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“THERE’S NEVER BEEN A BETTER TIME TO HEED THE CALL OF FFXIV”
The PC Gamer team
BLAME JOEL • HELLDIVERS 2 is controlled by one mysterious man
BETTER IN BEIGE
YUZU WON’T BELIEVE THIS
I NEED TO SEE SOME ID
Highs & Lows
The Spy • BUT WHO WATCHES THE SPY?
BIG DECK ENERGY • How roguelike deckbuilder BALATRO uses poker, without really being poker
DIFFICULTY CURVES • Game designer JOHN DENNIS explains how to get difficulty balancing right
Incoming • THE BIGGEST GAMES ON THE WAY
MANOR LORDS • City building with epic battles in a game laying siege to Steam
BREACHWAY • Slay the laser fire in this roguelike card-battler
DUNGEONBORNE • Explore the dungeons of Steam Next Fest’s biggest hit
PLANE ACCIDENT • Liven up a walk in the woods by investigating a crash
AGE OF MYTHOLOGY: RETOLD • Revamped graphics, changes to unit numbers and more
KINGMAKERS • Just another medieval combat game, with attack helicopters
SPELLROGUE • Remove the randomness of dice with smart thinking and maths
A NEW DAWN • A whole new world of adventure awaits PC gamers in bold new expansion FINAL FANTASY XIV: DAWNTRAIL
BRANCH OUT • ELDEN RING: SHADOW OF THE ERDTREE is FromSoftware’s most ambitious expansion yet
GUIDED BY GRACE • Why we love FromSoftware’s colossal RPG ELDEN RING
Road warrior
This month’s buccaneering reviewers…
FAST & CURIOUS • Repair, improve and pilot a quirky station wagon in survival game PACIFIC DRIVE
LOST ARC • TOMB RAIDER I-III REMASTERED brings ancient treasures back into the light
ARR-RIGHT • SKULL AND BONES is a fun game that’s hamstrung by today’s live service conventions
BUG HUNT • HELLDIVERS 2 is a masterful, hilarious squad shooter, when it works
STRAIGHT FLUSH • Cheaters constantly prosper in the sublime BALATRO
EDEN PROJECT • Death is just the beginning in BANISHERS: GHOSTS OF NEW EDEN
LOOT TIME • LAST EPOCH is an action RPG for people who aren’t that fussed about action
MIDNIGHT POWER • PERSONA 3: RELOAD is a big, beautiful revamp of the lengthy classic
PEAK PRACTICE • A modern platforming classic embraces 3D in CELESTE 64
SHOE-IN • These boots are made for walking in NEURAL PARASITE
SLUDGE LIFE • Less waste, more speed in platformer TOXIC TOMB
SKYHOLD PLEASE • Poetry and passing judgement in DRAGON AGE: INQUISITION
SIGMAR-A-LAGO • A city break inside MORDHEIM: CITY OF THE DAMNED
KRULL • Multiplayer action in CASTLE CRASHERS
RTX 40-SERIES SUPER GPUs • Here’s how super-duper variants of Ada Lovelace graphics cards stack up.
GOING DEEPER • DLSS is getting smarter – what does that mean for local computational power?
ALL RISE • Is a sit-stand gaming setup worth it in 2024?
BUYER’S GUIDE • Build the best PC for your budget
“It probably sounds like madness playing this in bed on my Steam Deck” • A masochist returns to NIOH 2 yet again
“I plunge my blade into his heart” • Succumbing to bloodlust in DISHONORED 2
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