Contents
40
LET’S KILL
CRUNCH
How some studios are taking
steps to make game
development less ruinous.48
BRACE FOR
IMPACT
How Genshin Impact took over the
world, and what’s next for the
free-to-play RPG108
ANNUAL
2022Features
09 The Top 100
Our annual list of the best PC games
you can play right now.
40 Let’s Kill Crunch
Meet the studios that are determined
to make game development easier.
48 Genshin Impact
Inside the world-conquering
free-to-play phenomenon.
56 Breaking Ground
Explore the unique games that
glitch on purpose.
62 Making History
We talk to the superstars from
Quake’s first all-female tournament.
68 Wandering Not Lost
Unravelling the magnetic mysteries
of videogame mazes.
76 Groups Of Wrath
Head inside the psychology of toxic
gaming communities.
84 PC Gaming Legends
We pay tribute to eight games that
defined PC Gaming.
Extra Life
DIARY
108 Crusader Kings III
116 GTA V
MOD SPOTLIGHT
120 Cursed Halo
124 RDR 2: First Response
REINSTALL
128 Assassin’s Creed
132 Star Wars: KOTOR
136 Freespace 2
WHY I LOVE
140 The Source Engine
142 The Citadel In Mass Effect
144 Hitman’s Items
09
THE PC GAMER
TOP 100
Our annual list of the best PC
games has gone through some
major changes this year.