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“STARFIELD IS BETHESDA’S BIGGEST EVER RPG”

The PC Gamer team

PC Gamer • #375 NOVEMBER 2023

GAMES OVER • Study finds 87% of games unplayable without piracy, scavenger hunts, or archives

Highs & Lows

CATHODE RAY MOOD • Why you should add a CRT to your PC setup this year

TEST YOUR LUCK • Where to find a CRT

TAKE SMUSHI HOME • Four reasons you won’t get spored

FUN GUY • Smushi Come Home developer NOAH LONE on making a game solo

ARMORED CORE 6 • Not Robot Souls, or Elden Mech, but a fascinating third thing

SIX DAYS IN FALLUJAH • The once controversial milisim is finally out in Early Access

SEA OF STARS • The Messenger’s developer takes on the JRPG titans

STAR GAZER • STARFIELD is Bethesda’s biggest ever game and, right here, PC Gamer explores the vast scope of the cosmic new CRPG

WHAT IS CONSTELLATION? • The organisation committed to unlocking the mysteries of space

All systems are go

Role-playing an explorer

BUILDING A STARFIELD CHARACTER • Get a taste for the game’s character creation and role-playing systems

Fire up the engines

LOCATION SCOUT • Starfield is stuffed with destinations, both civilized and wild, including…

Time to lock ’n load

SPACE MAGIC • Starfield has teased some pretty out-there powers for the Spacefarer

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DEJA BOO • The time ghosts haunting the radio waves return in OXENFREE 2: LOST SIGNALS

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MEGAGAMES • Dave the Diver is a game filled with other games

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