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.”
PC Gamer UK March Issue – Total War: Shogun 2
March is the month of war. The latest issue of PC Gamer UK hits store shelves today with the force of an army of samurai. Within, we’ve got the first huge reviews of Total War: Shogun 2 and Dragon Age 2, a massive feature on The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and much, much more.
PC Gamer UK February Issue: Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Have you ever walked flat into a screen door? Deus Ex: Human Revolution protagonist Adam Jensen has, and it exploded. Our sleek new cover captures the moment of unintentional badassery, in recognition of our huge new six-page preview feature. Subscribers should be receiving their issues soon, postman willing, and it’ll be on shelves and buyable online from Wednesday. Here’s what else is cool.
PC Gamer UK January issue – Eve Online
Those lucky subscribers already know because they’ve heard the pleasing sound of an issue of PC Gamer UK sliding through their letterboxes, but the remainder of you will be delighted to discover that our latest issue hits shelves today. Read on to discover its secrets…
PC Gamer UK Christmas Issue – Diablo 3
The Christmas issue of PC Gamer UK comes straight from hell, but it looks heavenly, with not just one Diablo 3 cover but five. You can see four of them below, each depicting a different character class from Blizzard’s hack-and-slasher.
PC Gamer UK December Issue – Warhammer: Dark Millennium Online
The latest issue of PC Gamer is a portal to a dark, grim future in which there is only war. Glorious, exciting war in which Man’s greatest foes are sliced with chain swords, diced with chain axes, and shot in the face with massive guns. You’ll be able to tell from the steely gaze of the Space Marine on our cover that this month is a Warhammer 40k special. We donned our biggest shoulder pads and braved the battlefields of the future, bringing back massive previews of Warhammer: Dark Millennium Online and Dawn of War 2: Retribution. You can read all the gory details by visiting your local magazine seller immediately, or if you’re not yet convinced, read below for more tantalising nuggets.
PC Gamer UK November issue – Guild Wars 2
Issue 219 is a magazine, but it’s also a handy one-handed mace if rolled up correctly, or even a makeshift oar for a raft. You can use the disc to reflect light at a vampire, or use the plastic wallet to store loot. Issue 219, then, is a lot like your character in Guild Wars 2; it can take on any role you need it to. Guild Wars 2 is our cover story this month, and inside, we lay out exactly how versatile your virtual war specialist can really be. It’ll be in shops tomorrow, and here’s what else you can expect.
Civilization V exclusive review – PCG US 206
This month’s PC Gamer has the world-exclusive first review of Sid Meier’s Civilization V! Plus our definitive review of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, an exclusive reveal of the big changes coming to League of Legends, hands-on with Dragon Age 2, a first look at BioShock Infinite, and much more!
Plus, is that cover art awesome or what?
PC Gamer UK September issue – Dragon Age 2
PC Gamer 217 is now loitering on the shelves of a newsagent, petrol station, or supermarket near you. Go forth! Buy it! Try not to talk to anyone on the way there! Don’t get in any strange cars! And in case it’s too dangerous to go alone, take this handy guide to the best of the mag.
The Old Republic space combat in PCG US
There’s been a great disturbance in the Force! BioWare’s Star Wars: The Old Republic is on the cover of our next issue, and within you’ll find the first details on one of the most-anticipated features of the most-anticipated MMO of all time: space combat. The issue hits newsstands on August 17 (subscribers get it a little earlier, you lucky dogs) so keep your eyes peeled.
PC Gamer UK August issue – Cataclysm
The newest and most cataclysmic issue of PC Gamer UK has just burst from our printing press, and it’ll soon be sundering the very land itself, wracking your supermarkets with gaping geothermal fissures. As you rapidly burst into flames in the magazine aisle, you may only have time to read three things.
You should start with Tim’s six-page World of Warcraft: Cataclysm preview on page 44. He’s seen the new old world, and explains exactly how Deathwing’s emergence has reinvented Azeroth – as only a WoW veteran can.
As your kneecaps melt, you can flip to page 72 and read Martin Davies’ feature on the making of Torchlight, and the first details of their upcoming Torchlight MMO.
Finally, as your grasping hand sinks into the molten copies of Nuts and Men’s Health, your last regret will be never reading Tom’s report on the updated AI for Supreme Commander 2 on page 116. Hint: they made it scary.
Remember to flip to the competition on page 87 to find out how you could win a Cyberpower Ultra Scylla worth £900 – sometimes it’s as simple as making us laugh the most by wearing a silly hat.
Of course, if you want to avoid turning into a puddle of dedicated reader in the molten supermarket, you can buy an issue online here when it goes on sale on the 1st of July, or subscribe here.
PC Gamer US August issue
The time to stick with the prod is over. The new Deus Ex is our cover this month, and it’s sleek, shiny, and doesn’t mind breaking a few eggs – a little like PC Gamer, then. We’ve got a huge six-page preview for your conspiracy-hungry eyeballs, packed with gorgeous screens, honest impressions, and enlightening quotes from the daring developers at Eidos Montreal.
But if bionic shades don’t grab you, how about MMOs you can play with your kids? Josh has found nine free worlds you can enter with urchins in tow. We’ve reviewed Alpha Protocol, Split/Second, and The Sims 3: Ambitions, and we’ve played three new missions of the Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty singleplayer campaign. We’ve even written about what they were like! We’re thinking of calling it a “pre-viewing” of the game. Tell us what you think.
We’ve had to endure much, you and I, but soon there will be order again. Speaking of order, you can click here to order a subscription to the mag. Or if you’re already a subscriber, click here to login to your customer account, to change your details, deliver address, etc.
PC Gamer UK July issue – Shogun 2: Total War
Our improbably sexy new issue is now being flung at subscribers, stocked on store shelves, and fired at you with a cannon of free postage if you buy it from our online shop. The cover is a mega-exclusive: the announcement and first details of Shogun 2: Total War, the next in everyone’s favourite wargame series.
As well as a six page preview of that, we’ve got a huge feature on Deus Ex: Human Revolution, formerly Deus Ex 3. Tom got to see it in action in Montreal, and interview all the key people involved with it to find out if they really get Deus Ex. Incredibly, they do, and the game is looking far more exciting than any of us expected.
We’ve also got a feature on how to be good at every game, a review of Obsidian’s spy RPG Alpha Protocol, and a face-off between Medal of Honor and Call of Duty: Black Ops. Buy it immediately.
