PC Gamer Issue 253

This magazine was dated June 2013 and priced at £5.99.

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A Double Fine adventure game - Rich McCormick - 1½ pages (8-9)
 * Tim Schafer's Broken Age is a point-and-click adventure with two leads.

Competitive Minesweeper - Graham Smith - 1 page (10)
 * Why people become obsessed with the world's nerdiest e-sport.

Big changes ahead for StarCraft II's e-sports leagues - Rich McCormick - (11)
 * Blizzard CEO Mike Morhaime outlines new World Championship Series structure for 2013.

The Spy - 1 page (12)

In search of the Lost Levels - Cara Ellison - (13)
 * Indie-led gathering provides alternative to big Game Developers Conference.

Face-Off: Are there too many DotA clones on the market?
 * Rich McCormick vs Graham Smith

Special Report: The five best talks of GDC 2013 - Graham Smith - 2 pages (16-17)
 * This year's Game Developers Conference provided fascinating insight into the future of videogame development.

Previews
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs - Craig Owens - 2 pages (18-19)

Age of Wonders III - Graham Smith - 1 page (20)

Transistor - Cassandra Khaw - 2 pages (22-23)

Anomaly 2 - Chris Thursten - 1 page (24)

Dark Souls II - Rich McCormick - 2 pages (26-27)

Audiosurf 2 - Graham Smith - 1 page (28)

Call of Juarez: Gunslinger - Andy Kelly - 2 pages (30-31)

Civilization V: Brave New World - Philippa Warr - 1 page (32)

Features
War Stories - Chris Thursten - 6 pages (36-41)
 * Company of Heroes 2 explores the Eastern Front from a soldier's perspective.

Analysis: Battlefield 4 - Rich McCormick - 4 pages (44-47) *Page numbers are incorrect and were marked as (36-39)
 * We pick apart DICE's enormo-shooter for clues to its future.

A Man with a Clan - John Strike - 6 pages (48-53)
 * In 2001, Bohemia Interactive's ground-breaking military simulator Operation Flashpoint took the world by storm. 12 long years and countless bloody battles later a clan inspired by the game still soldiers on. Why do we fight?

Dark World - Rich McCormick - 6 pages (54-59) *Page number 54 is marked as 36.
 * Mapping my lives and deaths in the unique, interconnected world of Dark Souls.

Send (Letters) - 2 pages (60-61)

PC Gamer Network: Play - 2 pages (64-65)

Giftageddon - Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor - 1 pages (66)

Reviews
Re-Releases

The Hard Stuff
Headsets - Dave James - 5 pages (101-105)
 * How to find the pair that's right for you.

Reviews

Extra Life
Top 10 Downloads - 4 pages (116-119)

Update:

How to...

Reinstall: -

Diary: Playing the Game of Thrones - Rich McCormick - 4 pages (124-127)
 * Staying alive in Crusader Kings II Westeros.

Must Play - 1 page (144)

Other Credits
Associate Editor
 * Rich McCormick

Production Editor
 * Tony Ellis

Section Editor
 * Tom Francis

Web Editor
 * Marsh Davies

Art Editors
 * Tom Strike, Julian Dace

News Editor
 * Tom Senior

Video Editor
 * Chris Thursten

Contributors
 * Tim Stone, Richard Cobbett, Dave James, David Lyttleton, Jon Blyth, Alex Wiltshire, Cara Ellison, Cassandra Khaw, Chris Livingston, Cormac Jordan, Craig Owens, Craig Pearson, James Archer, Jonathan Morcam, Matthew Thrower, Phil Savage, Philippa Warr, Richard Lane, Robert Weavers, Rose Brandle, Matthew Lochrie