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The 20 Most Spectacular Game Worlds
Beautiful or desolate, intricate or vast, these are the game worlds everyone should explore.
Raphael Colantonio
Raphael is the founder of Arkane Studios, and creative director of Prey. We talked to him about the history of the studio, and the resurgence of the immersive sim.
Concerted Efforts
How The Chinese Room rebuilt DEAR ESTHER for a live tour
Common Conversation
Why a wall of text is hard to build.
Battle Royal
Which king is the kingliest? There’s only one way to find out in TOTAL WAR SAGA: THRONES OF BRITANNIA
Surviving Early Access
Ark: Survival Evolved is leaving early access transformed from a primitive survival sim to a 1980s power fantasy.
Combat Evolves
The Total War team are bringing Halo Wars 2 to PC. Can they bring something new to RTS multiplayer too?
WATCH DOGS 2
How I hacked a car then ran over a dog that wasn’t watching.
Sniper Elite 4
Rebellion shoots straight for our hearts.
Absolver
A Jedi Knight-infused 3D brawler is E3’s surprise hit.
Surviving In A Niche
How three developers are handling the tricky business of creating adventure games in the modern world
Return To Morrowind
Back to one of the PC’s greatest RPG settings in The elder ScrollS online: Morrowind.
The Mannequin
Time is seriously broken in this haunted London house
turning things on
an unremarkable action in real life, yet oddly compelling when you do it in a videogame.
How Real Astronomy Shapes Elite's Galaxy
PC Gamer talks to ELITE DANGEROUS creator David Braben about the way Frontier’s simulated galaxy reflects our own.
Prey
The immersive sim that lets you turn into a mug
The Monsters of Silent Hill 2
There’s more to Team Silent’s horrifying creatures than meets the eye.
Back to the Future
Deus ex: Mankind Divided takes you to a dark, beautiful world of cyborg agents, conspiracies and social turmoil.
Future Shock
The first seven hours of Deus Ex: Mankind Divided reveal a dark, hopeless future gripped by fear and uncertainty.
Finding the Next Messi
How Clubs Are Using Football Manager to Help Them Find Their Next Star Player
GWENT: The Witcher Card Game
Is there life after The Witcher 3 for CD Projekt Red’s card game?
The Silver Shroud Quest In Fallout 4
Becoming a comic book vigilante on the streets of Goodneighbor.
Welcome To The Jungle
Creative Assembly’s fantasy battle project enters its second phase with TOTAL WAR: WARHAMMER II.
Andie Nordgren
EVE ONLINE’s executive producer on going free-to-play and keeping players interested.
Off The Beaten Path
RPG designers tell us how to make the perfect sidequest.
Marvel Vs Capcom:Infinite
Hands-on with Capcom’s other big fighting game.
Kenshi
Create your own story in a brutal, uncaring world.
Sparc
Getting sweaty in a new VR game from the makers of EVE.
Construction Kit
RISE OF INDUSTRY is a beautiful but aimless sandbox.
Urban Outfitter
ANNO 1800 is a compelling, if somewhat idiosyncratic city-builder.