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FOLLOWING FREEMAN • HALF-LIFE 2: EPISODE 3 would have been ‘copping out’ says Gabe

PAINT-FULLY FUNNY • Harnessing the timeless art of Hieronymous BOSCH, BRUEGEL and the poop joke

JAPANESE SPIRIT • PC Gamer chats to DDDistortion, the developer of NIGHTMARE OPERATOR

Incoming • THE BIGGEST GAMES ON THE WAY

SNIPER ELITE RESISTANCE • Sniper rounds and Nazi testicles, together again

ELDEN RING: NIGHTREIGN • A new standalone spin-off puts the focus on co-op action

AVOWED • Obsidian’s RPG is plenty familiar, but hits the finer details

SEA POWER: NAVAL COMBAT IN THE MISSILE AGE • Take to the waves in thousands of tons of steel

TOMB RAIDER IV-VI REMASTERED • A second dose of Croft

FINNISH COTTAGE SIMULATOR • Live in a house, a very big house, in the country

SCRAMBLE: BATTLE OF BRITAIN • Strap in and prepare for turn-based tactics

SKYGARD ARENA • Finally, a legendary league of fantasy tactics

REMA KING HISTORY • Over 30 years after the original, CIVILIZATION VII proves Firaxis ain’t out of ideas yet

SUBSCRIBE TODAY • Find your next great read

PARADISE FROST • The making of CRYSIS, PC gaming’s most notorious rig-killer

IN THE ZONE • STALKER 2: HEART OF CHORNOBYL is beautiful, brilliant, but a bit busted

JET STREAM • MICROSOFT FLIGHT SIMULATOR 2024 goes higher, further, and faster

CIRCULAR LOGIC • INDIANA JONES AND THE GREAT CIRCLE is a winner

FACE OFF • Absurd bloodsoaked melodrama SLITTERHEAD might be the 7/10 of the year

FLIPPING PERFECTION • XENOTILT: HOSTILE PINBALL ACTION reinvents pinball as a laser-guided cyberpunk shmup

EMBRACE THE CHAOS • SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS is a blast from the recent past

WILD WOOD • Striking RPG TRAVELLER’S HYMN is less hard and more cor

THE DIG • Three kids have a night to remember in THE CAMPSITE

OINK OINK • BALLOON JERKS is Puzzle Bobble but with pigs

PLANTATION 42 • Meal and squeals in RESIDENT EVIL 7: BIOHAZARD

LESS IS MOOR • You can’t help but dig THE EXCAVATION OF HOB’S BARROW

HAY DUDE • Alpining for my loved ones in MUNDAUN

“An unforgettable experience that leaves you lying awake at night” • I thought I’d hung up my hat and pistol, but RED DEAD REDEMPTION changed that

“The rat swarm teleports to the bar” • Leading a rodent plague through STALKER 2

“I just don’t need to spend ten bucks to dress up as Rocket Raccoon” • Running wild and reminiscing in FALL GUYS

“The raid is done in such a way that you still feel a connection to it” • Reliving the past in FINAL FANTASY XIV patch 7.1

SYNERGY • I’ve mastered Synergy’s newest sandbox map, The Furnace.

HALF-LIFE 2: SWELTER • Swelter is a Resistance romp through Half-Life 2’s sun-scorched Kazakhstan.

GET STARTED IN DRAGON AGE: VEILGUARD • Help Rook defeat the evil elven gods.

GAINING VALUABLE WORK EXPERIENCE IN ALPHA PROTOCOL PART 3 • Conflict. Assassination. LinkedIn updates. It’s all in a day’s work for the US government’s deadliest intern.

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