Marathon Game Director Was Fired for Misconduct; Insider Says Game Is ‘Cooked’
News for Bungie continues to be bleak, especially for Marathon, the upcoming PvP extraction shooter set in the sci-fi franchise created in the 1990s.
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iPhone 16 Pre-Orders Could Begin Early This Year, As The Devices Are Scheduled To Be Announced On Monday Instead Of Tuesday
Apple is scheduled to announce the iPhone 16 lineup on September 9 alongside the redesigned Apple Watch Series 10. It was initially reported that the devices would debut a day later on the 10th, but the company saw fit to host its event a day earlier. However, a sketchy rumor claims that pre-orders for the iPhone 16 will begin a day earlier than expected.
Metal Gear Solid 4 still hasn't been confirmed for modern platforms, but a Konami producer says "you can probably connect the dots"
It's been almost a year since Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1 released containing remasters of the first three games in the series, and now all eyes are on Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots and whether it'll ever escape its PS3 prison. Thankfully, all signs suggest the answer to that question is yes.
The "largest ever" DDOS attack was reportedly the "carpet bombing" of a Minecraft server weathering 3.15 billion packets per second from Russia and 17 other countries
DDOS mitigation company Global Secure Layer claims to have fielded the largest DDOS attack in recorded history, in terms of packets per second, which reportedly saw one unfortunate "Minecraft gaming customer" bombarded with a buckling 3.15 billion PPS from a botnet said to be concentrated in Russia, but with traffic sources also spanning 17 other countries. For clarity, this doesn't mean people from these countries were involved, it just means attacks originated from sources in these locations.
The Witcher 4 'is nearing a major milestone' and will soon enter full production
CD Projekt's 2024 half-year financial report is out, and there's not a whole lot to see for anyone who isn't a major shareholder in the company. But there is one thing that's of interest to non-investing gamer types: The Witcher 4 is just about ready to move into full production.
Galaxy S25 Ultra Tipped To Be The Lighest Flagship Amongst All Of Its Competitors, Including The Upcoming iPhone 16 Pro Max
Samsung has been reported on a few occasions to tweak the design of the Galaxy S25 Ultra to make it similar to the Galaxy Note 7, which only means that we should prepare ourselves to say goodbye to those sharp corners and welcome the rounded ones. Those patiently waiting to get their hands on the flagship next year may also notice that it carries less weight than competing products, and that is because, according to a tipster, the Galaxy S25 Ultra will be lighter than even the iPhone 16 Pro Max.
AMD To Provide Patch That Improves Ryzen 9000 “Zen 5” Inter-Core & Chiplet Latency
AMD is reportedly working on a new BIOS patch that will help improve inter-core latency on Ryzen 9000 "Zen 5" Desktop CPUs.
Former Marathon director Christopher Barrett was reportedly fired by Bungie for inappropriate behavior with female employees
Bungie announced in March that its upcoming Marathon reboot had a new game director: Joe Ziegler, the former director of Riot's online shooter Valorant, who joined Bungie in 2022. Ziegler took over from Christopher Barrett, well known among Bungie fans as a designer and director on the Halo and Destiny games who'd been with the studio for nearly 25 years. A reason for Barrett's surprise departure wasn't provided, but a new Bloomberg report says he was fired following an investigation into multiple complaints about inappropriate workplace behavior.