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QUANTUM PROCESSOR? • The ‘first product of the quantum processing algorithm’ was, in fact, not that
Highs & Lows
A LARA DIVIDED • How TOMB RAIDER’s early marketing campaigns objectified an icon
IDENTITY CRISIS • The many faces of Tomb Raider’s Lara Croft
SMOOTH AS SILK • Some famous animation examples
ANIMATED DISCUSSION • Sumo Digital’s THOMAS CROFTS on the craft and importance of animation in games
PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE LOST CROWN • Not the Prince of Persia game you wanted, but the one you need
CYBERPUNK 2077: PHANTOM LIBERTY • We played Cyberpunk 2077’s expansion at Summer Game Fest
PAYDAY 3 • Robbing a bank without a plan is as hard as it sounds
TOTAL WAR: PHARAOH • Total War returns to a more grounded take
ASSASSIN’S CREED MIRAGE • Ubisoft is making the Assassin’s Creed I’ve been asking for
MORTAL KOMBAT 1 • With SF6 and MK1, we’ll be talking about 2023 for decades
STAR WARS OUTLAWS • Ubisoft’s Star Wars game looks like the best thing it’s made in ages
BALDUR’S FATE • After more than two decades, the wait is finally over. BALDUR’S GATE III is here and, as PC Gamer discovers, it’s changing the scope of what a CRPG can offer forever
CASTING CALL • Meet just a few of Baldur’s Gate III’s potential new companions
THE BALDUR’S GATE CRPG TIMELINE • Follow the series’ numerous releases on PC
WELCOME TO THE CITY OF BALDUR’S GATE • The metropolis has been lovingly recreated by Larian Studios
A TRIPLE THREAT • Meet Baldur’s Gate III’s primary antagonists
DEAD GOOD • RUNESCAPE is one of PC gaming’s oldest and most successful MMOs, and with its upcoming NECROMANCY skill and content expansion, looks set to continue its storied legacy
RUNESCAPE’S TIMELINE • Major events in the MMOs history
WHAT IS RUNEFEST? • The festival of all things RuneScape is a big deal
DOOM GUY • PC Gamer talks to industry legend JOHN ROMERO about his life in videogames
LEAVING ID • Extract from Doom Guy, recalling the split between John Romero and John Carmack
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THE BUTCHER RETURNS • Diablo IV’s iconic boss is equipped to kill you
LIVING HELL • Fiery builds and lots of skeletons in the fantastical darkness of DIABLO IV
PICK YOUR PLAYSTYLE • Rogue vs Necromancer
ELIGIBLE BACHELOR(ETTE)S • A who’s who of London’s likeliest suitors
FIRST DATE JITTERS • Date squids and solve murders in MASK OF THE ROSE
SEMI-PRECIOUS • THE LORD OF THE RINGS: GOLLUM charms despite a fractured identity
PRECIOUS DAYS • Gollum’s average day
FERRIS WHEEL OF FAIL
ROLLERPOSER TYCOON • Parking up the wrong tree in PARK BEYOND
A LITERAL ROLLERCOASTER OF EMOTIONS • Putting the ‘art’ in ‘line chart’
A WOLF IN JEEP’S CLOTHING • LEGO 2K DRIVE is a tried and tested formula, ruined by corporate greed
LE-GO OF YOUR CREDIT CARD DETAILS • Parents are going to be bricking it…