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“LET US BE YOUR BEACON OF POSITIVE THINKING THIS MONTH”

The PC Gamer team

BRAAAINS • Over a decade after release, PROJECT ZOMBOID attracts an astonishing horde of players

FLEXIBLE OLED PANELS

UNDYING LIGHT

GAME JOLT PURGE

Highs & Lows

The Spy • BUT WHO WATCHES THE SPY?

This month in… 2012

LOST CIVILIZATION • The community creating classic TOMB RAIDER adventures in 2021

Cursed Treasures?

PRICELESS ARTIFACTS • More must-play picks from 2021’s bumper Tomb Raider crop

SOURCE CODE • How Enter the Matrix led Outerloop’s creative director to THIRSTY SUITORS

BATTLE WORN • How DICE redefined multiplayer, and gave up on singleplayer

NAME GAME • Let us explain EA DICE AB’s complicated acronym

THE SETTLERS • Building cities and burning them down in Ubisoft’s RTS reboot

SKALD: AGAINST THE BLACK PRIORY • Teaching an old dog new tricks

I AM JESUS CHRIST • Are they making a messiah of it?

TOTAL WAR: WARHAMMER III • Fifty turns with the series’ weirdest, most ambitious faction

THE PLANET CRAFTER • Excuse me, can I have a world?

GREAT HOUSES OF CALDERIA • Fantasy grand strategy that aims to topple the reigning monarch

MINDS BENEATH US • Dystopia ain’t big enough for the both of us

BREAKWATERS • Beach better have my money

RISE OF THE MACHINES • The world of PC GAMING is more alive than ever –with plenty to look forward to.

ALIVE AND KICKING • Remember when PC gaming died? We don’t either, but people sure liked to say it was happening

THE LINE-UP • It’s set to be a fantastic year for releases – here’s just a few of the heaviest hitters

PC IN YOUR PALMS • The STEAM DECK could totally change how we play in 2022.

HANDS-ON • Games we can’t wait to play on the go

WHO NEEDS NEW GPUs? • 2022 is the year where you don’t need new HARDWARE for better gaming performance.

SOFT TOUCH • The lowdown on Microsoft DirectStorage

SCREEN LIVING • Finally, we live in the age of great GAMES ON TV.

NEXT TIME ON… • Upcoming game-to-TV adaptations to look forward to

THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT • Our PREDICTIONS for the year ahead – and beyond

DOWN THE RABBIT HOLF • The last remaining MATRIX ONLINE fans can’t wait for the renaissance

Wait training

This month’s ever-enduring reviews

APEX PREDATOR • MONSTER HUNTER: RISE is as good as Capcom’s flagship series has ever been

RISE AND SHINE • How you’ll spend your time in Monster Hunter: Rise

SERIOUS SLIME • THE GUNK is an enjoyable adventure stuck short of greatness

NEED TO KNOW

STICKY SITUATIONS

TACTICAL MISSTEP • THUNDER TIER ONE can’t help but hamstring itself

NEED TO KNOW

TIER ONE TEAMBUILDING • Your brothers in harms

PARENTING TIPS • GOD OF WAR is the best version of a masterpiece

NEED TO KNOW

HOW WE GOT HERE • Before he was in Midgard, Kratos did a lot of god...