Game Informer Issue 220

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Features:

• Letter From the Editor: The Highest Court (Andy McNamara discusses the appalling way that some gamers conduct themselves online)
• Feedback (Reader Letters, Responses and Artwork)
• A Report From The Big Show, E3 2011 (GI’s report on all the news and announcements to come out from this year’s E3)
• Killer Looks (GI’s pick for the top 5 trailers of E3)
• Impulse (A look at downloadable titles Papo & Yo, Awesomenauts, Puddle, PixelJunk Sidescroller, Okabu, and Gotham City Impostors)
• Massive (Overview on the MMOs of E3)
• Pixel Perfect (Overview on the upcoming HD remakes)
• All Ages (A look at the family-friendly games of E3)
• Top Ten: Rivalries
• The Verdict On Violent Video Games (U.S. Supreme Court rules against law that restricts the sale or rental of “violent video games” to minor.
• Interview: Mike Fischer (Interview with president and CEO of Square Enix North America)

Cover Story: Dishonored (PS3, 360, PC)(Feature preview on the new stealth game from Arkane Studios that plans to give players the freedom to approach their experience in a number of different ways, set in a steampunk-esque city known as Dunwall)

E3 2011 The Hot 50: (Gi’s picks for the top 50 games shown off at E3)

• BioShock Infinite (PS3, 360, PC)
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PS3, 360, PC)
• Battlefield 3 (PS3, 360, PC)
• Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception (PS3)
• Mass Effect 3 (PS3, 360, PC)
• Batman: Arkham Asylum (PS3, 360, PC)
• The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Wii)
• Tomb Raider (PS3, 360, PC)
• Assassin’s Creed Revelations (PS3, 360, PC)
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (PS3, 360, PC)
• Gears of War 3 (360)
• Brothers in Arms: Furious 4 (PS3, 360, PC)
• Rayman Origins (PS3, 360)
• Saints Row: The Third (PS3, 360, PC)
• Far Cry 3 (PS3, 360, PC)
• Bastion (360)
• Twisted Metal (PS3)
• Final Fantasy XIII-2 (PS3, 360)
• Rage (PS3, 360, PC)
• Metro: Last Light (PS3, 360, Wii U, PC)
• Uncharted: Golden Abyss (Vita)
• FIFA 12 (PS3, 360)
• Forza Motorsport 4 (360)
• Kirby Wii (Wii)
• Tera (PC)
• Luigi’s Mansion 2 (3DS)
• Sound Shapes (Vita)
• Torchlight II (PC)
• Crimson Alliance (360)
• Madden NFL 12 (PS3, 360)
• Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning (PS3, 360, PC)
• Hitman: Absolution (PS3, 360, PC)
• Resistance 3 (PS3)
• Resident Evil: Revelations (3DS)
• From Dust (PS3, 360, PC)
• Dance Central 2 (360)
• SSX (PS3, 360)
• Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet (360)
• Journey (PS3)
• El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron (PS3, 360)
• Spider-Man: Edge of Time (PS3, 360)
• Need For Speed: The Run (PS3, 360, Vita, PC)
• Mario kart 3DS (3DS)
• Crusader Kinds II (PC)
• Payday: The Heist (PS3, PC)
• Star Trek (PS3, 360, PC)
• Super Mario 3DS (3DS)
• Asura’s Wrath (PS3, 360)
• Ghost Recon: Future Soldier (PS3, 360, PC)
• Aliens: Colonial Marines (PS3, 360)

Multiplatform Reviews:

• Shadows of the Damned (PS3, 360)
• F.E.A.R. 3 (PS3, 360, PC)
• Catherine (PS3, 360)
• Duke Nukem Forever (PS3, 360, PC)
• NCAA Football 12 (PS3, 360)
• Ms. Splosion Man (PS3, 360)
• Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon (PS3, 360)
• Cars 2 (PS3, 360, DS)

XBOX 360 Review:

• Trenched

Nintendo 3DS Review:

• Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D

The Score (Short, one paragraph reviews):

• Magic: The Gathering – Duels of the Planewalkers 2012 (PS3, 360, PC)
• Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition (PS3, 360)
• The Adventures of Shuggy (360)
• Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters (PS3, 360)
• Transformers: Dark of the Moon (PS3, 360)