PC Gamer

In addition to a great visual design, PC Gamer focuses more on communities, user-made content and of course the big-name games we know and love! Each issue also offers exclusive previews and insightful features to make sure you're at the top of your game. Delivering authoritative, honest, informative and entertaining reviews, PC Gamer is the ultimate buyer’s guide.

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“The ultimate animal management sim has arrived”

Fable

THE FINAL UPDATE • Destiny 2 is officially over as ‘live service content updates’ end

SEND A POET • How AI was tricked to help build a bomb

THE SPY • GAMING’S JUICIEST RUMOURS

Peak extraction shooter is waiting 7 mins and 38 secs to kill one guy

I’ve not loved Destiny 2 in years, but it still sucks it’s ending

The Roblox platform is a disgrace, and regulators need to act

I’ll never love another RPG like I loved Neverwinter Nights

Is DLSS 5 GenAI really that bad?

MUST PLAY • GREAT GAMES YOU SHOULD PLAY TODAY

Letters • COMMUNITY CABLES

Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve • The drama, the music, the planes: Ace Combat still has it all

Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era • Time to conquer the world like it’s 1999

Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced • The pirate’s life is calling us back

Tides of Annihilation • A fantasy action slasher inspired by Arthurian legend

Frontier Legends • Oh give me a home, where the buffalo roam

Subnautica 2 • The subaquatic survival sequel is a hit

Boltgun 2 • My favourite boomer shooter is back

Denshattack! • Taking the train simulator to wild new heights

GONE WILD • Planet Zoo 2 is embracing the great outdoors in its pursuit of the ultimate animal management sim

14 Best FPS games on PC • Our favourite singleplayer, co-op and multiplayer FPSes

MEET THE TEAM

OLD HORIZONS • Forza Horizon 6 is driving a well-worn track

ONE GIANT LEAP FOR SCI-FI • Directive 8020 is an unmissable adventure for any fan of sci-fi horror

COVER BLOWN • ZA/UM’s espionage RPG, Zero Parades, doesn’t quite sell its spy story

BLAND. JAMES BLAND • 007 First Light’s gameplay flaws are fatal to its Bond fantasy

VIDEO AND RADIO STAR • Mixtape is gorgeous and mechanically underbaked

THE BLOCK KNIGHT RETURNS • Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight is actually an Arkham game

FREE GAMES • COOL GAMES FOR NO CASH

THEY’RE BACK • OLD GAMES REVISITED

Webcams • Caught in 4K

CLOCK IT • Intel’s overclocking stance is a lighthouse in the storm

NEW METAL • Has upgrading PC parts become an ethical quandary?

Steam Controller Valve £85/$99 • Second time’s the charm

Buyer’s Guide • THE PC COMPONENTS WE RECOMMEND

Return to Castle Wolfenstein • Re-infiltrating 2001’s spooky World War II shooter.

“I’m pretty sure the ‘C’ in ‘CRPG’ actually stands for ‘crusty’” • Hitting the outer reaches of CRPG crust in Pathfinder: Kingmaker

“I landed in a 13-day stalemate with a demon” • Bloodletter is my new favourite deckbuilder with a creepy medieval twist

“A rite of passage and a pilgrimage of self-discovery” • Returning to the contemplating sands of Sable

“Isolation, the carceral state and horrors of the deep” • In lo-fi horror Crabmeat, the catch of the day is me

Half-Life: Lemmings • Half-Life: Source but you can save the scientists

System Shock • Rebuilding Looking Glass’ space...