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WELCOME
STEAMED UP • VALVE adds new security check after attackers compromise game devs’ Steam accounts
2077 EASTER EGG
YOU SHALL NOT GAME PASS
INSECTOID GPU DEATH
Highs & Lows
The Spy
ALL CHROMED UP • CYBERPUNK 2077’s director takes us inside the three year road to redemption
COMPOSE YOURSELF • Award-winning composer JASON GRAVES on the process of writing music for games
Incoming • THE BIGGEST GAMES ON THE WAY
CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 3 • This year, Call of Duty asks: is nostalgia worth £70?
EVE VANGUARD • From the stars… all the way down to the salvage
CAPES • Edna Mode would not approve
DRAGON’S DOGMA 2 • If strapping a bomb to a troll is wrong, I don’t want to be right
LAST TRAIN HOME • Historical strategy hybrid is on the right track
THANK GOODNESS YOU’RE HERE! • This Yorkshire-inspired indie has me chuffed by its potential
JEDI REMASTERS • is uniting the past and present of PC gaming like no other developer
System Shock • PC Gamer hosts a star-studded industry roundtable to discuss the seminal sci-fi series’ impact on PC gaming
CELEBRATING THREE DECADES OF PC GAMING • WE CELEBRATE THE PEOPLE WHO MADE PC GAMER MAGAZINE THE CULTURAL TOUCHSTONE IT IS TODAY
Bright future
This month’s 3DFX Voodoo2-powered reviewers…
SILENT BUT DEADLY • ASSASSIN’S CREED MIRAGE is a fun stepping stone back towards the series’ roots
RIDERS ON THE WORM • Arrakis proves an apt, if overly familiar, 4X setting in DUNE: SPICE WARS
GROOVY • WARGROOVE 2 is a familiar but filling all-you-can-eat strategy buffet
BAD COMPANY • THE LAMPLIGHTERS LEAGUE is tactically sound, but doesn’t always perform
CONSERVATIVE STRATEGY • FORZA MOTORSPORT takes few risks, but snatches simcade supremacy anyway
DEATH ON THE NILE • TOTAL WAR: PHARAOH is the first historical Total War in ages
OLD HORIZONS • MINEKO’S NIGHT MARKET struggles to innovate on well-trodden ground
NO WHAMMIES • ASTREA: SIX-SIDED ORACLES raises the deckbuilder stakes with gambling tension
SLIDES RULE • Revisiting BABBDI to find a city generous with exploration
DIGITAL MONSTERS • Dusting off the cute digital pets of
DRIZZLE KICKS • RAINDROP is still an innovative indie arcade game
SPECTACULAR • Another look at the ambitious, freeform SPECTACLE
PHOBOS BABY • The timeless perfection of DOOM
STAUF THIS • The never-ending childhood horror of THE 7TH GUEST
VOODOO CHILD • GABRIEL KNIGHT: SINS OF THE FATHERS is a family affair
THE GRAPHICS CARD GREATS • From the Voodoo Graphics to the RTX 4090, less than 30 years separates the first ever graphics cards from the best yet
ANTIQUE CODE SHOW • What did gaming PCs look like when PCG issue 1 hit the shelves in ’93?
SMASHING PINS • Despite all the rage, hardware upgrades were possible in ’93
BUYER’S GUIDE • Build the best PC for your budget
“I took on the role of DPS while my friend lured Radahn around his arena” • Surviving ELDEN RING with a buddy in co-op
“Suddenly I’m invested in politics” • Having a catwalk-off in...