“A NEW MONKEY ISLAND GAME, HELMED BY ITS ORIGINAL CREATOR”

ROBIN VALENTINE Twitter @robinlvalentine This month Buried his

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GALACTIC SCANDAL

How EVE ONLINE’s most famous player was finally forced to quit the game

The Spy

BUT WHO WATCHES THE SPY?

BIG IN BRAZIL

Don’t know any LATIN AMERICAN GAME STUDIOS by name? That’s about to change

SFX EDUCATION

Audio director PAUL WEIR on making No Man’s Sky sound out of this world

Incoming

THE BIGGEST GAMES ON THE WAY

WARFRAME: THE DUVIRI PARADOX

Digital Extreme is getting into the time loop business

SOULFRAME

After nearly a decade, the Warframe devs have a new game

CIRCUS ELECTRIQUE

Terrorising London with clowns in a Darkest Dungeon-esque RPG

CLANFOLK

Hunker down, stay warm, and stockpile everything

Farthest Frontier

A challenging survival c ity builder from the developer of Grim Dawn

Dinkum

Start a new life in the Australian outback

A TREASURED IS LAND

There was never meant to be a RETURN TO MONKE Y ISLAND – but Ron Gilbert is making the trip.

MOONW ALKING

Naoki Yoshida on how FINAL FANTASY XIV found its feet after seven years – and what’s next for the behemoth MMO.

REVIEW

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TOP 100 2022

PERSONAL PICK Mollie Taylor HATSUNE MIKU PROJECT DIVA

SIM KITTY

STRAY is a sparkling feline adventure that always lands on its feet

MOUSE TRAP

Save a cursed forest in WITCH STRANDINGS, the latest ‘strand game’

SWING TIME

MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN REMASTERED is a mostly good port of a mostly good game

SILENCE, BAND

WE ARE OFK painfully wants to be your next favourite thing

SCHOOL’S A JOKE

TWO POINT CAMPUS offers a great education in zaniness

THUMBS UP, GLADI-SKATER

With slow-mo action and skating, ROLLERDROME’s the sport of the century

Pain Conductor

SYMPHONY OF WAR: THE NEPHILIM SAGA reimagines the strategy JRPG

HOPPY DAYS

Trade with frogs, and almost become one yourself in TIME ON FROG ISLAND

THE TOAD AHEAD

Weirdly, there are lots of indie frog games on the way

DEBUG MODE

STARSHIP TROOPERS: TERRAN COMMAND gets both the strategy and the satire right

TIMELINE

Starship Troopers has a gaming history best described as ‘uneven’

COMBINED ARMS

Here’s a basic guide to fielding a strong army

A BIGGER BOAT

Survive a waterlogged world by crafting a floating base in RAFT

SHIP SHAPE

Gaming boats that are sturdier than my rickety raft

WITNESS ME

Solve puzzles aplenty in funny parody game THE LOOKER

ENOUGH ROPE

Hanging by a thread in climbing platformer TOY CAVERS

GOOD GRIDDANCE

Decking the king in tactical card game PAPER SOLDIERS

LIZARD WARNING

YOOKA-LAYLEE strums the banjo

MORSEL ENEMIES

The original OVERCOOKED is a recipe for disaster

LOVERS IN A DANGEROUS SPACETIME

O ften, in romance movies, disparate characters fall

KUUKIYOMI: CONSIDER IT

Consider It feels like penance after the rancour

MY FRIEND PEDRO

R ounding up the theme of comradeship we

BUDGET CASES

Play it smart by saving money on your chassis and spending it on bigger and better components.

HIP TO BE SQUARE

The rise and fall of the gamer aesthetic

SYSTEM SHOCK

The games that forced our hand to upgrade

BUYER’S GUIDE

Build the best PC for your budget

BUDGET BUILD

Enjoy 1080p gaming without breaking the bank

MID-RANGE BUILD

Our recommended build for playing the latest games

ADVANCED BUILD

Go above and beyond with a PC powerful enough to end worlds

“Easy-to-learn, hard-to-master”

MULTIVERSUS is a hell of a combo

“The last time this universe felt like it wanted you to be a cutthroat killer”

Going back to ASSASSIN’S CREED SYNDICATE reminds me of the series’ glory days

“Princess Zelda and Max Payne shot into my broadside like a pair of fangs”

Playing mod roulette in demolition racer WRECKFEST

OVERWATCH 2

Second PvP beta is a testing ground for new ideas

DOOM RPG

A strange forgotten gem.

MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR NINE LIVES IN STRAY

Find your way as a little cat in the big city

TOYING WITH THE INSECT INVASION IN INTO THE BREACH: ADVANCED EDITION

Stop hitting yourself

GOING LIVE

How streaming became my passion

DUNGEON OF THE ENDLESS

A simple but effective strategy game that’s still my mainstay

MUST PLAY

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

PET PROJECT

PC Gamer’s furry friends weigh in on STRAY

“THE GAMES WE MOST RECOMMEND PLAYING IN 2022”

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