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“FIERCE SPACE POLITICS, GIANT WORMS, AND PSYCHIC DRUGS”
The PC Gamer team
IN THE STARS • Bethesda’s “Skyrim in space” STARFIELD has been delayed to 2023
QUANTUM STORAGE
DREAMLIGHT VALLEY
MOVE OVER ALYX
Highs & Lows
The Spy • BUT WHO WATCHES THE SPY?
This month in… 2012
BALANCING ACT • Blizzard hopes for big change by switching OVERWATCH from 6v6 to 5v5
Role Swap
NEW ERA • What exactly will be in Overwatch 2?
GRANDMA TURISMO • How streetracer SZROT became a celebration of Eastern European cultures
ROAD BLOC • Other games that drive the European way
INSIDE BASEBALL • How 38 STUDIOS’ failed MMO gave us Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
RECK YOURSELF • The worst remake titles of all time
Incoming • THE BIGGEST GAMES ON THE WAY
OVERWATCH 2 • Blizzard’s new entry doesn’t quite earn sequel status
OLD SKIES • Keeping the time-travelling rich out of temporal trouble
TIME ON FROG ISLAND • Explore a colourful island and trade items with lovely frogs
F1 MANAGER 2022 • Frontier steers clear of politicking in its licensed team principal sim
OAKEN • A small, sweet, and smart slice of tactical puzzling
PREHISTORIC KINGDOM • Spare no expense on your zoo for the extinct
THE IRON OATH • Mercenary sim meets dungeon crawler in this slick tactical RPG
TURBO OVERKILL • A chainsaw for a leg, you say? Okay, I’m in.
DESERT POWER • For the first time in 20 years, war returns to Arrakis in real-time 4X DUNE: SPICE WARS
FOUR HOUSES • Who you’ll be playing as, and scheming against, in Dune: Spice Wars
WASTELAND HAZARDS • The other factions aren’t the only threat on Arrakis
SANDS OF TIME • A masterful sci-fi adaptation that shaped the future of the RTS? That would be DUNE II.
DUNE BUDDIES • DuneII’s sequels and remakes
MAXING THE MINIMUM • LOW-SPEC GAMING
SKY HIGH • Alexander Murphy on bringing MoH: Above and Beyond to the Oculus Quest platform
AAA TO B • Three developers offer thoughts on trends in blockbuster game visuals
Small claims
This month’s corrupted, mutated reviewers…
CONTROLLED CHAOS • Dealing with cosmic plagues in WARHAMMER 40,000: CHAOS GATE – DAEMONHUNTERS
NEED TO KNOW
EVIL EVOLUTION • Warp Surges trigger progressive mutations in the enemy
ALL ABOARD! • Things to do on your ship
SMASHING STUFF • Tearing down TEARDOWN’s voxelated worlds never gets old
NEED TO KNOW
TOOLS OF THE TRADE • No demolitions expert should leave home without these
RELIABLE NARRATOR • Buckets of new features come to THE STANLEY PARABLE: ULTRA DELUXE
NEED TO KNOW
MOD SQUAD • Other mods that became standalone games
AVALON CALLING • Is KING ARTHUR: KNIGHT’S TALE the Holy Grail or a wholly fail?
CRONE, MOTHER OR MAIDEN? • The women of Avalon and their tropes
BATTLE ROYALE • Knight’s Tale is...