This magazine was dated January 2013 and priced at £5.99.
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Korea dominates StarCraft II - Graham Smith - 1½ pages (8-9)
- Eastern e-sports stars prove they're still the best at the WCS Global Finals.
Minecon celebrates a vast community - Tom Francis - ½ page (11)
- Player creations were the stars of the 2012 Paris Minecraft convention.
The Spy - 1 page (12)
Faceoff: Do games really need so many graphics options? - 1 page (14)
Armchair Designer: How to do Mass Effect 4 right. - Chris Thursten - 1 page (16)
- A fourth game is an opportunity for BioWare to do things very differently - while still retaining the elements that made the series great.
Mapping Minecraft megabucks - Marsh Davies - 2 pages (18-19)
- We take a look at where Minecraft has sold the most.
Previews[]
Company of Heroes 2 - Tom Senior - 4 pages (20-23)
Dead Space 3 - Rich McCormick - 1 page (26)
Neo Scavanger - Tom Sykes - 1 page (28)
Aliens: Colonial Marines - Craig Pearson - 2 pages (30-31)
Ibb and Obb - Tom Francis - 1 page (32)
Tomb Raider - Rich McCormick - 2 pages (34-35)
Grand Theft Auto V - Jon Blyth - 1 page (36)
Features[]
The Devil in the Detail - Chris Thursten - 6 pages (38-43)
- Metro: Last Light harks back to a time when first-person shooters were about experiences, not set pieces.
Prime Time - Alex Wiltshire - 4 pages (48-51)
- Visit Transformers Universe, the Autobots and Decepticons' new home.
The Game of the Year Awards 2012
- FTL: Faster Than Light - Tom Senior - 1 page (53)
- Dishonored - Omri Petitte - 1 page (54)
- PlanetSide 2 - Rich McCormick - ½ page (55)
- Guild Wars 2 - Chris Thursten - ½ page (55)
- Euro Truck Simulator 2 - Tim Stone - ½ page (56)
- DayZ - Evan Lahti - ½ page (56)
- XCOM: Enemy Unknown - Rich McCormick - 1 page (57)
- Mass Effect 3 - Tom Francis - 2 pages (58-59)
Coward in a Camel - Tim Stone - 6 pages (60-65)
- Fighting Fokkers, fear and physics in Rise of Flight's wild blue yonder
Giftageddon - Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts - 2 pages (66-67)
Send (Letters) - 2 pages (68-69)
Reviews[]
Game Title | Publisher | Reviewer | Pages | Pg No(s) | Verdict % |
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PlanetSide 2 | SOE | Rich McCormick | 6 | 76-81 | 90 |
Natural Selection 2 | Unknown Worlds | Craig Pearson | 2 | 82-83 | 90 |
Painkiller: Hell & Damnation | Nordic Games | Dan Griliopoulos | 1 | 84 (108) | 58 |
Far Cry 3 | Ubisoft | Tom Francis | 6 | 86-91 | 89 |
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 | Activision | Marsh Davies | 4 | 94-97 | 71 |
Euro Truck Simulator 2 | Excalibur | Tim Stone | 1 | 98 | 85 |
Cargo Commander | Digital Tribe | Phil Savage | 1 | 100 | 72 |
Viking: Battle for Asgard | Sega | Phil Savage | 1 | 102 | 65 |
Assassin's Creed III | Ubisoft | Chris Thursten | 4 | 104-107 | 72 |
NBA 2K13 | 2K Sports | Kyle Manchester | 1 | 108 | 91 |
Re-Releases
Game Title | Publisher | Reviewer | Pages | Pg No(s) | Verdict % |
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Condemned: Criminal Origins | Sega | Jon Blyth | 1 | 110 | 70 |
BioForge | Origin | Jon Blyth | 0.5 | 111 | 59 |
Divinity Anthology | GOG.com | Jon Blyth | 0.16 | 111 | 77 |
Dangerous Dave Collection | GOG.com | Jon Blyth | 0.16 | 111 | 41 |
Farm Frenzy Classics Volume 1 | Mastertronic | Jon Blyth | 0.16 | 111 | 68 |
The Hard Stuff[]
3D Cards - Dave James - 5 pages (113-117)
- How to find the right pixel-pusher for your PC
Hardware | Reviewer | Pages | Pg No(s) | Verdict % |
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Radeon HD 7870 OC Edition | Dave James | 1 | 114 | 89 |
GeForce GTX 660 Superclocked | Dave James | 0.5 | 115 | 78 |
Radeon HD 7850 2GB | Dave James | 0.5 | 115 | 83 |
GeForce GTX 650 Ti AMP! | Dave James | 0.5 | 116 | 64 |
Radeon HD 7850 1GB OC | Dave James | 0.5 | 116 | 91 |
Radeon HD 7770 1 GB | Dave James | 0.33 | 117 | 77 |
GeForce GTX 650 | Dave James | 0.33 | 117 | 61 |
Reviews
Hardware | Type | Reviewer | Pages | Pg No(s) | Verdict % |
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FX-8350 | CPU | Dave James | 1 | 118 | 83 |
S.T.R.I.K.E.7 | Keyboard | Dave James | 0.33 | 119 | 77 |
3XS Graphite LG5 | Laptop | Dave James | 0.33 | 119 | 86 |
Thermaltake Level 10M | Mouse | Dave James | 0.11 | 119 | 79 |
BenQ XL2420TX | Monitor | Dave James | 0.11 | 119 | 90 |
CMStorm Scout 2 | Case | Dave James | 0.11 | 119 | 71 |
The PC Gamer Rig - 1 page (120)
Who loves you, PC? - Dave James - 2 pages (122-123)
- The current gen consoles are on their way out and PC gaming is looking better than ever, but who's really supporting our favourite platform?
New drivers bring speed boosts for most - Dave James - 1 page (124)
- We rate the impact of the latest graphics card drivers.
Extra Life[]
MechWarrior Online - Chris Thursten - 1½ pages (126-127)
Hotline Miami - Phil Savage - ½ page (127)
Football Manager 2013 - Rich McCormick - 1 page (128)
Element4l - Tom Francis - ½ page (129)
Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime - ½ page (129)
Top 10 Downloads: Free games stuff from the web - 4 pages (130-133)
Update - Guild Wars 2 - Tom Senior - 2 pages (134-135)
- Guild Wars 2's first major world event nearly drove us insane.
How To... Get to grips with Legend of Grimrock's Dungeon Editor - Rick Lane - 2 pages (136-137)
- Get plotting with our guide to building des-res dungeons.
Reinstall - Hitman: Blood Money - Tom Francis - 2 pages (138-139)
- Why Hitman: Blood Money is still an amoral masterpiece.
Diary: An Illusionist in Skyrim - Tom Francis - 4 pages (140-143)
- Skyrim gets its first nonviolent vampire
External Links[]
You may be able to get this issue from Future Publishing for a very limited time. Otherwise it should be available digitally at Zinio and Apple Newstand
Other Credits[]
Associate Editor
Production Editor
Section Editor
Web Editor
Art Editors
News Editor
Video Editor
Contributors
- Tim Stone, Richard Cobbett, Dave James, Phil Savage, David Lyttleton, Rose Brandle, Evan Lahti, Jon Blyth, Alex Wiltshire, Andy McGregor, Duncan Harris, Duncan Geere, Dan Griliopoulos, James Archer, Craig Pearson, Richard Lane, Tyler Wilde, Tom Sykes, Omri Petitte, Kyle Manchester
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