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“SHADOW OF THE ERDTREE IS THE BIGGEST NEW GAME OF THE YEAR”
The PC Gamer team
IMPERFECTLY BALANCED • Arrowhead says HELLDIVERS 2 balancing patches have ‘gone too far’
TIPS FOR WINDOWS
SKIRT CAUSES A STIR
LORD OF THE MANOR
Highs & Lows
The Spy • BUT WHO WATCHES THE SPY?
STACKED DECK • MONSTER TRAIN was a hit, but did that make releasing a new game any easier?
SOMETHING CLICKED • Unavowed developer DAVE GILBERT on the art of designing point-and-click games
Incoming • THE BIGGEST GAMES ON THE WAY
KILLING FLOOR 3 • Tripwire Interactive’s creature feature is back
SCREEN BOUND • How a 5D platformer went viral two months into development
UNDERSPACE • Big, weird space adventures and Freelancer nostalgia? Yes please!
THE FOREVER WINTER • A scavenger trying to survive in a war between mechs
TEST DRIVE UNLIMITED SOLAR CROWN • Testing out Test Drive before it drives into testing territory
SONOKUNI • Time-bending sudden death from Japan
THY KINGDOM COME • SHADOW OF THE ERDTREE is the culmination of decades of FromSoftware RPGs, and a gargantuan finale for ELDEN RING
READ’EM AND WEEP • One Dragonborn’s epic quest to become BALDUR’S GATE III’s foremost librarian
FAR REACHING • Twenty years ago, FAR CRY changed the landscape of PC gaming forever.
Crunch time
This month’s cosmic reviewers…
GALAXY QUEST • HOMEWORLD 3 is a flashy, ambitious RTS, but some of the original magic is missing
LEAN OFFERING • MOTOGP 24 fights off franchise fatigue with new rider market and steward systems
NECKS LEVEL • The twilight at the end of V RISING’s Early Access tunnel
PLOD OF WAR • SENUA’S SAGA: HELLBLADE 2 fails to find a new path for its hero
NUNBELIEVABLE • Starring a Russian Orthodox nun, INDIKA takes a lot of risks, but mostly succeeds
WAR SOMETIMES CHANGES • MEN OF WAR II will scratch an itch for those who like their strategy mechanically dense
SPELLBOUND • GLOBEBA is a great Zelda-like with an awful name
TRISTRAM SHANDY • Delegate Diablo in TRISTRAM
THE WRIT CROWD • Warring with woodland folk in card game THE ROYAL WRIT
MANIAC MANSION • Reliving the dark history of Derceto in the original ALONE IN THE DARK
KUNAI, MONSTER • The savage rhythm action of SEKIRO: SHADOWS DIE TWICE
GHOST NOTES • Saxes and spectral apparitions in BLACKWELL UNBOUND
OLED GAMING MONITORS • A fresh wave of OLED panels brings fresh options, greater resolutions and makes for even more impressive gaming monitors
QUEST FAILED • META’S VR financials reveal the platform’s ongoing struggles
SILICON DREAMS • Upgrading back when GPUs changed more than just framerates
BUYER’S GUIDE • Build the best PC for your budget
“You have to restart two or three times before you know how to play it” • Finally acquainting myself with RPG history in DIVINITY: ORIGINAL SIN ENHANCED EDITION
“He dies in a hail of gibbed body parts” • UNREAL TOURNAMENT 2004 is still a god-tier shooter
“I want them to wake up in a cold sweat in the middle of the night” • The mental...