Stuff to build stuff One of the great things about working at Maximum PC is that I’m always building things. And by things, I mean PCs. Like many people, I enjoy working with my hands and doing projects myself, as long as I have the appropriate hardware and tools at my disposal. I have a…
While we have to wait until the 8th of January until we can download the Splatoon 2 Version 5.1.0 update, Nintendo has published the English patch notes for you to gaze over. This is the first of few updates due this year for the popular ink shooter with the next coming update coming April. Here’s…
If you’re one of the 23 people around the world who has managed to snag an RTX 5090, you might be tempted to splash out on a fancy set of power cables to make your new upgrade look the best it can. That got us thinking about what set would be best to use, so…
The couple that slays together, stays together With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, we thought we would look at some of the best PC co-op games out there. And hey, if you’re single, there’s no better way to stem the fear of dying alone then by playing games with some friends! The list is…
I don’t know if I’ll ever play through a Bethesda game properly, because I can’t take more than a dozen steps into one of their open worlds without opening up the dev console to spawn a bunch of perishable food items or turn off gravity or otherwise distract myself from whatever quest I’m supposed to…
Pre-orders are now open! The retro developer Neo Byte Force announced earlier this week on Twitter that preorders are now live on its website for its first-ever commercial video game Cyborg Force — a new run and gun scheduled to release next year for the Neo Geo AES/MVS, Sega Dreamcast, Sony PSP, PC, and emulation…
Ships this month. Anbernic has revealed the pricing of its GBA-style RG35XXSP, and it’s less than many of us were perhaps expecting. The company has said the clamshell device will cost $59 (plus shipping) when it launches – but there’s no solid indication of when that will be as yet (EDIT – now we do!…
Hey Xbox Insiders! We have a new Xbox Update Preview releasing to the Alpha Skip-Ahead ring today. It’s important we note that some updates made to these preview OS builds include background improvements that ensure a quality and stable build for Xbox consoles. We will continue to post these release notes, even when the noticeable…
In 2013, Hasbro sent a cease-and-desist letter to the creators of a My Little Pony fangame called Fighting is Magic (it began as a fanart project called “Marevel vs. Clopcom”). While the creators, Mane6, accepted the cease and desist, they kept the basic idea and mechanics and used them to create an original game called…
Over three decades have passed since Tetris made its debut on the NES in 1989. Since then, a holy grail has lied just out of reach—the “true killscreen”. Now, a young prodigy has managed to reach it: after 34 entire years, a flesh-and-blood person has finally beaten Tetris. Some explanations are in order: a killscreen…