Total PC Gaming issue 30 is now available online and from all good newsagents.

As part of the campaign efforts for Star Trek Online (you can read our current thoughts on the game here), Star Trek fans are being invited to be part of an attempt to beat the world record for the 'largest gathering of people dressed as Star Trek characters' on February 14th at 1.00pm on London's Millenium Bridge. Star Trek fans can dress as anything Star Trek related and representatives from the Guinness Book of records will be on ...

We’ve known for some time now that Steam is growing in importance as a means of delivering PC games content, and the latest Steam figures for 2009 seem to bear that out. Valve announced that over 25 million people have Steam accounts, with 10 million of those users also having Steam Community profiles. Overall the service saw a 25 per cent rise in users from the previous year, and the figures for concurrent users are equally impressive-peaking at 2.5 million. Average ...

Total PC Gaming issue 28 is now available online and from all good newsagents.

We've got 250 beta keys for Allods Online to give away to our forumites, courtesy of gPotato.

How It Works moves from strength to strength as first issues have sold fantastically across the board. With a record uptake for subscriptions after just two issues, as well as a growing staff of editorial experts, How It Works magazine looks set for a bright future. With issue three of the magazine on sale from 31 December, this amazing new title from Imagine Publishing dedicated to explaining all things science and technology, is continuing with its penchant for accessible, entertaining articles ...

Merry Christmas from Total PC Gaming! We’re all well out of the office by now, and happily munching on Turkey and mince pies, but we just wanted to wish all our readers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Have a great holiday and see you in what promises to be an exciting 2010! The Total PC Gaming team

Total PC Gaming issue 28 is now available online and from all good newsagents.

Ubisoft has revealed new details for the next chapter of one of the most popular games in the Prince Of Persia series, Sands Of Time. The Forgotten Sands chronologically sits between The Sands Of Time and Warrior Within and sees the prince aid in the rescue of his brother's palace. This time he will have control over both time and nature, using an updated version of the Anvil engine. Check out the forums on the ...

Included in this issue All the biggest PC games covered including: Exclusive Star Wars: The Old Republic Hands-on with Alien vs Predator Command & Conquer 4: the epic finale? THQ exclusive – Metro 2033 Reviewed In-depth reviews and analysis including: A DX11 first review with DiRT 2! Getting jiggy in Dragon Age: Origins Futuremark’s debut with Shattered Horizon Machinarium, the stand-out indy Bonus Content: The complete history of Ultima #2 How to… make HD Game Videos High-end CPU group test

We know it isn’t Christmas every day, but it looks like someone at Valve has gone slightly festively crazy- which is great news if you’re a PC gamer looking for some ridiculously cheap games. Valve has announced the start of its Early Holiday sale on Steam, where it's offering a different set of discount deals on select games every day for the next week. This ‘Early Holiday Sale’ is across both individual titles and some pretty nifty ...

Everyone knew it was coming, but a Ubisoft scriptwriter has let slip the fact that Far Cry 3 is in development. In an interview with Official Playstation magazine Kevin Shortt denied working on the new title himself, but then added, "the team are and what I've seen looks pretty exciting." Far Cry 3 will likely feature an upgraded version of the Dunia Engine used in Far Cry 2 (a heavily modified CryEngine 2, licensed from Crytek) and it has been suggested ...

Nowgamer.com has a quick and easy competition for those of you that haven't grabbed yourself a copy of Dragon Age: Origins already. Hurry over to NowGamer.com and put yourself in the running to win a deluxe copy of Bioware's triple-A RPG title.

Cryptic Studios have just announced the release date of Star Trek Online, their MMO set in the Trek universe as February 5, 2010, in Europe. The content in Star Trek Online is set 30 years after events in the movie Star Trek: Nemesis with you commanding your own class of ship during a war between the Federation and Klingon Empire. The first MMO set in that universe, Star Trek Online is meant to make you feel as though you’re in one of ...

The magazine that feeds minds is available now! Ever wondered about the world around us? Do questions like how do sharks hunt, how big is the sun and what’s inside an iPod fascinate you? Then get to the shops and buy a copy of How It Works magazine, a new accessible, entertaining science and technology title that delivers absorbing articles packed with facts and information on sale today across the UK. How It Works covers the environment, history, science, space, technology and ...