“THERE’S NEVER BEEN A BETTER TIME TO HEED THE CALL OF FFXIV”

ROBERT JONES Twitter @rnicholasj This month Decided that

BLAME JOEL

HELLDIVERS 2 is controlled by one mysterious man

BIG DECK ENERGY

PCG INVESTIGATES

DIFFICULTY CURVES

THE UNSUNG HEROES OF DEVELOPMENT

MANOR LORDS

City building with epic battles in a game laying siege to Steam

BREACHWAY

Slay the laser fire in this roguelike card-battler

DUNGEONBORNE

Explore the dungeons of Steam Next Fest’s biggest hit

PL ANE ACCIDENT

Liven up a walk in the woods by investigating a crash

AGE OF MYTHOLOGY: RETOLD

Revamped graphics, changes to unit numbers and more

KINGMAKERS

Just another medieval combat game, with attack helicopters

SPELLROGUE

Remove the randomness of dice with smart thinking and maths

A NEW DAWN

A whole new world of adventure awaits PC gamers in bold new expansion FINAL FANTASY XIV: DAWNTR AIL

BRANCH OUT

ELDEN RING: SHADOW OF THE ERDTREE is FromSoftware’s most ambitious expansion yet

GUIDED BY GRACE

Why we love FromSoftware’s colossal RPG ELDEN RING

FAST & CURIOUS

Repair, improve and pilot a quirky station wagon in survival game PACIFIC DRIVE

LOST ARC

TOMB RAIDER I-III REMASTERED brings ancient treasures back into the light

ARR-RIGHT

SKULL AND BONES is a fun game that’s hamstrung by today’s live service conventions

BUG HUNT

HELLDIVERS 2 is a masterful, hilarious squad shooter, when it works

STRAIGHT FLUSH

Cheaters constantly prosper in the sublime BALATRO

MIDNIGHT POWER

PERSONA 3: RELOAD is a big, beautiful revamp of the lengthy classic

PEAK PRECISION

A modern platforming classic embraces 3D in CELESTE 64

SHOE-IN

These boots are made for walking in NEURAL PARASITE

SLUDGE LIFE

Less waste, more speed in platformer TOXIC TOMB

SKYHOLD PLEASE

Poetry and passing judgement in DRAGON AGE: INQUISITION

KRULL

Multiplayer action in CASTLE CRASHERS

SIGMAR-A-LAGO

A city break inside MORDHEIM: CITY OF THE DAMNED

“It probably sounds like madness playing this in bed on my Steam Deck”

A masochist returns to NIOH 2 yet again

“I plunge my blade into his heart”

Succumbing to bloodlust in DISHONORED 2

“Clearly having the best superhero studio on the planet wasn’t enough”

I really wanted to like SUICIDE SQUAD: KILL THE JUSTICE LEAGUE, alas…

“Not content with draining Earth’s oceans, they’ve taken the clouds too”

A less-than-100%-successful attempt to marry HALF-LIFE 2 with RTX Remix

RAINBOW SIX SIEGE

Siege’s villain era begins with a new operator. 

PALWORLD

The biggest game of 2024 is getting lots of attention from modders.

GET STARTED IN PALWORLD

Assemble a Pal workforce and build your base.

SE ARCHING FOR LOST PIR ATE TRE ASURE IN STARFIELD

PART 3 Espionage, betrayal and bloodshed: Jett Johnson is back!

COOKING IN KYNSEED

This weird RPG has beautiful foods and tactile kitchen tasks.

DEUS EX: MANK IND DIVIDED

Chafing against the robot arms future in this incredible immersive sim.

MUST PLAY

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

RTX 40-SERIES SUPER GPUs

Here’s how the new Super variants of Ada Lovelace graphics cards stack up.

GOING DEEPER

DLSS is getting smarter—what does that mean for local computational power?

ALL RISE

Is a sit-stand gaming setup worth it in 2024?

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

MEET THE PC GAMER CAPTAIN

Under the fearsome PC (that’s ‘Piratical Company’) Gamer captain BOBERT BONES, the PC gaming privateers roam the virtual gaming seas with one goal, to defeat console gamers and loot them of their XP, booty and—crucially—bragging rights