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Metal Gear Solid 4’s most famous joke gets updated in Master Collection Vol. 2, with Konami even bringing back the original voice actor
Konami has updated a well-known joke in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots for Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2, adapting it for modern hardware while retaining its original comedic intent. The change matters because it shows the collection is being actively revised rather than simply porting the 2008 PlayStation 3 release…
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SickKids children’s hospital bandages up careers website after intruder breaks in
The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto has confirmed that an intruder accessed its external careers website after exploiting a vulnerability in third-party software also used by other organisations. The hospital said clinical systems and patient information were untouched and patient care continued as normal, but data belonging to current and former staff, job…
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Producer Lauren Neustadter Is Redefining What a Hello Sunshine Show Can Be
Lauren Neustadter, president of film and TV at Reese Witherspoon’s production company Hello Sunshine, has spoken about a hectic summer in which the firm launched the Legally Blonde prequel Elle on Prime Video, premiered Lucky on Apple TV+, and wrapped filming on the fifth and final series of The Morning Show. Speaking to The Hollywood…
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Dark Souls fans got this one right: new Soulslike where you play as a Sif-coded dog with a sword is now and forever “Bark Souls”
A newly revealed Soulslike game has won over fans by casting players as a sword-wielding dog reminiscent of Sif, the beloved wolf boss from Dark Souls, prompting the community to immediately and affectionately dub it “Bark Souls”. The nickname has stuck because it captures both the game’s genre and its main selling point: a canine…
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Dark Souls creator Hidetaka Miyazaki has good news for anyone worried about PvP in The Duskbloods: he sucks at it too, and you don’t “have to be great at PvP in order to win”
Dark Souls and Elden Ring director Hidetaka Miyazaki has sought to reassure players nervous about the player-versus-player elements of FromSoftware’s upcoming multiplayer game, The Duskbloods, admitting that he himself is not particularly skilled at PvP. His comments aim to counter concerns from fans of the studio’s traditionally single-player-focused, story-driven titles, who worry that a shift…
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Meta’s Big Reckoning Is Here
Meta is on trial in federal court in Oakland, California, facing a case brought by 29 state attorneys general who allege the company violated COPPA, the federal law protecting children’s online privacy, by collecting personal data from under-13s without parental consent. The AGs, led by California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey, also accuse Meta of…
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Hackers poison popular Rust crates to steal developers’ credentials
Hackers compromised several popular Rust software packages (“crates”) this week in a supply chain attack designed to steal developers’ credentials, turning routine software builds into a delivery mechanism for infostealer malware. The Rust Security Response Team disclosed the incident after being tipped off about a malicious package called proc-macro1, and found that attackers had also…
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Duskbloods Network Test on Switch 2 Is Already a Flop
FromSoftware’s first network test for its upcoming game The Duskbloods, running on Switch 2, was cut short after just under two hours due to server problems that prevented players from logging in at all. Players attempting to access the game from 6:00am EDT were repeatedly met with a login error message rather than being able…
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Oura faces lawsuit accusing it of misleading consumers about sleep-tracking accuracy
Smart ring maker Oura is facing a proposed class action lawsuit alleging it misled consumers about the accuracy of its sleep-tracking features. Filed on Thursday by Clarkson Law Firm in San Francisco, the complaint claims Oura rings cannot actually measure the physiological signals needed to assess sleep quality or stages, relying instead on AI-generated estimates…