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“FROSTPUNK WAS A GRIPPING SURVIVAL STRATEGY CLASSIC”
The PC Gamer team
GABE’S FORTUNE • VALVE prints more money per head than Apple and Facebook
I CAN DO BETTER
A WIZARD DIDN’T DO IT
THE TRUTH IS OUT
Highs & Lows
The Spy • BUT WHO WATCHES THE SPY?
THE GOD FACTORY • A group of players built a record-breaking plant
BEST BEHAVIOUR • Donkey Crew’s lead gameplay developer, SERGII GREBEN, on programming AI for NPCs
Incoming • THE BIGGEST GAMES ON THE WAY
VINDICTUS: DEFYING FATE • Enjoy a spin-off from a long-running Korean MMO
MOUSE • Gangster mice, finger guns and classic rubber hose animation
EIYUDEN CHRONICLE: HUNDRED HEROES • Spiritual successor to Suikoden promises an grand adventure
LEVEL ZERO: EXTRACTION • Tarkov meets Alien in this terrifying extraction shooter
MELT DOWN • Your biggest threat in FROSTPUNK 2 isn’t a storm of snow. It’s the tide of humanity
Unreal Tournament 2004 • TWENTY YEARS AGO, ONE OF THE GREATEST FPS FRANCHISES ON PC PEAKED WITH UNREAL TOURNAMENT 2004. REMARKABLE IN ITS OWN RIGHT, ITS STRIKING LEGACY EXTENDS TO ITS ROLE AS A PLATFORM FOR MODS THAT WOULD TURN INTO ENDURING STANDALONE FRANCHISES, AND ITS INFLUENCE ON LATER GAMES, ESPECIALLY ROCKET LEAGUE.
The Elder Scrolls Online • CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF THE ELDER SCROLLS ONLINE
Future past
This month’s dogmatic reviewers…
PAWN COCKTAIL • DRAGON’S DOGMA 2 is an exceptional and sometimes infuriating RPG
JEDI REMASTER • DARK FORCES REMASTER is the classic Star Wars FPS upgrade you’ve been looking for
CUTTER STAID • OUTCAST – A NEW BEGINNING rekindles the original game’s epic scope
VIVE LA RESISTANCE! • Be the deadly dagger in Nazi-occupied France in CLASSIFIED: FRANCE ’44
OLD WORLD BLUES • The beautiful HORIZON: FORBIDDEN WEST COMPLETE EDITION struggles to move on
OFF PUTTING • Lee Carvallo’s PUTTING CHALLENGE 2: another great Simpsons fan game
SHORT CIRCUITS • You know what you’re in for with 20 SMALL MAZES
POMPING IRON • Solve problems with a hammer in PSYCHOPOMP
ALMA MATER • Horror is a family affair in FEAR
PHANTOM PAIN • The unseen side of the occult in PHASMOPHOBIA
MAZE RUNNER • Taking revenge in PAC-MAN CHAMPIONSHIP EDITION DX
ERGONOMIC KEYBOARDS • If you’re looking for day-long typing comfort, there’s an ideal ergonomic keyboard that’s just right for you.
DIE ANOTHER DAY • Why it’s probably not worth upgrading your CPU yet
CLOCKING OFF • Does overclocking your GPU actually do anything any more?
BUYER’S GUIDE • Build the best PC for your budget
“You have to look past the fact that he uses a spine as a sword” • ELDEN RING’s worst character is part of my Tarnished dream team
“The world is ending in a matter of days” • Being a sword in FFXIII: LIGHTNING RETURNS
“If you’re going to carpet a salon, the walls are the best place for it” • Checked to see if I’d be a good barber in HAIRDRESSER SIMULATOR
“The kind of game that would have received an affectionate score of 75” • Sampling the deceptively simple delights of EVIL WEST
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