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PC Gamer

Apr 01 2025
Magazine

In addition to a great visual design, PC Gamer focuses more on communities, user-made content and of course the big-name games we know and love! Each issue also offers exclusive previews and insightful features to make sure you're at the top of your game. Delivering authoritative, honest, informative and entertaining reviews, PC Gamer is the ultimate buyer’s guide.

****Note: This digital edition does not include the covermount items or supplements you would find with printed copies.****

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

The PC Gamer team

A GHOST OF ITSELF • The once-legendary BIOWARE has lost at least half its staff

SHUTTING DOWN

WHERE YOU LEAST EXPECT IT

UPSCALING MADE EASY

Highs & Lows

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

History buff

This month’s chivalrous reviewers…

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

INK. WELL? • Spilling ink in action roguelike INKING

BREATHLESS • Defeat a vampire in DESMOND’S CASTLE

BALL CONTROL • There’s more to XENOSPHERE than meets the eye

SALAZAR’S REVENGE • Dealing with Plaga louts in RESIDENT EVIL 4

CRATE EXPECTATIONS • The secret war against shelf space in UNPACKING

MEND GOALS • Getting my fix in ASSEMBLE WITH CARE

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...


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Frequency: Monthly Pages: 132 Publisher: Future Publishing Ltd Edition: Apr 01 2025

OverDrive Magazine

  • Release date: February 27, 2025

Formats

OverDrive Magazine

subjects

Tech & Gaming

Languages

English

In addition to a great visual design, PC Gamer focuses more on communities, user-made content and of course the big-name games we know and love! Each issue also offers exclusive previews and insightful features to make sure you're at the top of your game. Delivering authoritative, honest, informative and entertaining reviews, PC Gamer is the ultimate buyer’s guide.

****Note: This digital edition does not include the covermount items or supplements you would find with printed copies.****

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

The PC Gamer team

A GHOST OF ITSELF • The once-legendary BIOWARE has lost at least half its staff

SHUTTING DOWN

WHERE YOU LEAST EXPECT IT

UPSCALING MADE EASY

Highs & Lows

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

History buff

This month’s chivalrous reviewers…

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

INK. WELL? • Spilling ink in action roguelike INKING

BREATHLESS • Defeat a vampire in DESMOND’S CASTLE

BALL CONTROL • There’s more to XENOSPHERE than meets the eye

SALAZAR’S REVENGE • Dealing with Plaga louts in RESIDENT EVIL 4

CRATE EXPECTATIONS • The secret war against shelf space in UNPACKING

MEND GOALS • Getting my fix in ASSEMBLE WITH CARE

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...


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