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, 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.
Get an exclusive Team Fortress 2 hat free with PC Gamer UK Issue 232
PC Gamer UK is getting fatter, and it’s not just because of the Krispy Kreme doughnut store that just opened in Bath. For our next issue, we’re dropping the disk and adding an extra 60 pages or so to the mag, and we’ll be giving away a load of free stuff to celebrate. The exclusive Team Fortress 2 hat you can see modelled by the Soldier above is just one of those items. Break the news AND your enemies faces with this fetching cap, free to all who purchase the next issue of PC Gamer UK.
Subscriber copies will be mailed out very soon, and the issue will hit store shelves on September 28. Within, you’ll find a code that can be entered into Steam to instantly add the hat to your Team Fortress 2 backpack. It’ll fit the head of every class, and we find it looks especially fetching on the Spy. His cloaking powers make him the ideal candidate for any press trip that’s likely to end in a gun battle for a control point (which frankly is most of them). Once you’ve redeemed your code, be sure to put it on and come kill us on the PC Gamer Team Fortress 2 server.
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 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 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…
UK Christmas bonanza – Day 7 1/2: Win a year’s subscription to PC Gamer UK
Thanks to a small snafu yesterday, you’re getting two competitions today. So welcome to day six and-a-half of the PC Gamer Christmas giveaway bonanza. We’ve given away five stonking prizes already, but we’re just getting started. Today we’re giving away the most glamorous prize yet. Imagine a world where you never have to leave the comfort of your own home, a place where the world’s finest PC news, reviews and features are delivered directly to your door every month. Today we’re offering a year’s subscription to PC Gamer UK for five lucky winners. Read on for your chance to win.
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.
Subscribe to PC Gamer UK, get it half price
It’s winter, which at PC Gamer means free overtime from our inking orphans because it’s too cold for them to go back to their cells at night. So we’re passing these human rights violations – or ‘savings’ – on to you: it’s now just £10.69 quarterly to subscribe by Direct Debit, or £46.49 for a year if you prefer to pay by card. The PC Gamer Maths Prawn tells us that’s £3.28 and £3.58 an issue respectively – good job, Maths Prawn! Back in your tank!
For the most ridiculous saving of all, subscribe for two years for £77.99. Your loyalty lets us plan for the future by abducting a whole new orphan, safe in the knowledge that after twelve months, the cadmium poisoning from the ink will have rendered it almost numb to the papercuts. And since we work four-week long Journalism Months to avoid light stabbings from our overlords, we do 13 issues in a year. That’s less than £3 an issue, says the calculator we replaced the Maths Prawn with after the tank fiasco. Compassionate and smart.
Subscribers also get their issues with the clean, gorgeous, clutter-free covers you see above. As well as looking sexy on a coffee table, the time the orphans save from the lack of cover lines means we can send each issue out to you sooner than the shops.
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.
PC Gamer UK October issue – Portal 2
PC Gamer 218 has already emerged through the letterbox-shaped portals in our subscribers’ doors. You can now buy it via the newsagent-shaped portals in your town or city. Do you see the rhythm I’m building here? This month we sent Tom to Valve in a plane-shaped portal, and he came back not just with the first information on Portal 2′s brand new co-op, but interviews with Gabe Newell about Valve’s follies, future and Left 4 Dead’s fairy origins. Oh my.
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.
