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April 30
- 5 things we want from Assassin's Creed Valhalla
- Where to disarm the warring bears and teddies in Fortnite
- Retracing the historic route of the Orient Express in Euro Truck Sim 2
- I tried to build a house with my own pee in Landlord's Super
- When is the Destiny 2 weekly reset?
- Subscribe to the PC Gamer UK magazine and get a free RGB mousepad
April 29
- Iratus is a Darkest Dungeon clone that's a lot smarter than I expected
- What would you put into a new gaming PC right now?
- What game do you love that's been largely overlooked?
- I'm fascinated by XCOM: Chimera Squad's absurdly efficient roads
- Battlefront 2 grew into the best Star Wars game we've had in years
- The AMD/Intel war is now so fierce a $120 CPU is all your gaming PC needs
April 28
- The predator should be way more OP in Predator: Hunting Grounds
- Gears Tactics Corpser boss guide
- Röki is a lonely adventure steeped in snow and Scandinavian folklore
- I trapped a dog in space in the Mars Horizon beta
- This Arctic base-builder needs work, but I already love the dog sledding
- I foiled an assassination attempt on the president in a GTA 5 flight sim roleplay server
April 27
- 7 things I wish I knew before playing Gears Tactics
- Come for the fishing, stay for the subplot about infiltrating an evil teleportation corporation
- The best settings for Gears Tactics
- What you need to know about Legends of Runeterra's massive expansion, Rising Tides
- Five new Steam games you probably missed (April 27, 2020)
April 26
- What did you play last week?
- Genesis Noir is a stylish and strange detective mystery that takes place during The Big Bang
- Great moments in PC gaming: Peeling the layers of Rakuen
April 25
- Have you made a dent in your backlog?
- Crapshoot: The game that put the final nail in the Zork series' coffin
April 24
- The world is a disaster but by god I can at least clean up this train station
- How to complete the tricky mansion puzzle in Borderlands 3
- XCOM: Chimera Squad tips you need to know before you start your campaign
- I can finally sync all my RGB components, using one piece of software
- Here's what the PC Gamer forum got excited about this week
- How to enable RTX Voice on any Nvidia graphics card, and why you should
- Who will make the FIFA 20 Team of the Season So Far?
- All the next-gen Intel and Nvidia gaming laptops and when you can buy them
April 23
- World of Warcraft's upcoming roguelike dungeon is the best thing added to the game in years
- Fortnite Week 10 Challenge: Where to find golden pipe wrenches
- Hokko Life is an Animal Crossing-like that offers everything I love about cosy community sims
- Lords Mobile developer IGG expands its Covid-19 battle to Canada
April 22
- Which ongoing game has improved most since it launched?
- Here's how crossplay works in Warzone
April 21
- Where to find the Travis Scott concert stage in Fortnite
- Where to bounce off different giant Astro heads in Fortnite
- LudoNarraCon is proof that the future of gaming conventions is to go digital
- Switching to a 240Hz monitor has helped me get better at FPS games
- Tweak these Call of Duty: Warzone settings to get the edge
- Where to land at Lockie's Lighthouse, Apres Ski, and Mount Kay in Fortnite
- Ripping people off with crappy drugs in Drug Dealer Simulator
- Which Bannerlord faction should you choose?
April 20
- Fallout 76 finally feels like a Fallout game
- From kazoos to trash cans, how animal sounds are made in games
- How to run a caravan and trade in Bannerlord
- This indie horror game is like a lost Black Mirror episode
- Here's how Hearthstone's new Ranked system works
- Romance is dead thanks to The Sims 4's 100 baby challenge
- Take a merry stroll through this Renaissance art adventure inspired by Monty Python
- Here are all the Resident Evil 3 Remake locker and safe codes
- Five new Steam games you probably missed (April 20, 2020)
April 19
- Great moments in PC gaming: The French Revolution in Aviary Attorney
- What did you play last week?
April 18
- Which game has the friendliest community?
- Crapshoot: Shadow Warrior, the game that tried to out-crass Duke Nukem
April 17
- Meet the couple who got engaged in Stardew Valley
- Valorant's lead designer on the current meta, Raze's ult, exploits, and map design
- I am deeply ashamed my Fallout 76 ally has to live in my crappy-ass camp
- Fallout 76 clicked when I started playing it like Animal Crossing with guns
- How to get Fortnite's Deadpool X-Force skin
- Industries of Titan is a promising foundation for a new breed of city builder
- Here's what the PC Gamer forum got up to this week
- Playing Valorant reminded me how much I miss CS:GO
- Bleakshore is an atmospheric horror game with a stylish lo-fi aesthetic
- Dark Souls 3 leads Gamesplanet's Deals of the Day
April 16
- The making of EVE Online
- Which game has the best NPCs?
- When are game companies truly being anti-consumer?
- How to find, recruit, and romance Fallout 76 allies
- 2 hours with Beyond a Steel Sky, a cyberpunk adventure from the creator of Broken Sword
- How to open a Bannerlord workshop and make easy money
- Little Hope's time-hopping horror mystery doesn't pull any punches
- Minecraft with RTX is breathtaking but painfully exclusive
- The Outer Worlds diary part 3: Lifestyles of the rich and fragrant
April 15
- Fallout 76 Hunter for Hire quest: How to load the Broadcast Tape into a Radio Tower
- Fortnite: Midas' golden llama location
- Fortnite: Giant pink teddy bear location
- Fortnite: Teddies Liberated secret challenge bear locations
- Years later, Façade's groundbreaking AI lives on through bad YouTube jokes
- How to find and craft Fallout 76's new bow and arrows
- Here's the coolest stuff World of Warcraft dataminers have found in Shadowlands
- Over the Alps is a classy spy adventure full of twists and turns
- How a team of AI researchers took on all comers at StarCraft 2
April 14
- Receiver 2's intricate gun simulation is fascinating, but I'm already tired of shooting turrets
- How to get into the Valorant beta
- Zelda's most dedicated fan game developers built an engine anyone can use
- Pretty soon, leveling a new World of Warcraft character won't suck
- Game devs: Showcase your game in this year's PC Gaming Show
- Ancient history's wild stories play out in Old World, an ambitious strategy game from the designer of Civ 4
- Galakrond Warlock is tearing up the Hearthstone meta, and Demon Hunters along with it
- The Outer Worlds diary Part 2: Taking the elevator all the way up
- Watch this nostalgic supercut of classic PC game developer logos
- Overwatch Echo: everything we know about the elegant new robot
- Read our best game diaries, if you've got a spare week or so
- Five new Steam games you probably missed (April 13, 2020)
April 13
- How secret rooms created the magic and mystery of '90s first-person shooters
- The Outer Worlds diary part 1: Even executives need a hero
April 12
- What did you play last week?
- Great moments in PC gaming: World War I in Assassin's Creed Syndicate
April 11
- Crapshoot: Deus, the FPS that made us do surgery to get hit points back
- Which videogame enemy could you beat in a fight?
- A guide to Valorant's guns: damage values, recoil patterns, and advice
- Tips for playing Valorant
April 10
- Dying once in a videogame changed this streamer's life forever
- Here's what the PC Gamer community is excited about this week
- Fortnite: Shadow and Ghost Ollie locations for Skye factions
- The humans of Wastelanders bring some much-needed soul to Fallout 76
- This board game kicked us out and replaced us with bots and I'm still mad about it
- Bannerlord players are creating amazing custom banners
- Jedi Knight: Dark Forces 2 can still swing with the best of them
- PC Gamer plays: Last Year, Cardpocolypse, Sayonara Wild Hearts, and The Witcher 3
April 9
- PC Gamer readers and editors share their stories from self-isolation
- How ESO's laziest player accidentally started a wholesome cult
- How Twitch streamers are dealing with the pressures of streaming during a pandemic
- Roblox Egg Hunt 2020: every game you can find eggs in
- Mount and Blade 2: Bannerlord difficulty guide: should you play on realistic difficulty?
- 9 tips to help you survive Mount and Blade 2: Bannerlord
- How to get married and have children in Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord
- 5 reasons to play ArcheAge Unchained
- How to make money in Bannerlord
- You can create OP characters in Minecraft Dungeons but the devs 'don't care because it's fun'
- DLSS 2.0 tested: why you should finally turn on Nvidia's AI-powered upscaling
April 8
- 11 thoughts on Valorant so far
- The amazing stories behind the PC's greatest games
- Valorant error codes: What they mean and how to solve each issue
- What's your favorite janky game?
- Explore a monster-built museum dedicated to humanity's quirks in this relaxing puzzle adventure
April 7
- The coronavirus pandemic is putting indie developers in an even tougher spot
- One gamer's quest to achieve the lowest graphics settings
- Fortnite: Skye's sword in a stone locations
- How archivists and fans saved a long-lost Jak & Daxter Flash game from obscurity
- Watching someone play Resident Evil 3 Remake on Inferno mode is better than a horror movie
- Dirt Rally 2.0's Colin McRae DLC is a clever take on the racing genre
- Here are all the badges and rank names in Valorant
April 6
- The complete history of Civilization
- 9 tips to help you survive in Last Oasis
- The best settings for Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord
- 4 strategies to beat Hearthstone's new Demon Hunter class
- If you want a truly terrifying Half-Life: Alyx experience take it outside in the dark
- Become a fearsome medieval warrior with this Bannerlord combat guide
- Lords Mobile developer IGG takes the battle to coronavirus
- Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord was worth the wait
- Saints Row: The Third Remastered is coming next month, and it looks great
- Which difficulty should you choose in Doom Eternal?
- How to beat the damn annoying Marauder in Doom Eternal
- Find every secret in Doom Eternal's Super Gore Nest mission
- Five new Steam games you probably missed (April 6, 2020)
April 5
- What did you play last week?
- 6 new ways Crusader Kings 3 will let you be a terrifying jerk
- Great moments in PC gaming: Evading the Lingered in Detention
- What series should you start with a sequel?
April 4
- Crapshoot: If you can't go to a bar in real life, Bar Games is not a good replacement
April 3
- I can't stop staring into the dead eyes of Bannerlord's NPCs
- Check out these gorgeous print ads for classic games (plus a couple that really didn't age well)
- This impressive FPS made by a solo dev wants to be Devil May Cry in first-person
- How to rotate items in The Sims 4
- Valorant’s impactful hero abilities are an exciting departure from CS:GO
- Half-Life: Alyx is full of clever tricks to reduce motion sickness
- Our three biggest takeaways from a week with Bannerlord
- How to find microphones in stock today
- The best settings for Resident Evil 3
- Fortnite Phone booth locations: Where to disguise yourself in phone booths
- Where to find Deadpool's two pistols in Fortnite
- Doom Eternal multiplayer is an experiment that bodes well for the future of shooters
- There's some Factorio DNA in this tycoon game about running a calculator factory
- How to find the lockpick in Resident Evil 3 Remake
- Here's what the PC Gamer community is excited about this week
- How to find webcams in stock today
- How to get the bolt cutters and shotgun in Resident Evil 3 Remake
- How to find the Magnum in Resident Evil 3 Remake
- How to complete the vaccine puzzle in Resident Evil 3 Remake
- Resident Evil 2: Remake locker codes, safe combinations, and portable safes
- How to complete the train puzzle in Resident Evil 3 Remake
April 2
- The best engines for making your own visual novel
- Fortnite: Skye's coastal campsite locations
- Come share your stories of self-isolation so far
- Call of Duty: Warzone shows that sound and stealth can be powerful weapons in battle royale
- Take on the enemy three different ways in War Thunder's massive vehicular battles
April 1
- How the next Elder Scrolls Online expansion plans to turn you into the 'Indiana Jones of Tamriel'
- Watch people peel plastic film off new PC parts because you deserve it
- It's surprisingly easy to switch a gaming PC to Linux today
- What games do you love to watch being streamed but never play yourself?
- I’m killing the same man repeatedly to get back into Sekiro, and now I feel guilty
- Five reasons to play Total Lockdown while self-isolating
- The best VR games on PC
- Win a Zotac Gaming graphics card on the PC Gamer forums
- Stellaris: Federations let me rule the galaxy by mass-producing hot pockets
- Fortnite: Visit the Shark, Rapid's Rest, and Gorgeous Gorge location guide