PC Gamer Issue 229

This magazine was dated August 2011 and priced at £5.99

Monitor
How the PC invaded E3 - (1½ pages)

Treat your ears: get game soundtracks for free - (1 page)

Your next epic RPG - (⅔ page)
 * Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

Meet the YarrRPG - Risen 2: Dark Waters

Faceoff - Is it right to sell games still under development?

Free-to-play games arrive on steam

Previews
Bioshock: Infinite - Graham Smith - (2 pages)

Far Cry 3 - Tom Francis - (2 pages)

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Tom Francis - (2 pages)

XCOM - Tom Francis - (2 pages)

Brothers in Arms: Furious 4 - Rich McCormick - (1 page)

Hitman: Absolution - Tom Francis - (2 pages)

Dead Island - Graham Smith - (2 pages)

Sword of the Stars II: Lords of Winter - Graham Smith - (1 page)

Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Tom Francis - (1 page)

Metro: Last Light - Dan Griliopoulos - (2 pages)

Arma 3 - Rich McCormick - (2 pages)

King Arthur II - Graham Smith - (2 pages)

Features
Special Report - 72 hours to make a game from scratch - Matthew Kumar - (2 pages)

Cover Feature - Aliens: Colonial Marines - Graham Smith - (6 pages)

Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm - Tim Edwards - (4 pages)

The Shootout - Tim Edwards - (4 pages)
 * How Battlefield 3 demolished Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 at E3.

The New Online Heroes - Richard Cobbett - (4 pages)
 * After seven years at the top, is World of Warcraft's reign about to end?

Star Wars: The Old Republic, Guild Wars 2, The Secret World, Warhammer 40,000 Dark Millennium Online, Tera, Firefall, Salem, Glitch, Defiance, World of Planes

The Hard Stuff
Carmack on the PC's future

Hardware bundles: are they worth it? - Adam Oxford - (1 page)

How to start PC gaming on your TV - Adam Oxford - (2 pages)

Group Test - Motherboards - (5 pages)


 * Top Scorer - Z68 Pro 3 - 90%

Games
Editor's Choice awards in bold

Re-Releases
Reviews by Jon Blyth

Update
Tom Senior charts the highs and lows of Rift's first major world event. - (2 pages)

Reinstall - Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis - Tom Francis - (2 pages)

Other Credits
Intern


 * Tom Senior

Contributors


 * Kim Richards, Christian Donlan, Tom Hatfield, Andy Ounsted, Cormac Jordan

Group Art Editor


 * Graham Dalzell

Creative Director


 * Robin Abbott

Editorial Director


 * Jim Douglas