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“COMPANY OF HEROES 3 MIGHT BE ITS MOST EXCITING GAME YET”

The PC Gamer team

ALPHA STRIKE • MINECRAFT archivists finally uncover the rarest known build of the game

SAME AS THE OLD BOSS?

RARE FORM

MORE CONTROL

STRANGER OF PARADISE

Highs & Lows

TheSpy • BUT WHO WATCHES THE SPY?

This month in… 2011

VIDEODAMES • The grandma gamers of the GRAND DAMES

Shirley, on her mod

AWESOME FOURSOME • The Grand Dames on games

HIGH ROLLER • How TERRY CAVANAGH bet it all on the simple joy of platforming

FREE WHERE? • Get a slice of Terry for nothing

RAY OF LIGHT • How comedy, cartoons, and a connection to nature set UBISOFT MONTPELLIER apart

BEAT IT • Montpellier’s greatest musical moments

MARVEL’S GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY • Banter, ’80s bangers, and not a microtransaction in sight

STARFIELD • Skyrim’s not the limit

THE ANACRUSIS • A sci-fi spin on Left 4 Dead, from former Valve and Riot developers

ELDEN RING • From’s Soulssuccessor is ringing in the changes

REDFALL • Left 4 Dead with vampires

TERRA NIL • An eco-friendly antidote to planet-stripping sims

HOT WHEELS UNLEASHED • Hands-on with Milestone’s licensed loop-de-loop-’em-up

PHANTOM ABYSS • Tomb-raiding has never been this fun (or treacherous)

ENCASED • Survival in this mysterious dome is no picnic

GRAVEN • Deep in the sewers something is stirring… and it smells like pixels

SHOCK & AWE • COMPANY OF HEROES 3 is coming to wake up the RTS genre.

BRICK BY BRICK • How destruction transforms a map

TANKS A LOT • Personalise your engines of destruction

THEY’RE GOOD COMPANY • Meet a few of the companies you’ll be able to field

GLAMPING • Rating the US faction buildings

TREASURED MEMORIES • Celebrating PC gaming’s long love affair with D&D’s FORGOTTEN REALMS.

DRAGON’S TAIL • Selected works from PC’s long history with Faerûn

Myth take

HOW WE REVIEW

OUR SCORING SYSTEM EXPLAINED

This month’s dungeoneering, dragon-slaying reviewers…

SLICE AND DICE • Gut goblins galore in DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: DARK ALLIANCE

FIGHTING SPIRIT • Dark Alliance’s four playable heroes

DUNGEON MASTERS • D&D videogame deep cuts

FOR THE ORDER • Go out without a limb in CHIVALRY II’s glorious medieval battles

THE SIEGE OF RUDHELM • How an objective-based battles plays out

NEED TO KNOW

SPECIAL GRIFT • Play your cards right and GRIFTLANDS will tell you a great story

FRIENDS IN LOW PLACES • It’s not who you know…

NEED TO KNOW

MONSTERS, INK • ROGUEBOOK’s deckbuilding dungeon crawl stands out, but avoids greatness

MAKE YOUR OWN STORY • The ‘embellishments’ tree is key to progression – here’s what to unlock first

LEGO ISLANDS • LEGO BUILDER’S JOURNEY captures the joy of those little plastic bricks

NEED TO...