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“LARIAN STUDIOS IS RESURRECTING THIS HEROIC SERIES”

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

MATTER OF LIFE OR BSOD

DIABLO IV’S ‘MOST UNFAIR BUG’

FIVE YEARS UP IN SMOKE

Highs & Lows

The Spy • BUT WHO WATCHES THE SPY?

A LARA DIVIDED • How TOMB RAIDER’s early marketing campaigns objectified an icon

ANIMATED DISCUSSION • Sumo Digital’s THOMAS CROFTS on the craft and importance of animation in games

Incoming • THE BIGGEST GAMES ON THE WAY

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

PAYDAY 3 • Robbing a bank without a plan is as hard as it sounds

TOTAL WAR: PHARAOH • Total War returns to a more grounded take

ALAN WAKE 2 • Gorgeous and eerie, but the core mystery isn’t convincing

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

AVATAR: FRONTIERS OF PANDORA • Ubisoft’s Avatar game looks like a Far Cry clone so far

ASSASSIN’S CREED MIRAGE • Ubisoft is making the Assassin’s Creed I’ve been asking for

BALDUR’S FATE • After more than two decades, the wait is finally over. BALDUR’S GATE III is here and, as Robert Jones discovers, it’s changing the scope of what an 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

Hail Lilith!

This month’s Lilith-worshipping reviewers…

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

IRON CURTAIN • Retro-style shooter HROT is surprisingly whimsical for its grim looks

ROLLERPOSER TYCOON • Parking up the wrong tree in PARK BEYOND

A WOLF IN JEEP’S CLOTHING • LEGO 2K DRIVE is a tyre’d and tested formula, ruined by corporate greed

SCARY GOOD • Try to keep the lights on in AMNESIA: THE BUNKER

EARLY BIRDS • Many wings make flight work in RAVENHAUL

KING CRIMSON • She shoots, she scores in shmup CRIMSON FANTASIA

EXPRESS DELIVERY • Driving dangerously in delivery game NEO CITY EXPRESS

JUST DESERTS • Returning to METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN

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

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...