However, with new Paladin and Warlock classes at their disposal, though, maybe it is Mephisto who should be worried!Issue 422 UK / 410 USCover story: Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred | Secondary features: PC gaming's best RPGsNew issue out now! This month PC Gamer gets world-exclusive access to Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred. Plus, Directive 8020 previewed, Crimson Desert reviewed, Deus Ex: Invisible War reinstalled, and compact keyboards tested.Buy this issue in print: $4.99 (US) | $16.49 (UK)Buy this issue digitally: $4.99 (US) | $16.49 (UK)We've got an exciting new opinion section in the magazine starting from this month, too.

Drawing on PC Gamer's huge team of passionate PC gamers, here we deliver the spiciest takes in a series of entertaining and challenging op-eds. We've got regular columns on the FPS and RPG genre's latest developments, as well as the return of PC Gamer magazine's legendary Face Off column, where two editors battle it out in a fiery debate.(Image credit: Future)(Image credit: Future)This issue also boasts a top-draw previews section loaded with really exciting new games, too. And that starts with a world-exclusive preview of the thrilling new narrative action-adventure game, Directive 8020.

Not only does PC Gamer get exclusive access to the game, playing it for multiple hours ahead of anyone else, but we also interview its key developers to discover why this space-based survival horror experience is not to be missed. In addition, we also preview Control Resonant, Ashes of the Singularity 2, Star Wars: Galactic Racer, Pragmata, Slay the Spire 2, Masters of Albion, and Xenonauts 2.(Image credit: Future)Then, in terms of reviews, we deliver definitive judgments on Crimson Desert, Death Stranding 2, World of Warcraft: Midnight, Marathon, Screamer, Banquet for Fools, and Aether & Iron, among other games.(Image credit: Future)Cover feature: Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred(Image credit: Future)Written by: Tyler ColpMagazine exclusive: Until May 27th, 2026What's in this month's cover story: For this month's special lead feature, we send Tyler Colp on a holy mission to Blizzard's HQ to discover everything there is to know about Diablo 4's climatic new Lord of Hatred expansion.

With unprecedented access to the game and its key developers, we get the inside scoop on why Lord of Hatred cements Blizzard as the king of the ARPG, as well as why this expansion is totally unmissable.Secondary featureFutureAdditional content in this month's issue LEAD PREVIEW Directive 8020 Our lead preview this issue is full of cosmic creeps, with an exclusive all-access pass to Supermassive Games letting us get hands-on with its unsettling new space-based survival horror adventure, Directive 8020. We also speak to key devs on the project, and learn how the team has implemented the game's interesting time-rewind mechanic.

LEAD REVIEW Crimson Desert This issue, the absolutely monstrous new action-adventure game Crimson Desert gets an official PC Gamer verdict. Our reviewer, who spent more than 100 hours in the game's fantasy world, deep dives into the systems-rich gameplay mechanics, explaining how this game does something that few others manage, but also finds problems with the game's narrative, among other things. MOD SPOTLIGHT Prince of Persia: Sands of Time The 2003 time-bending action-adventure, Prince of Persia: Sands of Time, remains a series high point, with subsequent games failing to live up to its greatness.

As such, this month we detail the key mods and game tweaks that will help you replay this classic in 2026 with better graphics, widescreen support, and many neat additions. REINSTALL Deus Ex: Invisible War Deus Ex: Invisible War was lambasted by many critics on release, with it accused of failing to live up to the groundbreaking original immersive sim. However, was it massively misunderstood back then?

PC Gamer's Jody Macgregor reinstalls the game and finds a game that, in many ways, was well ahead of its time. DIARY Total War: Warhammer 3 In a brand new multi-part diary, PC Gamer's Matthew Elliott finds out what happens when you try to play this classic grand strategy game as an undead faction that, counterintuitively, you might think, protects humans at all costs, doesn't ally with other undead factions, and remains firmly in their home territory. Madcap shenanigans ensue! SPECIAL REPORT Master of Epic We have a great special report this month on the long-running Japanese MMO, Master of Epic which, rather remarkably, is still running 21 years after its initial r