“INZOI LOOKS LIKE IT IS SET TO STEAL THE SIMS’ LIFE SIM CROWN”

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REVIEW

HOW WE REVIEW We review each game

THE PCG INVESTIGATOR

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

A GHOST OF ITSELF

The once-legendary BIOWARE has lost at least half its staff

SHUTTING DOWN

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before:

WHERE YOU LEAST EXPECT IT

The official Assassin’s Creed Shadows artbook leaked. Not

UPSCALING MADE EASY

You know DLSS, the GPU tech that has

Highs & Lows

HIGHS Could and should GOG has resurrected

The Spy

BUT WHO WATCHES THE SPY?

HALF-LIGHT

A VALVE engineer had to tell the GPU companies they were wrong

Made in Japan

PC GAMING FROM THE LAND OF THE RISING SUN

Incoming

THE BIGGEST GAMES ON THE WAY

DOOM: THE DARK AGES

Eternal was all about acrobatics, this wants you to stand and fight

GRAVELORD

Riiiiiiise from your grave. And bash things with a shovel

ASSASSIN’S CREED SHADOWS

Ubisoft’s latest adventure is making a great first impression

ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN

Three hours with this helped me accept it’s not co-op Elden Ring

UNNATURAL WORLDS

A game that lives up to its name

FARAWAY

Quite a long way over the hills

SLIPGATE

We’re all doomed, Mr Freeman

PRISMA

Say cheese

WANDERSTOP

Make tea, not war

Life Swap

InZOI is readying up in all its ultra-realistic glory to be the first true rival The Sims series has ever had.

THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF CIVILIZATION

As the legendary 4X releases its seventh mainline instalment, PCG looks back at the games that made history

LINDSAY RIEHL

Firaxis’ chief of staff on Civ’s development

CIVI-LITE-ZATION

Lighter and leaner, CIVILIZATION VII sets its sights on assimilating a new audience

HOLD YOUR ORCSES

ORCS MUST DIE!: DEATHTRAP remains a bloody good time despite some growing pains

BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY

KINGDOM COME: DELIVERANCE 2 is huge, ambitious and brilliant

BACK IN BLACK

NINJA GAIDEN 2 BLACK gives a makeover to an action game classic

MAGICAL

Big hearts and bigger monsters make ETERNAL STRANDS something special

SNIPE HUNT

SNIPER ELITE: RESISTANCE continues to deliver pulpy thrills

MY BROKEN BODY

CITIZEN SLEEPER 2 isn’t the perfect sequel – but perfection’s overrated

CLOUDY DAY

FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH tries to convince you it’s moving

SNOW MERCY

LONELY MOUNTAINS: SNOW RIDERS combines tense downhill skiing with icy cosiness

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COOL TITLES FOR NO CASH

THEY’RE BACK

OLD GAMES REVISITED

MOTHERBOARDS

An often overlooked component, these clever boards take the hassle out of building a gaming PC.

SOFT LAUNCH

Nvidia’s 5-SERIES launch placed AI benefits above native rendering. Why?

WHAT’S NEXT?

The RGB ‘ GAMER AESTHETIC ’ will one day pass – what will take its place?

THE BUILD

4K Gaming Dominance

BUYER’S GUIDE

Build the best PC for your budget

“It totally works for the red-stringcorkboard I call a brain”

THE SILVER CASE sees me well on my way to reading more in 2025

“Tifa and Aerith are double trouble”

Getting laughed at in FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH

“Indy’s shadow provides all the information you need”

INDIANA JONES AND THE GREAT CIRCLE offers fore- and rear-shadowing

HUNT: SHOWDOWN 1896

I had doubts, but Post Malone’s Murder Circus is Crytek’s best seasonal event yet

THE BURTON EQUATION

Battle Combine across the 20th century in this Half-Life 2 mod.

GET STARTED IN KINGDOM COME: DELIVERANCE 2

Audentes fortuna iuvat!

DIVINITY: ORIGINAL SIN 2

SEARCHING FOR TRUE FREEDOM AND HIGH FASHION IN

VILLAINESSES

I support women’s rights, but I also support women’s wrongs.

TOTAL WAR: WARHAMMER III

Making the Old World feel young again

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