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This month PC Gamer delivers world-exclusive access to Path of Exile II, the exciting new action RPG from Grinding Gear Games. Plus, we play Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, review Starfield: Shattered Space, test top mini gaming PCs, and much more.
We explored the depths of the PC Game Pass pool to find some hidden gems. Let's get into why deckbuilding dice battler Dicey Dungeons will keep you coming back for more rolling combos.
PVKK will have you operating a massive planetary defence cannon from your retro-tech cockpit . There'll be plenty of buttons to push, levers to pull, and tough choices to make.
This surreal rhythm adventure will have you dusting off the old Guitar Hero controller as you dive into the obscure.
This open-source roleplaying sandbox is all about trying to keep a complex space station running while being faced with constant sabotage.
From tumbling railways to soothing scrambles, here's a list of some of the best cozy games that are not farming sims.
Destiny 2's best mode is back. Onslaught returns for Episode Revenant, this time as a heavy metal inspired gauntlet against a new breed of Scorn.
Welcome to the PC Gamer Top 100, our annual rundown of the best games you can play on PC today. This list is the culmination of months of discussion, negotiation and a handful of arguments—the passion of the PC Gamer team as our writers and editors wrangled to get their favourites into the list. We judge games based on a number of factors: Importance, Hotness, Playability, and, above all, Quality. Hopefully you'll discover some new favourites too. Enjoy!
Towerborne is an arcade brawler RPG from Stoic, developers of The Banner Saga series.
UFO 50 includes 50 games from the developers of Spelunky and their friends. Some solo and some local multiplayer.
Team Fortress 2 fans have compiled over 340,000 names of #SaveTF2 petitions signatories into a book, which was hand-delivered to Valve HQ.
Satisfactory is finally entering 1.0 after 5 years in early access.
You can now go fishing in No Man's Sky. The Aquarius update is free to download for existing players.
This roguelike deckbuilder uses a rigged claw-machine instead of a deck of cards to get you through a dungeon.
A time loop RPG where you live through the same 47 minutes over and over again.
The sequel to the acclaimed immersive underwater survival game will be entering early access in 2025.
This charming narrative puzzler will have you casually solving problems as you navigate its story-driven world.
PC Gamer sat down with game director Scott Lussier for an exclusive look at Mammon's Gulch, Hunt: Showdown's first new map in three years, and the beginning of a new era for the extraction shooter. Mammon's Gulch takes Hunt further west than it's ever been to Colorado, featuring a central mountain, two rivers, and expansive mines that link several compounds together.
You'll be facing off against swarms of Hormagaunts when Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 releases on September 9, 2024.
The new game from Railgrade's devs is a deep city builder that takes inspiration from Rimworld and Civ. Oh, and it's about a colony of mice under the tyrannical rule of cats.
Join us for an exclusive look at Homestead, the new player housing feature coming to Guild Wars 2's next expansion, Janthir Wilds.
We're going back in time for a Doom prequel set in medieval times. You've still got guns, but now there's a shield that is also a chainsaw. Rip and tear indeed.
Action horror, genetic freaks, and new methods of survival warfare. We give you an exclusive look at the first gameplay reveal of Killing Floor 3. We sit down with the team at Tripwire to take you behind the scenes and find out what we can expect from the third instalment in the Killing Floor series.
The next instalment of the classic sim series, in Microsoft's words, "the most ambitious consumer flight simulator ever undertaken". It certainly looks the part, with this new trailer showcasing the game's breathtaking visuals.
We're one week away from the end of Destiny 2's Light & Darkness saga. In The Final Shape, players will journey into the Traveler to finally stop The Witness. It all launches on Tuesday, June 4.
The sci-fi RTS returns, but is Homeworld 3 a return to form for the series? Let's find out.
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SPELL CHECK Whether you want to be a master archmage, or just shoot people with guns, there's a combo for you.
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Reinvention Dragon Quest, Trails, Like a Dragon and Persona have all flourished thanks to their consistency—and knowing exactly what their players want.
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Secret Garden Everything you need to know about Minecraft's next update.
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Jet Stream Fly higher, further, and faster—if you have the set-up for it.
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Unhinged Think she'll call back?
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Quit hounding me They must smell my sausages.
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Smol A great compact gaming PC more than able to mix it with the big bois.
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Pasokon Retro Densha de Go! really works. It shouldn't, but it does.
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Your Craft Vintage Story looks like yet another blocky voxel game, but it's got a surprising amount of complexity and it's highly customizable.
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Upcoming 2024 is here, so take a look ahead at what's confirmed for the PC release schedule.
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Date Planner We're looking ahead to the 2025 release calendar and it's very packed already.
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Simple things A great entry-level gaming PC and a solid buy for 1080p gaming.
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Cut the 'cord Surely you don't need to know how long it's been since I last played Overwatch 2.
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