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“THIS IS NO SIMPLE REMASTER OF THE SCI-FI HORROR CLASSIC”

RUSSIAN TO CATCH UP • Isolated and sanctioned, Putin’s regime is trying to kickstart a new domestic games industry

STEAM BREAKS RECORDS

POWER PLAY

REMEMBERING A LEGEND

Highs & Lows

The Spy • BUT WHO WATCHES THE SPY?

This month in… 2013

FORTUNE FOUND • After years as a free cult game, DWARF FORTRESS arrives on Steam

WRITE TURN • GRAHAM GORING on the building blocks of writing for Lego games (and beyond)

Incoming • THE BIGGEST GAMES ON THE WAY

WARHAMMER 4OK: ROGUE TRADER • Gaming’s grimdark galaxy enters the CRPG realm

GOURDLETS • Build it and they will come

PARK BEYOND • Create impossible attractions in a park sim from the Tropico 6 dev

THE PLANET CRAFTER • A lad in a whole new world

ZERO SIEVERT • Get back in here, STALKER, with Zero Sievert

SHOCK THERAPY • As the SYSTEM SHOCK remake nears completion, Nightdive Studios talks about the game’s long road to release.

THE COSIEST GAMES ON PC • Warm up this winter with PC’s snuggest games

REVIEW

Making money

This month’s rogue-like reviewers…

DIGGING DEEP • DWARF FORTRESS tunnels onto Steam in all its unfathomable glory

CRISIS COR! • CRISIS CORE REUNION makes an old story feel brand-new

SHUT UP • Squanch Games’ sci-fi shooter HIGH ON LIFE is a yammering mess of mediocrity

REAPING AND SOWING • KYNSEED is a stew made from elements of Fable, Stardew Valley and Crusader Kings

STATE OF DERELIXION • Humanity’s survival prospects look dire in colony-builder IXION

FAST AND LOOSE • Sleeping giant NEED FOR SPEED UNBOUND returns, in zoomer regalia

HO HO HORROR • Yule be mad to ignore MADVENT CALENDAR 3: NECROSIS

FROG CHORUS • Remembering the lightgun in LIGHTHOUSE OF THE DEAD

DUST TO DUST • Alone in the afterlife in VERGILIUS

CASTRO TURF • Cowering from the pure chaos of CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS

GRAY OF LIGHT • Grieving in GRIS

KNIGHT LINE • ROGUE LEGACY’S legacy

EXTERNAL CAPTURE CARDS • Show your adoring public your most glorious gaming moments with the best external capture card.

HANDS OFF • Do these new ideas pose a threat to the humble MOUSE AND KEYBOARD?

BREAK STUFF • A brief history of trashing prized PC components

BUYER’S GUIDE • Build the best PC for your budget

BUDGET BUILD • Enjoy 1080p gaming without breaking the bank

MID-RANGE BUILD • Our recommended build for playing the latest games

ADVANCED BUILD • Go above and beyond with a PC powerful enough to end worlds

“I literally cannot make you a bottle of explosion potion, sir” • Rejecting capitalism for the pursuit of alchemic mastery in POTION CRAFT

“Dystopian future uber-violence” • Praying for death in WARHAMMER 40,000: DARKTIDE

“My second murder investigation is even more harrowing” • Returning to PENTIMENT after one week and twenty years...