call of Duty: Black Ops 6Need for Speed HeatNeed for Speed HeatBatman: Arkham KnightRed Dead Redemption 2Gang BeastsBattlefield 1Grand Theft Auto VNeed for Speed PaybackEA SPORTS FC 25The ForestNeed for Speed PaybackBattlefield VThe ForestGrand Theft Auto VBattlefield 1Gang BeastsEA SPORTS Madden NFL 25Mortal Kombat XMinecraftBatman: Arkham KnighttheHunter: Call of the WildMinecraftMortal Kombat XHogwarts LegacyBattlefield VKingdom Come: DeliveranceNBA 2K25A Way OutHogwarts LegacyRayman LegendsSTAR WARS Battlefront IIUnravel TwoChained Climb TogetherChained Climb TogetherBODYCAMERA SHOOTERMafia: Trilogy *Naming of products may differ between regionsPS VR2 Games*US/CanadaEUMetro AwakeningMetro AwakeningBeat SaberBeat SaberArizona Sunshine RemakeArizona Sunshine RemakeArizona Sunshine 2Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxys Edge Enhanced EditionStar Wars: Tales from the Galaxys Edge Enhanced EditionArizona Sunshine 2PavlovPavlovInto the RadiusHorizon Call of the MountainRed Matter 2Red Matter 2Among Us VRCrossfire: Sierra SquadCrossfire: Sierra SquadCreed: Rise to Glory Championship Edition*PS Store purchases only. Game upgrades or games bundled with hardware not includedPSVR GamesUS/CanadaEUASTRO BOT Rescue MissionBatman: Arkham VRThe Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VRThe Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VRBatman: Arkham VRASTRO BOT Rescue MissionBorderlands 2 VRJob SimulatorParanormal Activity: The Lost SoulDOOM 3: VR EditionSUPERHOT VRLethal VRBeat SaberBeat SaberJob SimulatorDOOM VFRDOOM 3: VR EditionBorderlands 2 VRSurgeon Simulator: Experience RealitySUPERHOT VRFree to Play (PS5 + PS4)US/CanadaEUFortniteFortniteCall of Duty: WarzoneCall of Duty: WarzoneRobloxRobloxRocket LeagueRocket LeagueAsphalt Legends UniteAsphalt Legends UniteFall GuyseFootballApex LegendsFall GuysVALORANTVALORANTeFootballThe Sims 4The Sims 4Stumble Guys

Rocksteady Studios Suicide Squad game is officially coming to its end. The fourth season of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League will welcome a new playable character, Deathstroke, to the game, and will mark the final battle against Brainiac, the developer said Monday on the games official website.Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice Leagues next update will also bring with it the games long-promised offline mode, though Rocksteady and publisher Warner Bros. say that all online features will continue to be available for the cooperative shooter.Season 4 of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League will launch on Dec. 10, with Deathstroke, offline mode, and Episode 7 of the games story. Episode 8, the games conclusion, will arrive on Jan. 14, 2025 and feature the final battle against Brainiac, whom Suicide Squad players have been battling in various multiversal forms over the past year.Deathstroke will be the fourth post-launch character released for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, following The Joker, Mrs. Freeze, and Lawless. Rocksteady and Warner Bros. never announced additional characters beyond those four, though early leaks from datamining indicated that Rocksteady was considering releasing DC villains Katana and Killer Croc as playable characters.Offline mode for Kill the Justice League will let players experience the main story campaign and seasonal story mission content without the need for an internet connection. The game has thus far required that players be online, an early point of contention for players. Offline mode will require that players either create a new profile by starting from the beginning of the game or creating a copy of their existing profile to retain their progress.Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League launched in February to middling reviews and a cool commercial reception. Warner Bros. Discovery boss David Zaslav called the game disappointing, saying that Rocksteadys game was partly responsible for a $200 million impact on the companys games divisions earnings. Reception to the games DLC hasnt fared much better. Suicide Squad has since been given away and heavily discounted. Rocksteadys take on the Suicide Squad was a lightning rod for controversy, based on its tone, games-as-a-service leanings, and treatment of the Arkhamverse heroes like Batman. But after dramatically killing the likes of Superman, The Flash, and Green Lantern, Kill the Justice League started to bring back its once-dead heroes, pulling them in from various Elseworlds. Some story threads are still unresolved, but perhaps the fourth and final season will give players the closure they need.

At Polygon, we want to introduce you do at least one thing we think youd love every single day. With so many games, movies, shows, and and internet-based quick bites (or quibis) out there to experience, we know its next to impossible to decide how to take a chance on the untested, dive into the unknown. But allow us to give you that nudge. In our Discoveries feed, you will find impressions on everything we cover and recommendations on old stuff that feels just as urgent and worthy as the new. The hope: less thinking, more doing just dig in.Love the gorgeously animated cat movie Flow? 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