Play Issue 227

This magazine was priced at £4.99 and released in January 2013. It came with a free DVD.

Install
Grand Theft Auto V: It's coming - 2 pages (12-13)

Plays Says: The PSN money sink - 1 page (14)
 * Have you thrown away money on the PlayStation Store without really thinking about it?

The Real-Life: Assassin's Creed III's Connor Kenway - 1 page (15)
 * We chat to Stacey Rebecca Palmer about dressing up as everyone's favourite American revolutionary.

Anatomy of... Nilin from Remember Me - 1 page (16)

Top 5 licensed games on PS3 - 1 page (18)

Your Shour: Which franchise could boost PS Vita sales? - 1 page (19)

Re:Play (Letters and Social Media) - 4 pages (20-23)

Previews
Aliens: Colonial Marines - 4 pages (26-29)

Fuse - 2 pages (30-31)

Dead Space 3 - 4 pages (32-35)

Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel - 2 pages (36-37)

The Last of Us - 2 pages (38-39)

The Phantom Pain - 2 pages (40-41)

Dark Souls II - 2 pages (42-43)

Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time - 2 pages (44-45)

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 - 1 page (46)

South Park: The Stick of Truth - 1 page (47)

Features
Lara Croft Reborn - 6 pages (6-11)
 * We get a first-hand look at Crystal Dynamics' Tomb Raider reboot, both single and multiplayer, while he team talks us through Lara's trial by fire in a terrifying new world...

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance: Ninja Raiden - 6 pages (48-53)
 * We've almost completed Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, the Kojima series' fanciful flight into Devil May Cry terrritory - here's everything you need to know...

Failed Fantasy - 4 pages (54-57)
 * In 2009 the development studio Grin was closed because of serious financial issues. Years later it was revealed that these issues were part down to a never-before-seen, unfinished and unreleased Final Fantasy XII spin-off know as Fortress. Play went in search of some answers...

Play Extra
Top 15 PSN games to suit every player - 4 pages (80-83)

Half-forgotten classics: TimeSplitters: Future Perfect - 1 page (84)

Never Coming to PSN #14: Alien Resurrection - ¼ page (85)

We Could Have Done Without: Kiss Pinball - ¼ page (85)

PS2 Classics Review: Katamari Damacy - ¼ page (85)

Platinum your new games - 4 pages (86-89)

PlayList - 5 pages (90-94)

Playing the PlayList - 1 page (95)
 * The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Andy Salter
 * PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale - Samuel Roberts

PlayList Post-Mortem - Resident Evil 6 - 1 page (96)

On Your Free Play Disc - 1 page (98)

Other Credits
Deputy Editor
 * Samuel Roberts

Senior Designer
 * Andy Salter

Sub Editor
 * Dan Collins

Head of Publishing
 * Aaron Asadi

Head of Design
 * Ross Andrews

Contributors
 * Luke Albiges, Adam Barnes, Daniel Cairns, Ian Dransfield, Jon Denton, Darran Jones, Barry Keating, Jay McGregor, Dave Scarborough, Chris Schilling, Jordan Erica Webber, Sebastian Williamson