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August 31
- I added player-seeking hit squads to GTA 5, though the billion other mods I have installed keep getting in their way
- Steam Week in Review: Here are the top 10 most popular genres on Steam
August 30
- Star Wars Zero Company's permadeath makes it a better RPG than most RPGs, even though it's not really an RPG
- Elden Ring's Tarnished Edition is exciting enough on its own, but it's also our last chance to properly experience the game's launch day hype
- 14 years on, the creator of DayZ is still searching for a solution to survival gaming's biggest problem: 'I think I am going to die without having solved it'
- The highly customisable Corsair Frame 4000X promised it would be my dream PC case, but I'm not completely convinced
August 29
- Modern gamers spoiled by Steam will never understand the joy of a MegaPak
- I want MMOs to waste our time again
- I played just an hour of Total War: Warhammer 40,000 and it was the highlight of my year
- I've checked gaming PC deals every week for two years and I'm not exaggerating when I say there isn't a single well-priced PC left
August 28
- Bland or badass? The internet is split on GTA 6's Jason, and so is PC Gamer
- Nodusfall isn't Elden Ring, Monster Hunter or a typical HoYoverse game—it's something very different
- 5 samurai movies to watch before playing Onimusha: Way of the Sword
- I have modded many dogs, several cows, 2 lions, and a chimpanzee into Grand Theft Auto 5, and they are all my friends
- STAR WARS Zero Company's character specializations let you control the battlefield
- After seeing what GTA 6 does to a PS5 we're even more desperate to see what the PC version has for us
- Planning your next gaming rig? Don’t treat these critical components as an afterthought
August 27
- The GTA 6 reveal has me wowed by Vice City and underwhelmed by Rockstar's same old missions
- I have solved the male loneliness epidemic in Grand Theft Auto 5
- Warlock's take on D&D magic might make me willing to sell my soul
August 26
- One gamer above all: OP arrives to test your favorite streamers this September
- I've played Heroes of Might and Magic 3: Remake, and I still can't believe we're getting 2 HoMMs in the same year
- Gamescom 2026 recap: The news and previews from the biggest gaming event of the year
- Blue Dragon has been stuck on the Xbox 360 for 20 years, but no longer: a fantastic unofficial PC port unlocks the FPS, goes 4K, and even adds mod support
- HDMI technology integration and installations are essential for advanced gaming
- Game of Thrones: War for Westeros isn't even out yet and it already feels ancient
- I added a gang notoriety system to GTA 5, but it mostly seems to make them murder everyone except me
- China's smash-hit answer to Pokémon is going global, with a closed beta coming soon.
- We saw The Witcher 3 – Songs of the Past in action, and the full-game remaster that's coming this year too
- Metro 2039 takes us back to Moscow, but it's still got some delicious bits of Exodus in there
August 25
- I played two missions of Gears of War: E-Day's campaign: One rocked, but the other did not
- 1666: Amsterdam's early access is live now but there's still plenty that needs ironing out before I'd pay $30 for it
- I attempted to become a professional driver in a GTA 5 where every car had no friction
- DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction is a definite improvement but path traced fidelity is still not a 100% solved issue
August 24
- My FOMO over The Duskbloods not coming to PC evaporated once I actually played it
- I turned car friction off in GTA 5. Help
- Why NordVPN is the perfect companion for streaming games and shows on the go
- Steam Week in Review: A touch of AI is all it takes to trigger backlash, as a promising new indie falls afoul of slop skeptics
August 23
- It's been 25 years and I'm still not over one of the greatest songs to grace JRPGs
- Ray Chase, the voice of Cyclops in X-Men '97, has '1,000 freaking hours' in Slay the Spire and is running a 'smell build' in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2: ' I wear perfumes and walk into battle with my fancy boy outfit'
- Big Walk is a new co-op puzzle game classic
- Gunstoppable gives me the same head-empty unbridled joy as Ultrakill—it doesn't hurt that Gabriel's voice actor is in it too
August 22
- SWG lead's new MMO, Stars Reach, almost lost me—until I met an animal conservationist mayor
- The first physical PC game I remember playing shows what Sony is thoughtlessly destroying
- 2XKO's shutdown has me feeling glum about Riot's future MMO—because I don't think the genre can survive corporate cut-and-run tactics
August 21
- Rockstar employees frustrated by GTA 6 leaks, though they may have only whet appetites for the reveal
- Don't tell Nintendo, but I turned GTA 5 into Pokémon Go using a mod
- OK, Vice City does look pretty damn impressive from the air
August 20
- Who is Cyberleek? What we know about the GTA 6 leaker
- Today in GTA 5 mods: Turning Franklin into a walking car-cannon
- Silent Hill: Townfall's latest gameplay trailer reminds me why the series shouldn't have guns
August 19
- GTA 6 cars need gas? OK, I'm finally on board
- I modded GTA 5's NPCs to be punishable for their crimes, and also much more polite
- Overwatch's newest Emerald rank is like a live grenade wedged between plat and diamond
August 18
- GTA 6 leaks show a game that looks like more GTA, but not a revolution
- 'Live-service is a red flag for us': Why one publisher is embracing an older kind of multiplayer hit: peer-to-peer, server browsers, and organic community
- 15 details from the new GTA 6 leaks, including a possible morality system and stamina meter
- I modded GTA 5 into a life-sim RPG with mining, foraging, a mini-economy, and the ability to fall asleep in the middle of the road
- The memory crisis led me down a rabbit hole into nations forming rival factions to secure the flow of computer chips and AI, with names that wouldn't sound out of place in a Command & Conquer reboot
- Star Wars: Galactic Racer's multiplayer 'tour' mode is a chaotic arcade racer spliced with a MOBA, and that somehow works brilliantly
- Why Kali Audio’s LP-UNF studio-caliber speakers make so much sense for PC gaming
- High-FPS, 4K detail or OLED colour: Which Gigabyte gaming display belongs on your desk?
August 17
- 10 tips from a World of Warcraft art lead for getting started creating amazing houses in WoW
- I'm modding GTA 5 every day until it becomes GTA 6 or breaks, starting with a new vehicle and enough missiles to level a city block
- Beastfolk Barber is an adorable hairdressing sim that offers up more than just shop talk
- How NordVPN protects your gaming desktop
- Steam Week in Review: Here are the 32 Steam games brave enough to release on GTA 6 day
- Request for comment: Which way did you go when you reached the controversial ending of Mass Effect 3?
August 16
- David Brevik, creator of Diablo, reveals the 'worst ending' to any game he's played: 'But I really love the game. It's amazing'
- Where's the weirdest place you've heard videogame music?
- Iron Nest is the best 'Battleship' game I've played in years—and it doesn't even have boats
- Marvel Tōkon's simple but effective combo trials are an elegant tutorial solution that I wish more fighting games had
- I played the economic simulator that could 'make a convert out of Karl Marx himself' to see if it could convert me
- Poll: Do you turn your PC off at night?
August 15
- I got so freaked out by the fact that Gordon Freeman is canonically 27 that I decided to find out how old all the other classic FPS protagonists are, and it didn't make me feel better
- EverQuest Legends is the only MMO that could hook me in 2026
- RPG companions need to be hateable, otherwise nobody's going to love them
- The bigwigs who want AI-generated NPCs and writing think you're too dumb to appreciate a good story—don't prove them right
August 14
- Before Grand Theft Auto Online, GTA 4's multiplayer added 'glorious chaos' to the open world sandbox
- Modding the Khajiit lands into Oblivion is still the cat's meow
- Old School RuneScape began when a dev 'found the 2007 server in their desk drawer:' 13 years later, it's setting subscriber records for the long-lived MMO
- Why I love my gaming notebooks
August 13
- If you're not paying attention to retro game recompilations, you're missing the most exciting thing in gaming right now
- How Stephen King watching a train hit a kid led to Kiefer Sutherland making his videogame horse crap on command: A PC Gamer Causality Chain™
- What to expect from Expeditions: Samurai's early access build
- PC Gamer magazine's new issue is on sale now: Onimusha: Way of the Sword, with a huge A1 poster and Top 100 games mini-mag
August 12
- Wes Fenlon's recommendations
August 11
- Believe the hype for Wardogs, possibly the next great multiplayer FPS
- Star Wars Zero Company is a very safe XCOM descendant, but its most interesting parts are found in its Midnight Suns DNA
- Star Wars: Galactic Racer's singleplayer is a clever roguelike gauntlet I could easily sink hours into
August 10
- 1666: Amsterdam has the makings of something brilliant but I came away from its preview with a bad feeling as its early access release creeps too close for comfort
- Steam Week in Review: Games about sorting 1000s of mundane objects onto shelves are the new craze sweeping PC gaming
August 9
- Deltarune's 'The Third Sanctuary' is an affront to time signatures, and also one of my favourite songs in a videogame ever
- Hit markers are an FPS crutch
- Fields of Mistria's cast has me head over heels in a way no farm sim has since Stardew Valley
- 'I am a big roguelike guy, but also a fan of minimalism and elegance': Sam Barlow, creator of Her Story, guides us through the games in his Steam Library
August 8
- WoW developers reflect on Midnight's first season—a world without AddOns, task overload, and Prey
- Stop waiting for the Game of Thrones CRPG of your dreams and settle for the pleasant eurojank compromise instead
August 7
- GTA 6's Netflix deal forces us to ask: can you pirate an advertisement?
- From ancient Buddhism, to iconic manga hair, to Keanu Reeves: a PC Gamer Causality Chain™
- 20 years of Asus ROG innovation: Which gaming machine is right for you?
August 6
- You deserve a travel power adapter you actually like for your next trip
- Rules of Engagement: The Grey State's new gameplay trailer gives us a glimpse into the Horrorverse - and it’s genuinely terrifying
August 5
- What happens after GTA 6?
- The next game in a huge Chinese action RPG series has plenty of action, but I hope it hasn't totally abandoned the RPG
- Sovereign Tower looks like a cosy management game, but it's ruthless, full of murder and impossible choices, and features one of the best time travel systems I've ever encountered
- August is the calm before the storm for this year's new game releases
August 4
- Embrace the great Tech Pause
- Sometimes you have to take a break from work to pay respects to the PC flight stick that ruled the '90s
- One of Big Walk's puzzles is simple to solve but still gave us an existential crisis
August 3
- Big Walk ignores 'friendslop' trends, and is better for it
- Help shape the future of PC Gamer and enter for a chance to win $200
- Communication is the biggest puzzle piece in chill co-op game Big Walk, so don't take any shortcuts by using Discord
- Steam Week in Review: Once positioned as mainstream-friendly PC gaming solutions, can Valve's hardware survive the memory crisis?
August 2
- One day Owlcat will make an RPG that's perfect out of the box, but 3 years after launch, it's time to get disgustingly into Warhammer 40K: Rogue Trader
- Stellar Blade: Blood Rain's AI slop music video is terrible for us all
- One of Kerbal Space Program's biggest inspirations was a promotional Flash game for Top Gear: 'That was the most similar game to KSP that I could find back then'
August 1
- 10 expansions that were better than the actual game
- My new favourite Tolkien game is free, has over 40 years of history, and would run on a toaster
- The great RPG debate: Do RPGs really need romanceable companions?
- Question time: What makes a 'good' grind in an MMO?
- We haven't needed motion blur in games for a long time, so I wish it would stop being the default
- In happier times, Sony was courting PC gamers with lavish magazine ads for its 'most popular CD-ROM titles'