PC Gamer UK February issue: Shogun 2 – Fall of the Samurai
We rarely get the chance to feature such a magnificent beard on our cover. Total War: Shogun 2 – Fall of the Samurai has given us that chance. In our six page feature, we take an in-depth look at the fascinating standalone expansion for Shogun 2. It’s set during the twilight years of the Shogunate at a time when incoming imperial technology threatens the stability of Japan’s ruling classes, and it’s looking rather exciting. To celebrate, we’re giving every reader Empire: Total War’s Warpath Campaign free in this issue!
Also, THE TOP 100 IS HERE. Yes, the sexiest list of the year has arrived, in which we deliver our infallible and entirely correct list of the 100 best PC games in the world right now. You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. You’ll want to write a strongly worded letter of disagreement. You can argue the case for your favourite games in the top 100 discussion happening on our forums right now.
The issue hits shops today and subscribers should have had it for about a week. It’s also available online, through Zinio and through the Apple Newsstand. Read on to find out what else lies behind the beard.
PC Gamer UK January issue – Star Wars: The Old Republic
The Republic’s finest are striking heroic poses of readiness on the cover of the latest issue of PC Gamer UK, which should be wriggling through subscriber letterboxes about now. These fine defenders of peace and justice couldn’t be more prepared to take on the forces of darkness. They’ve read our huge guide to The Old Republic, containing 50 top tips to help you level. We also go behind the scenes to find out how this year’s biggest game was made.
As we ready ourselves for the Christmas feasts and New Year’s celebrations to come, we thought it would be the perfect time to look back and celebrate the very best of 2011 in our Game of the Year Awards. We also take a good look forwards at the most exciting games of 2012. The new issue contains a comprehensive run down of every game scheduled to come out on PC next year, so you can plan ahead, or simply reflect on how awesome PC gaming is going to be in the next 12 months.
There’s more inside, of course. Much, much more, including free access to Settlers Online, a free car in APB Reloaded, and our review of this little indie game you may have heard of called Minecraft. The issue will hit stores next Wednesday, andwill also be available to buy online, via Apple Newsstand and on Zinio. Read on, Padawan, and learn the secrets of Issue 235.
PC Gamer UK Christmas issue – Mists of Pandaria
For most people, Christmas is a day, but for us, it’s a whole magazine. This year we’re celebrating with Crimbo the Christmas Panda, who adorns our cover. What does Crimbo have for good boys and girls? Why it’s an enormous twelve page feature on Blizzard’s new games. From Mists of Pandaria to Heart of the Swarm, to Blizzard Dota, Christmas elf Rich McCormick has scooped all his Blizzcon news up into a big snowy wordball. Oh, and every reader gets a free copy of King Arthur – The Roleplaying Wargame.
You can read it all in the latest issue of PC Gamer UK, which should be on shelves shortly and arriving with subscribers right now. It’s also available online, digitally through Zinio and Apple Newsstand, and it should already be with subscribers now.
PC Gamer UK December issue – Planetside 2
Planetside is going to be enormous. Its battles will rage across entire continents and support hundreds of players at a time. It will have tanks, ships and, according to the man on our cover, gatling guns with laser sights for precision mass-destruction. You can read all about it in our preview in the latest edition of PC Gamer UK. It hits store shelves today. It’s also available online, digitally through Zinio and Apple Newsstand, and it should already be with subscribers now.
There are few things less subtle than a gatling gun with a laser site, but Max Payne is one of them. We catch up with the gravelliest hero in gaming on his new adventures in Max Payne 3, chat to Ken Levine about Bioshock Infinite, get rich quickly and horribly in Runescape, play Diablo 3, take a look at the new Syndicate and much, much more. We also give away a load of free stuff. This month our issues come with codes for six free games on Good Old Games, £20 worth of items in Runes of Magic and free money in any Sony MMO.
PC Gamer UK, November issue: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
It’s a big month for PC Gamer UK. The disc is gone. We put it in a paper boat and burnt it at sea (or, rather the river next to our office). In its place we have 64 extra pages. That means more reviews, more previews, bigger features and more adventures in Extra Life. To celebrate, we’re giving everyone who buys the new issue free stuff, whether you subscribe, buy online, in a shop, or even digitally. Everyone will get an exclusive Team Fortress 2 hat, and a month of OnLive access. The issue will be arriving with subscribers now, and will hit stores this Wednesday.
But what’s inside? The screaming warrior on our cover gives away our huge Skyrim preview, but there’s more. Much, much more. We turn the office into the bridge of the Starship Enterprise. We talk to Gabe Newell about his Dota 2 obsession, delve into Firefall, take a look at Planetside 2, invent the perfect version of Left 4 Dead 3 and Tim strokes a Tribble. Read on to find out why.
PC Gamer UK October issue is out now
Just a quick reminder to let our UK readers know that the latest issue of PC Gamer UK is on store shelves now. Guild Wars 2 is on the cover. It’s just one of the huge upcoming MMOs that we’ve looked at in our feature on the clash of the MMO titans. You’ll also find previews on the most exciting incoming releases like Diablo 3 and Rage, reviews of Limbo, Arma: Anniversary edition and much more. Find out what’s inside in our summary of PC Gamer UK issue 231. The latest issue is also available to buy online, and virtually, in the form of our shiny Zinio digital edition. If you subscribe, you’ll get every issue cheaper, earlier, and clad in our lovely subscriber covers, which you’ll find embedded below.
If you’re here, reading our words about PC games in the internet, chances are you might be interested in reading more words about PC games in other exciting formats. The PC Gamer Reader is now available as a Kindle edition, offering a collection of the best PC games writing of the last decade or so.
PC Gamer UK, September issue: Deus Ex: Human Revolution review
This month we bring you the world’s first review of Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Is it as good as we all hope? Can it possibly live up to the towering original? We punched criminals, hacked terminals, turned invisible and threw a vending machine off a rooftop at an army of gangsters to find out. You can read all about it in our eight page analysis in the September issue of PC Gamer UK which is landing with subscribers shortly, and will be available in print and on tablets on Wednesday 3rd August.
That’s not all, of course. There are 122 more pages to account for. Read on to find out what else lies within the golden covers of our latest issue.
PC Gamer UK, August issue: Aliens: Colonial Marines
The trouble with futuristic marines is that they think they can wander through an alien spaceship, never look above or behind them, and still be alive five minutes later. This month’s cover demonstrates exactly why THAT WILL NOT WORK. In Aliens: Colonial Marines, you must always check your six, a lesson we learned well when we went to see it. You can read all about Gearbox’s new co-op survival horror game in our huge preview.
The new issue will be available to buy online this Wednesday July 6, and will be hitting store shelves soon. Subscribers should have their copies already. If you’d like future issues of PC Gamer UK delivered directly to your door for less money, you can subscribe here. If you’d like to save a few trees, we also have a shiny new Zinio digital edition.
Read on to find out what else we’ve managed to cram into the August issue of PC Gamer UK.
PC Gamer UK, July issue: Assassin’s Creed Revelations
On our cover this month: master assassin Ezio, not quite managing to hide in plain sight. We were going to ask him to smile, but then we realised he has more knives than fingers, and thought better of it. The star of new Ezio is older, more experienced and deadlier than ever. Find out the truth that lies behind the beard in the massive feature on Assassin’s Creed Revelations, in the latest issue of PC Gamer UK.
It’s not all about assassins, of course. This month we delve into Dwarf Fortress, chat to Bioware about writing The Old Republic, review all the latest releases and much, much more. Read on to discover the treasures hidden within the pages of our July issue.
PC Gamer US, July issue: Heavy-hitting sequels with Mass Effect 3 & Skyrim
At PC Gamer, we’re all about giving. Our July 2011 issue just hit newsstands with a generous look at Mass Effect 3: who’s back, why it matters, and what the skinny is on those silly Reapers. Further in, Chris braved the frosty summits of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, and lived to tell write eight pages about it—no dragon was left unturned, despite Chris’ pet peeve of being drenched in molten liquid-fire breath. As if that weren’t enough, we’ve got tons of content just waiting to be fervidly read in the latest issue. Come get a sneak peek of what Issue 215 has in store.
PC Gamer UK, May issue: Star Wars: The Old Republic
Our May issue is now on-sale in both physics-based shops and our online one, where it’s £5.99 with free postage to anywhere in the UK. Truly, it’s a small price to pay for a magazine with a picture of a red-headed female bounty hunter from Star Wars: The Old Republic on the cover.
That’s for Tom’s huge preview of the swords-and-Forcery MMORPG: he played the game for a ridiculous two days, as both the Bounty Hunter class and the Imperial Agent, and he has some opinions to tell you.
Six cards to jumpstart your army in BattleForge
Just having large, fire-breathing dragons that can burninate pathetic peasants on a whim is not enough for me. My fire-breathing dragons must be infused with unholy power and foaming at the mouth with bloodlust before I sic ‘em on the enemy—if we’re going to kill an entire civilization, we’re going to do it right, dammit. So I give my dragons drugs.
20 Years of Blizzard: Looking back with Blizzard’s creators
We celebrated Blizzard’s 20th anniversary with a massive cover story in our April issue that analyzed just how far-reaching their impact on gamers across the globe has been. In the final part of that story, (read part 1 and part 2) we sit down in Mike Morhaime’s office with three of Blizzard’a head honchos to host a round-table discussion about the company’s early days, where they see PC gaming is headed and what life was/is/will be like at the company. Join us for a look inside one of PC gaming’s most beloved companies.
20 ways Blizzard changed the world
We celebrated Blizzard’s 20th anniversary with a massive cover story in our April issue that analyzed just how far-reaching their impact on gamers across the globe has been. In part one of our Blizzard story, we put our collective minds together to put together a list of the many and varied ways that Blizzard has affected the “real-world” through their games. Here they are presented for your viewing pleasure: the 20 ways that Blizzard Entertainment has altered the very fabric of life.
Dragon Age 2 and Total War: Shogun 2 demos – what do you think?
My computer was pretending to be tired last night. “I don’t want to download any more” he grumbled. “A few evenings ago I preloaded Bulletstorm, as soon as you got home tonight I downloaded a monstrous 6Gb Total War: Shogun 2 demo, and now you want me to start cooking 1.9 Gb of Dragon Age 2? It’s 10pm. I’m knackered.”
