GamesMaster Issue 242
Editorial
Editor in Chief	Robin Alway
Publishing Company	Future Publishing
Pages	132
Cover Date	October 2011
Release Date	15th August 2011
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This magazine is dated October 2011 and priced at £4.50. It was released 15th August 2011.

Contents 1 GM Upfront 2 Features 3 Previews 4 Reviews 4.1 Additional Ratings 5 GMXS 5.1 We Love Old Games 6 Tips 7 Free Gifts 8 Adverts 9 Other Credits 10 Issue Index 11 Comments

GM UpfrontEdit

It's good to stalk - Dishonored - 360, PS3, PC - (1½ pages)

Gamecube games on Virtual Console?

Lollipop Chainsaw - (1 page)

FeaturesEdit

Assassin's Creed: Revelations - PC, PS3, Xbox 360 - Will Porter - (8 pages)

Driver: San Francisco - Promotion - (3 pages)

All That Glitters - Golden Joystick Awards - (6 pages)

PreviewsEdit

Game Title	Writer	360	PS3	PC	Wii	3DS	Vita	Pages	Thrill-o-meter
Rage	Matthew Pellett	X						4	4
F1 2011	Shaun Curnow	X						2	5
Dark Souls	Matthew Pellett		X					1	4
Inversion	Shaun Curnow	X	X					½	4
Mario Kart 3D	Will Porter					X		½	5
SSX	Shaun Curnow	X	X					1	4
Darksiders II	Kim Richards	X						1	4
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3	Will Porter	X	X	X				1	5
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier	Alex Dale	X	X	X				1	4
Rayman Origins	Alex Dale	X	X		X	X	X	½	4
Ace Combat: Assault Horizon	Shaun Curnow	X	X					½	3
Resistance 3	Shaun Curnow		X					2	5
Luigi's Mansion 2	Will Porter					X		1	5
Dead Rising 2: Off the Record	Shaun Curnow	X	X	X				½	4
Resident Evil: Revelations	Alex Dale					X		½	4
Gears of War 3	Uncredited	X						2	5
Super Mario	Will Porter					X		2	5
Final Fantasy XIII-2	Kim Richards	X	X					1	4
Dead Island	Leon Hurley		X					1	4
Hitman: Absolution	Mike Harris	X	X	X				2	4
Far Cry 3	Alex Dale	X	X	X				1	4
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword	Will Porter				X			1	4
Driver: San Francisco	Shaun Curnow		X					1	5
WRC 2: FIA World Rally Championship	Shaun Curnow	X						1	3
Metal Gear Solid HD Collection	Michael Gapper	X	X					1	4
Heroes of Ruin	Shaun Curnow					X		½	4
Kid Icarus: Uprising	Will Porter					X		½	4

ReviewsEdit

Game Title	Publisher	Reviewer	Format	Pages	Rating (%)
Star Fox 64 3D	Nintendo	Alex Dale	3DS	4	90
From Dust	Ubisoft	Shaun Curnow	360	1	90
Cars 2: The Video Game	Disney	Alex Dale	PS3	½	68
Lucha Fury	Puncher's Impact	Chris Burke	360	⅛	70
L.A. Noire - Reefer Madness	Rockstar	Chris Burke	360	⅛	71
Ms. 'Splosion Man	Microsoft	Chris Burke	360	⅛	80
Call of Duty: Black Ops - Annihilation	Activision	Chris Burke	360	⅛	85
Call of Juarez: The Cartel	Ubisoft	Andy Hartup	PS3	1	45
Deus Ex: Human Revolution	Square Enix	Michael Gapper	360, PC, PS3	4	94
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part Two	Electronic Arts	Kim Richards	360	1	36
UFC Personal Trainer	THQ	Rob Taylor	360	½	72
Dungeon Hunter: Alliance	Gameloft	Chris Burke	PS3	⅛	78
Back to the Future: The Game	Telltale	Chris Burke	PS3	⅛	74
Gex: Deep Cover Gecko	Square Enix	Chris Burke	PS3	⅛	52
Eat Them!	Sony	Chris Burke	PS3	⅛	79
Captain America: Super Soldier	Sega	Alex Dale	360	1	65
Le Tour de France	Focus	Mike Harris	360, PS3	½	52
Airport Mania: First Flight	Reflexive	Martin Kitts	Wii	⅛	70
Anima: Ark of Sinners	Anima	Martin Kitts	Wii	⅛	25
3D Classics: Xevious	Namco	Martin Kitts	3DS	⅛	50
99 Bullets	EnjoyUp	Martin Kitts	DSi	⅛	71
Air Conflicts: Secret Wars	Deep Silver	Shaun Curnow	360	½	55
Pinata Smash	Clickgamer	Kath Brice	iPhone	⅛	70
Burn the City	JoshOClock	Kath Brice	iPhone	⅛	62
Transformers: Dark of the Moon	Electronic Arts	Kath Brice	iPhone	⅛	51
Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing	Sega	Kath Brice	iPhone	⅛	91
Wii Play: Motion	Nintendo	Mike Harris	Wii	½	71

Free Games: The Bugs are Coming!, Dolphin Olympics 2, Ultimate Assassin 3, Epic Coaster - Mike Harris

Additional RatingsEdit

Game Title	Graphics (%)	Gameplay (%)	Accessibility (%)	Lifespan (%)	Innovation (%)
Star Fox 64 3D	88	87	85	81	80
From Dust	80	90	85	70	80
Call of Juarez: The Cartel	50	41	30	66	50
Deus Ex: Human Revolution	89	93	80	90	94
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part Two	39	38	42	39	30
Captain America: Super Soldier	70	73	61	70	58

GMXSEdit

Leigh Loveday loves... But He's Obsessed with... Maximo - (PS2) - (2 pages)

The Best... DiRT 3 videos - (1 page)

How to make... Celebrity Tennis Players - Virtua Tennis 4 - (1 page)

Classic GM - GamesMaster Issue 13 - January 1994

The Time Machine: Sega Game Gear - Leigh Loveday - (2 pages)

We Love Old GamesEdit

Written by Leigh Loveday

Game Title	Format	Retro Rating (%)
Magic Carpet	PC, PSX, Saturn	85
Feud	Spectrum, C64, CPC, MSX, Atari 8-bit, Amiga, ST, PC	88
Wiz 'n' Liz	Amiga, Mega Drive	82
Lords of Chaos	Spectrum, C64, CPC, Amiga, ST	80
Young Merlin	SNES	64
Magician Lord	Neo Geo	76
Wardner	Arcade, Mega Drive	72
Wizard Warz	Amiga, ST, PC, Spectrum, C64, CPC	34
Orphen: Scion of Sorcery	PS2	48
Magic Boy	Amiga, ST, PC, SNES	39

TipsEdit

Special Challenges

• Dead Space 2 - (1 page)
• Halo: Reach - (1 page)
• Duke Nukem Forever - (1 page)
• Mortal Kombat - (1 page)
• Portal 2 - (1 page)
• Call of Duty: Black Ops - (1 page)

Free GiftsEdit

AdvertsEdit

Games

Pac-Man & Galaga Dimensions, Angler's Club: Ultimate Bass Fishing 3D, Dream Trigger 3D, Ridge Racer 3D & DualPenSports - 3DS - Namco Bandai

InFamous 2 - PS3 - Sony

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine - PC, PS3, Xbox 360 - THQ

Driver: San Francisco - PS3, Xbox 360 - Ubisoft

White Knight Chronicles II, White Knight Chronicles: Origins - PS3, PSP - Sony

Age of Empires Online - PC - Microsoft

MotorStorm: Apocalypse - PS3 - Sony

Dragonica - PC - gpotato

Runes of Magic - PC - Frogster

Resistance 3 - PS3 - Sony

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - PC, PS3, Xbox 360 - Bethesda

Magazines

Xbox World Issue 109

Other CreditsEdit

Art Editor

Ian Lloyd-Edwards

Reviews Editor

Shaun Curnow

Production Editor

Greg MacGregor

Contributors

Matthew Castle, Andrew Mills, Matthew Pellett, Leigh Loveday, Kath Brice, Julia Hardy, Rob Taylor, Michael Gapper, Mike Harris, Andy Leung, Nick Aspell, Alex Dale, Cormac Jordan, Matthew Horton, Leon Hurley, Ella Taylor, Will Porter, Kim Richards, Andy Hartup, Rich Pelley

Issue IndexEdit

GamesMaster Index

Date	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Xmas
1993	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
1994	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
1995	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37
1996	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50
1997	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60	61	62	63
1998	64	65	66	67	68	69	70	71	72	73	74	75	76
1999	77	78	79	80	81	82	83	84	85	86	87	88	89
2000	90	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	100	101	102
2001	103	104	105	106	107	108	109	110	111	112	113	114	115
2002	116	117	118	119	120	121	122	123	124	125	126	127	128
2003	129	130	131	132	133	134	135	136	137	138	139	140	141
2004	142	143	144	145	146	147	148	149	150	151	152	153	154
2005	155	156	157	158	159	160	161	162	163	164	165	166	167
2006	168	169	170	171	172	173	174	175	176	177	178	179	180
2007	181	182	183	184	185	186	187	188	189	190	191	192	193
2008	194	195	196	197	198	199	200	201	202	203	204	205	206
2009	207	208	209	210	211	212	213	214	215	216	217	218	219
2010	220	221	222	223	224	225	226	227	228	229	230	231	232
2011	233	234	235	236	237	238	239	240	241	242	243	244	245
2012	246	247	248	249	250	251	252	253	254	255	256	257	258
2013	259	260	261	262	263