Guardian

A new patch for Destiny 2 has gone live and addresses a number of issues that have popped up since the start of the Lightfall expansion. One of the big changes in this update is an adjustment to the Guardian Ranks system, as Bungie has reduced the required Commendations score needed to climb up the ranks according to its patch notes.The number of Commendation points needed was criticized by the Destiny 2 community for being excessively high, and Bungie previously mentioned that it would lower the…

One of the new quality-of-life improvements introduced in Destiny 2: Lightfall is a Commendations system, digital kudos that can be handed out at the end of several activities. Commendations are also a vital part of the Guardian Ranks system, but getting the required number of them to ascend through the Guardian Ranks requires a serious amount of work. In a response to community criticism over the high cost of commendations needed, Bungie has decided to reduce the number needed for progression."To more…

Guardian of Fukushima by Ewen Blain and Fabian Grolleau is a labour of love, a tribute to Naoto Matsamura's sacrifice to protect the abandoned animals of Fukushima, and a warning about the dangers of nuclear power.Guardian of Fukushima is published just in time for the twelfth anniversary of the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima power plant due to an earthquake and a tsunami that caused a meltdown and mass evacuation of the towns in the region. The guardian of the title is Naoto Matsumura, a local farmer who decides to…

Lightfall is just around the corner Destiny 2: Lightfall is set to release on February 28, 2023, and Guardians globally are preparing their characters for the penultimate DLC in the Destiny Light and Dark saga from Bungie. There are multiple ways to do this, and over the years many have discovered the optimal way to ensure they head into Lightfall with the best jump-start possible. Image via Bungie With the new raid set to launch on March 10, the rapid power grind is vital to those who may be striving to beat the…

Personal information including addresses and salary information on 140 current and former Australian staff of multinational media outlet The Guardian may have been accessed by hackers in the crippling cyberattack that hit the company late last year.Its local leaders had told employees in a mid-January internal email that “we don’t currently believe there is a risk to Australian staff” but cautioned that its technical teams were continuing to investigate the breach.The Guardian initially believed Australian staff details…

Garena Free Fire players have the last opportunity to grab Phoenix Guardian bundle along with several other rewards today. Check details here. Garena Free Fire redeem codes for January 29, 2023: Garena Free Fire players need to hurry if they want to claim Phoenix Guardian bundle and other rewards like Energetic emote, Thunderstorm Finn pet skin today. Yes, January 29, 2023, is the last day to claim these rewards. These rewards are available on the Faded Wheel. Informing about the same Garena Free Fire North America…

Photo via Marvel Studios For every character design we see, there are multiple alternatives that were discussed before the directors and art directors eventually made a decision. Who knows, maybe out there in the multiverse there is a Doctor Strange with a purple cape or a gold Spider-Man. In the case of David Harbour’s Red Guardian, first seen in Black Widow, we can now see what could have been. When it comes to superhero movies they do have the good fortune of working from the designs that already exist in…

Hackers who targeted The Guardian in a December ransomware attack accessed the personal information of journalists and other staff, the U.K.-based news outlet confirmed on Wednesday.The media company’s executives informed employees of the update in an email, which described the hack as a “highly sophisticated cyber-attack involving unauthorised third-party access to parts of our network.” That notice went on to explain that the breach likely stemmed from an email phishing scheme, which got staff to download malware. The…

Revengeance The retro-inspired market went from novel to heavily saturated rather quickly, and now they’ve been their own corner of the industry for over a decade. It’s a rather difficult corner to stand out in. It’s a pretty busy corner. For my money, it’s a precarious balancing act between building off designs and mechanics of the era, while also finding a memorable identity. You can make Contra again, and if you do a good job, that can be good enough. But you can’t stand with the big boys unless you bring your own…

The Guardian has confirmed that it was the victim of a ransomware attack, and that the damage is more serious than first thought. In an update to staff, Guardian group chief Anna Bateson and newspaper editor-in-chief Katharine Viner said the December attack was "highly sophisticated" and accessed the personal data of UK employees. There was no evidence of the data being exposed online, or that the intruders had breached data for readers or non-UK editions. Bateson and Viner understood that this was a "criminal" ransomware…