College esports just locked in a hardware giant and a LAN-heavy showdown in Orlando, raising the bar for student competition.
Spring 2026 NACE Grand Finals setup
The National Association of Collegiate Esports tapped ASUS Republic of Gamers as presenting partner.
Full Sail University hosts the event from April 23 to 26, 2026.
Financial details stayed private between NACE and ASUS ROG.
Branding from ROG may appear across stages and signage.
Hardware and venues locked in
ASUS ROG machines and monitors will run the tournament floor.
Orlando Health Fortress and Full Sail Live handle in-person matches.
Forty-eight varsity squads travel from across North America.
Six titles headline play, from League of Legends to Super Smash Bros...
Instant answers just replaced endless scrolling for G2 fans, because Sami is basically a mascot with a GPU addiction.
Sami goes live for G2 fans
G2 Esports rolled out an AI helper named Sami.
Theta Labs teamed up with G2 to build the bot.
February 18 marked its debut on the website and Discord.
The mascot-inspired assistant fires back info in seconds.
What Sami actually handles
Supporters can pull match times, rosters, and player numbers.
Tournament results and standings sit one question away.
Instead of hunting through socials, fans just ask.
Training data pulls from G2’s history and meme culture.
Theta EdgeCloud runs the backend
Theta EdgeCloud powers the agent through a distributed GPU network.
Infrastructure keeps the tool...
Billions in Take-Two stock just got shuffled inside Saudi Arabia’s empire, setting up Savvy Games Group to ride the GTA 6 hype train.
Take-Two stake moved under Savvy
The Public Investment Fund shifted its entire Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. stake to Savvy Games Group.
Roughly 11,414,680 shares traveled through the Saudi Fourth Investment Company.
That block sits near $3 billion in value.
Ownership equals roughly 5.94 to 6.2 percent of Take-Two.
SEC filings lock in the paper trail
Late December 2025 paperwork shows the internal handoff.
A Schedule 13G A hit US regulators on December 31, 2025.
Saudi Fourth directly carries the shares on record.
Meanwhile, PIF and Savvy count as beneficial owners through control.
Form 13F...
A fresh batch of esports gear just dropped, and it is basically NiKo’s competitive ego turned into hardware.
NiKo Collection hits the esports scene
The Razer NiKo Collection pairs Razer with Nikola Kovač for custom gear.
Team Razer added NiKo a year earlier, and this release marks that checkpoint.
Razer frames the drop as a big moment for Kovač and his fanbase.
Company reps say months of tweaking went into matching NiKo’s standards.
Hardware built around Counter-Strike 2 grind
Razer’s esports platform forms the base for this whole lineup.
Pro stages already use that same hardware foundation.
NiKo relies on these exact tools while prepping for Counter-Strike 2.
Flames on the shells echo his hyper-aggressive in-game vibe.
What is...
A free amp plugin just axed the endless pedal stacking grind and hands metal players a ready-to-drop tone straight out of the gate.
Tamazight Metal Amp core setup
Saint Mike DSP pushed out Tamazight Metal Amp as a no-cost release.
The plugin bundles preamp shaping, a raging high-gain head, and a cab sim.
Three cabinet flavors lock in punch without extra tweaking.
Its signal flow also packs tight EQ moves and time-based effects.
Built-in production tools
Tamazight Metal Amp runs a precise Noise Gate for chug control.
A built-in Tuner mutes the output while dialing the pitch.
That Transpose knob shifts tuning up or down 12 semitones.
Sessions move faster since extra utility plugins are not needed.
Tone shaping and presets
The...
A 1986 cult composition tool just resurfaced on modern computers, turning your mouse into a scale-locked music machine that basically refuses to let you hit a wrong note.
Modern revival of Music Mouse
Eventide rolled out Music Mouse, with Laurie Spiegel directly involved.
Originally cooked up in 1986 by composer Laurie Spiegel.
This build runs on macOS and Windows without hacks.
Spiegel’s old-school performance vibe stays intact in the update.
How the grid turns motion into music
Music Mouse operates as a standalone app, not a plugin.
Users drag a cursor across an XY field to spark layered lines.
Four on-screen keyboards frame the grid as separate voices.
Built-in scale rules keep everything locked to chosen pitch sets.
Harmonic...
Windows users just got the green light to jump into GRM Tools Atelier, and the update sneaks in a bunch of extra toys while it is at it.
Windows support finally lands
INA GRM pushed out Atelier v1.0.2 with native Windows support.
Windows 10 and 11 machines are officially covered.
The instrument first dropped in October 2025 for macOS.
That earlier release targeted sound designers, composers, and tinkerers.
New bits inside v1.0.2
Andrew Huang contributed fresh patches to the library.
A new output limiter has been added to the signal chain.
Developers improved the cursor display for clearer control.
Polyadic toggle buttons are available across all modulators.
Platform and format rundown
Atelier runs on Windows 10 or higher and macOS...
A £10,500 valve mic just stormed NAMM Show 2026, dragging a 1951 orchestral legend back into modern studios with boutique tweaks and zero chill about price.
Reissue flex at NAMM Show 2026
Neumann showed the M 50 V at the NAMM Show 2026.
The company revived its classic valve condenser from 1951.
That original became a go-to for orchestras and film scores.
Decca Tree setups leaned heavily on the M 50 back then.
What changed under the hood
Neumann kept the small diaphragm omni inside a 40 mm sphere.
Engineers swapped in a titanium diaphragm for added durability.
Its circuit sticks to the vintage layout with a low-noise subminiature valve.
An RF-proof connector fights modern interference headaches.
Power and build philosophy
The NM V...
Instant mix shootouts without firing up a DAW just got stupidly easy thanks to a slick browser player that handles the grunt work for you.
What ABmyMix actually fixes
ABmyMix exists because comparing mix versions outside a DAW was a pain.
Neil Thomas built it after getting hooked on coding during Covid lockdowns.
His idea turned into a portable system for checking mixes anywhere.
How the browser player pulls it off
The browser app lets users drag tracks from devices or Dropbox.
Supported formats cover MP3, WAV, AAC or M4A, OGG, OPUS, and FLAC.
Level matching happens automatically once mixes are loaded.
That auto balance means no manual volume tweaking before listening.
Extra tools that make it nerdy good
Built-in blind test...
