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August 2026

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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'