WELCOME

NICE FRAMES BRO

An artist funded his sister’s degree and added a floor to his parents’ house with WARFRAME skins

THE SPY

BUT WHO WATCHES THE SPY?

FONT AND CENTRE

The tricky art of choosing a game’s font face

WIKI WILD WEST

How Deus Ex inspired a WIKIPEDIA MURDER MYSTERY

BODY POLITIC

Celebrating the bravery and unbridled intellect of ION STORM AUSTIN

FAR CRY 6

A new villain, a new country, but plenty that feels familiar

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY

A very different take on Marvel’s sci-fi miscreants

SAINTS ROW

The ultimate crime fantasy is getting a reboot next year

JURASSIC WORLD EVOLUTION 2

Beautifully-rendered dinosaurs are the main attraction

MARTHA IS DEAD

Dark deeds, dark thoughts, and darkrooms

IXION

Manage your space station as the last hope for humanity

CALL OF DUTY: VANGUARD

Sledgehammer’s next WWII game follows the birth of special forces

Full Steam Ahead

Hands-on with the STEAM DECK, Valve’s attempt to make your Steam library portable

Tech specs

Let’s break down the Steam Deck and see exactly what makes it tick

Steam Deck vs Nintendo Switch

The new kid on the block taking on the undisputed monarch of the gaming handhelds.

Are we buying a Deck?

The positivity, perils and pitfalls of the Valve’s great hope for handheld PC gaming

Emulate everything

Can one handheld play them all?

THE DUNGEON MASTERS

How D&D shaped every corner of PC gaming

Getting loopy

Time loops seem to particularly resonate with people

IT’S ONLY HUMAN

HUMANKIND is a solid 4X in need of a personality

TIME WASTED

12 MINUTES squanders its time loop on dull repetition and the year’s worst twist ending

AXIOM DISRUPTOR

AXIOM VERGE 2 is less Metroid, more ’vania

ALIENTIDE

ALIENS: FIRETEAM ELITE isn’t the perfect organism, but it’s decent co-op fun

HIGHWAY OUTTA HELL

Procedural magic is at the heart of hitchhiking adventure ROAD 96

ROYAL PAIN

KING’S BOUNTY II does both tactics and RPG, but neither very well

GALAXY BRAIN

Jump for joy, sorrow, regrets, and more in PSYCHONAUTS 2

SIN CITY

A deep and enjoyable time loop mystery awaits in THE FORGOTTEN CITY

DEVIL’S IN THE DETAILS

HELL LET LOOSE is a WWII military sim that doesn’t quite sweat the small stuff enough

SKYFALL

HIGHFLEET is a frustrating mess and an impending cult hit

PAINT IT BLACK

WARHAMMER 40,000: BATTLESECTOR gives space marines some personality

POST NO BILLS

Having a jolly holiday with parcels in POSTBIRD IN PROVENCE

ALIENATION

NODOMUS opens a window to cosmic horror

TV FOR VENDETTA

Shooting conspiracies to death in KILLSPIRACY TV

SMOOTH OPERATOR

OLD GAMES REVISITED

BUG HUNT

Unexpecting the unexpected in PREY

PC WEBCAMS

Take a peek into the wonderful world of webcams.

TALES FROM THE CRYPTO

Environmentally-friendly power for CRYPTO MINING is becoming a big issue

BUYER’S GUIDE

Build the best PC for your budget

“You’d best beware my energy sword should ye step anywhere near it”

Finishing the fight every weekend in HALO 3

“You’ve got to earn your scraps of story”

Wishing GRIME had a bit less soul

“The environments are cluttered, bustling, and convincingly lived-in”

Falling in love with the Arcology, the setting for cyberpunk shooter THE ASCENT

“Could a quality peripheral turn me into Michael Schumacher?”

Will a fancy wheel bring the Grand Prix, or the booby prize, in F1 2017?

MINECRAFT

A ten-year-old game is still reaching new heights.

TIE FIGHTER: TOTAL CONVERSION

A brilliant port of the classic dogfighting sim

GET STARTED IN GENSHIN IMPACT 2.0

Make the most of your time once you dock in Inazuma

TOTAL WAR: WARHAMMER II

EAST MOVES WEST IN

VOXELS

WHAT MAKES GAMES SPECIAL

CLOSE COMBAT V: INVASION NORMANDY

OLD GAMES, NEW PERSPECTIVES

MUST PLAY

A PERSONAL LIST OF THE BEST GAMES YOU CAN PLAY RIGHT NOW