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“IT COULD BE A HUGE STEP FORWARD… OR A VERY COSTLY STUMBLE”

The PC Gamer team

NICE FRAMES BRO • An artist funded his sister’s degree and added a floor to his parents’ house with WARFRAME skins

LET THEM EAT CAKE

FARMING IS NOW SORT-OF AN ESPORT

THIEVES NEVER PROSPER

Highs & Lows

The Spy • BUT WHO WATCHES THE SPY?

This month in… 2011

FONT AND CENTRE • The tricky art of choosing a game’s font face

Dropdown expanded

LETTER LINGO • Some words for word designs

WIKI WILD WEST • HowDeus Ex inspired a WIKIPEDIA MURDER MYSTERY

INTERNET OF THINGS • The best games that simulate being online

BODY POLITIC • Celebrating the bravery and unbridled intellect of ION STORM AUSTIN

HI NG • The best songs by Invisible War’s pop star, NG Resonance

FAR CRY 6 • A new villain, a new country, but plenty that feels familiar

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY • A very different take on Marvel’s sci-fi miscreants

SAINTS ROW • The ultimate crime fantasy is getting a reboot next year

JURASSIC WORLD EVOLUTION 2 • Beautifully-rendered dinosaurs are the main attraction

MARTHA IS DEAD • Dark deeds, dark thoughts, and darkrooms

IXION • Manage your space station as the last hope for humanity

CALL OF DUTY: VANGUARD • Sledgehammer’s next WWII game follows the birth of special forces

NEED TO KNOW

Steam Full Ahead • Hands-on with the STEAM DECK, Valve’s attempt to make your Steam library portable.

TEST DRIVE • What we played on the Steam Deck

STEAM POWERED • Where Valve may take the Steam Deck next

Tech specs • Let’s break down the Steam Deck and see exactly what makes it tick.

SPECS AT A GLANCE

Steam Deck vs Nintendo Switch • The new kid on the block taking on the undisputed monarch of the gaming handhelds.

STAT COMPARISON

Are we buying a Deck? • The positivity, perils and pitfalls of the Valve’s great hope for handheld PC gaming

Emulate everything • Can one handheld play them all? By Wes Fenlon

SIZE COMPARISON

THE DUNGEON MASTERS • How D&D shaped every corner of PC gaming.

TOP OF THE TABLE • PC gaming’s favourite pen and paper worlds

DUNGEONS & JARGON • A handy glossary of weird tabletop terminology

GRATEFUL TO GYGAX • The PC games that pay their respects

REVIEW

Getting loopy

This month’s culturally relevant reviewers…

IT’S ONLY HUMAN • HUMANKIND is a solid 4X in need of a personality

PERFECT WORLD • How to use the settings to make a more interesting campaign

CULTURE CLUB • Some cultures to consider for each era

TIME WASTED • 12 MINUTES squanders its time loop on dull repetition and the year’s worst twist ending.

TAKE A BREAK • Four ways I’d rather spent 12 minutes of my time

AXIOM DISRUPTOR • AXIOM VERGE 2 is less Metroid, more ’vania

NEED TO KNOW

DOT HACK • Here’s how the game’s new...