Incredible Drone Film Takes You Into A Busy Bowling Alley

A recent video surfaced of drone footage travelling through Bryant Lake Bowl in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and what’s notable is how skilled the pilot is along with how cool the final product of the video looks like. It’s worth your time to check it out for yourself.

It’ll be a few months yet before we can start thinking about things like putting our grubby mitts all over bowling balls thrown by dozens of other bowlers. Even so, we’re anticipating the day when we can once again gather at places like this bowling alley, which is the subject of the stunning short film, captured via drone, below.

The video comes via YouTuber jaybyrdfilms. In the video, an FPV drone begins above the bowling alley and snakes in through the door and around the alley as people bowl and chat. It works its way back into the back of the alley and back out, giving us a look at the whole building before the end.

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GTA Online Update Brings Business Battles To Los Santos This Week

GTA Online‘s latest update sees the return of savvy businessman Lamar Davis, who’ll be handing out double cash rewards and Reputation Points all week long. Davis won’t be the only game in town though as Martin Madrazo will also approach players with the same offer, so it’ll be worth keeping your eye on your phone to see who calls you first.

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Double cash rewards and Reputation Points will also be available in a number of other activities, as Transform Races and Business Battles will be vying for your attention with added financial bonuses.

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Hunting Pack: Remix will also offer increased rewards within its high-risk and high-reward arena. If you play as a Runner in this mode, you’ll need to keep the speed up to stop the bomb strapped to your vehicle from exploding while Attackers are tasked with bringing you down by any means necessary, avoiding any Defenders in the process.

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Xbox-Bethesda Broadcast to Air Today

An Xbox broadcast to celebrate Bethesda joining the company will be aired today, but it won’t focus on providing news or revealing projects. It will likely feature announcements of new Bethesda games joining Xbox Game Pass.

The broadcast is titled ‘Bethesda Joins Xbox – Roundtable’, and is scheduled for 10am Pacific / 1pm Eastern / 6pm UK on YouTube today. The video description reads: “A conversation with key leaders celebrating Bethesda joining Team Xbox.”

Xbox head of marketing, Aaron Greenberg has made clear that “this is NOT FOCUSED ON NEWS/REVEALS, but a great chance to learn more about the teams & people at Bethesda.” [Greenberg’s Emphasis]

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The broadcast follows Microsoft’s official acquisition of ZeniMax, which turned eight Bethesda developers into first-party Microsoft studios. In that initial announcement, Head of Xbox Phil Spencer promised further Bethesda games would be added to Xbox Game Pass later this week to celebrate – it’s likely those will be announced during the broadcast.

We may not learn quite as much about Microsoft’s plans for Bethesda studios, however. Spencer previously explained that more news about how Xbox’s new teams will work is coming “later this year”. Spencer has previously explained that Microsoft legally could not address plans with Bethesda until the acquisition was complete, so discussions may still be in the early stages.

One thing we do know is that “some” future Bethesda games will be Xbox & PC exclusive after the acquisition. “With the addition of the Bethesda creative teams,” Spencer wrote earlier this week, “gamers should know that Xbox consoles, PC, and Game Pass will be the best place to experience new Bethesda games, including some new titles in the future that will be exclusive to Xbox and PC players.”

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Bethesda-Xbox Roundtable Livestream: Start Time, How To Watch Today

Confirming rumors, Microsoft has officially announced it will hold a “roundtable” event today at 10 AM PT where it will share more details on Microsoft’s $7.5 billion buyout of ZeniMax. The deal was officially completed this week, paving the way for Bethesda to become part of Microsoft.

What To Expect

This won’t be a news event where we find out more on The Elder Scrolls VI, Starfield, or the next Fallout game. Xbox marketing boss Aaron Greenberg said, “Note, this is NOT FOCUSED ON NEWS/REVEALS, but a great chance to learn more about the teams & people at Bethesda.”

Microsoft confirmed that Bethesda will develop games that will be exclusive to Xbox and PC, but neither company has said more. Given Greenberg’s statement that this roundtable is not expected to be a news event, we may not hear more, though it’s possible we’ll get some kind of commentary.

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Pokemon Fan Reimagines Diamond And Pearl Remakes With Improved Graphics

Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl were announced earlier this year, and while the remakes do look like a visual step up over the original pair of games released in 2007, the 3D chibi-style hasn’t won everyone over. YouTuber Millenniumloops remade the trailer using assets from previous games, creating a more modern interpretation of the Sinnoh region journey. It’s not a game that is being made, but a concept trailer that imagines what the remakes could look like with more recent Pokemon aesthetics applied.

“I decided to make a re-imagined trailer of the Brilliant Diamond and Shinning Pearl games the way I wanted them to be,” Millenniumloops tweeted. “This is just my take on it. I have used models from previous Pokémon games as well as some things that I created myself.”

The YouTuber’s trailer shows off a version of Pokemon Diamond and Pearl that aesthetically more in line with recent games such as Pokemon Sword and Shield.

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Matthew McConaughey Says He Might Run For Governor Of Texas

Oscar-winner Matthew McConaughey has yet again spoken about a potential career in politics, and this time he sounds a little more serious about getting involved.

Speaking on The Balanced Voice podcast (via EW), the 51-year-old said he is thinking seriously about running for Governor of Texas in 2022. He said a potential bid is a “true consideration” of his.

This is a slight change in direction from 2020 when McConaughey said he had “no plans” at the time to run for a political office.

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Gothic Remake For PS5, Xbox Series X|S, And PC Is Coming From THQ Nordic’s Newest Studio

THQ Nordic has opened a new studio in Spain that will develop a remake of Gothic as its first title. The studio is called Alkimia Interactive, and it’s based in Barcelona, Spain.

The studio will focus on “high-quality RPGs,” THQ Nordic said in its announcement. Work is already “well underway” on the Gothic remake, and THQ said fans can expect more news soon.

The Gothic remake is coming to PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. THQ released a playable teaser of the game back in 2019, and the publisher later announced it planned to develop it as a full game. According to THQ, it won’t be a simple remake but instead a “re-imagining [of] the whole thing.”

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