PC Gamer Issue 249

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

Monitor
Dark Souls II announced - Rich McCormick - 1⅔ pages (8-9)
 * Namco Bandai's hardcore action-RPG is coming back

The Spy - 1 page (10)

Steam Box takes on the next generation - Tom Senior - ⅔ page (11)
 * Valve eye the gogglebox market with the launch of their own living room PC in 2013.

LoL pro banned for "toxic behaviour" - Tom Francis - ⅔ page (13)
 * Riot put their foot down with ban, and investigate the psychology of abusive players.

Faceoff - Is a vulnerable Lara Croft more interesting? - 1 page (14)
 * Marsh Davies vs Graham Smith

Special Report: The IGF celebrate the heights games can reach - Tom Francis - 2 pages (16-17)
 * The best of 687 entrants to the Independent Games Festival.

Previews
The 10 most exciting games of 2013
 * StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm - Rich McCormick - 2 pages (22-23)
 * Arma 3 - Evan Lahti - 2 pages (24-25)
 * The Elder Scrolls Online - Tom Francis - 1 page (26)
 * Metro: Last Light - Chris Thursten - 2 pages (28-29)
 * Planetary Annihilation - TJ Hafer - 1 page (30)
 * Company of Heroes 2 - Tom Senior - 2 pages (32-33)
 * DayZ - Evan Lahti - 1 page (34)
 * SimCity - Tyler Wilde - 2 pages (36-37)
 * Total War: Rome II - Chris Thursten - 1 page (38)
 * BioShock: Infinite - Tom Francis - 6 pages (40-45)

Age of Wulin - Legend of the Nine Scrolls - 1 page (67)

Features
A New Night - Kat Bailey - 4 pages (46-49)
 * Free-to-play MMO Neverwinter introduces a new generation to AD&D's fabled fantasy setting.

Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden & Barkley 2 - Rich McCormick - 6 pages (50-55)

Gun Game - Chris Thursten - 4 pages (56-59)
 * Warface has conquered Russia, but does free-to-play man-blasting have a place in the West?

Read any good games lately? - Richard Cobbett - 6 pages (60-65)
 * Text-based games are enjoying a resurgence in popularity, driven by new ways of playing them on the move, and an explosion in self-publishing. Take part as a reader and you're likely to end up as a writer.

Giftageddon - Allods Online - 1 page (66)

Send (Letters) - 2 pages (70-71)

PC Gamer Network: Play - 2 pages (72-73)

Reviews
Re-Releases

The Hard Stuff
Monitors - Dave James - 5 pages (115-119)
 * How to pick the perfect big screen beuty for your desktop

Reviews The PC Gamer Rig - 1 page (122)

Could this be the end for your CPU? - Dave James - 1 pages (124)
 * ARM processors could be poised to end the popular x86 chip's reign at the top.

Extra Life
Capturing an outpost in Far Cry 3 as research for a lame gag - Tom Francis - 1⅓ pages (126-127)

Update - - 2 pages (134-135)
 * Get plotting with our guide to building des-res dungeons.
 * Get plotting with our guide to building des-res dungeons.

Reinstall - - - 2 pages (138-139) Diary: An Illusionist in Skyrim - Tom Francis - 4 pages (140-143)
 * Skyrim gets its first nonviolent vampire

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, Kat Bailey, Andy Kelly, Ian Dransfield, Rick Lane, Duncan Geere, James Archer, Phil Savage, Sam Leung, Ben Griffin, Evan Lahti, TJ Hafer, Andy McGregor, Chris Stocker