Bungie has walked back its Destiny 2 Portal nerfs after community backlash, calling the approach “too conservative,” and outlined some reward buffs coming with the Ash & Iron update. Bungie has pulled a hard U-turn on last week’s controversial Portal tuning. After announcing nerfs to Solo Ops power gains and Exotic mission rewards, the studio says its approach was “too …
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Destiny 2 Dev Denies ‘Stealth Nerfs’ With the Edge of Fate Expansion
Developer Bungie has stated that it did not deliberately add what players are calling “stealth nerfs” to the latest Destiny 2 expansion, The Edge of Fate. Launched on July 19, 2025, The Edge of Fate is one of the most consequential Destiny 2 expansions in some time, as it reworks the game in multiple key ways. Ever since the conclusion …
Read More »A mess of its own making: Google nerfs second Pixel phone battery this year
Not all batteries age the same way. Some problems will appear quickly, but others won’t be noticeable until after many charge/discharge cycles. A few years back, Samsung released the Galaxy Note 7 with a slightly larger battery than the previous model. Within weeks, the phones started to catch fire, and even after swapping in a different battery pack, the issue …
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