“A STUNNING NEW RPG THAT FEELS EXCITINGLY FRESH AND UNIQUE”

Thanks to spending many a night in my

UBI STRIKES BACK

Assassin’s Creed boss pushes back on the internet outrage mills

Highs & Lows

HIGHS Pricey titles To appease a Steam user,

FINDING A PATH

PCG INVESTIGATES

JAPAN’S PC PARADISE

PC GAMING FROM THE LAND OF THE RISING SUN

STRANGE SHADOW

Death Stranding encounters Attack on Titan

TOWER OF DRUAGA

A special 40th anniversary limited edition

POST-FINAL FANTASY

FANTASIAN NEO DIMENSION is finally out on PC

Incoming

THE BIGGEST GAMES ON THE WAY

ARC RAIDERS

The extraction shooter that finally brings the genre to the masses?

THE THING REMASTERED

The rose tint in these glasses is wearing thin

BEYOND ASTRA

Strategy and more take over the galaxies of space

BEYOND FRONTIERS

Space adventure prepares for blast off

SPIRIT OF THE NORTH 2

What does the fox say?

CITIZEN SLEEPER 2: RELEASE 2025

A mind forever voyaging, again

TWILIGHT BLADES

How CLAIR OBSCUR:b EXPEDITION 33, a western dark fantasy evolution of the turn-based JRPG, is bravely venturing into the unknown

SWORDS AT SUNSET

Meet some of the key members of Expedition 33

THE VANGUARD

DEVELOPER DIARY

LINE THESE UP

Other great RPGs with turn-based combat

GAME of the YEAR

Celebrating the absolute best of the last 12 months of PC gaming

STARDEW VALLEY

Kara Phillips: At this point, Stardew Valley

UFO 50

Evan Lahti: Imagine the feeling of stumbling

PACIFIC DRIVE

Jacob Ridley: Do you ever get that

TACTICAL BREACH WIZARDS

BEST TACTICS 2024

CAVES OF QUD

Lincoln Carpenter: There is too much to

THANK GOODNESS YOU’RE HERE!

Kara Phillips: A lot of the time,

STRAFTAT

Jake Tucker: STRAFTAT makes me feel old.

MANOR LORDS

Elie Gould: Manor Lords came out at

SATISFACTORY

BEST SANDBOX 2024

METAPHOR: REFANTAZIO

Mollie Taylor: As I’ve grown older and

ELDEN RING: SHADOW OF THE ERDTREE

BEST EXPANSION 2024

HELLDIVERS 2

Morgan Park: When Helldivers 2 comes

BALATRO

Robin Valentine: Balatro might be the most

VEILROADED

DRAGON AGE: THE VEILGUARD nails the action but stumbles on storytelling

CLASH OF CLANS

The venerable mech sim innovates with MECHWARRIOR 5: CLANS

BLOPS

CALL OF DUT Y: BLACK OPS 6 is belligerently enjoyable

FLUME ETERNAL

It really is better down where it’s wetter in PLANET COASTER 2

DAYS GONE

Reflecting on horror in FUNERALOPOLIS: LAST DAYS

VIDEO NASTY

PC investigation game VILE is aptly named

TRAIN OF THOUGHT

Choo choo choose this puzzle game RAIDE

HANNIBAL LECTURE

Learning to kick butt in ROME II: TOTAL WAR

FONDUE FAREWELL

OVER THE ALPS: essentially Our Man In Losanna

PISTE OUT

Drift, fly, repeat in STEEP

“The first fish I caught was a puny five-inch crayfish from a pond”

Doing anything but fishing in WEBFISHING

“Irreverent bloody FPS carnage”

Chainsawing fools in TURBO OVERKILL

“Set-pieces like the ruined factory manage to be incredibly deep”

Trying to remember the basics of CQC in METAL GEAR SOLID 3

“It shows you piles of corpses, then revels in its mechs and grimdark”

THE FOREVER WINTER stares into the abyss, and it stares back

HELLDIVERS 2

Turning that Super Destroyer around. By Harvey Randall

DEFINITIVE AC2 PARKOUR

MAJOR MODS, ANALYZED

GET STARTED IN DIABLO IV: VESSEL OF HATRED

Delve into the dark jungles of Nahantu

GAINING VALUABLE WORK EXPERIENCE IN ALPHA PROTOCOL

PERSONAL ADVENTURES IN GAMES

GR APPLERS

A quick fling

PATH OF EXILE

OLD GAMES, NEW PERSPECTIVES

MUST PLAY

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

COMPETITIVE GAMING MICE

Built with professional gamers in mind, even mere mortals have plenty to gain by using a swift and accurate gaming mouse

FORCE OF NATURE

Looking back at the GEFORCE 256, 25 years later

SHELF LIFE

RETRO PC preservation isn’t just hardware—boxed games deserve archiving too

THE BUILD

Mini doesn’t mean meagre —this tiny PC packs a punch

BUYER’S GUIDE

Build the best PC for your budget

BUDGET BUILD

Enjoy 1080p gaming without breaking the bank

THE PCG INVESTIG ATOR

Dick Ray-Tracing is who PC gamers go to for help when no one else will. This month’s case: THE BIG SLI