GTA 6 is bound to make money, but how much money? (Rockstar)Analysts are expecting GTA 6 to be a massive money maker when it launches, but it may not be a perfect solution to the games industrys woes.Assuming it isnt delayed, GTA 6 will undoubtedly be the most important video game release of 2025. Its such a big deal that other publishers are reportedly refraining from announcing autumn 2025 release dates for their games to avoid directly competing with it.Surprisingly, 2024 saw no updates on GTA 6s progress, with none of the fan theories of when a second trailer would drop proving accurate. As such, expectations are high for developer Rockstar to share something later this year.While theres no telling when that will happen, one thing you can predict is that GTA 6 will make a lot of money when it comes out. In fact, analysts are predicting it will manage to shatter the records set by GTA 5 when it launched in 2013.How much money will GTA 6 make?Speaking with The Financial Times, market research firm DFC Intelligence predicts that GTA 6 will make $1 billion just in pre-orders. Thats a feat not even GTA 5 managed, with it meeting the same threshold three days after its release.DFC Intelligence adds that it then expects GTA 6 to generate $3.2 billion in revenue in its first 12 months on the market. Not only is this twice as much as GTA 5 made in the same timeframe, but its also far more than any movie that came out in 2024. For comparisons sake, the highest grossing movie last year was Inside Out 2 at almost $1.7 billion at the box office.This would easily make GTA 6 one of the biggest launches in all of entertainment, not just video games. Yoshio Osaki, chief executive of IDG Consulting, even says as much, adding, The pent-up demand is greater than anything weve seen before.While GTA 5 has made more than $8.5 billion in revenue in its entire lifetime, its entirely possible GTA 6 could exceed that if these predictions prove accurate. Especially if Rockstar keeps player engagement up with a successor to the GTA Online multiplayer mode.GTA 6s success is also expected to be a net positive for the entire games industry since it will make video games in general more of a mainstream topic purely through association.However, not everyone is convinced GTA 6 will automatically trigger a surge of growth within the industry. Ampere Analysis forecasts predict consumer spending on games will only go up by 2.2 percent to $195 billion.That may sound like a lot, but its nothing compared to the substantial growth the industry enjoyed from 2015 to 2021, where spending shot up from $95 billion to $191 billion.Obviously, the Covid-19 induced lockdown played a part in that too and the last few years have demonstrated that executives expected that growth to continue. Its what emboldened companies into taking on too many new staff and/or buying out studios, and eventually led to the rampant lay-offs that dominated 2023 and 2024.More TrendingWeve grown so well in the last 25 years that it feels like none of us knows how to work in a non-growing industry, says game designer and consultant Nicholas Lovell. There is no funding and the market is oversaturated [with new games].Strauss Zelnick, the CEO of GTA 6 publisher Take-Two Interactive who also oversaw his own share of layoffs, admitted to The Financial Times, We too got a little bit ahead of ourselves in terms of growth expectations.However, he still says he was a bit surprised when consumer spending on games began to dwindle post-pandemic. But hes confident that the launch of GTA 6 will spark renewed interest in gaming.Youre seeing more consumer demand broadly. And the [games] industry, frankly led by us, has an amazing release schedule coming in 2025 and beyond, says Zelnick. A hit coming from one company tends to benefit the entire industry. Could GTA 6 cross the $8.5 billion mark quicker than GTA 5 did? (Rockstar)Emailgamecentral@metro.co.uk, leave a comment below,follow us on Twitter, andsign-up to our newsletter.To submit Inbox letters and Readers Features more easily, without the need to send an email, just use ourSubmit Stuff page here.For more stories like this,check our Gaming page.GameCentralExclusive analysis, latest releases, and bonus community content.This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Your information will be used in line with our Privacy Policy

By Matthew Gault Published January 2, 2025 | Comments (0) | A Tesla Cybertruck is shown after it caught fire and exploded outside the lobby of President-elect Donald Trump's hotel, on January 1, 2025, in Las Vegas. Photo by WADE VANDERVORT / AFP) (Photo by WADE VANDERVORT/AFP via Getty Images On New Years Day, a rented Cybertruck pulled in front of a Trump hotel in Las Vegas and seemed to explode. The explosion killed the driver of the Cybertruck and injured seven observers. The hotel was unscathed. Active duty U.S. Army Special Forces sergeant Matthew Alan Livelsberger had rented the Cybertruck earlier that day in Colorado before driving it all the way to Vegas. Footage from security cameras and bystanders showed the explosion. According to authorities and witnesses, the Cybertruck parked in front of the entrance of the Trump International Hotel around 8:30 AM. Smoke poured out of the Cybertruck before it caught fire and detonated a mix of explosive material in its truck bed. Videos of the explosion showed fireworks, smoke, and a huge burst of flame shooting through the glass at the top of the Cybertruck. Photos of the truck shown in the aftermath reveal the accelerants and explosive material in the bed. It was a tumbledown mix of mortar-style fireworks and fuel canisters.In a press conference, Las Vegas PD Sheriff Kevin McMahill praised the build of the truck. The fact that this was a Cybertruck really limited the damage that occurred inside of the valet because it had most of the blast. Up through the truck and out. Youll see that the front glass doors at the Trump hotel were not even broken by that blast which they were parked directly in front of, he said. NEWS: Law enforcement officials said the Cybertruck actually helped contain the explosion. The fact that this was a Cybertruck really limited the damage that occurred. It had most of the blast go up through the truck and out. The front glass doors at the Trump hotel were not pic.twitter.com/70tZ8jHm4p Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt) January 2, 2025 On X, Musk and his cronies praised the truck and declared that its build had saved lives. They alsochided media outlets for putting Cybertruck in the headline of a story about a cybertruckexploding. The evil knuckleheads picked the wrong vehicle for a terrorist attack. Cybertruck actually contained the explosion and directed the blast upwards, Musk said in a post on X. Not even the glass doors of the lobby were broken. The evil knuckleheads picked the wrong vehicle for a terrorist attack. Cybertruck actually contained the explosion and directed the blast upwards. Not even the glass doors of the lobby were broken. https://t.co/9vj1JdcRZV Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 2, 2025 This is stupid. We dont yet know the motivation for the explosion or much about who is behind it. The construction of the Cybertruck didnt save lives and the Trump International Hotel, the poor make of the car bomb did. On a scale of damaging car bomb explosions, what happened in front of the Trump hotel in Las Vegas is small. A mix of consumer fireworks and fuel canisters riding in the back of a glass-topped vehicle is designed to get attention, not cause damage. If what happened outside of the Trump hotel was, in fact, a car bomb its sub-amateur level. In 2010, a car bomb ignited in Times Square but failed to explode. A 1993 Nissan Pathfinder contained a gun locker full of 250 pounds of fertilizer, fireworks in a metal container, gas cans, and propane tanks. The cops called this failed car bomb amateurish. Whatever had been prepared in the bed of the Cybertruck didnt even meet these amateurish standards.The investigation into the event is ongoing. Livelsberger, a Colorado Springs native, rented the truck in Colorado on Wednesday morning. Surveillance from Tesla charging stations showed the trucks journey from Colorado to Las Vegas. It appears that Livelsberger died in the Cybertruck during the fire. The Pentagon confirmed earlier today that Livelsberger is an active-duty member of the Army Special Forces who was on leave from his post in Germany when he rented the Cybertruck. Livelsbergers LinkedIn profile described him as a Green Beret who served as a communications and intelligence specialist with almost two decades of experience.Authorities are looking into a possible connection between Livelsberger, the Cybertruck, and an attack in New Orleans that killed 15 people. Hours before the Cybertruck caught fire, Shamsud-Din Jabbar drove a Ford F-150 into a crowd of partygoers in New Orleans and killed 15 people. Jabbar and Livelsberger both used an app called Turo to rent their vehicles. Both were U.S. Army Veterans.Daily NewsletterYou May Also Like By Matt Novak Published December 31, 2024 By Todd Feathers Published December 30, 2024 By Matthew Gault Published December 30, 2024 By AJ Dellinger Published December 27, 2024 By Matthew Gault Published December 24, 2024 By Matt Novak Published December 20, 2024

Looking to add some smart style to your space? The Govee Smart Ceiling Light brings a whole new dimension to home lighting with its easy to use mix of main and background lighting. With RGB+WW for the main light and RGBIC for the backlight, you can paint your room with any of 16 million colors while keeping things practical with adjustable white light from warm to cool. So if youve ever wanted rainbow lighting or anything like it, this is your chance to get it.See at AmazonRight now, you can grab this versatile smart light for just $45 at Amazon, down from its regular price of $70. Thats a solid 35% off, saving you $25 on a light that does way more than just brighten up your room. This is a great chance to kick off 2025 with some fun customization you can add to your home with little effort (and little money too).Customize your ceiling lighting for lessControl everything through the Govee Home App or with Alexa voice commands no need for traditional switches. Want movie night ambience? Game room vibes? Home office lighting? With brightness control from 1% to 100% (up to 2400 lumens) and 71 scene modes, you can set the perfect mood for any situation.The rhythm lighting feature is particularly clever, automatically adjusting throughout the day to match your natural schedule. Plus, it can sync with other Govee lights to create coordinated light shows across your home. So if you already have much of the Govee ecosystem set up in your home for other types of smart lighting options, you can sync this addition with the rest of them.That means that for less than $50, you could potentially complete a simple smart light setup that you can control with a smart hub or mobile device. You could have a professional install or something to that effect, but you can do it all for less and with less equipment this way, which should be a boon for just about anyone.Whether youre upgrading your living room, bedroom, or home office, this smart ceiling light brings both practical lighting and fun ambient effects at a price that wont keep you up at night. Use it to create ambiance, to add lighting where it might be darker in your home, or just do it to make parties at your place even cooler. Whatever you decide, this is a deal you wont want to pass up, so be sure to grab it while you can.See at Amazon

If youre one of the millions of people whos made a New Years resolution that includes working out and getting into better shape, Amazons just dropped a great deal with you in mind the Apple Watch 10 is back to its Cyber Week price of just $359 after a 16% price drop.See at AmazonThis year is the 10th anniversary of the release of the first Apple Watch, and in that time it has established itself as one of the very best fitness and health-tracking wearables on the market. The Apple Watch 10 debuted in September 2024, and it immediately stood out for its larger and brighter screen, superior sound, and expanded capabilities for tracking your workouts.Thinner and BetterIf youre upgrading from an Apple Watch 9 or earlier model to the Apple Watch 10, the first thing youll notice is that the 10 is 10% thinner than the 9 its Apples thinnest and lightest-feeling watch yet, even thinner than the Apple Watch Ultra. Yet the Apple Watch 10 still manages to have the largest and brightest display yet up to 30% larger and 40% brighter, so checking your heart rate or running pace while in the middle of your workout is easier than ever.Among the new fitness features of the Apple Watch 10 are tracking modes for kayakers, canoers, and rowers, and the Tides app which monitors coastal conditions an essential safety feature for anyone working out or playing in the ocean. Aquatic adventurers will also appreciate the improved 50-meter water resistance and water temperature sensors of the Apple Watch 10.The Watch That WatchesEven when youre not actively working out, the health benefits of the Apple Watch 10 are significant. You can take an ECG anytime with the Apple Watch 10, which will alert you if your heart rate is unusually high or low or if theres an irregularity. When worn overnight, the Apple Watch 10 measures heart and respiratory rates and can also help you detect signs of sleep apnea. If youre worried about overtaxing your battery by wearing the Apple Watch 10 overnight, its also Apples fastest-charging watch yet, able to get back to an 80% charge in just 30 minutes.Crack resistance and IP6X dust resistance, and vastly improved sound to let you make and take phone calls with more clarity and volume than ever are just two more reasons why the first days of 2025 are the ideal time to upgrade your fitness and health tracker by getting yourself into an Apple Watch 10. But the best reason of all may be this Amazon sale that lets you do it for just $359 the lowest price on the Apple Watch 10 since Cyber Week.See at Amazon

COMPLUVIUM Pavilion / P+S Estudio de ArquitecturaSave this picture! P+S Estudio de ArquitecturaPavilionRuan, FranceArchitects: P+S Estudio de ArquitecturaAreaArea of this architecture projectArea:25 mYearCompletion year of this architecture project Year: 2024 PhotographsPhotographs:P+S Estudio de Arquitectura, Javier CallejasManufacturersBrands with products used in this architecture project Manufacturers: Onduline, Tissage du Ronchay Lead Architects: Francisco Parada, Laura R. Salvador More SpecsLess SpecsSave this picture!Text description provided by the architects. COMPLUVIUM stands as an allegory to water, seeking to highlight the most characteristic climatic condition of Rouen and the wooded environment of Canteleu, the heavy rainfall that abounds throughout the year. It is a spatial artifact with a timeless character, which, on the one hand, appears defined by a recognizable geometry, in evident contrast with the natural surroundings, and, on the other, attempts to subtly disappear through a work of linen and fiberglass skins, materials which, on contact with light, transform its appearance and end up disappearing in the landscape. Save this picture!A fundamental aim is thus defined, as constructing an architectural experience from the interior of the space, through which it is possible to make us aware of the presence of water in the forest, thus sublimating its own material condition; in this way, the paradox lies in the fact that what is sought is not the protection from the water but, on the opposite, to build a refuge for it. Therein lies the principle of material allegory that we seek, and where architecture is simply transformed into the necessary support for the experience to happen.Save this picture!Save this picture!COMPLUVIUM is solved in a geometric operation that articulates a central void based on a virtual cube of 5 x 5 x 5 meters, where the roofs sloping inwards allow water to be collected in the center of the pavilion, in the same way as occurred in the Roman atrium, or as the Diola community of southern Senegal has done for centuries with their own homes, in search of the necessary collection of rain. The allusion to both references synthesizes our approach to the idea of spatial artifact, where, in this case, its activation by means of water has no other function than that of contemplation.Save this picture!Save this picture!The material resolution seeks to maximize the sensorial and perceptive experience of the space with the use of the minimum, in this case only through three materials: a pinewood structural framework that gives body to the water shelter; fiberglass with resin, which acts as a protective membrane, allowing light to pass through but providing a waterproof envelope that is resistant to the passage of time; and finally, the 100% locally manufactured linen, which forms the exterior and interior skin of the pavilion in a differentiated way, with black stain protection on its external face and with its natural expression on the inside, thus reinforcing the duality between shell and interior as an ambivalent exercise that allows the spatial experience to be qualified.Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!In this way, wood, linen and fiberglass establish a complex dialogue between skins of different natures that ultimately nuance the spatial atmosphere and define a precise link between inside and outside. Similarly, wood and linen make direct reference to Normandy's architectural and cultural tradition and identity, which can be found both in the colombage typology of exposed timber-framed houses and in the local production of linen. COMPLUVIUM thus resolves itself into a relationship between two recognizable materials that are part of Rouen's constructive memory, in an attempt to establish a conscious relationship between territory, architecture, and memory.Save this picture!Project gallerySee allShow lessProject locationAddress:Ruan, FranceLocation to be used only as a reference. It could indicate city/country but not exact address.About this officePublished on January 02, 2025Cite: "COMPLUVIUM Pavilion / P+S Estudio de Arquitectura" [Pabelln COMPLUVIUM / P+S Estudio de Arquitectura] 02 Jan 2025. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1024868/compluvium-pavilion-p-plus-s-estudio-de-arquitectura&gt ISSN 0719-8884Save!ArchDaily?You've started following your first account!Did you know?You'll now receive updates based on what you follow! Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors, offices and users.Go to my stream

Thanks a lot for coming to visit my channel! Here are some good places to start:Shader Graph Basics - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL78XDi0TS4lEBWa2Hpzg2SRC5njCcKydl 48 videos covering the vbasics of shader creation in Unreal and Unity.Materials 101 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL78XDi0TS4lFlOVKsNC6LR4sCQhetKJqs 46 videos covering material creation in Unreal. Advanced Materials - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL78XDi0TS4lGqHdLQGR2GHne85i9PebbN 42 videos on more advanced topics like rocks, fabric, skin, glass, tempered steel, etc.Post Processing - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL78XDi0TS4lGORvoEKCyw_6dO9tzlu6Ox 12 videos on post-processing effects like blur & sharpen, bloom, underwater warping, rain on the lens, and toon outlines.Procedural Shapes and Patterns - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL78XDi0TS4lF5ASo3vpUFKenMkhMVeZ5y 25 videos on creating UI elements like buttons and backgrounds procedurally. Building Worlds in Unreal - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL78XDi0TS4lHwqv_PmXAdedT2SH1qeRqK 33 videos on how to create natural environments in Unreal including Landscape creation, placing rocks and trees, foliage and undergrowth, adding water - including VFX, lighting and reflections, and post-processing.Build Your Own Particle System - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL78XDi0TS4lGMPYs24UZQ3Ox_fU_xsgZS 14 videos that show how to create a particle system using a shader.I also have a series of videos on how to create shaders in HLSL. I made this back in 2006, so they're quite old, but just about everything here still applies.HLSL1 - HLSL Shader Fundamentals - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL78XDi0TS4lEDHfahG4ddRwZ3AUrOIYcq HLSL2 - Light and Shading Models - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL78XDi0TS4lE772rZflLkFe-WdhYEV4WE HLSL3 - Surface Shading & Transmission - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL78XDi0TS4lE6UnUO9OTC5M1Wo3bJLDe9 Shader Book Recommendationshttps://www.bencloward.com/resources_books.shtml ------------------------------Theme MusicPeace in the Circuitry - Glitch Hophttp://teknoaxe.com/Link_Code_3.php?q=1526 Background MusicSpeo - The Little Thingshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvCYuyyLgC0 #UnrealEngine #shadergraph #Unity

ShareHula hooping has remained a staple of modern US culture since the 1950s, but people around the world have participated in similar activities for thousands of years. The physics behind maintaining a perfect spin, however, has remained a mystery. Is it something that can be achieved by anyone with enough time and effort, or are there natural hula hoopers among us? Researchers recently investigated these dynamics using a specially designed, gyrating robotand their findings provide the first-of-its-kind insight into the perfect spin.Seemingly simple toys and games often involve surprisingly subtle physics and mathematics, a team from NYUs Applied Mathematics Laboratory wrote in their study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on Monday. Hula hooping involves these issues and others associated with the rolling point of contact on the body surface, which itself is actuated with gyration motions and whose geometry is expected to strongly affect the hoop dynamics.We were surprised that an activity as popular, fun, and healthy as hula hooping wasnt understood even at a basic physics level, Leif Ristroph, a NYU associate professor of mathematics and senior study author, said in an accompanying statement on Thursday.Successful hula hooping requires a body type with the right slope and curvature. Credit: NYUs Applied Mathematics Lab To learn how various body types influence hula hooping, Ristroph and his team placed multiple 3D-printed models shaped like lightbulbs, hourglasses, rectangles, and other forms roughly one-tenth the size of a human onto a robotic gyrator. They then launched six inch wide hoops onto the shapes while a high-speed video recorded their performance. After analyzing the results, researchers found that getting a hula hoop up and going could be achieved by any of their body shape models.In all cases, good twirling motions of the hoop around the body could be set up without any special effort, said Ristroph.Keeping a hoop going, however, is another matter. To maintain the spin for an extended period of time, a curvier body is often key. More specifically, a form that includes sloping hips that allow an angle to push the hoop, as well as a sufficient waist to sustain the hoop against gravitys pull. Get the Popular Science newsletter Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. By signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.People come in many different body typessome who have these slope and curvature traits in their hips and waist and some who dont, Ristroph explained. Our results might explain why some people are natural hoopers and others seem to have to work extra hard.The experiments results go far beyond playground pastime strategy, however. Ristroph and his team believe hula hoopings complex, subtle interactions of math and physics could help inspire engineering projects, especially robotics used in industrial processing and manufacturing.

The newly discovered Hades snake moray (Uropterygius hades) is right at home in muddy river mouths. This moray eel is dark brown and appears to be an expert burrower. Unlike other moray eels that are brightly colored and live in primarily saltwater environments, Hades snake moray can be found in estuaries across southern Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, southern Java, and Fiji. Its unique features are described in a study published in December 2024 in the journal ZooKeys.A living Uropterygius hades in a tank. CREDIT: Wen-Chien Huang. There are roughly 230 known species of moray eels, with most living in salty marine environments. The freshwater moray (Gymnothorax polyuranodon) has been confirmed to spend most of its life in fresh water. The slender giant moray (Strophidon sathete) and a few other species can also tolerate and occasionally enter lower-salinity environments such as river mouths. However, most moray eels specifically adapted to an estuary habitat with mixed salt and fresh water are considered rare.This new and particularly dark moral eel was also discovered by accident. Three of the studys co-authors from Taiwans National Sun Yat-sen University were investigating a cave of the Puerto Princesa Subterranean River in the Philippines, hoping to survey the aquatic animals in the area and find a different cave eel species, the bean-eyed snake moray (Uropterygius cyamommatus. While they did not find any bean-eyed snake morays, they collected a slender moray with a strange dark color.They brought several specimens back to their lab and performed DNA testing to see how its genes compared to other known moray eels. While it was in a tank, the team observed that the Hades snake moray burrowed tail first. This behavior is rarely seen in moray eels. It also appears to be highly sensitive to light and kept trying to hide when it was exposed to any sort of illumination. Its small eyes are believed to be an adaptation to life in low-light environments. It also has a reduced number of head sensory pores, which the team believes helps the pores avoid clogging.[ Related: How citizen scientists are protecting glass eels. ]According to the team, its small and sensitive eyes and lack of sensory pores on the head suggests it may rely on its senses of smell and tasteor chemoreceptionto sense changes to the chemicals in their environment rather than vision to find food or avoid its predators.This allows the eel to stay burrowed in the mud, yet still find prey and avoid being eaten.This new moral eel was described by a team of scientists from the National Sun Yat-sen University in Taiwan, Western Philippines University, and Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History and Human History in Japan. They named it after Hades, the Greek god of the underworld, as a way to emphasize its intimidating appearance and its dark and murky habitat. This idea was inspired by study co-author Wen-Chien Huang from National Sun Yat-sen University who was influenced by actor Ralph Fiennes portrayal of Hades in the film Clash of the Titans.The post New Hades moray eel discovered by accident appeared first on Popular Science.

Researchers believe they have found the site where Alexander the Great's troops fought the Battle of the Granicus.