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“WE POKE AND PROD AT THE GAME’S TECHNICAL FOUNDATIONS”
The PC Gamer team
BIG GAME HUNTER • Microsoft now owns THE ELDER SCROLLS, FALLOUT, and DOOM
FUTURE CLUB FORMS
CLASSIC MGS
CAN IT RUN CRYSIS?
Highs & Lows
The Spy • BUT WHO WATCHES THE SPY?
This month in… 2010
JAGGED NIGHTMARES • The rise of PS1-style horror games
Anatomy lesson
FURTHER NIGHTMARES • More from the Demo Disc
GREEN PASTURES • How ORCS MUST DIE! ’s developer escaped corporate influence
TWO TOWERS • Hybrid games that mix action and tower defence
EVIL GENIUS 2: WORLD DOMINATION • No, dear reader, I expect you to die
IMMORTALS FENYX RISING • A very Ubisoft take on Zelda: Breath of the Wild
PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE SANDS OF TIME REMAKE • The classic platformer, rebuilt in a modern engine
GRAVEN • A Hexen-inspired shooter that aims to take us back to 1998
NO UMBRELLAS ALLOWED • Time to separate the trash from the treasure
CLOUD GARDENS • A quietly beautiful vision of the post-apocalypse
CUTTING EDGE • The technological innovations bringing the world of CYBERPUNK 2077 to life.
TECH A LOOK • Cyberpunk 2077’s shiniest features
LEAPS AND BOUNDS • CD Projekt Red’s story so far…
RAW EMOTION • The secrets of JALI
SHLOCK HORROR • Looking back on the pioneer of fear that was HORROR SOFT.
BACK FROM THE GRAVE • How to play Horror Soft’s games today
FACES OF DEATH • Horror Soft’s death scenes are so grotesque that you can’t help but laugh
What the hell
HOW WE REVIEW
OUR SCORING SYSTEM EXPLAINED
LET US KNOW WHAT YOU THINK
This month’s super heroic reviewers…
GAME-AS-SERVICEABLE • MARVEL’S AVENGERS, but their best efforts feel in vain.
NEED TO KNOW
COMIC CAPERS • You can find comic book covers scattered throughout the game. Here’s just a few
AVENGERS SHOWDOWN
SPRAY ‘N’ PRAY • Dual-wield miniguns and rocket launchers in the dated, ridiculous SERIOUS SAM 4.
SHOOT WITH STYLE • Fashionable combos for any alien combat situation
NEED TO KNOW
HELLUNKY • HADES turns Greek mythology into a permadeath hack-and-slash.
NEED TO KNOW
AGENTS OF HUBRIS
NECROTIC • Fight over resources and punk fashion accessories in NECROMUNDA: UNDERHIVE WARS.
CULT FASHION • Must-have looks in the Underhive
NEED TO KNOW
LIVING LEGEND • You never know what’s going to happen next in PENDRAGON, an Arthurian narrative/strategy hybrid.
LIFE OR DEATH • The survival system explained
BULLET DANCER • It’s murder on the dancefloor in BPM: BULLETS PER MINUTE.
A NIGHT AT THE ROCK OPERA • Making sense of your screen
NEED TO KNOW
INTO THE MULTIVERSE • Tactical RPG STAR RENEGADES hops between dimensions and genres alike.
NEED TO KNOW
MEET THE GANG • Or at least, one timeline’s version
BIRDMAN FLYING •...