WAR MONGRELS

WELCOME

THE WINNER IS…

Respawn becomes the first game developer to win an Oscar

The Spy

BUT WHO WATCHES THE SPY?

SEASON PASS

PCG INVESTIGATES

BOY RACER

INSPIRATIONS AND CONNECTIONS IN GAMES

CHASING THE HARE

GAMING’S LINEAGES EXPLORED

EXPEDITIONS: ROME

Swords, sandals, and a serious RPG under the toga

DIABLO II: RESURRECTED

The satanic lord of action RPGs returns

LAST STOP

London calling, with sex cults and bickering teenagers

GORD

Make sure your village doesn’t get eaten by spiders

TWELVE MINUTES

Solve a time loop mystery without leaving your flat

PATHFINDER: WRATH OF THE RIGHTEOUS

A fantasy RPG split between two worlds

LET’S BUILD A ZOO

The Island of Dr Moreau, but with more expensive fast food

SKY BENEATH

Oh what a feeling, when we’re puzzling on the ceiling

KYNSEED

At the mercy of harvest gods and grumpy neighbours

WE ARE THE CARETAKERS

Putting the ‘game’ in ‘game reserve’

DORFROMANTIK

Welcome to the build-a-burg workshop

STAR DYNASTIES

Infidelity is more effective than a Death Star in this strategy game

RIDE OR DIE

DARKEST DUNGEON II CHARTS A NEW PATH THROUGH  TERROR IN A ROGUELIKE ROAD TRIP TO SAVE HUMANITY.  JUST MIND THE ‘NEXT EXIT: MADNESS’ SIGNS

FIGHT NIGHT

The MORTAL KOMBAT film wants to be taken seriously, but all you’ll really care about is Scorpion vs Sub-Zero

REVIEW

HOW WE REVIEW We review each game on

This month’s running-for-their-lives reviewers…

ANDY KELLY Specialist in Hand reattachment Currently playing

LADY KILLER

RESIDENT EVIL VILLAGE is a collection of bizarre, beautiful haunted houses, with some of the scariest moments in the entire series. 

NIER AT HAND

NIER REPLICANT is a welcome second chance for a singular action-RPG. 

ROAD TRIPPIN’

Strap in for a surreal ride across the American midwest in HITCHHIKER. 

CIRCUIT BREAKER

SILICON DREAMS asks, are you feeling lucky, cyberpunk? 

SCRAPING BY

Despite technical wobbles, MOTOGP 21 justifies another annual release. 

HELP YOURSELF

Time travel meets FPS combat in QUANTUM LEAGUE. 

SMELTING POT

SMELTER combines side-scrolling action levels with a real-time strategy map. 

WINTER’S TALES

IF ON A WINTER’S NIGHT, FOUR TRAVELERS is an accomplished anthology

MATCHMAKING

Mahjong meets match-three in NOJONG

EYES WIDE SHUT

Fighting volcanic monsters BEASTS OF MEHETIA

EYEPATCH NOTES

Sick-simmered fish and financial stress in SEA OF THIEVES

UNDER PRESSURE

Enjoy a heightened sense of paranoia in SOMA

ABZU

Thalassophobes look away… well, before you look at

SONG OF THE DEEP

Who wouldn’twant to trade with a monstrous business

MEGAQUARIUM

This fish may look innocent, but he’s doing

HIGH REFRESH RATE MONITORS

You don’t need to be an esports pro to get the most out of a high refresh monitor

CRYPTO CRACKERS

Could a sufficiently powerful computer bring down Bitcoin?

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

“The first time I played it, I think I just found this all a little confusing”

CONTINUED ADVENTURES IN GAMING

“They look like little plastic discs”

Making a token effort in TRIALS OF FIRE

“I’m scrambling around in the dark fending off monstrous wicker men”

Grappling with myths and monsters in hand-pencilled folk horror MUNDAUN

“He moved from asteroid to asteroid, carving gashes along their sides”

Can you teach a five-year-old child to play ELITE: DANGEROUS?

HITMAN 3’S SEASON OF GREED

Agent 47 goes for the gold many times over. 

FALLOUT: NEW VEGAS, BUT WEIRD

Mix it up with some randomness

MAKE YOUR PC LAST

Keep your ageing rig going as the GPU shortage continues. 

ROLLING THE DICE IN DISHONORED 2

Putting Arkane’s whalepunk immersive sim on shuffle

MONSTER HUNTER WORLD

It’s slow, but there’s nothing like making monster pancakes. 

BROKEN SWORD: THE SHADOW OF THE TEMPLARS

Revisiting a point-and-click classic

MUST PLAY

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