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WELCOME • “PAINKILLER HAS GOT ME AND A LOT OF THE PC GAMER TEAM EXCITED”

The PC Gamer team

PC Gamer US Edition

MONITOR • NEWS | OPINION | DEVELOPMENT

Highs & Lows

Special Report • PCG INVESTIGATES

LOGOMOTIVE • The shifting aesthetics of a ’90s PC gaming news site

Incoming • THE BIGGEST GAMES ON THE WAY

ANNO 117: PAX ROMANA • An epic strategy game and city builder with a big toga to fill

BLACKSMITH MASTER • Who knew working hammer and tongs could feel so relaxing?

ERIKSHOLM: THE STOLEN DREAM • Entry-level stealth paired with high-end period drama

OUTWORLD STATION • This sim is threatening to devour hours of my time

EUROPA UNIVERSALIS 5 • This grand strategy game is going to take hours to unpack

OFFSCREEN • The perils of not getting enough screen time, exposed

CAST N CHILL • Turn off your mind, relax and float downstream

OFF-WORLD PROSPECTING • Dig to discover in the sands of an alien world

HALF SWORD • Rip and tear and fall over in an amusing fashion

PROHIBEAST • A faithful hound has beef with Al Capone

LANAESTHETIC • PAINKILLER returns, and this time it’s brought friends

GUN SHOW • Exploring Painkiller’s rejigged arsenal

RAT’S ENTERTAINMENT • A pneumatic drill and ripped up concrete

PAIN CHART • Plotting my real-time reaction to the new Painkiller

CONTROL ALT = DELETE • Painkiller’s alt-fires can change how weapons handle

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HOT DROP • Key points of interest

NIGHT SHIFT • ELDEN RING: NIGHTREIGN is a flawed, but strangely compelling experiment

THE HOLY TRINITY • The power of teamwork in Nightreign

BLESS THIS MESS • REVENGE OF THE SAVAGE PLANET is a Metroidvania designed for breezy co-op

BLAME YOUR TOOLS • Three devices for causing co-op chaos

GETTING TO KNOW YOU • I mean me. Us. Them. You know?

ALL BY MYSELVES • Fraught and flexible, THE ALTERS expertly blends storytelling with survival

WHEELS LIKE HOME • Jan’s base combines fun with function

BURROWING IN • SKIN DEEP, Blendo’s first game in seven years, is a small triumph

TOOLS OF THE TRADE • The unlikely utility belt of Skin Deep’s world

SLAYER CHIC • A positively medieval new look

UNCIVILIZED • DOOM: THE DARK AGES is indulgent and deliciously violent, but surprisingly safe

A HISTORY OF ULTRA-VIOLENCE • Bethesda’s Doom trilogy is now complete

NOUGHTIES BUT NICE • Four cars that evoke classic NFS

TOUGE PARTY • JDM: JAPANESE DRIFT MASTER has grand ambitions, but the execution drifts off course

DEAD GOOD • The vitality-challenged can be a friendly bunch

ROUGH GEM • BLADES OF FIRE doesn’t quite manage to bring the heat

ALL FIRED UP • How to get properly hammered

CARMAGEDDON • Hell on wheels just about sums up FUSED 240

EAT FLAY LOVE • Beauty isn’t only skin deep in THE FLAYED MAN

SUITS YOU • PACK sees the satisfaction in packing a suitcase

TOTALLY SERIOUS SAM • Life’s a beach in DEATH...