PC PowerPlay brings the Painkiller
We go hands-on with 2025's coolest co-op shooter
PC PowerPlay issue 310 is onsale right now!
We go hands-on in a world exclusive with Painkiller, and this co-op shooter is looking like it could be an absolute blast!
This issue we've got reviews of the hottest new games, including the incredible Doom: The Dark Ages, plus previews of Anno 117:Pax Romana and the absolutely mind-wrecking Europa Universalis 5.
In Tech we're looking at CPU air coolers, with a group test of the cheapest to most expensive – and cheap doesn't mean bad, as we discover.
PREVIEWS
Anno 117: Pax Romana
Blacksmith Master
Keep up to date with the most important stories and the best deals, as picked by the PC Gamer team.
Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream
Europa Universalis 5
Outworld Station
REVIEWS
Doom: The Dark Ages
Blades of Fire
Lost Records: Bloom & Rage Tape 2
JDM: Japanese Drift Master
Labyrinth of the Demon King
Revenge of the Savage Planet
TECH
CPU air coolers
Arctic Freezer 36
Cooler Master Hyper 612 Apex
Be Quiet Dark Rock 5
Noctua NH-D15 G2
Noctua NH-L12S
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Ben thinks he’s probably the most experienced PC gaming editor and writer in Australia. After working on the legendary Hyper magazine in the early 1990s, he founded the even-more-legendary PC PowerPlay mag in 1995, and remained as editor for the first five years during that period of explosive PC gaming evolution. After that he founded Atomic magazine in 2000, shifting his focus a bit more towards PC gaming hardware. After a few years as Atomic editor, Ben took over PC Authority magazine, and is now the editor of APC. He likes 48-hour Sins of a Solar Empire binges when he’s not sitting in his sim racing rig manhandling his precious German equipment.
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