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“TAKING THE THEME PARK SIM TO AN EVEN HIGHER LEVEL OF FUN”
The PC Gamer team
BOMBS AWAY • The BORDERLANDS movie is a disastrous flop
TRUMP HITS KICK
WHAT’S MINES IS YOURS
DIY LAPTOP
Highs & Lows
The Spy • BUT WHO WATCHES THE SPY?
MYTHMAKING • Inside BLACK MYTH: WUKONG’s four-year Journey to the West
WRITE KNIGHT • Elder Scrolls Online’s lead writer BILL SLAVICSEK on writing in-game literature
A NEW DAWN • The rise, fall and rise again of PC GAMING IN JAPAN
SID MEIER’S CIVILIZATION VII • Big changes are coming to the 30-year-old grand strategy series
CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 • The Belle Époque meets dark fantasy in this new RPG
THE PLUCKY SQUIRE • How many games let you make friends with a MtG card?
SPECTRE DIVIDE • 3v3 Counter-Strike for the aim-down-sights generation
MAKING A SPLASH • How PLANET COASTER 2 is upgrading the theme park sim genre like never before.
KING COASTER • Speaking with game director Rich Newbold
A NEW WORLD • To build his digital planet, PUBG’s Brendan Greene first had to build his own studio.
TALES from the DESERT • As BLACK DESERT ONLINE celebrates its tenth anniversary, we speak to the community about its adventures in Pearl Abyss’ MMO
DOWN BY THE RIVER • For the first anniversary of BALDUR’S GATE III, PC Gamer spoke exclusively to SWEN VINCKE about the past, present and future of Larian Studios
Bullet heaven
This month’s mythological reviewers…
MONKEY TALE • BLACK MYTH: WUKONG is the most delightful Soulslike
STARSHIP BLOOPERS • EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 6 elevates B-movie action with a smart time-travel twist
I CAST GUN • TACTICAL BREACH WIZARDS is spellbindingly spectacular – I just want more of it
STEAMWORK • STEAMWORLD HEIST 2 is the most ambitious SteamWorld game yet
STICKY BUSINESS • WORLD OF GOO 2 is definitely goo-d enough for two
BULLET HECK • CYGNI: ALL GUNS BLAZING is an accessible shoot-’em-up with some clever twists
REET GOOD TIME • THANK GOODNESS YOU’RE HERE is a riotous recreation of Yorkshire
MECH ME OVER • Move over Mario, here’s mech-based platforming in ARMORED SHELL NIGHTJAR
BITING BACK • The tooth is out there in adventure TEETH OF GLASS
SMOKE ALARM • THE INVISIBLE SMOKE FACTORY is back in a Flash
DOUBLE DUTCH • The quiet joy of unplaying RED DEAD REDEMPTION 2
CARD TARGET • Experiencing cabin fever in the excellent INSCRYPTION
YETI AGAIN • Getting sas-squashed in the name of science in BIGFOOT
WIRELESS ROUTERS • Take to the airwaves with these high-speed networking wonders
OLD HAND • For GAMING MICE, does familiarity matter more than specs?
NEW MANOEUVRES • Building a dedicated sim racing space in an average family house
BUYER’S GUIDE • Build the best PC for your budget
“I still enjoy hearing Cassandra grumble and Dorian be debonair” • Replaying DRAGON AGE: INQUISITION has recalibrated my expectations for The Veilguard
“Ouch, that’s gotta hurt!” • Shooting Nazis in RETURN TO CASTLE WOLFENSTEIN
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