CATEGORIES

“Sending plates and vases tumbling to the floor to smash is always good”

Feline great about needless destruction in CATLATERAL DAMAGE

OLD SCHOOL

JRPG favorite PERSONA 4 GOLDEN has aged like a fine malt.

HUMAN KIND

In this slick, speedy 4X, you’ve got to get famous or die trying

CYBERPUNK 2077

We finally go hands-on with 2020’s most exciting RPG

THE TOP 100

THE BEST GAMES TO PLAY RIGHT NOW

QUICK DRAW

Grab your stetson and sneak your way through the Wild West in DESPERADOS III.

PROJECT CARS 3

So many improvements we could barely fit them all in one article

THE COIN GAME'S ENDLESS ROBOT BIRTHDAY PARTY

My uncle’s pockets are infinitely deep on coin-op island.

SHARK WEAK

Repetitive tasks take a big bite out of the fun in MANEATER.

GRAND THEFT AUTO V

Superheroes fit perfectly into GTA V’s sandbox of carnage.

ESCAPE YOUR WORLD

JOURNEY WITH US THROUGH GAMING'S GREATEST PLACES

SUB-PRIME

Not even CRUCIBLE’s adorable botanist robot can redeem its boring gameplay and poor frame rate.

“I just got revived, and for the briefest of moments so too is the magic”

Bringing a wayward team of un-PC gamers back for one last job in BATTLEFIELD 4

BREEZE BLOCK

MINECRAFT DUNGEONS is a lightweight dungeon crawler that keeps the sandbox’s playful humour.

A TOTAL WAR SAGA: TROY

It’s time for a mythological grudge match

THE 50 BEST FREE GAMES

Freeware classics and indie darlings

TEAM SPIRIT

Your enemies want City 31 to burn—it’s up to you to put them down in XCOM CHIMERA SQUAD.

SPACE ODYSSEY

Kerbal Space Program inspired us to explore an entire solar system. In KERBAL SPACE PROGRAM 2, that’s just the beginning.

TEAM FORTRESS 2

The more things change…

REBUILDING BLOCKS

Cutting-edge graphics find an unlikely home in MINECRAFT WITH RTX

PLAYING A JUNGLER IN LEAGUE OF LEGENDS

Why the MOBA’s least popular role is also the most fun

MOUNT & BLADE II: BANNERLORD

Great mods are available already.

F1 2020

Take your own Formula 1 team to victory

CRUSADER KINGS III

Paradox’s historical sandbox sticks to what it does best

CHAINSAW CHESS

Fantastic combat makes GEARS TACTICS a strategy game worthy of the PC.

DEEP DIVE

IN OTHER WATERS lets you explore a beautiful and mysterious alien ocean.

SHODAN SHOWDOWN

Irrational Games co-founder Jonathan Chey on the difficult development of SYSTEM SHOCK 2—and how he’s still finding new inspiration in it today.

TOTAL PEACE PART III

The definition of peace gets stretched to its limit as we continue our pacification of Ancient China.

FUNNY BUSINESS

How SIZE FIVE GAMES became the kings of comedy

THE CAT LADY

A game about the tension between despair and hope.