CATEGORIES
فئات
IMMORTALS OF AVEUM
Fight a magewar with first-person spell shooting
EXOPRIMAL
A throwback to experimental Capcom action games
F1 MANAGER 2023
Is this year's competitor a pacesetter packed with upgrades?
CLASSIFIED: FRANCE '44
Wage war on Nazis in this densely layered turn-based strategy game
WHAT'S UP HOLMES?
Frogwares founder WAËL AMR on designing puzzles for the Sherlock games
YOUR DESKTOP PAL
Tracking down JOHNNY CASTAWAY, the forefather of virtual pets
THE FALLOUT FALLOUT
FALLOUT's co-creator dropping bombs about the nascent days of CRPGs
HUMANITY
You got some Lemmings in my 20th century minimalism
HYPERVIOLENT
System Shock seeks Doom for old-school shooter shenanigans
FOLLOW DESIGNS
MICHAEL HÜLL on being a level designer, and how he got there
RISING STEAM
September 2003 – one week that changed PC gaming forever
LOST IN TRANSLATION
Why is it still difficult to port console games to PC?
APRIL FOOL'S SLAY
Less jumping in THE MURDER OF SONIC THE HEDGEHOG
WONDROUS
AGE OF WONDERS 4 makes conquering worlds with magic a joy
KESTIS RUN
STAR WARS JEDI: SURVIVOR is a grand sequel with Souls-like action
JAGGED ALLIANCE 3
Embrace the mess as all of your plans go up in flames
THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL GAMES ON PC
From trainwreck ports and moral panics to lootbox disasters
THE HISTORY OF STAR WARS GAMES
The unstoppable sci-fi franchise has spawned a legion of interactive experiences, including some of the PC’s most important games
STORM APPROACHES
WARHAMMER AGE OF SIGMAR: REALMS OF RUIN is a fast, accessible RTS – and a grand introduction for Games Workshop’s mythic setting
SHADOWS OF DOUBT
An endless Deus Ex that could become a stone-cold classic
CULTURE WAR
Why did the PC gaming community learn to hate prebuilt computers?
CRACKING THE CODE
The designers of some of the BIGGEST RPGs think more complex tech is making things harder
CLOUDED
After the highs of The Witch Queen, DESTINY 2: LIGHTFALL doesn’t stick the landing
ALL A-BOAT IT
DREDGE is a near-perfect Lovecraftian fishing experience
HEART AND SOUL
Explore a beautiful tropical island using magic powers in TCHIA
INNOCUOUS SETTINGS IN HORROR GAMES
Ordinary places made extraordinarily Scary
PURPLE PATCH
BONZ! BUDDY, the desktop companion who did $1bn of damage
CHARGE DEPLETED
PORTABLE GAMING’s a broader church than ever—are laptops still relevant?
SPEAKERS AND SOUNDBARS
Let's test some tweeters and woofers to see which deliver bone-rattling, Earth-shattering audio.
OUTCAST
A cinematic action adventure that reaches for the stars.