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“BIGGER, BLEAKER, AND MORE DANGEROUS THAN EVER BEFORE”
The PC Gamer team
PC Gamer
GRAND THEFT LOTTO • GTA: THE TRILOGY had one of the greatest launch disasters of recent times
XP TRAP
MASS EFFECT TO RETURN
THIEVES HIJACK TRUCK
Highs & Lows
The Spy • BUT WHO WATCHES THE SPY?
This month in… 2011
MAP QUEST • The diehard GAMEFAQS user who’s drawn over 3,500 maps
FAQs facts
MAP EXPANSION • How StarFighters76’s maps have evolved over 20 years
TRY, TRY AGAIN • How N: THE WAY OF THE NINJA became the PC’s best platformer – then got better
KING BROWSER • These web platformers were no Flash in the pan
BACK FROM THE DEAD • How TURTLE ROCK STUDIOS righted itself after rolling on its back
4 + 1 = 0 • The great asymmetrical multiplayer struggle
WARFRAME: THE NEW WAR • The latest update is an epic years in the making
WEIRD WEST • An immersive sim that blends chaotic combat and horror
MEN OF WAR II • The return of the men who love war, and their tanks
SACRED FIRE • Your worst enemy is your own mind in this psychological RPG
THE MONSTER WITHIN • Meet your new beast friends
IN THE ZONE • New mutants, a new faction, and new ways to die in STALKER 2: HEART OF CHERNOBYL.
PICKING SIDES • STALKER’s factions have different goals and ideologies. Who will you side with?
CLUB DREAD • Love STALKER’s bleak and hopeless atmosphere? Sure, we all do! Here are other games that capture a similar feeling
GAME OF THE YEAR 2021 • Celebrating the absolute best of the last 12 months of PC gaming
PERSONAL PICK
This month’s 360 no-scoping reviewers…
DUTY STALLS • Despite some impressive moments, CALL OF DUTY: VANGUARD struggles to stand out
NEED TO KNOW
HAMMERING IT HOME • Sledgehammer’s decade with Call of Duty
PARTY LINES • RIDERS REPUBLIC falls just short of shred heaven
NEED TO KNOW
A QUIET PLACE • Three natural havens to explore in Zen Mode
LIKE A BOSS • FOOTBALL MANAGER 2022 ensures that heavy is the head that wears the crown
PAINTING 1,000 WORDS • Data visualisations as teams…
SUPER SLEUTH • SHERLOCK HOLMES: CHAPTER ONE is an ambitious sandbox with a younger detective
TRICKS OF THE TRADE • How the consulting detective solves crimes
SHUFFLE KNIGHT • VOICES OF CARDS: THE ISLAND DRAGON ROARS doesn’t play its cards right
NEED TO KNOW
TARO CARDS • Four characters worthy of Yoko Taro
BIGGER FIELD • BATTLEFIELD 2042 refocuses the series on its founding principle: being huge
NEED TO KNOW
ZONES VS BAYOUS VS EASTERN EUROPE • How Hazard Zone’s premise compares to other modes
OLD-SCHOOL TACTICS • How to play Battlefield like a series veteran
SWORD AND BOARD • GLOOMHAVEN brilliantly translates the beloved board game to your PC screen
NEED TO KNOW
INSIDE THE BOX • The world of tabletop Gloomhaven
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