Issue April 2022 - PC Gamer (2024)

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In This Issue“VALVE HAS CRATED A FASCINATING PIECE OF HARDWARE”As soon as we got a Steam Deck in the office, it was all anyone could talk about. As we crowded around, each taking our turn to put it through its paces, it was immediately obvious we were in possession of something special. Will it change the face of PC gaming? That’s hard to predict. But what we can certainly say is that Valve has created a fascinating piece of hardware – and we couldn’t wait to share our experiences with it with you. Our huge feature was even partly written on the Steam Deck itself. How’s that for really committing to a story? ROBIN VALENTINE Twitter @robinlvalentine This month Became truly portable. (His partner made him go for a walk.)…1 min

In This IssueThe PC Gamer teamWES FENLON Twitter @wesleyfenlon This month Played the Steam Deck until his arms got tired. Which, er, happened quite quickly. It’s heavy, guys. DAVE JAMES Twitter @Not_the_GK This month Played the Steam Deck, did work on the Steam Deck, alienated his family with the Steam Deck… FRASER BROWN Twitter @FraserIBrown This month Indulged in his two passions: Warhammer Fantasy and Warhammer 40,000. IMOGEN MELLOR Twitter @ImoMellor This month Our newest member was happy to discover the year’s least scary horror game.…1 min

MonitorBIG GAME HUNTINGTHE DEAL RAISED QUESTIONS ABOUT ACTIVISION BLIZZARD CEO BOBBY KOTICK Before 2022 had even really began, Microsoft shocked the games industry by announcing it would acquire Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion. The scale of the buyout is staggering and will give Microsoft control of some of the biggest game series around, including Call of Duty and Overwatch, and overnight make it the third-largest game company in the world by revenue. It’s not a done deal, and the US Federal Trade Commission will be investigating, but the general consensus among business and legal specialists is that it will go through. Microsoft has said that it expects to complete the takeover by July 2023. The deal raised questions about Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick, who has recently faced strong criticism accusing the…2 min

MonitorThe SpySomething weird has happened with The Spy’s trusty sidekick, Predictabot-5000, the loveable scamp who makes videogame predictions. The fan favourite robot – beloved by many a reader thanks to his frequent appearances on this page – has always maintained that, in the year 2843, humanity will be enslaved by a networked AI that has seeded itself through all matter using nanofungal spores. That’s Predictabot! Recently, though, something has changed in the prediction matrix. Predictabot now tells us that the AI overlord will be bought out and decommissioned in a huge merger slated for 2820, thus securing the future of FLESH, the last publicly traded company, of which all humanity is both shareholder and employee. When The Spy tried to uncover more details of what this means, or even what the…3 min

MonitorThis month in… 20121 Ten years on from our cover feature, Guild Wars 2 remains one of the best MMOs for people who like the idea of World of Warcraft, but don’t actually like World of Warcraft. And while it’ll never get the attention of WoW or Final Fantasy XIV, it remains active – even among a handful of PCG’s staff. 2 Lurking in the back half of our reviews section, Crusader Kings II gets just two pages. We didn’t know it would get so huge, but we did know it was 87% good. 3 We round up every major MMO on PC. As always, these features are a fascinating list of games you half remember. But the real surprise is how many still exist – albeit now in a free-to-play form. Like,…1 min

Issue April 2022 - PC Gamer (2024)

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