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PC Gamer (US Edition)

Feb 01 2021
Magazine

PC Gamer brings you in-depth previews, exclusive feature stories, and the most hard-hitting reviews every month in the world’s best-selling PC games magazine! Every month you’ll get the inside scoop on the most exciting games in every genre from first-person shooters to MMORPGs and cutting-edge games from independent developers, along with detailed strategy guides, how-tos, and the latest news on mods and PC gaming hardware from the best-known authorities in PC gaming. PC Gamer helps you get the most out of the most powerful gaming platform in the world.

“GRIMDARKNESS, OVER-THE-TOP VIOLENCE, AND HUMOR”

The PC Gamer team

PC Gamer • #340 FEBRUARY 2021

COPYCAT? • Woman says LEAGUE OF LEGENDS character is based on her, Riot denies it

Highs & Lows

HACK THE PLANET • MICROSOFT FLIGHT SIMULATOR modders imagining a better Earth

FAR OUT • How THE SIMS shaped the career of Far Cry director Alex Hutchinson

DOOM SCROLL • How id Software reclaimed its history by losing its leaders

BOOK OF TRAVELS • Adventure in a world where you’re not forced to be the hero

GOODBYE VOLCANO HIGH • It’s time to play triceratops trumps

EVERSPACE 2 • Be nice to Freelancers, they may come back with homing missiles

SECOND EXTINCTION • For anyone who thought Muldoon was the hero of Jurassic Park

LIGHT IT UP • WARHAMMER 40,000: DARKTIDE is coming, so grab your torch and chainsword

Subscribe from just $26 a year

GAME OF THE YEAR 2020 • Celebrating the best in PC gaming from a year like no other

FINAL FANTASY XIV

HALF-LIFE: ALYX

MICROSOFT FLIGHT SIMULATOR

HADES

DOOM ETERNAL

SPELUNKY 2

VALORANT

ASSASSIN’S CREED VALHALLA

CRUSADER KINGS III

MONSTER TRAIN

PHASMOPHOBIA

PARADISE KILLER

DEATH STRANDING

VIKING INVASION • ASSASSIN’S CREED VALHALLA is the best Assassin’s Creed to date.

DRAGON QUEST • YAKUZA: LIKE A DRAGON doubles down on the series’ RPG elements with a brave new turn-based battle system.

GHOST TOWN • I AM DEAD is a playful exploration of life in limbo.

STUCK IN THE MUD • DIRT 5 ventures down a well-travelled track.

PRETTY FALCON GOOD

ANOTHER BUG-HUNT • Hunting BUGSNAX isn’t as much fun as hanging out with its cast of grumpuses.

ROAD NOT TAKEN • THE PATHLESS goes in the right direction.

SCOOBY GANG • LITTLE HOPE is a ghost tour that’s better with friends.

LONDON BRAWLING • Liberate the city with buskers and beekeepers in WATCH DOGS LEGION.

PICK AND MIX • Chasing after the ultimate high is what makes FUSER electrifying.

VICIOUS CYCLE • Hell boils over in DOOM ETERNAL: THE ANCIENT GODS—PART ONE.

FEEL LUCKY, CYBERPUNK? • A world of pain—usually yours—in GHOSTRUNNER.

CHRISTMAS KNIGHT • Separating the naughty from the nice in BATMAN: ARKHAM ORIGINS

BUG SMACKS • How HOLLOW KNIGHT puts the ‘warm’ in ‘swarm’

FAHRENHEIT

FROSTPUNK

THE LONG DARK

“If you love exploring vibrant worlds, this is the game for you” • GENSHIN IMPACT is near-perfect JRPG comfort food, even if it’s a little shady

“I don’t want to live Story quests are a nice on Robot World” • Trying to find the fun in NO MAN’S SKY

“It feels like a wacky spin on the usual format rather than a fresh new entity” • Digging for treasure in HEARTHSTONE’S bonkers new Duels mode

“Alt-tabbing out between runs to take notes, I find my fingers are rattling” • POST VOID is an assault on the senses—in a good way

RAINBOW SIX SIEGE • Hands-on with the final season, Operation Neon Dawn

FALLOUT: NEW VEGAS • Mods to...


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Frequency: Monthly Pages: 116 Publisher: Future Publishing Ltd Edition: Feb 01 2021

OverDrive Magazine

  • Release date: December 29, 2020

Formats

OverDrive Magazine

subjects

Tech & Gaming

Languages

English

PC Gamer brings you in-depth previews, exclusive feature stories, and the most hard-hitting reviews every month in the world’s best-selling PC games magazine! Every month you’ll get the inside scoop on the most exciting games in every genre from first-person shooters to MMORPGs and cutting-edge games from independent developers, along with detailed strategy guides, how-tos, and the latest news on mods and PC gaming hardware from the best-known authorities in PC gaming. PC Gamer helps you get the most out of the most powerful gaming platform in the world.

“GRIMDARKNESS, OVER-THE-TOP VIOLENCE, AND HUMOR”

The PC Gamer team

PC Gamer • #340 FEBRUARY 2021

COPYCAT? • Woman says LEAGUE OF LEGENDS character is based on her, Riot denies it

Highs & Lows

HACK THE PLANET • MICROSOFT FLIGHT SIMULATOR modders imagining a better Earth

FAR OUT • How THE SIMS shaped the career of Far Cry director Alex Hutchinson

DOOM SCROLL • How id Software reclaimed its history by losing its leaders

BOOK OF TRAVELS • Adventure in a world where you’re not forced to be the hero

GOODBYE VOLCANO HIGH • It’s time to play triceratops trumps

EVERSPACE 2 • Be nice to Freelancers, they may come back with homing missiles

SECOND EXTINCTION • For anyone who thought Muldoon was the hero of Jurassic Park

LIGHT IT UP • WARHAMMER 40,000: DARKTIDE is coming, so grab your torch and chainsword

Subscribe from just $26 a year

GAME OF THE YEAR 2020 • Celebrating the best in PC gaming from a year like no other

FINAL FANTASY XIV

HALF-LIFE: ALYX

MICROSOFT FLIGHT SIMULATOR

HADES

DOOM ETERNAL

SPELUNKY 2

VALORANT

ASSASSIN’S CREED VALHALLA

CRUSADER KINGS III

MONSTER TRAIN

PHASMOPHOBIA

PARADISE KILLER

DEATH STRANDING

VIKING INVASION • ASSASSIN’S CREED VALHALLA is the best Assassin’s Creed to date.

DRAGON QUEST • YAKUZA: LIKE A DRAGON doubles down on the series’ RPG elements with a brave new turn-based battle system.

GHOST TOWN • I AM DEAD is a playful exploration of life in limbo.

STUCK IN THE MUD • DIRT 5 ventures down a well-travelled track.

PRETTY FALCON GOOD

ANOTHER BUG-HUNT • Hunting BUGSNAX isn’t as much fun as hanging out with its cast of grumpuses.

ROAD NOT TAKEN • THE PATHLESS goes in the right direction.

SCOOBY GANG • LITTLE HOPE is a ghost tour that’s better with friends.

LONDON BRAWLING • Liberate the city with buskers and beekeepers in WATCH DOGS LEGION.

PICK AND MIX • Chasing after the ultimate high is what makes FUSER electrifying.

VICIOUS CYCLE • Hell boils over in DOOM ETERNAL: THE ANCIENT GODS—PART ONE.

FEEL LUCKY, CYBERPUNK? • A world of pain—usually yours—in GHOSTRUNNER.

CHRISTMAS KNIGHT • Separating the naughty from the nice in BATMAN: ARKHAM ORIGINS

BUG SMACKS • How HOLLOW KNIGHT puts the ‘warm’ in ‘swarm’

FAHRENHEIT

FROSTPUNK

THE LONG DARK

“If you love exploring vibrant worlds, this is the game for you” • GENSHIN IMPACT is near-perfect JRPG comfort food, even if it’s a little shady

“I don’t want to live Story quests are a nice on Robot World” • Trying to find the fun in NO MAN’S SKY

“It feels like a wacky spin on the usual format rather than a fresh new entity” • Digging for treasure in HEARTHSTONE’S bonkers new Duels mode

“Alt-tabbing out between runs to take notes, I find my fingers are rattling” • POST VOID is an assault on the senses—in a good way

RAINBOW SIX SIEGE • Hands-on with the final season, Operation Neon Dawn

FALLOUT: NEW VEGAS • Mods to...


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