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“THE RTS GENRE REALLY HELPED DEFINE PC GAMING”

CRACKING THE CODE • The designers of some of the BIGGEST RPGs think more complex tech is making things harder

IF EA WON’T DO IT…

GREAT EXPECTATIONS

SAINTS ROW OVERHAUL

Highs & Lows

The Spy • BUT WHO WATCHES THE SPY?

CULTURE WAR • Why did the PC gaming community learn to hate prebuilt computers?

FOLLOW DESIGNS • MICHAEL HÜLL on being a level designer, and how he got there

Incoming • THE BIGGEST GAMES ON THE WAY

SHADOWS OF DOUBT • An endless Deus Ex that could become a stone-cold classic

HYPERVIOLENT • System Shock seeks Doom for old-school shooter shenanigans

JAGGED ALLIANCE 3 • Embrace the mess as all of your plans go up in flames

HUMANITY • You got some Lemmings in my 20th century minimalism

WRESTLEQUEST • A wrestling-theme RPG that’ll make you go, “OH YEAH”

KRIEGSFRONT TACTICS • This is my mecha rifle; this is my mecha gun

SLAY THE PRINCESS • Not your typical damsel in distress

A STORM APPROACHES • WARHAMMER AGE OF SIGMAR: REALMS OF RUIN is a fast, accessible RTS – and a grand introduction for Games Workshop’s mythic setting

THE HISTORY OF STAR WARS GAMES • The unstoppable sci-fi franchise has spawned a legion of interactive experiences, including some of the PC’s most important games

THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL GAMES ON PC • From trainwreck ports and moral panics to lootbox disasters

Feel the Force

This month’s Jar Jar Binks dodging reviewers…

KESTIS RUN • STAR WARS JEDI: SURVIVOR is a grand sequel with Souls-like action

BE KIND, REWIND • TERRA NIL is a soothing, satisfying and educational environmentalist puzzler

THROWING SHADERS • THE LAST OF US PART 1 is an appalling port of a PlayStation classic

ROOK HARD • RAVENBOUND spreads its roguelite ambitions across an island too big for its own good

STRATEGIC RETREAT • MINECRAFT LEGENDS is an action strategy spinoff that fails both genres

CULT CLASSIC • SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE AWAKENED shows no scars from its development in a war zone

SKIN DEEP • DEAD ISLAND 2 is a crash corpse in designing a game with no backbone

WONDROUS • AGE OF WONDERS 4 makes conquering worlds with magic a joy

APRIL FOOL’S SLAY • Less jumping in THE MURDER OF SONIC THE HEDGEHOG

GOOD GRIDDANCE • Crawling for cash in UNCHARTED WANDERS

FAST AND FURIOUS • Hectic top-down survival action in DRIFTR

CAVE STORY • PORTAL 2 is still so good I feel guilty it exists

WHIP SMART • I hate you, SPELUNKY, but I can’t leave you

MEAT CUTE • Snakes, spittle, and spooky horses in WEST OF LOATHING

GAMING LAPTOPS • Pushing the boundaries of gaming on the go

LOST IN TRANSLATION • Why is it still difficult to port console games to PC?

RISING STEAM • September 2003 – one week that changed PC gaming forever

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

“I don’t find a Great Sword of Head Chopping +5 within the chest” • Re-rolling with the punches in BALDUR’S GATE III EARLY ACCESS

“The streams of traffic begin to clog” • The...