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Introducing The PC Complete PC Gamer Reviews Guide! This weighty 148 tome of judgement holds no less than 4,728 reviews from PC Gamer long history, from classics like Half-Life, Minecraft and Skyrim to stinkers like Big Brother and (dare I even speak its name) Plumbers Don't Wear Ties. From 1% to 96%, from shooters to strategies to sims, we've assembled twenty years worth of verdicts into one indispensable almanac - the ultimate buyer's guide and a celebration of PC Gamer's heritage rolled into one mag.

The Complete PC Gamer Reviews Guide is out now. For £9.99, you can order your physical copy through My Favourite Magazines or, for £6.99, download it to your iPad/iPhone via the PC Gamer App . Read on for a list of just a few of the thousands of reviews you'll find inside.

Including reviews of...

Shooters

  • Half-Life 2

  • Doom 3

  • Borderlands

  • Left 4 Dead 2

  • Max Payne

  • Far Cry

  • Deus Ex

  • Team Fortress 2

  • Dishonored

  • Operation Flashpoint

  • Call of Duty

  • Thief: Deadly Shadows

  • Arma 2

  • STALKER

  • Unreal Tournament

Strategy

  • Dota 2

  • XCOM: Enemy Unknown

  • League of Legends

  • Rome: Total War

  • Plants vs. Zombies

  • Company of Heroes

  • Dungeon Keeper

  • Age of Empires

  • Civilization 2

  • C&C: Red Alert

RPG

  • Mass Effect

  • Skyrim

  • Fallout 3

  • The Witcher 2

  • Planescape: Torment

  • Diablo 2

  • Anachronox

  • Knights of the Old Republic

  • Baldur's Gate 2

  • Dragon Age

Adventure

  • Minecraft

  • Batman: Arkham Asylum

  • Grim Fandango

  • Mirror's Edge

  • Amnesia

  • Fahrenheit

  • Portal

  • Psychonauts

Sims

  • X-Wing: Alliance

  • Freelancer

  • Il-2 Sturmovik

  • Silent Hunter 3

  • World of Tanks

  • Freespace 2

  • Fifa 13

  • SimAnt

  • Red Baron

  • OMSI

And much more!

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