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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...