Marathon UI designer declares himself the ‘fontslop merchant’ and promises Bungie will never ‘remove the SAUCE from the UI’

Last week, one of the most circulated reactions to the Marathon server slam was a YouTuber who took one look at the menus and declared it the first ever “fontslop” game. He wasn’t the only one who felt their eyes were assaulted by Marathon’s unorthodox graphic design. UI feedback was one of Bungie’s major takeaways…

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The Marathon server slam consumed my weekend: 21 hours later, I’ve gone from ‘meh’ to believer

It was around this time last year when Embark and Bungie both ran playtests for their new extraction shooters at the same time. Marathon’s alpha was the culmination of two years of feverish speculation about the legendary FPS studio’s first non-Destiny project in over 15 years. Then the unexpected happened: Arc Raiders upstaged Marathon. Embark…

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Fruit Ninja studio Halfbrick hit with layoffs: ‘we are navigating a challenging period for the games industry’

An Australian studio responsible for a raft of hugely successful games, including Fruit Ninja and Jetpack Joyride, has announced layoffs. Brisbane-based Halfbrick Studios confirmed as much on LinkedIn last week, just months after the release of its most recent game Bluey’s Quest for the Gold Pen. “Today we’re sharing that Halfbrick is making changes to…

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The Shore: Enhanced Edition Celebrates Five Years with a 2026 Xbox Series X|S Launch

Category: Games March 2, 2026 The Shore: Enhanced Edition Celebrates Five Years with a 2026 Xbox Series X|S Launch Theofanis Gavriilidis, CMO at Iphigames Summary Coming to Xbox Series X|S this year, Dragonis Games’fully optimized Enhanced Edition. Five-year milestone since the acclaimed Lovecraftian horror adventure launched 2021. Five years ago, The Shore introduced PC players…

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