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“MECHWARRIOR HAS ALWAYS BEEN A BIG PART OF PC GAMING”

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WHICH WITCHER?

NETFLIX GUY blames “Americans and young people” for dumbing down

BEAR DOES DAMAGE

You think you know everything there is to

NO FACE LIKE GNOME

Playing a gnome or halfling in Baldur’s GateIII?

SNAKE’S RETURN

Metal Gear Solid:The Master Collection Vol 1 arrives

WIZARDRY’S LEGACY

Over 40 years old, the WIZARDRY series is still kicking

TRAILER SWIFT

Freelance video editor JAMES MCGREGOR on making a good videogame trailer

WARHAMMER AOS: REALMS OF RUIN

Understanding the spirit of Frontier’s new RTS

STALKER 2: HEART OF CHORNOBYL

Life’s tough in the zone

LORDS OF THE FALLEN

World-hopping glow-up

WARHAMMER 40K: SPACE MARINE 2

Chaos is winning right now, I fear

HOMEWORLD 3

The space RTS aims to please with its War Games mode

MECH MY DAY

MECHWARRIOR 5: CLANS is bringing a narrative focus and intricate, handcrafted missions back to the storied series.

THE BEST MECH GAMES ON PC

From anime mecha to rusty 100-ton war machines, the best mech games for giant robot lovers

PURE MAGIC

BALDUR’S GATE III is a dream RPG that was worth the 23-year wait

FOILED AGAIN

EN GARDE! is a brief yet riotous piece of swashbuckling nostalgia

MARLEY & ME

SHADOW GAMBIT: THE CURSED CREW embraces the magic of save-scumming

ARMORED & DANGEROUS

ARMORED CORE VI: FIRES OF RUBICON is every bit the revival this mech series deserved

PIECES OF GREAT

Gunfire Games makes subverting expectations a habit in REMNANT II

GORD STIFF

Don’t sacrifice your time to mediocre survival strategy GORD

TRUFFLE SHUFFLE

There’s not mushroom for error in SHROOM AND GLOOM

GOD IS DEAD

Solve a cracking murder mystery in SHARDS OF GOD

MONKEY SEE

Monkey do in sci-fi adventure game THE THIRD WISH

SERKIS ACT

Monkeying about in ENSLAVED: ODYSSEY TO THE WEST

DEMOLITION MAN

The literal hammer of justice in RED FACTION: GUERRILLA

POUNDING HEAD

The primal fury of APE OUT

“My main’s the Cowboy, and my favorite gambit is Impale”

YOUR ONLY MOVE IS HUSTLE doesn’t hate you for taking time off

“Talk to basically any corpse in the game”

Raising the dead in BALDUR’S GATE III

“Unlike a typical life or farm sim, I’m not tracking days or energy use”

PALIA is a cozy MMO where you’re not a hero

“I explore the rural village, scavenge for ammo and push past the Ganados”

RESIDENT EVIL 4 REMAKE retells one of gaming’s greatest experiences

BLOOD BOWL 3 SEASON 1

The fantasy football game’s first season is an own goal

GET STARTED IN BALDUR’S GATE III

Welcome to the Forgotten Realms

CRACKING THE CASE IN SHADOWS OF DOUBT

Procedural PI Phil Noir chases one last killer

FIGHTING GAME TOURNAMENTS

Finding my own beautiful game.

JET SET RADIO

A vibrant Tokyo-like city with an anti-establishment attitude

PLAY MUST

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

WIRELESS GAMING MICE

I challenge you to spot the difference between these wireless rodents and their wired counterparts.

BLUE DAWN

INTEL graphics cards have become a genuine contender. How, and why?

COSMETIC ITEMS

The quest for the ultimate aesthetic gaming space

BUYER’S GUIDE

Build the best PC for your budget

PC GAMER BAT TLEMECH V30

Meet the weapon that has kept PC Gamer Towers safe from hordes of heretical console gamers for 30 years