The British edition of PC Gamer has been in constant monthly publication since 1993. Subscribers get a special edition of the magazine with no headlines on the front cover (only the masthead and BBFC rating).

Almost exclusively devoted to PC games, the magazine has a reputation for giving in-depth reviews.

The magazine originally shipped with an accompanying 3.5-inch (89 mm) floppy disk. A CD demo disc (labelled CD Gamer) was released alongside the floppy disk edition from issue 11 onwards with the first CD Gamer containing all the content from the previous 10 issues' floppy disks. The single CD was later expanded to two CDs.

An edition with a 9 GB DVD known as DVD Gamer ran alongside the 2CD edition for a couple of years, until production of the CD Gamer edition ceased as of issue 162. The UK Edition now only comes with a single double-sided DVD.

Regular features

The magazine has many regular features which make up each edition of the magazine. These include sections called Eyewitness, Previews, Cables, where letters from the readers are spread over 2 two page spreads, at least one special feature, which reports on gaming related issues such as the effect of PC gaming on the environment, a review section which reviews the latest released PC games and re-reviews titles that have been released on budget and "Extra Life" which reports on modding games and gaming culture and revisiting old games. There is also a Systems section, which reviews and recommends hardware such as video cards and monitors. The back page of the magazine is entitled "It's All Over" and usually consists of game related artwork such as a version of Dali's The Persistence of Memory featuring items from Portal. For a time, one of the magazine's features, Gamer Snap, where amusing pictures sent in by readers were printed in the magazine, however the feature was discontinued and replaced with a "guess the game" where readers sent in drawings of memorable scenes in video games drawn in Microsoft Paint.

Forum and Blog

The PC Gamer blog was started to coincide with the transfer of the PC Gamer UK site to become part of the Computer and Video Games network which incorporates all of Future Publishing's gaming magazines. The move brought some controversy, with many long standing members of the forum leaving due to the new forum's cramped spacing, advertising and slow loading times. The introduction of a blog was seen as one of the redeeming features of the switch. The blog has since been regularly updated with contributions from many of the magazine's staff. The topics discussed range from the controversy over violent video games, to the benefits of buying a PC over a console.

Podcast

The PC Gamer UK podcast was started on the 4 May 2007. It is currently hosted by Tim Edwards with regulars Tom Francis and Craig Pearson contributing. There is a fourth spot filled by one of John Walker, Kieron Gillen, Graham Smith, Jon Hicks or Jim Rossignol. The podcast was formerly hosted by Ross Atherton until his departure in June 2009. It is normally released a week before the release of the magazine each month, and can usually be found on the magazine's DVD in the "resources" section. The podcast starts with the PC game charts and goes on to discuss features in the current issue and gaming news.