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“CITIES: SKYLINES II LOOKS LIKE A DREAM CITY-BUILDING SIM”

The PC Gamer team

PC Gamer • #377 HOLIDAY 2023

A SPACE TODDYSSEY • Why didn’t Bethesda optimize STARFIELD for PC?

Highs & Lows

THE QUAKE CLUB • How to make an official QUAKE 2 EXPANSION… 25 years later

THE NEW Q2 • A few subtle tech advances make a huge difference with minimal fuss

VOX POPULAR • Some of gaming’s best performances

VOCAL POINT • Voice, performance and casting director KIRSTY GILLMORE on voice direction in games

LIFE BY YOU • Welcome to The Sims but with its brake lines cut

FROST PUNK 2 • You’ve survived. Now enjoy some even bigger problems

STAR TRUCKER • Explore the open roads of space while driving a truck

DUNGEONS OF HINTERBERG • Finding yourself in the Austrian Alps, what could be better?

THE TALOS PRINCIPLE 2 • More puzzles, more philosophy, and another tantalizing mystery

MILLENNIA • A new 4X with Paradox’s backing, but is this Civ-like too Civ-like?

CITY SLICKER • Six years in the making, CITIES: SKYLINES II hopes to keep you building for the next decade

THE BUILDING’S PROGRESS • New buildings are no longer automatically unlocked

PARKING MAD • They paved paradise…

UPGRADE • Extensions etc

LEAP of FAITH • Chronicling the ASSASSIN’S CREED saga on PC.

Assassin’s Creed 2007, PC 2008

Assassin’s Creed II 2009, PC 2010

BLADE IN THE CROWD • The anatomy of an assassin

Assassin’s Creed Revelations 2011

Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood 2010, PC 2011

Assassin’s Creed III 2012

VIRTUAL TOURIST • How to spend your time in history

Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag 2013

Assassin’s Creed Rogue 2014, PC 2015

Assassin’s Creed Unity 2014

Assassin’s Creed Syndicate 2015

Assassin’s Creed Origins 2017

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey 2018

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla 2020

EXPLORE MORE • Other worthwhile Assassin’s Creed adventures on PC

RUN DRM FREE • PC Gamer sits down with GOG to discuss game preservation, community engagement and a DRM-free future for the industry

GOOD OLD GUYS • Three of the talented GOG business team

WISHLIST ENAGEMENT • How gamers can steer what GOG delivers

UNWRAP THE ULTIMATE EXPERIENCE • SUBSCRIBE or GIVE THE GIFT of gaming today

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NO MAN’S SKYRIM • STARFIELD may be Bethesda’s biggest RPG, but it’s far from its best

GUILD WARS • Here’s the lowdown on factions

BLASTING OFF • Rating the opening sequences of Bethesda’s RPGs

HOME SWEET ROAM • Spend a little time in the classic solar system

BARE BONES • MORTAL KOMBAT 1 is a solid but oddly soulless fighter

GOING SOLO • The new Invasions mode

PUPPET SHOW • Even with strings attached, LIES OF P holds its own

PUPPET APPAREL • A sample from Pinocchio’s lookbook

ARSENAL ACCIDENTS • Misadventures in weapon assembly

HUMANS OF NEW AMSTERDAM • A who’s who of the graffiti scene

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