Viral transmission How audience analysis can help game trailers spread, Hidden depths David Stevenson, lead artist at casual gaming specialist Big Fish, on how hidden object game scenarios are composed. By Philippa Warr

EMPIRE OF SIN
From casinos to Capone, Brenda Romero gives us a tour of 1920s Chicago’s seedy underworld, and lets us run our own mob. Murder, betrayal, and explosions abound.

RESIDENT EVIL 3
Another Resi dent Evil remake, already? Capcom strikes again while the iron’s hot—but has it been too hasty? Find our full verdict inside..

FUSER
Harmonix’ latest attempt to keep the rhythm genre alive lets you spin together your own music remixes on the fly—and there’s something familiar about it…

DOOM ETERNAL
Once you’ve finished reminiscing about the past, its time to embrace the future, with our review of the most action-packed, high-adrenaline shooter in years.

HALF-LIFE: ALYX
Yes, a new Half-Life game came out. This is not a drill. But is it essential enough to be worth buying a VR headset for? Find out in our review..

VALORANT
Riot takes aim at Counter-Strike in its first departure from the League of Legends universe. Wes Fenlon plays the studio’s unexpectedly traditional shooter..

LEGENDS OF RUNETERRA
Can Riot’s new spin-off make its mark in the crowded world of online card games?

THE TOP STORY
Speedrunners raise a record-breaking amount for charity.

SPECIAL REPORT
Parties, politics, and poisonings on gaming’s most lively Discord server.

2020 PREVIEW
From Cyberpunk 2077 to Crusader Kings III to Kerbal Space Program 2, we’ve got the lowdown on 2020’s big budget bruisers and intriguing indies.

INDIES IN CHINA
We head to China to talk to the developers growing an exciting indie scene in the country—and the looming threat that could kill their aspirations overnight..

GAMES OF THE DECADE
Let our 22 page mega-feature take you on a journey back through a momentous ten years.

DARKSIDERS GENESIS
The remarkably enduring series returns with a top-down spin-off starring the fourth horseman..

CHARACTER SHEET
Behind-the-scenes with Disco Elysium’s breakout star.

POSITIVE INFLUENCE
The inspirations and connections behind your favorite games.

THE GAME OF THE YEAR 2019
If it was great this year, you’ll find it here. Join us as we run down the only GOTY list you need.

SPECIAL REPORT
Exploring the ins and outs of Steam’s smart new redesign.

CRUSADER KINGS III
The game’s director lets us in on the sequel’s grand plans—from dynasties to cannibalism.

DISCO ELYSIUM
A surprise game of the year contender arrives in our midst, telling an alt-history detective story that will change the way you look at RPGs forever.

GTA ONLINE Six years on from its original launch, we chat to the team at Rockstar about the past, present, and future of a true multiplayer phenomenon.

THE TOP STORY Telltale Games has returned from the grave… or has it? 10 SPECIAL REPORT What does launching a game feel like?

DIARY It’s Faith’s last stand in the final part of Jeremy’s Mirror’s Edge experiment. 94 REINSTALL Police Quest revisited.

THE PC GAMING SHOW All the big reveals from our annual E3 show

GHOST RECON Breakpoint Ubisoft’s tactical FPS series is back. Can you survive being hunted in the wilderness?

Frontier is a master of crafting intricate, believable detail

IMAGE CONSCIOUS: “For the bad pre-rendered animated gifs I used old 3D software packages such as Wings3D and Bryce 5.5. I then converted them into my own ‘Hypnospace safe’ 64-color palette using Floyd- teinberg dithering.”, Golden Years: “If Hypnospace Outlaw has any kind of message, it’s to scrutinize the fuzzy nostalgia we often cling to, and that very human tendency to measure everything against what we consider ‘the good old days’.”...

Total War: Three Kingdoms Dong Zhou is a bad man. Tom Senior meets a tyrant in our cover feature, The Best of Early Access Our favorite not-yet-finished games, Beige is the New Black
Why the best way to play Half-Life is on
a 1998 PC, Charlie Brooker Black Mirror’s creator (and former PC gaming critic) on Bandersnatch...

Hardware
100 GROUP TEST
104 JARGON BUSTER
110 BUYER’S GUIDE

Game of the year awards: After much discussion, the PC Gamer team is ready to reveal the best games of 2018, GAMING MICE
RATED: The best gaming mice go head-tohead in a battle to find the best tool for your hand...

THE LEGACY OF THIEF: To celebrate Thief’s 20th birthday, Rick Lane looks back at this enduring stealth masterpiece, THE HISTORY OF STRATEGY: The second half of our guide to the strategy genre details the rise of turn-based tactics, ARTIFACT
PREVIEW: Valve is making a card game. Chris
Thursten explains why that’s such an exciting prospect...

MOD SPOTLIGHT
Back to Black Mesa in Half-Life: Echoes, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Cyberpunk 2077, Imperator: Rome, CHALLENGE
One year to play 100 games, THE TOP STORY
Telltale shuts its doors...

Remedy’s control: After the disappointing Quantum
Break, Andy is excited to find that Remedy is weird again, WOW: BATTLE FOR AZEROTH:  Steven returns from his quest to write the definitive review of
Blizzard’s MMO expansion, Gaming mice rated: After months of meditation, Ed Chester can judge mouse
movements by the millimetre...

Overwatch characters, Anatomy of an explosion, Monster Hunter: World, This is the Police 2, NOW PLAYING, MOD SPOTLIGHT, BUYER’S GUIDE...

The PC Gamer Top 100, World of Warcraft:
Battle for Azeroth, Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, The Sims 4: Seasons, THE PC GAMER TOP 100 The latest edition of our annual list running down the best PC games you can play right now...

Jurassic World Evolution, State of Decay 2, Unforeseen Incidents, Underworld Ascendant, Age of Wonders: Planetfall, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey...

PILLARS OF
ETERNITY II
Andy sets sail on a quest to bring
you the definitive verdict of
Obsidian’s massive RPG sequel, MEMORY
group test
Strap in for a whirlwind tour of the
best, fastest and hopefully
cheapest RAM you can buy, CALL OF DUTY:
BLACK OPS 4
Treyarch takes the reins for the
latest Call of Duty, and this time the
studio wants to focus on PC...

Features
36 Shadow of the Tomb Raider
44 Cities: Skylines
52 Studio Oleomingus

The Elder Scrolls Online’s first expansion sent players to Morrowind—giving us a chance to revisit the location of one of Bethesda’s most beloved  PGs, albeit set many hundreds of years before its events took place. For the next expansion, we’re heading to the Summerset Isles, home of the high elves.

Reviews
68 Kingdom Come: Deliverance
72 Final Fantasy XII:The Zodiac Age
74 Age of Empires: Definitive Edition
76 Civilization VI: Rise and Fall
78 Dragon Ball FighterZ
80 Subnautica
84 Celeste

56 PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds
62 Gorogoa
64 Gang Beasts
66 Hello Neighbor
68 Life is Strange: Before the Storm
72 Opus Magnum
76 Iconoclasts

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