Final Fantasy Tactics remaster devs built a replacement for its lost source code from fansite downloads, director says: ‘I do want to thank all of the fans for all of their help in keeping that information archived’

Back in June, Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles director Kazutoyo Maehiro offered something of an explanation for why it’s been more than a decade since FF Tactics has been playable on current platforms: Square Enix had lost the game’s original source code. At a recent PAX West 2025 panel on August 30, Maehiro offered…

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Left 4 Dead lead Mike Booth is making a new ‘four-player co-op shooter built on the foundations of what made L4D special’

Left 4 Dead project lead Mike Booth is working on something new, and if you’re hoping it’s something like L4D but different in some undefined, hopefully additive way, I have good news: It sure sounds like it. “I’m excited to share that I’m working on a brand new project—a four-player co-op shooter built on the…

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This 3D-printed mini arcade cabinet turns the humble Lenovo Legion Go into a bartop Street Fighter machine

Image 1 of 3 (Image credit: SakuraRetroModding on Etsy) Image 2 of 3 (Image credit: SakuraRetroModding on Etsy) Image 3 of 3 (Image credit: SakuraRetroModding on Etsy) Though I’m… not great at fighting games, I’ve always admired the aesthetic of a fighting game cabinet. Providing not only easy access to the most important buttons but…

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Google’s self-loathing Gemini chatbot admits to being wrong ‘every single time’ and offers to pay software developer to fix the bad code it wrote

Chatbots are mostly trained on human output, so it’s not totally surprising that Google’s Gemini hates itself and also thinks that money is the solution to all problems. At least, one software developer claims Google’s chatbot offered money to fix the faulty code it had produce while in the throes of self-flagellation. A Reddit poster…

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You can pick up literally 382 games for $8 on Itch right now, with proceeds going ‘directly to Palestine aid and relief’

If you’re anything like me, your myriad social media feeds have become a rolling timeline of atrocities to which you feel compelled, uselessly, to bear witness. But here’s an opportunity to do something, however small: Itch.io is currently hosting Play for Peace – Games for Palestine 2025 Charity Bundle, an enormous 382-game pack that you…

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Tired of jiggling your GPU to get it to fit in a small form factor PC? Maxsun reckons it has the answer to that problem around the back

Small form factor (aka SFF) builds are the PC equivalent of bespoke mechanical timepieces. Beautiful to look at and stylish to have around, but a bit of a pig to work inside them, especially when it comes to dealing with ever-larger graphics cards. You might therefore be interested to know about Maxsun’s unique solution for…

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