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“VALVE HAS CRATED A FASCINATING PIECE OF HARDWARE”

The PC Gamer team

BIG GAME HUNTING • Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of ACTIVISION BLIZZARD is the biggest deal in games history

DRIVING FORCE

SENATE, MEET RULE 34

CRYPTO KEEPERS

Highs & Lows

The Spy • BUT WHO WATCHES THE SPY?

This month in… 2012

UNREAL TOUR • What to expect from games running on UNREAL ENGINE 5 ’s ‘next-gen’ technology

Unreal legacy

DEMO SCENES • Four memorable tech demos across 25 years

BEYOND BIOSHOCK • Gone Home developer JOHNNEMANN NORDHAGEN’s career on the edge

2K MARIN-ATION • Other great indie games from the Bioshock 2 team

THE LONG GOODBYE • How TEAM BONDI built LA Noire on the back of The Getaway

GET OUT • The lengths put into capturing London

WARHAMMER 40K: CHAOS GATE – DAEMONHUNTERS • XCOM vibes, but with cosmic plagues and almost no RNG

GHOSTWIRE: TOKYO • Less The Evil Within, more Watch Dogs 2 with ghosts

WE ARE OFK • A fake band, a real videogame, and the joy of going with the flow

DUNE: SPICE WARS • We’ll be Dune some spice mining

ROOTS OF PACHA • The perfect farming sim for anyone keen on the stone age

MINA THE HOLLOWER • The Shovel Knight team’s latest project brings a gothic challenge

WORLDBOX – GOD SIMULATOR • Spooky action at a distance

STELLAR MONARCH 2 • The empire strikes back

GABE GREAR • Is the STEAM DECK a PC gaming revolution, or just another hardware boondoggle?

Steam Deck specs

All Hands on Deck • How does it play?

History in your hands • The Steam Deck truly is an emulation dream machine

Steamed RAM • How does the hardware perform?

Sorry, what? • Failing the significant other test

Deck Tech • Could it replace your PC?

WATCH THIS SPACE • What went down in THE NEW WAR, and what’s next for WARFRAME in 2022

TENNO SURVIVORS • Who’s Left Standing After The New War?

MMO money

This month’s parkouring, power-sliding reviews

NIGHT CITY • DYING LIGHT 2 is bigger and better than the original

NEED TO KNOW

TIME CRIMES • How I spend time in cutscenes

FRACTURED FACTIONS

FRESH STYLE • OLLIOLLI WORLD is a radical refresh for the sidescrolling skater

IT’S CALLED FASHION • Look it up

DUEL INTENTIONS • YU-GI-OH! MASTER DUEL brings the legendary card game into the esports age

NEED TO KNOW

DECK THE HALLS • Our top picks for decks you can work towards for free

BRAWLER REVIVAL • Become a kung fu master in SIFU

WAYS I DIED • You may find that this chart applies to other games, too

YOUNG VS OLD • The pros and cons of getting older

FEELING SLUGGISH • NOBODY SAVES THE WORLD is a delightfully silly and inventive dungeon-crawler

TOP FORMS • Some great picks for causing carnage

FREE-TO-SLAY • LOST ARK’s blend of ARPG and MMO is a (mostly) successful...