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“LARIAN STUDIOS IS RESURRECTING THIS HEROIC SERIES”
QUANTUM PROCESSOR? • The ‘first product of the quantum processing algorithm’ was, in fact, not that
MATTER OF LIFE OR BSOD
DIABLO IV’S ‘MOST UNFAIR BUG’
FIVE YEARS UP IN SMOKE
Highs & Lows
The Spy • BUT WHO WATCHES THE SPY?
A LARA DIVIDED • How TOMB RAIDER’s early marketing campaigns objectified an icon
ANIMATED DISCUSSION • Sumo Digital’s THOMAS CROFTS on the craft and importance of animation in games
Incoming • THE BIGGEST GAMES ON THE WAY
PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE LOST CROWN • Not the Prince of Persia game you wanted, but the one you need
CYBERPUNK 2077: PHANTOM LIBERTY • We played Cyberpunk 2077’s expansion at Summer Game Fest
PAYDAY 3 • Robbing a bank without a plan is as hard as it sounds
TOTAL WAR: PHARAOH • Total War returns to a more grounded take
ALAN WAKE 2 • Gorgeous and eerie, but the core mystery isn’t convincing
MORTAL KOMBAT 1 • With SF6 and MK1, we’ll be talking about 2023 for decades
STAR WARS OUTLAWS • Ubisoft’s Star Wars game looks like the best thing it’s made in ages
AVATAR: FRONTIERS OF PANDORA • Ubisoft’s Avatar game looks like a Far Cry clone so far
ASSASSIN’S CREED MIRAGE • Ubisoft is making the Assassin’s Creed I’ve been asking for
BALDUR’S FATE • After more than two decades, the wait is finally over. BALDUR’S GATE III is here and, as Robert Jones discovers, it’s changing the scope of what an CRPG can offer forever
WELCOME TO THE CITY OF BALDUR’S GATE • The metropolis has been lovingly recreated by Larian Studios
DEAD GOOD • RUNESCAPE is one of PC gaming’s oldest and most successful MMOs, and with its upcoming NECROMANCY skill and content expansion, looks set to continue its storied legacy
DOOM GUY • PC Gamer talks to industry legend JOHN ROMERO about his life in videogames
Hail Lilith!
This month’s Lilith-worshipping reviewers…
LIVING HELL • Fiery builds and lots of skeletons in the fantastical darkness of DIABLO IV
FIRST DATE JITTERS • Date squids and solve murders in MASK OF THE ROSE
SEMI-PRECIOUS • LORD OF THE RINGS: GOLLUM charms despite a fractured identity
IRON CURTAIN • Retro-style shooter HROT is surprisingly whimsical for its grim looks
ROLLERPOSER TYCOON • Parking up the wrong tree in PARK BEYOND
A WOLF IN JEEP’S CLOTHING • LEGO 2K DRIVE is a tyre’d and tested formula, ruined by corporate greed
SCARY GOOD • Try to keep the lights on in AMNESIA: THE BUNKER
EARLY BIRDS • Many wings make flight work in RAVENHAUL
KING CRIMSON • She shoots, she scores in shmup CRIMSON FANTASIA
EXPRESS DELIVERY • Driving dangerously in delivery game NEO CITY EXPRESS
JUST DESERTS • Returning to METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN
GRAVE REVIEWS • GHOST MASTER is The Sims for those with a sadistic streak
EMOTIONAL SUPPORT • Trying not to let my bottom lip wobble in SPIRITFARER
WIRELESS GAMING HEADSETS • There’s never been a better time to cut the cord and free your ears from your desktop.
CHAIN REACTION • The FITNESS APP invasion is redefining what...