Marathon’s game director is passing the baton.
… Link: Marathon’s second season is a chance for Bungie to turn things around | https://www.theverge.com/games/940214/marathon-bungie-season-two-turnaround-destiny-changes | The Verge
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Marathon’s next season will arrive with a weeklong free trial.
… Link: Marathon is still in a sprint | https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/890333/marathon-live-service-game-mess | The Verge
Marathon’s second season is a chance for Bungie to turn things around
… A free kit in Marathon can also turn into a backpack of purple gear if you play your cards right. Yet Marathon takes these genre staples several steps too far. …
Marathon battery life makes Keychron’s Ultra 8K keyboards its best yet
… This marathon-level battery life goes a long way to making the V5 Ultra and Q1 Ultra my favorite Keychrons so far. …
Sony settles with a former Marathon director who had been fired after an internal investigation over misconduct.
… Link: Sony Settles With Fired Bungie Dev, Adds Him To Marathon Credits | https://kotaku.com/sony-reaches-settlement-with-bungie-director-it-accused-of-sexual-misconduct-and-adds-his-name-to-marathons-credits-2000713874 | Kotaku
A humanoid robot just ran a half-marathon faster than any human.
… A half-marathon is 21.1 kilometers, or 13.1 miles. Link: A humanoid robot sprints to victory in Beijing, beating the human half-marathon world record | https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/humanoid-robot-sprints-victory-beijing-040036560.html | Yahoo News
Humanoid ‘Lightning’ robot smashes the half-marathon record
… Media: https://www.youtube.com/live/zqgc9C3cC6U?si=xDtsKeXEA4cJSWM7&t=2903 At last year’s race, only six out of 21 robots managed to complete the half-marathon at all, and didn’t come close to winning. …
Bungie hit with ‘significant’ layoffs after ending Destiny 2
… Bungie released the extraction shooter Marathon in March, but the game has struggled amidst the general turmoil of the live-service space. …
Sony’s PS5 sales plummet amid price rises and a memory crisis
… Last year an artist accused Bungie of using their work in Marathon without permission, and the matter was resolved a few months later.
SGDQ 2026 raised $2.4M for Doctors Without Borders.
… But GDQ had to deal with some controversy shortly after the weeklong marathon ended: following community backlash, it canceled a stream sponsored by SNK, a company that’s majority owned by the Saudi crown prince’s foundation, as it was happening, Kotaku reports. …