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Square Enix’s Next Final Fantasy IX Project Is A “Deep House” Album, Inspired By The Game’s Iconic Soundtrack

There’s still no remake announcement in sight, sadly. In somewhat slightly unexpected news, Square Enix has just announced a new Final Fantasy IX album earlier today, which is set to reimagine Nobuo Uematsu’s iconic RPG soundtrack in a “deep house” style (thanks RPG Site for the spot). FINAL FANTASY IX – House Grooves, as the…

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After cheaters broke Steam’s most popular roguelike’s leaderboards, its dev issued a fix and a warning: ‘Cheaters you better watch your ass or I’m clapping your cheeks back to the shadow realm where you belong’

Megabonk’s explosive success has unfortunately attracted the kind of people who love to ruin the fun. Over the weekend, its leaderboards were taken over by players with high scores that could only be possible using cheats. As a temporary solution, lead developer Vedinad nuked the leaderboards on Sunday in preparation for the fix that just…

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We’re Hiring

Think you have the chops? Hit us up then! We’re hiring! Actually, we’re hiring for more than one spot. If you got a passion for the PC and tech, there’s no better place than Maximum PC to hone in on that passsion. Without further rambling, here is what we’re looking for: TECH EDITOR Ideal candidates…

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Random: Metroid Prime 3 Dev Left Retro Studios After “Unhealthy Relationship” With Nintendo Micromanagement

“If you’re not directly working on the game, go away”. We know that Nintendo can be a little protective of its intellectual properties (now there’s an understatement), but it turns out that the company’s micromanagement was enough to make one artist on Metroid Prime 3: Corruption leave his position at Retro Studios. That’s according to…

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Saros: PS5 and PS5 Pro features detailed

Our goal with Saros has been to push the hardware and be a showcase for PlayStation 5. So we are thrilled to finally share more details about our PS5 Pro enhancements and PS5 features in Saros, launching April 30 (Wishlist or pre-order Saros here).   Play Video Updated PSSR for PS5 Pro  Our fantastic rendering team…

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Fallout 76 devs were surprised the community turned out to be so friendly: ‘It’s post-apocalyptic, it’s Fallout, they’re going to all want to kill one another … it’s the complete opposite’

The funny thing about Arc Raiders is how friendly it is. Trios mode is fairly reliably violent, and you’ll occasionally get popped by people like Fraser, but in solos mode most players are, unexpectedly, quite cooperative. It’s a little weird, given the nature of videogames, and developer Embark Studios was perhaps a little surprised by…

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I stayed at all 17 of Baldur’s Gate 3’s unique campsites and painstakingly rated the accommodations like some kind of Forgotten Realms bon vivant

I was completely blown away the first time I visited Baldur’s Gate 3’s party camp in the Underdark and arrived at a unique, underground version of this RPG’s home away from home. It’s magical that Larian put so much effort into making bespoke little safe zones corresponding to Baldur’s Gate 3’s unique areas, and the…

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