AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D, Bungie's Marathon Update, and Sony Shuts Down Studios S5E41

In this episode of M2 Podcast, we delve into AMD’s powerful new Ryzen 7 9800X3D, offering enhanced gaming performance and 3D V-Cache technology. Bungie provides a development update on their highly anticipated Marathon, though gameplay footage remains elusive. We also explore Sony’s decision to close Neon Koi and Firewalk Studios, and hear strong opinions from Arkane Studios' former president on Microsoft's controversial closure of Arkane Austin. Finally, we discuss the growing trend of veteran developers downsizing in pursuit of smaller, more agile game studios. 0:00 Intro 1:08 Update 10:49 AMD’s Ryzen 7 9800X3D gaming CPU https://tinyurl.com/yuee2uwz  25:10 Bungie Gives Update on Marathon https://tinyurl.com/y4k8b59  34:45 Sony shuts Neon Koi and Firewalk Studios https://tinyurl.com/4vjkv92n  43:25 President Says Microsoft Closing the Studio https://tinyurl.com/3ww9rxuv  54:35 Veteran Video-Game Developers Are Going Smaller https://tinyurl.com/34hft8hx  1:20:48 Outro Leave a LIKE and a comment, thanks for watching/listening! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PODCAST ►► https://anchor.fm/m2podcast AMAZON Music ► https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/091902c3-b83b-487c-8fe7-4c96787434fe/M2-Podcast APPLE ► https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1531832410 BREAKER ► https://www.breaker.audio/m2-podcast-2 CASTRO ► https://castro.fm/podcast/6f69d373-d879-46d9-9f1c-bcf7c4bf1741 GOOGLE ► https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8zNTYwNWZiMC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw== OVERCAST ► https://overcast.fm/itunes1531832410/m2-podcast POCKETCASTS ► https://pca.st/5jghvf6e RADIOPUBLIC ► https://radiopublic.com/m2-podcast-GMZkY4 SPOTIFY ► https://open.spotify.com/show/2VedhO03IRoHERJqF6Sy87 STICHER ► https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/m2-podcast TUNEIN ► http://tun.in/pj3ZI #podcast JOIN THE DISCORD! ►► https://discord.gg/Kp5Gre6 FOLLOW THE TWITTER! ►►https://twitter.com/m2_podcast KyleHeath Socials: TWITTER ►► https://twitter.com/mrjkheath MadMikeWillEatU Socials: TWITTER ►► https://twitter.com/madmikewilleatu