FINAL FANTASY XIV

“LARIAN STUDIOS IS RESURRECTING THIS HEROIC SERIES”

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QUANTUM PROCESSOR?

The ‘first product of the quantum processing algorithm’ was, in fact, not that

MATTER OF LIFE OR BSOD

Did you know there’s an emergency restart in

DIABLO IV’S ‘UNFAIR BUG’

After 173 hours play with a Diablo IV

FIVE YEARS UP IN SMOKE

A relic of MMO history died last month.

Highs & Lows

HIGHS Truckers 4 Life American Truck Simulator players

A LARA DIVIDED

PCG INVESTIGATES

ANIMATED DISCUSSION

THE UNSUNG HEROES OF DEVELOPMENT

PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE LOST CROWN

Not the Prince of Persia game you wanted, but the one you need

CYBERPUNK 2077: PHANTOM LIBERTY

We played Cyberpunk 2077’s expansion at Summer Game Fest

PAY DAY 3

Robbing a bank without a plan is as hard as it sounds

TOTAL WAR: PHARAOH

Total War returns to a more grounded take

ASSASSIN’S CREED MIRAGE

Ubisoft is making the Assassin’s Creed I’ve been asking for

MORTAL KOMBAT 1

With SF6 and MK1, we’ll be talking about 2023 for decades

STAR WARS OUTLAWS

Ubisoft’s Star Wars game looks like the best thing it’s made in ages

BALDUR’S FATE

After more than two decades, the wait is finally over. BALDUR’S GATE III is here and, as PC Gamer discovers, it’s changing the scope of what a CRPG can offer forever

WELCOME TO THE CITY OF BALDUR’S GATE

The metropolis has been lovingly recreated by Larian Studios

DEAD GOOD

RUNESCAPE is one of PC gaming’s oldest and most successful MMOs, and with its upcoming NECROMANCY skill and content expansion, looks set to continue its storied legacy

DOOM GUY

PC Gamer talks to industry legend JOHN ROMERO about his life in videogames

LIVING HELL

Fiery builds and lots of skeletons in the fantastical darkness of DIABLO IV

FIRST DATE JITTERS

Date squids and solve murders in MASK OF THE ROSE

SEMI-PRECIOUS

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: GOLLUM charms despite a fractured identity

ROLLERPOSER TYCOON

Parking up the wrong tree in PARK BEYOND

A WOLF IN JEEP’S CLOTHING

LEGO 2K DRIVE is a tried and tested formula, ruined by corporate greed

SCARY GOOD

Try to keep the lights on in AMNESIA: THE BUNKER

EARLY BIRDS

COOL TITLES FOR NO CASH

KING CRIMSON

She shoots, she scores in shmup CRIMSON FANTASIA

EXPRESS DELIVERY

Driving dangerously in delivery game NEO CITY EXPRESS

JUST DESERTS

OLD GAMES REVISITED

GRAVE REVIEWS

GHOST MASTER is The Sims for those with a sadistic streak

EMOTIONAL SUPPORT

Trying not to let my bottom lip wobble in SPIRITFARER

“I unload my shotgun into his face at point-blank range”

Returning to RAGE against the soulless machine

“A charming little railway simulator”

STATION TO STATION’s train set makes a great demo

“Why did Edward Diego turn his back on humanity to serve SHODAN?”

A hoot and a half from cyberhell in SYSTEM SHOCK

“When I have to fight, what I want is the illusion that I’m skilled”

Getting Saturday Nightsister Fever in STAR WARS JEDI: SURVIVOR

GET STRONG IN DIABLO IV

Fight like hell and survive Sanctuary

HERIK A—THE CHATGPT COMPANION

Skyrim with a follower using OpenAI’s chatbot

TAKING ON THE CHOSEN IN

XCOM 2 PART III The Assassin finally falls, but at what cost?

UNWRIT TEN RULES

An ode to the rites and rituals of online gamers.

BLACK & WHITE 2

OLD GAMES, NEW PERSPECTIVES

MUST PLAY

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

WIRELESS GAMING HEADSETS

There’s never been a better time to cut the cord and free your ears from your desktop.

CHAIN REACTION

The FITNESS APP invasion is redefining what PC gaming can be

VR NOT AMUSED

Why VIRTUAL REALITY makes some of us sick, and what we can do about it

BUYER’S GUIDE

Build the best PC for your budget

PCG&D

PC Gamer gathers its party before venturing forth