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June 30
- The making of a mouse
- If you like Doom, you'll also like...
- Master sniper rifles in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
- Artificial Defense brings orbital bombardments to tower defense
- The Last Leviathan isn't quite Besiege with boats, at least not yet
- PC Gamer UK August issue: Civilization VI
- 10 positive games to distract you from our impending doom
- NetHack from aaaa to Zruty Ep. 15: Shopping pro tips and the Shrine of Destiny
June 29
- Competition heats up in League of Legends’ NA Challenger Series
- The System Shock remake delivers a haunting return to Citadel station
- Cloud9's Jordan ‘n0thing’ Gilbert on the state of NA Counter-Strike
- Why I love being alone in Minecraft
June 28
- The best Fallout 4 contraptions we've seen so far
- Overwatch's Competitive Mode is now live, here's how it works
- The Final Station’s subtle mysteries keep its post-apocalyptic train on course
- The charming world of Euro Truck Simulator’s amateur DJs and 100-driver convoys
- Runescape’s Deadman Mode: the best competitive game you’re not watching
- 30 great PC gaming sound effects
- Our picks for the best Steam Summer Sale deals
June 27
- Nuclear Throne online co-op mod is just as fast and deadly as playing offline
- House of the Dying Sun is the stylish child of Homeworld and Battlestar
- Build of the week: SkyVue
- Warhammer 40K: Eternal Crusade devs discuss the evolution of their ambitious online shooter
June 26
- 15 minutes of Battlefield 1 alpha gameplay
June 24
- How WASD became the standard PC control scheme
- How do you solve a problem like Medivh?
- The best pro gaming to watch this weekend
- Taking on Day of the Tentacle without a walkthrough
June 23
- 35MM 4K Gallery: a bleak tour of post-apocalypse Russia
- The impact of Yogg on competitive Hearthstone
- Rediscovering the quirky futurism of Beneath a Steel Sky
- Mods bring the magic to Oblivion a decade later
- PC Gamer UK Podcast 015: Watch Dogs 2, Trials of the Blood Dragon
June 22
- Larian Studios sent us a trophy for beating its CEO at his own game
- Lawbreakers alpha: hands-on impressions
- The legacy of Quake
- What League of Legends esports could learn from the WWE
- Why I love: The Witcher 3's topography
- Fallout 4's Contraption Workshop DLC lets you build useful and abusive machines
- From the archives: PC Gamer features on the making of Quake
- Tyranny: crushing rebellions with slick, improved combat
June 21
- Best of E3 2016 awards
- Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom brings PS2-era JRPG charm to the PC
- Master SMGs in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
- Europe's Street Fighter champion emerges ahead of CEO 2016
- Fifa 17: aggressive play and a new story mode push the series forward
- We're running a Quake server all week—come play with us!
June 20
- How Hearthstone helped one player beat his gambling addiction
- Build of the Week: KAM is a wall (and also a PC)
June 17
- The week's highs and lows in PC gaming
- Absolver hands-on: a Jedi Knight-infused 3D brawler is E3’s surprise hit
- How Gwent became a competitive card game with singleplayer campaigns
- Telltale's Batman spotlights the less thrilling side of Bruce Wayne
- Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night isn’t much of a game yet
- The best pro gaming to watch this weekend
June 16
- Take a weirdly charming roadtrip through the post-apocalypse in Far
- Sea of Thieves: chaotic piratey fun that needs some complexity
- Abzû is rightly one of E3’s most talked about games
- Every game at E3 2016 and its PC outlook
- The best indie VR games at E3
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is the most PC Nintendo game ever
- Star Trek: Bridge Crew thrives on the cohesion (or chaos) of teamwork
- PC Gamer UK Podcast 014: E3 special
- Phil Spencer on the next Halo, Lionhead, and Windows 10 gaming
- Kojima, a baby, and William Blake: an attempt to analyze Death Stranding
- I walked across a charred baby pit in Outlast 2 and didn’t like it much
June 15
- Steep pits you and your friends against the mountain
- The creator of Myst on how puzzle games have changed
- The case for all-women League of Legends leagues
- The Resident Evil 7 demo is a terrifying time-jumping room escape puzzle
June 14
- Ghost Recon Wildlands hands-on: outstanding sandbox buffoonery in Bolivia
- Epic explains how Paragon was broken, and how they're fixing it
- Watch a frantic match of LawBreakers' domination mode, Turf War
- Watch the Sony press conference live (update: it's over)
- Watch the 2016 PC Gaming Show
June 13
- Watch Dogs 2 hands-on: hacking Silicon Valley, cars, and dogs
- Hands on with Insurgency's standalone WW2 expansion, Day of Infamy
- Watch the new LawBreakers trailer
- Dota 2 gets buffed to hell after a drama-packed weekend
- Does CS:GO have a future in the UK?
- Titanfall 2 hands-on: grappling hooks, laser mechs and a better sequel
- Watch the Microsoft E3 2016 press conference live
- How to make your own Skyrim Special Edition with mods
- Quake Champions trailer analyzed: all the characters, weapons, and abilities
June 12
- Battlefield 1 hands-on: a familiar FPS on a grander scale
- Watch the Bethesda press conference live (update: it's over)
- Mass Effect: Andromeda E3 2016 trailer analysis
- Watch the EA press conference live (Update: it's over)
June 11
- The best Mirror's Edge Catalyst Dash routes so far
- What Quake 5 can learn from Doom
- How to watch every E3 2016 press conference
- The week's highs and lows in PC Gaming
June 10
- The Dota 2 Manila Major: what you need to know before the finals
- Finally, a game that makes you feel like the monster in an R-rated Scooby-Doo
- Become a better Chromie player in Heroes of the Storm
- The best pro gaming to watch this weekend
- Did Hearthstone’s Whispers of the Old Gods nerfs go far enough?
- Win MVP tickets to the Esports Championship Series finals in London
- E3 2016 rumour roundup
- The best moments in Dota 2's Manila Major so far
- Fight robots and dodge cars in time-bending shooter Tick Tock Bang Bang
June 9
- The dynamic queue conundrum: why Riot is wrestling with their community
- Get a free starter pack for Survarium
- How Skywind is recreating a modern classic
- Overwatch map tricks and secret routes
June 8
- NetHack from aaaa to Zruty Ep. 14: How to customize ASCII graphics
- The best videogame books
- How developers are building better public alphas without Steam Early Access
- What you need to know about LoL’s summer storylines
- Hands on with Deus Ex: Mankind Divided's powerful augs and new arcade mode
- PC Gamer UK Podcast 013: Mirror's Edge, Blood and Wine, Far Harbor
- E3 2016 predictions: what to expect from the big show
June 7
- Why Torn Banner isn’t making a Chivalry sequel (yet)
- Mirror's Edge Catalyst: max settings at 60 fps
- H1Z1: King of the Kill's new Ignition mode is Battle Royale for impatient people
- Taking a crash course in overclocking with the pros at HWBot
- Catch up with the Capcom Pro Tour ahead of a busy summer
- Now playing: shunning the saccharine world of Stardew Valley
June 6
- Vertagear wants to be the Herman Miller of gaming chairs
- Build of the week: Tt D3sk
- Duncan Jones on PC gaming and Warcraft
June 5
- Begin a new life in Fallout 4 with an Alternate Start mod
June 3
- The caverns of Below are pitch-black, brutal, and feel like home
- The best pro gaming to watch this weekend
- What to expect from the PC Gaming Show at E3
- How many Steam games can you buy in 3 minutes?
- NetHack from aaaa to Zruty Ep. 13: Sokoban's toughest puzzles
- Today's VR backpacks are a first stab at cable-free VR
- 35MM is a quiet tour of rural Russia after a deadly outbreak
June 2
- The best case mods from Computex 2016
- Champions of Anteria: the action RPG with a clever non-linear campaign
- Translating the action RPG experience from PC to mobile with Nonstop Knight
June 1
- The humiliating pursuit of love and likes in Youtubers Life
- Lead your team to victory in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
- Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 and 1080 coming to gaming notebooks
- The mysterious motivations of Blood and Wine's best character
- Riotoro's compact ATX case and liquid cooler mark a strong debut at Computex
- The hidden lore of Overwatch’s maps
- Why I love waiting in Rainbow Six Siege
- PC Gamer UK Podcast 012: Overwatch, Civ VI, Hitman
- RGB LEDs are all over motherboards at Computex 2016
- AMD Radeon RX 480 shoots for value at $200