Cover: Borderlands 2
Reviews
Mass Effect 3 - PS3, 360, PC - 8
Alan Wake's American Nightmare - XBLA - 6
Syndicate - 360, PS3, PC - 6
Journey - PS3 - 8
Binary Domain - 360, PS3 - 6
SSX - 360, PS3 - 5
I Am Alive - 360, PS3 - 7
Asura's Wrath - 360, PS3 - 5
Kid Icarus - 3DS - 8
Tekken 3D: Prime Edition - 3DS - 6
Super Stardust Delta - Vita - 8
Lumines: Electronic Symphony - Vita - 8
Escape Plan - Vita - 7
Features
The Psychology Of... Free-to-play - an exploration of the factors which compel gamers to spend their cash.
Jacked: Crime Pays - An Extract from the unauthorised behind-the-scenes story of GTA.
An Audience With... David Jaffe.
Knowledge
A fine turn-up for the books - exploring the ramifications of Chafer's Kickstarter success story.
Return of the King - Hironobu Sakaguchi is back and directing again - but why?
Solid Snake - How Hermitgames is iterating an arcade classic via procedural design.
Free for all - Ngmoco's Ben Cousins provides his vision of the free-to-play future.
Design and build - How Wipeout's graphics designers turned their hands to Lumines.
Other Bits n Bobs
The Making of Rock Band
The Art of Mirror's Edge
Studio Profile - Paradox Interactive
Hype - Borderlands 2
Hype - Dragon's Dogma
Hype - Dead or Alive 5
Hype - Shootmania Storm
Hype - Trials Evolution
Hype - Sleeping Dogs
Reviews
Mass Effect 3 - PS3, 360, PC - 8
Alan Wake's American Nightmare - XBLA - 6
Syndicate - 360, PS3, PC - 6
Journey - PS3 - 8
Binary Domain - 360, PS3 - 6
SSX - 360, PS3 - 5
I Am Alive - 360, PS3 - 7
Asura's Wrath - 360, PS3 - 5
Kid Icarus - 3DS - 8
Tekken 3D: Prime Edition - 3DS - 6
Super Stardust Delta - Vita - 8
Lumines: Electronic Symphony - Vita - 8
Escape Plan - Vita - 7
Features
The Psychology Of... Free-to-play - an exploration of the factors which compel gamers to spend their cash.
Jacked: Crime Pays - An Extract from the unauthorised behind-the-scenes story of GTA.
An Audience With... David Jaffe.
Knowledge
A fine turn-up for the books - exploring the ramifications of Chafer's Kickstarter success story.
Return of the King - Hironobu Sakaguchi is back and directing again - but why?
Solid Snake - How Hermitgames is iterating an arcade classic via procedural design.
Free for all - Ngmoco's Ben Cousins provides his vision of the free-to-play future.
Design and build - How Wipeout's graphics designers turned their hands to Lumines.
Other Bits n Bobs
The Making of Rock Band
The Art of Mirror's Edge
Studio Profile - Paradox Interactive
Hype - Borderlands 2
Hype - Dragon's Dogma
Hype - Dead or Alive 5
Hype - Shootmania Storm
Hype - Trials Evolution
Hype - Sleeping Dogs
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