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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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