WELCOME

“TAKING THE THEME PARK SIM TO AN EVEN HIGHER LEVEL OF FUN”

BOMBS AWAY

NEWS | OPIN ION | DEV ELOPMENT

MYTHMAKING

Special Report

WRITE KNIGHT

Secret Level

A NEW DAWN

Made in Japan

SID MEIER’S CIVILIZ ATION VII

Big changes are coming to the 30-year-old grand strategy series

CL AIR OBSCUR: E XPEDITION 33

The Belle Époque meets dark fantasy in this new RPG

THE PLUCK Y SQUIRE

How many games let you make friends with aMtG card?

SPECTRE DIVIDE

3v3 Counter-Strike for the aim-down-sights generation

MAKING A SPLASH

How PLANET COASTER 2 is upgrading the theme park sim genre like never before.

A NEW WORLD

To build his digital planet, PUBG’s Brendan Greene first had to build his own studio.

DOWN BY THE RIVER

For the first anniversary of BALDUR’S GATE III, PC Gamer spoke exclusively to SWEN VINCKE about the past, present and future of Larian Studios

MONKEY TALE

BLACK MYTH: WUKONG is the most delightful Soulslike

STEAMWORK

STEAMWORLD HEIST 2 is the most ambitious SteamWorld game yet

BULLET HECK

CYGNI: ALL GUNS BLAZING is an accessible shoot-’em-up with some clever twists

ICAST GUN

TACTICAL BREACH WIZARDS is spellbindingly spectacular—I just want more of it

STARSHIP BLOOPERS

EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 6 elevates B-movie action with a smart time-travel twist

STICKY BUSINESS

WORLD OF GOO 2 is definitely goo-d enough for two

MECH ME OVER

COOL TITLES FOR NO CASH

BITING BACK

The tooth is out there in adventure TEETH OF GLASS

SMOKE ALARM

THE INVISIBLE SMOKE FACTORY is back in a Flash

DOUBLE DUTCH

OLD GAMES REVISITED

CARD TARGET

Experiencing cabin fever in the excellent INSCRYPTION

YETI AGAIN

Getting sas-squashed in the name of science in BIGFOOT

“I still enjoy hearing Cassandra grumble and Dorian be debonair”

Replaying DRAGON AGE: INQUISITION has recalibrated my expectations for The Veilguard

“Ouch, that’s gotta hurt!”

Shooting Nazis in RETURN TO CASTLE WOLFENSTEIN

“I like Pillars of Eternity better than Baldur’s Gate III”

THE GAMES WE LOVE RIGHT NOW

“A harrowing dark fantasy about hapless, bright-eyed children”

Spelunking into hell with MADE IN ABYSS: BINARY STAR FALLING INTO DARKNESS

OVERWATCH 2

WHAT’S NEW IN THE BIGGEST GAMES

THE IMMORTAL LOCK

MAJOR MODS, ANALYZED

TRIUMPH IN TOTAL WAR: PHAR AOH DYNASTIES

GET MORE FROM YOUR GAMES

FALLOUT 4: LUCK IEST MAN ALIVE

Survival difficulty strikes back

ORIGINAL AND REMASTERED GRAPHICS

Embrace your inner art critic with gaming’s greatest toggle.

HADES

OLD GAMES, NEW PERSPECTIVES

MUST PLAY

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

WIRELESS ROUTERS

Take to the airwaves with these high-speed networking wonders

OLD HAND

For GAMING MICE, does familiarity matter more than specs?

NEW MANEUVERS

TECH TALES

BUYER’S GUIDE

Build the best PC for your budget

BUDGET BUILD

Enjoy 1080p gaming without breaking the bank

ADVANCED BUILD

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