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 US February issue: The Old Republic launch guide and 2012′s biggest games!
You’ve read the review, now build the best character, find the dev team’s favorite items, survive your first PvP encounter, and get the most out of Star Wars: The Old Republic with our enormous 10-page launch guide and behind-the-scenes coverage. Then bury your nose deeper into the February 2012 issue of PC Gamer US for previews of 2012′s biggest games, including Diablo III, BioShock Infinite, Guild Wars 2 (which may just change everything we know about MMOs), Mass Effect 3, and more, as well as an all-star lineup of reviews, including Minecraft, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Modern Warfare 3, and Assassin’s Creed: Revelations.
You can find it all and more on newstands now! Or, if your house is surrounded by small rabid beasts which have somehow made it clear that only your flesh can satiate their voracious appetites, you may want to stay inside and check us out on Coverleaf.com and Apple Newsstand.
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 US January issue: Hell awaits you in The Secret World
Is it getting hot in here, or is it just the January 2012 issue of PC Gamer US? This issue’s molten center features the exclusive reveal of The Secret World’s Hell Dimension with a whopping eight pages of insight into the paranormal MMO, its character builds, quests, 500-ability Skill Hive, large-scale PvP system, and more. And when you’re done soaking in the horrors of Funcom’s underworld, you can dig into our take on WoW’s Mists of Pandaria expansion, a story from inside the WoW Arena, an in-depth Star Wars: The Old Republic preview, and a look at the best entries in the 2012 Independent Games Festival. Then get the verdicts on two high-profile three-quels, Battlefield 3 and Saint’s Row: The Third, alongside a bevy of other reviews for gems like City of Heroes: Freedom and Might & Magic Heroes VI.
It’s all on newsstands now! Or, if you’re under house arrest, we’re also available on Coverleaf.com and Apple Newsstand.
PC Gamer UK Christmas issue – Mists of Pandaria
For most people, Christmas is a day, but for us, it’s a whole magazine. This year we’re celebrating with Crimbo the Christmas Panda, who adorns our cover. What does Crimbo have for good boys and girls? Why it’s an enormous twelve page feature on Blizzard’s new games. From Mists of Pandaria to Heart of the Swarm, to Blizzard Dota, Christmas elf Rich McCormick has scooped all his Blizzcon news up into a big snowy wordball. Oh, and every reader gets a free copy of King Arthur – The Roleplaying Wargame.
You can read it all in the latest issue of PC Gamer UK, which should be on shelves shortly and arriving with subscribers right now. It’s also available online, digitally through Zinio and Apple Newsstand, and it should already be with subscribers now.
PC Gamer US Holiday issue: Diablo III, and 15 years of Diablo
15 years ago, the original Diablo hacked and slashed its way into PC gaming history. Now, on the run-up to Diablo III, we take a trip to Blizzard to look back at how all began, and forward at where it’s going—including insight into the Diablo III that almost was! Plus, we’ve got Battlefield 3 sniper survival tips, a special report on what Windows 8 means for gamers, and an emergency guide to wrestling your accounts back from hackers. Then read our reviews of Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad, Rage, Hard Reset, Driver: San Francisco, and more!
It’s all on newsstands now! Or, if you can’t make it to the store, we’re available on Coverleaf.com and Apple Newsstand.
PC Gamer UK December issue – Planetside 2
Planetside is going to be enormous. Its battles will rage across entire continents and support hundreds of players at a time. It will have tanks, ships and, according to the man on our cover, gatling guns with laser sights for precision mass-destruction. You can read all about it in our preview in the latest edition of PC Gamer UK. It hits store shelves today. It’s also available online, digitally through Zinio and Apple Newsstand, and it should already be with subscribers now.
There are few things less subtle than a gatling gun with a laser site, but Max Payne is one of them. We catch up with the gravelliest hero in gaming on his new adventures in Max Payne 3, chat to Ken Levine about Bioshock Infinite, get rich quickly and horribly in Runescape, play Diablo 3, take a look at the new Syndicate and much, much more. We also give away a load of free stuff. This month our issues come with codes for six free games on Good Old Games, £20 worth of items in Runes of Magic and free money in any Sony MMO.
PC Gamer US December issue: Hands-on with The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Skyrim. The very name makes all other roleplaying games tremble in fear. But not PC Gamer—we charged into Bethesda’s breathtaking new game world without regard for personal safety. We emerged hours later with a sacred tome containing the tales of our adventures therein, which we now present to you in the form of this month’s cover story.
Once you’ve read and reread the Skyrim feature, be sure to check out the 50 things you need to know about the free-to-play MMO shooter Firefall. We’ve also got a preview on Gearbox’s gorgeous-looking Borderlands 2, in-depth insight into PlanetSide 2, and the review of Relic’s Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine. Also, see which mouse tied the highest review score ever. This, fellow PC gamers, is sexy hardware at its best.
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.
Fret not, Zinio subscribers to PC Gamer UK. You’re getting a hat too. And everyone’s getting an Onlive trial
I’m in full on Oprah mode.
“YOU GET A HAT.”
“YOU GET A HAT.”
“YOU GET A HAT.”
“EVERYBODY GETS A HAT.”
Cue music, dancing and the wild celebrations. And possibly ticker tape.
If you subscribe to PC Gamer UK via Zinio, you’ll be getting the exactly the same gifts that the print subscribers and news-stand subscribers are getting with issue 232. That means you’ll be getting our PCG reader only TF2 hat, the “Killer Exclusive” and a free trial to the game streaming service Onlive. We’ll be sending out the codes for both to the email account you registered your Zinio subscription to. Many Bothans suffered a slight inconvenience to get you this. So we made a press release. It’s below.
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 US November issue: League of Legends Dominion in-depth guide
For our first-ever cover featuring a free-to-play game, it had to be the incredibly popular League of Legends. Our in-depth guide to LoL’s upcoming new Dominion mode will ensure that you have the advantage on launch day by taking you through the ins and outs of the map, plus a look at the map creation process and upcoming champions in the works at Riot Games. As if that wasn’t enough, you’ll also find a code in every issue for an exclusive Caitlyn skin (good on North American servers only) which will also unlock the champion herself if you’ve yet to purchase the sultry sniper.
In other mega-news, our extensive Diablo III hands-on preview will tell you everything you need to know about the much-anticipated hack-’n'-slash ahead of the beta, and addresses your Auction House concerns. Meanwhile, we’ve the inside scoop on supernatural steampunk-style FPS thriller Dishonored and the verdict on the tropical zombie-bonanza that is Dead Island. Missing this issue is, in a word, inadvisable.
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, October issue: Guild Wars 2
This month, get ready for Guild Wars 2 and the other MMO titans preparing to hit the scene in the next few months – The Secret World, Wildstar and Star Wars: The Old Republic. Inside, we speak to the developers and go hands on to see which are the most likely to destroy your free time. The latest issue should be landing on subscribers’ doormats very soon. Inside, you’ll find sorcery! Free Games! Diablo 3! Laptops! Deus Ex! Garbage Truck Simulator 2011!
And more? Of course! That’s not even close to being everything this month…
PC Gamer US October issue: Batman: Arkham City hands-on
The Bat Signal shines on the sky above Gotham! PC Gamer’s plucky reporters are on the scene to cover the Caped Crusader’s ass-kicking adventures in Batman: Arkham City in a huge hands-on story that covers a ton of new crime-fighting gadgets and Catwoman’s debut. You’d think that’d be the best thing in the issue, but what’s this? The amazing Deus Ex: Human Revolution review! You may need a brain augmentation to grasp how great this game is. You’ll also find our hands-on adventures in Guild Wars 2 and Tribes Ascend, tips straight from the developers to get you started right in Age of Empires Online, and a smorgasbord of our favorite demos from throughout PC gaming history! Bonus: this new-and-improved PC Gamer comes augmented with super-thick paper strong enough to stop a bullet. (Warning: do not use PC Gamer as body armor.)
