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...