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May 2021

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May 31
- Life in Vana'diel: 19 years in, Final Fantasy 11 is still an MMO unlike any other
- YouTuber Josh Strife Hayes is on a quest to play the worst MMOs ever made
- PC Gamer plays: Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, Legend of Grimrock 2, Loop Hero, and Disco Elysium
- Remembering Source and the beautiful tension of an engine caught between eras
- Alive and kicking: Hands-on with Blood Bowl 3
- Five new Steam games you probably missed (May 31, 2021)
May 30
- What did you play last week?
May 29
- What game have you modded the most?
- Crapshoot: Sanitarium, the amnesiac horror classic
May 28
- How greedy microtransactions sparked EVE Online's disastrous Summer of Rage
- Where to find CB radios in Fortnite
- Far Cry 6 will let you hide in plain sight, ride horses, and command a crocodile
- Why does Netflix want to get into games now?
- Gruesome violence is essential to Resident Evil Village
May 27
- The 5 greatest moments in EVE Online history
- Where to visit Ghost and Shadow ruins in Fortnite
- How to place a spirit crystal at the top of the tallest mountain in Fortnite
- What is mita movo lata in Genshin Impact?
- Fighting physics to find freedom in I am Fish
- This MMO that promised an 'infinite open world' has become a giant fiasco
- The next Dark Pictures Anthology game makes it hard to know who to root for
- Where to watch today's Dying Light 2 update stream
- Skateboarding games are back, here's why they're better than ever
- The PlayStation 4 exclusives we want to see on PC
May 26
- Siege Survival isn't kidding around about being a survival game
- Lake is a relaxing postal sim that makes you doubt your career choices
- The best settings for Days Gone
- Valve's rumoured Steam console could kick handheld PC gaming into overdrive
- How to start Expunge in Destiny 2
May 25
- An interview with the actor behind Lady Dimitrescu: 'It wasn't until I got to the table read that I realised what I'd actually booked'
- I'm a peasant blessed with 'garbage sense' in this castle renovation sim
- Where to investigate a downed black helicopter in Fortnite
- Where to repair damaged telescopes in Fortnite
- What you should know about crossplay in Knockout City
- Countless hours in Apex Legends has trained me to be the best Titanfall 2 pilot
- 7 tips for getting the most out of Biomutant
- How to find the tallest tree and the Spider clue in Assassin's Creed Valhalla
- Valheim nails exploration because of its looming sense of mystery
May 24
- EA's new multiplayer dodgeball game is very good, actually
- How to get the Fortnite Deathstroke skin
- How to beat the Vault of Glass in Destiny 2
- Totally Rated: Is Mass Effect Legendary Edition really worth your time and money?
- How Alba: A Wildlife Adventure's environmental message is accomplishing change in the real world
- Five new Steam games you probably missed (May 24, 2021)
May 23
- Thunderbird is Rainbow Six Siege's most powerful healer by a lot
- What did you play last week?
- Have you ever injured yourself building a PC?
May 22
- Crapshoot: A look back to when sports games were even worse than today
May 21
- Victoria 3 will let you conquer the world from the negotiating table
- How to get the Cold War Outbreak Easter egg
- A tour of the five Colleges of Strixhaven in Magic: The Gathering
- How to find the Warzone Rambo POW dog tags locations
- Trying to survive GTA 5's campaign amid the absurdity of the Chaos Mod
- Cellular Harvest is like Pokémon Snap but everything is slimy
May 20
- Garry Kasparov, the greatest chess player in history, talks the game of kings in the computer age
- We're getting the wrong Call of Duty sequel in 2021
- Tag has inexplicably become this year's hottest VR game
- Unexplored 2 is the most innovative adventure game I've played in years
- I was the first ever person to walk on this gross, wet planet in Elite Dangerous: Odyssey
- What should you choose in the Assassin's Creed Valhalla Thorstein quest?
- Assassin's Creed Valhalla Ciara choice guide
- How to find the keycards and open Warzone's Nakatomi Plaza vault
- The best M4A1 loadout in Warzone
- Tiny changes you probably won't notice in Mass Effect Legendary Edition
- Where to destroy sandcastles in Fortnite
May 19
- Years later I'm still annoyed at how Mass Effect did Wrex dirty
- After talking to a scientist, Mass Effect's aliens are more believable than I ever expected
- Why I love Mass Effect 3's endings
- How to use a Minecraft Blast Furnace
- Time loop shooter Deathloop is like an extreme Dishonored
- Cities: Skylines has scared off all the other urban city builders
- Traffic Warlocks and the Druid mafia are just a few of my problems in Tactical Breach Wizards
May 18
- How to install GTA 5 mods on PC
- We need an Apex Legends Arenas Ranked mode now
- The Ascent is an action RPG with brilliantly brutal gun combat and a stunning cyberpunk city
- Destiny 2's transmog grind is a symptom of a larger problem with its real-money store
May 17
- It's weird that Mass Effect 3 was the game that really made loot boxes mainstream
- Destiny 2 lore guide: Everything you need to know about Mithrax, our newest Fallen ally
- The best settings for Mass Effect Legendary Edition
- Rockstar made millions selling Scotland's natural export: dark comedy
- Horror game Next Door is a loyally grim adaptation of one of Junji Ito's best manga
May 16
- Five new Steam games you probably missed (May 17, 2021)
- What did you play last week?
- What turns a dungeon into a fun-geon?
May 15
- The Mass Effect trilogy companions, ranked
- Why people love Garrus so much
- Crapshoot: The Hitman movie that made as much sense as putting a barcode on your head
May 14
- Apex Legends is the perfect vacation from a stale Call of Duty: Warzone
- Unrelenting hand gore is the true highlight of Resident Evil Village
- Everything you should know about anime action MMO SoulWorker
- Where to activate a rift in Fortnite
- Mass Effect Legendary Edition guide: Everything to know before your intergalactic adventure
- The best weapons in Destiny 2: Season of the Splicer
- How to get every possible ending in the Mass Effect trilogy
- Mass Effect romance guide: All the romance options in Legendary Edition
- Here are the choices you should make in Assassin's Creed Valhalla
- Konami made a new action game and it's actually rad as hell
- This Viking city builder throws in RTS combat and raids
- Total War: Warhammer 3's huge boss battles are a very different way to play Total War
- Hearthstone's new secret achievement makes its upcoming Mercenaries mode even more mysterious and exciting
- Totally Rated: Resident Evil Village is finally here, and so is the Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra
- Everything you need to know about the Assassin's Creed Valhalla map
- Here are the best weapons in Assassin's Creed Valhalla
- Mass Effect Legendary Edition: everything you need to know about the remasters
May 13
- How BioWare went back in time to make Mass Effect Legendary Edition
May 12
- New World has been beefed up with more traditional MMO activities
- What videogame level probably smells the worst?
- Wait, some of you hit Ctrl with the tip of your pinky?
- How to get gold Lara Croft in Fortnite
- How to solve the Riverbank Treasure House puzzle in Resident Evil Village
- How to make money in Resident Evil Village
- I refuse to let the Resident Evil Village VR dream die
- How to solve the doll puzzle in Resident Evil Village
- Take a tour of Destiny 2's Season of the Splicer
- How to solve the music box puzzle in Resident Evil Village
- How to find and combine the Azure Eye in Resident Evil Village
- Dragon Age 2 remains the boldest of BioWare's RPGs
- Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Wrath of the Druids is a massive expansion stuffed with pagans, intrigue, and Irish mythology
May 11
- If you don't know what to do with your old PC hardware, why not frame it?
- How to open the Beneviento grave in Resident Evil Village
- Confession: I press Ctrl with my palm. Should I go to jail?
- Unbeatable's early demo tracks are a rhythm riot
- Kynseed could be the next Stardew Valley, but with gods that can curse your harvest
- I've never been so invested in a Sims 4 family than with my Not So Berry Sims
- Resident Evil Village's doll house is the creepiest and most heart-breaking location
- City builders with a twist are my new favorite genre
May 10
- The best settings for Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition
- 12 Minutes is a time loop mystery full of little surprises
- In Resident Evil Village, Chris Redfield is finally a person
- This indie developer spent 6 years sculpting a game from 5,000 pieces of paper
- The best CARV.2 loadouts for Warzone
- PC Gamer plays: Slipways, Curse of the Dead Gods, Session, and Hitman 3
- Five new Steam games you probably missed (May 10, 2021)
- What did you play last week?
May 9
- Resident Evil Village is here and so are the Lady D cosplayers
May 8
- It's a damn shame there's so little Lady Dimitrescu in Resident Evil Village
- Which unpopular sidekick would you defend with your life?
- Crapshoot: Hard Time, a real-time prison sim where you're the prisoner
- Epic v Apple explained: What the trial is about and what happened in court
May 7
- What you need to know about Resident Evil 7's story before playing Village
- Where to find all the Resident Evil Village labyrinth balls
- HighFleet is an action-strategy game that's like nothing I've ever played before
- How to find lockpicks in Resident Evil Village
- Totally Rated: The ultimate gaming desk, poké photography, and next-gen roguelikes
- Resident Evil Village boss guide
- Remakes are nice, but Hitman 3's quiet modernisation of old games is better
- Dinosaurs are trying to murder you in this stylish tribute to the golden age of survival horror
- How to survive the attack in Resident Evil Village
- Why Strixhaven is the perfect place to start playing Magic: The Gathering
- Where to find all the Resident Evil Village masks
- How to solve the Resident Evil Village statue puzzle
- How long is Resident Evil Village?
- How to solve the Resident Evil Village piano puzzle
- How to find the Resident Evil Village Well Wheel
- How to hunt animals in Resident Evil Village
- Which Resident Evil Village recipes should you make?
- 14 tips for surviving Resident Evil Village
- How to find the elusive goats of Resident Evil Village
- How to complete the bell puzzle in Resident Evil Village
May 6
- I'm making millions while going morally bankrupt in this stock trading sim
- How to earn Rust Twitch drops in May
- How to drive from Durrr Burger to Pizza Pit without exiting a vehicle in Fortnite
- How many free Epic Store games have you actually played?
- Fortnite research book locations
- Resident Evil Village's hero Ethan Winters is painfully boring, and I love him for it
- Good news, you don't actually need a graphics card to run Resident Evil Village
- How to turn your Stardew Valley farm into a cottagecore fantasy
- Don't sleep on this year's other great horror game
- The best settings for Resident Evil Village
- Say hello to the new PC Gamer performance testing rigs
- Survival game Cryofall adds insult to injury by telling you exactly who is looting your corpse
May 5
- How to get different wood types in Genshin Impact
- Totally Game: This pair of Apex Legends streamers promote gaming as a couple
- Resident Evil Village is proof horror games don't need to be difficult to be scary
- Become an angel and ride a velociraptor into battle in Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous
- Pajama Sam is a heartwarming reminder of my own PC gaming origins
- Resident Evil Village: Everything we know
May 4
- I know $900 for a massaging gaming chair is absurd, but trying it made me a believer
- The making of TIE Fighter: How being the bad guys changed Star Wars forever
- The weird old Star Wars games that time forgot
- Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2 is the most fun I've ever had sniping
- Star Wars Galaxies was an MMO that almost changed the world
May 3
- Destiny 2 roadmap: Season of the Splicer details
- I hate bards, so I'm having a great time killing them in this reverse dungeon crawler
- Roaches and low profits drove me to be a slumlord in this real estate sim
- Apex Legends Valkyrie guide: top tips and her abilities
- Arkane's Dark Messiah is still the best RPG for killing things with your foot
- Inkslinger is a typing game where you have to type to live
- Five new Steam games you probably missed (May 3, 2021)
- What did you play last week?
May 1
- Do you remember the first thing you searched the web for?
- Crapshoot: Rocky Horror the videogame, with Christopher Lee