A few months ago, we learned that Bungie veteran and Marathon director, Chris Barrett, was no longer at the company. This week, we learned that he was in fact fired from the company, following the results of an investigation. Bloomberg's Jason Schreier broke the news last night, stating that ‘at …
Read More »Nearly 1000 Activision Blizzard employees call publisher’s response to lawsuit “abhorrent”
Activision Blizzard recently found themselves at the receiving end of a lawsuit due to the company’s workplace environment, the cultivation of which has been steeped with sexism, harassment, and even led to the suicide of a female employee. Following this, the company reacted to the lawsuit – the response to …
Read More »Square Enix confirms it is not looking to be acquired
Earlier this week, a report citing “multiple banker sources” claimed that there were several parties exploring an acquisition of Japanese mega-publisher, Square Enix. Of course, while Square Enix might be in the sights of a number of companies, there was nothing to suggest Square Enix was in active talks to …
Read More »PS5 may be limited to 6 million units at launch due to high price tag
This week, new reports around Sony's PS5 launch plans emerged indicating a limited number of consoles available during the three-month launch window...
Read More »Supermicro investigation finds no evidence of Chinese spy chips in its hardware
Back in October, California-based hardware supplier Super Micro Computer was accused of distributing components compromised with Chinese microchips developed for spy purposes. Concluding its investigations earlier this week, Supermicro has deemed these reports “wrongful,” finding no malicious hardware within its supply. Bloomberg’s report alleges that as many as 30 US …
Read More »GCHQ and US Homeland Security side with Apple and Amazon on China hack report
Last week, a big report came out claiming that Chinese spies were able to sneak tiny surveillance chips into Super Micro servers in an effort to steal information from other countries. At the time, Apple and Amazon were specifically named as companies affected by this. Both have since denied these …
Read More »Intel braces for DDR4 impact after Hynix explosions
Whether it was the minimal increase in performance for the Haswell processors or the terrible reception that Microsoft got for shipping Windows without the Start button – the PC market has not been kind to Intel recently. The chip giant's situation could get even worse. KitGuru considers the consequences. Executives at …
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