GamesMaster Issue 306

This magazine was dated August 2016 and priced at £4.99.

Regulars
Welcome - 1 page (3)

Contents - 1 page (4)

Team GM - 1 page (5)

Fanbase - 3 pages (6-8)

CultureMaster - 2 pages (90-91)

Subscribe - 2 pages (92-93)

Hall of Fame - 2 pages (96-97)

Upfront
Party of One - 2 pages (10-11)
 * Microsoft unveils two new Xbox One systems, including "the most powerful console ever".

E3 Blow Out! - 2 pages (12-13)
 * How the big three's barrage of announcements looks both forwards and back.

Dev Q+A - 2 pages (14-15)
 * We get the low down on Destiny 's new Rise of Iron expansion from art director Chris Barrett.

Virtually Here - 1 page (16)
 * The best of upcoming goggle-based gaming.

"A female Link would actually suit the franchise" - 1 page (17)
 * There've been rumours for years, but Nintendo doesn't want to budge. James Nouch unpicks the odd reasoning keeping Linkle out of the spotlight.

It's a YouTuber's Life for Me! - 2 pages (18-19)
 * What's it like living the PewDiePie dream of online celebrity?

GM Gives You MMore! - 1 page (20)
 * Final Fantasy XIV gets a huge new patch - celebrate with some free in-game items on us, for three issues!

Special Orders! - 1 page (21)
 * Skyrim! FFXII! Crash Bandicoot! Out with the new and in with the old.

You Win You Lose - 1 page (22)

The GM To Do List - 1 page (23)

Features
The 51 Best Games of 2016... And Beyond - 36 pages (24-59)
 * Brace yourselves, readers, for the biggest, most brilliant game-filled 12+ months of your existence on planet Earth thus far. We somehow managed to cram the cream of the crop into 36 pages for your please. Get stuck in!


 * The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - 4 pages (26-29)
 * Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, Recore - 1 page (30)
 * Titanfall 2 - 1 page (31)
 * Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare - 1 page (32)
 * Battlefield 1 - 1 page (33)
 * God of War - 2 pages (34-35)
 * For Honor, Mafia III - 1 page (36)
 * Halo Wars 2 - 1 page (37)
 * Gears of War 4, Spider-Man - 1 page (38)
 * Days Gone, Dead Rising 4 - 1 page (39)
 * The Walking Dead Season 3, Batman - 1 page (40)
 * Horizon: Zero Dawn - 1 page (41)
 * Resident Evil 7: Biohazard - 2 pages (42-43)
 * Dishonored 2, Injustice 2 - 1 page (44)
 * Watch Dogs 2 - 1 page (45)
 * FIFA 17 - 1 page (46)
 * PES 2017 - 1 page (47)
 * Ghost Recon: Wildlands - 2 pages (48-49)
 * Gran Turismo Sport, Forza Horizon 3 - 1 page (50)
 * Steep - 1 page (51)
 * Dragon Quest Builders, Agents of Mayhem - 1 page (52)
 * The Last Guardian - 1 page (53)
 * Sea of Thieves - 2 pages (54-55)
 * Death Stranding, Prey - 1 page (56)
 * Mass Effect: Andromeda, Final Fantasy XV - 1 page (57)
 * Dawn of War III, Ever Oasis, Pokemon Sun and Moon, World of Final Fantasy, Attack on Titan: Wings of Freedom, Sniper Elite 4, Scalebound, Final Fantasy VII Remake - 1 page (58)
 * Detroit: Become Human, Grow Up, Skylanders: Imaginators, South Park: The Fractured But Whole, Gwent, Gravity Rush 2, Tekken 7, State of Decay 2 - 1 page (59)

IndieMaster
Tokyo 42 - 2 pages (62-63)

Serial Cleaner; Small... But Perfectly Formed - 1 page (64)

This Is The Police, Nuclear Golf - 1 page (65)

RetroMaster
Legend of Gaming #42: The Legend of Zelda - 2 pages (86-87)

Six of the best... Legends, Grab Bag - 2 pages (88-89)

Other Credits
Art Editor
 * Rob Crossland

Senior Staff Writer
 * Ben Griffin

Production Editor
 * Robin Valentine

Contributors
 * Keith Andrew, Louise Blain, Matthew Castle, Matthew Elliott, Kate Gray, Leon Hurley, Alex Jones, Leigh Loveday, Daniella Lucas, Ben Maxwell, David Meikleham, James Nouch, Chris Schilling, Jen Simpkins, Ben Tryer