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Character Select Welcome to Character Select, a weekly column where PC Gamer takes a look at the art and cosplay created by you. Each week, I’ll highlight a few of my favourite pieces, spotlight and interview creators and artists, or generally just chew your ear off about the talents of the gaming community. It doesn’t…

Jacob Ridley, Managing Editor, Hardware (Image credit: Future) When I’m not working for the split spacebar tourism board, I’m usually tinkering in Linux (new user, having a good time) or testing out a new liquid cooler with even more screens than the last one. There are countless upgrades you could make to your gaming setup….

My newest obsession in GTA 5 roleplay is playing hide-and-seek with other players, and allowing the winner to smash up the other’s vehicle because, well, having nice things in this game has never really been the done thing. And so I find myself gunning it down the Los Santos freeway in my banged up Beater…

I thought Timberborn’s early access journey was more or less done and (saw)dusted when I last checked in on it in February. The city-builder that has you oversee a colony of industrious beavers had confirmed its release date for March, and seemingly shared everything that was coming to the launch version. But it turns out…

I was already aware that Project Shadowglass was at least partly inspired by Looking Glass’ stealth masterpiece Thief: The Dark Project. Fellow sneaky bastard Ted Litchfield picked some promising nuggets out of Shadowglass’ purse in January, such as open-ended levels featuring guards and traps and simulated 3D audio inspired by Thief’s pioneering propagation tech. But…