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“WE’RE WORSHIPPING AT THE ALTAR OF DIABLO ONCE MORE”
COUNTER-STRIKE KILLER • Valve teased the Counter-Strike community… and surprised everyone with COUNTER-STRIKE 2
DIABLO IV BOSSED
THE WORST OF US
CAUGHT SMUGGLING
Highs & Lows
The Spy • BUT WHO WATCHES THE SPY?
This month in… 2013
CORE RETURNS • ARMORED CORE VI marks the first PC entry in the cult classic mecha sim saga
TRANSLATION GAME • JEREMY BLAUSTEIN and SAM BURTON on what it takes to localise a game
Incoming • THE BIGGEST GAMES ON THE WAY
WAYFINDER • An MMO from the teams behind Warframe and Darksiders
WARHAMMER 40,000: BOLTGUN • Meet your new favourite shotgun in this boomer shooter
MORTAL SIN • A dungeon crawler with incredible melee combat
WARTALES • Wander a land filled with danger and unpleasant wildlife
DORDOGNE • Go on summer holiday with this beautiful watercolour game
ISLE OF MAN TT: RIDE ON THE EDGE 3 • What’s that coming over the hill – is it a (Ducati) Monster?
LIVING HELL • DIABLO IV refines the ARPG series for a new era
THE HISTORY OF DIABLO • Blizzard’s writers and loremasters give us a guided tour of DIABLO’S story so far, and what it all means for Diablo IV
THE NEW WEST • Five years old, HUNT: SHOWDOWN is still the most interesting FPS in gaming
Brain wave
This month’s Cthulhu-dodging reviewers…
LOOTING STARS • EVERSPACE 2 might be the Diablo in space we’ve always wanted
GRIM FARRAGO • In DREAMS IN THE WITCH HOUSE, starvation could be the least of your problems
LEON ME • The RESIDENT EVIL 4 remake isn’t the greatest game ever made: this is just a tribute
ALL A-BOAT IT • DREDGE is a near-perfect Lovecraftian fishing experience
DICING WITH DEATH • CLASH: ARTIFACTS OF CHAOS flips God of War upside down
HEART AND SOUL • Explore a beautiful tropical island using magic powers in TCHIA
TRENCH FOOT • THE GREAT WAR: WESTERN FRONT captures the brutality of the First World War
CLOUDED • After the highs of The Witch Queen, DESTINY 2: LIGHTFALL doesn’t stick the landing
A NOVEL IDEA • STORYTELLER is a short but sweet puzzle game about building tall tales
PRESTIGE TV • Explore a horror story with your remote in NIGHTMARE ZAPPER
NET RESULT • Playing footie in a sewer in FREEKICK UNDERGROUND
DOCTOR DOCTOR • Save a monstrous medical centre in BLACKOUT HOSPITAL
NORMANDY MORE • Back once again with the renegade MASS-ter EFFECT 2
MANTICORE WORLDS • DRAGON’S DOGMA: DARK ARISEN makes being uncool, cool
GOD GOALS • Hell is a never-ending family affair in HADES
SPEAKERS AND SOUNDBARS • Let’s test some tweeters and woofers to see which deliver bone-rattling, Earth-shattering audio.
CHARGE DEPLETED • PORTABLE GAMING’s a broader church than ever – are laptops still relevant?
PURPLE PATCH • BONZI BUDDY, the desktop companion who did $1bn of damage
BUYER’S GUIDE • Build the best PC for your budget
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