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In less than a month, we’ll air the next edition of thePC Gaming Show: Most Wanted.
To watch the countdown as it airs, tune into the broadcast on thePC Gamer Twitch channel,YouTube,Twitch Gaming, Steam, or Bilibili at 12 pm PST / 8 pm GMT on December 5.
How we selected the nominees
Games releasing before January 1, 2025 or that are already released in Early Access are not eligible for voting (though there is an exception or two, like Arma Reforger, which is a precursor to what will become Arma 4).
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How the final Most Wanted list is selected
Voters vote on a 1-5 scale, using the following criteria:5• Maximum hype. Intense, obsessive interest in this game.
4• This game looks excellent to me.
3• I think this game looks really good.
2• This game looks promising and captures your interest.
1• Mildly optimistic. You’re curious about this game, but not more than that.
0• (Abstain / no vote)
The PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted 2024 nominees
Path of Exile 2
Deltarune
Vampire: the Masquerade - Bloodlines 2
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
DOOM: The Dark Ages
Metal Gear Solid Δ: Snake Eater
Project 007(working title)
ARK 2
The Thing: Remastered
Citizen Sleeper 2
Big Walk
PVKK
Control 2
Wolverine
Blade
Wonder Woman
Tenjutsu
Kingmakers
Crescent County
Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra
Menace
s&box
Nivalis
Monaco 2
Killing Floor 3
Little Nightmares 3
Arma 4
D.O.R.F. Real-Time Strategic Conflict
Judas
Avowed
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Titan Quest 2
Mariachi Legends
Atomfall
Witchbrook
Den of Wolves
Light No Fire
Streets of Fortuna
Beautiful Light
Borderlands 4
Dying Light: The Beast
Mafia: The Old Country
Haunted Chocolatier
Grand Theft Auto 6
Slay the Spire 2
Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
Monster Hunter Wilds
Skate
Hollow Knight: Silksong
Perfect Dark
Dune: Awakening
Sid Meier’s Civilization VII
Masters of Albion
Goat Simulator Remastered
darkwebSTREAMER
Marathon
Wrekless
State of Decay 3
Blight: Survival
2XKO
Among the Wild
Generation Exile
Gears of War: E-Day
ARC Raiders
Sand
Fable
Battle Aces
Exodus
Eclipsium
Gothic 1 Remake
Eternal Strands
Quartermaster
Fairgame$
Exoborne
Dread Dawn
Marvel Rivals
Project C
Cairn
Wanderstop
Project DOSA
Hyper Light Breaker
Usual June
Nightmare Operator
Twisted Tower
Kiborg
Miegakure
Canyons
The Sinking City 2
The Looter
Skin Deep
Mixtape
Cruel
Paperhead
Subnautica 2
Wreckfest 2
Splitgate 2
Aquametsis
Descenders Next
All Systems Dance
The Outer Worlds 2
South of Midnight
FUMES
Truckful
Super Fantasy Kingdom
Heart of the Machine
God Save Birmingham
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