PC Gamer Issue 230

This magazine was dated September 2011 and priced at £5.99. It was released 3rd August 2011.

Monitor
The month our games went free (1 page)

See the next-gen now (1 page)

Men of War expands

Games teach kids - Valve to use Portal 2 in schools

Is EVE's vanity item shop good for the game?
 * Face Off - Graham Smith vs Tim Edwards

PlanetSide returns... this time we're ready - (½ page)

Living in a box, living in a LotR box.

Special Report - PC gaming's new video professionals. - (2 pages)

Previews
Star Wars: The Old Republic - Tim Edwards - (2 pages)

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine - Kim Richards - (2 pages)

Tribes: Ascend - Rich McCormick - (2 pages)

Call of Juarez: The Cartel - Quintin Smith - (1 page)

Batman: Arkham City - Rich McCormick - (2 pages)

Take On Helicopters - Craig Pearson - (1 page)

Carrier Command: Gaea Mission - Tom Francis - (2 pages)

Tropico 4 - Richard Cobbett - (2 pages)

Stronghold 3 - Dan Griliopoulos - (2 pages)

Features
Dishonored - Jon Blyth - (6 pages)

War Games - Arma 3 - Craig Pearson - (4 pages)

Late to the Party
 * Deus Ex - Graham Smith - (1 page)
 * IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 - Craig Pearson - (1⅓ pages)
 * The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind - Rich McCormick - (⅔ page)
 * League of Legends - Owen Hill - (1⅓ pages)
 * System Shock - Tom Francis - (⅔ page)

The Hard Stuff
The wireless screen revolution - (1½ pages)

Is it still worth investing in RAID? - (1 page)

Is an SSD the answer to your storage woes? - Adam Oxford - (2 pages)

3D Cards Supertest - (5 pages)

Re-Releases
Reviews by Jon Blyth

Extra Life
Six PC Gamer writers versus two AI foes in Supreme Commander - Tom Francis - (1½ pages)

Claiming personal victory in Trackmania Unlimited - Rich McCormick - (½ page)

Building a community crafting workshop in Terraria - Owen Hill - (1 page)

Going to war in a glorified farming vehicle in World of Tanks - Tom Hatfield - (½ page)

Betrayed by laser beams in Magicka PVP - Tom Senior - (½ page)

Tom Senior takes a cruise through Aion's Empyrean update.

Phill Cameron records his failures in Team Fortress 2 - (2 pages)

Reinstall - Hidden and Dangerous - Tim Stone - (2 pages)

Other Credits
Deputy Editor
 * Graham Smith

Production Editor
 * Tony Ellis

Section Editor
 * Tom Francis

News Editor
 * Craig Pearson

Web Editor
 * Owen Hill

Art Editor
 * Alvin Weetman

Deputy Art Editor
 * Cliff Newman

Staff Writer
 * Rich McCormick

Interns
 * Tom Senior, Tom Hatfield

Contributors
 * Tim Stone, Adam Oxford, Richard Cobbett, Phill Cameron, Jon Blyth, Kim Richards, Dan Griliopoulos, Quintin Smith, Lucas Sullivan, Andy Ounsted, Jonathan Cooper, Duncan Harris, Chris Evans