Electronic Gaming Monthly Issue 243

Contents

Editorial

Login (Letters)

Press Start: Missing in Action (Have the latest consoles changed the expected console cycles), Gaming by the Numbers (Are today’s games still a good entertainment value?), Supreme Concerns (The State of California vs. the game industry heads to the Supreme Court), Time Capsule, International Video Game Hall of Fame & Museum in Ottumwa, Iowa, 5 Lives with Brian Bright (Project Director with Neversoft), The EGM Hot List (10 Things You Didn’t Know about Call of Duty: Black Ops).

Interview with Cliff Bleszinski (Game Designer with Epic Games)

Leveling the Landscape – Casual and social gaming giving new life to small developers

The Shape of Things to Come – A look ahead at the games that will define 2011

·         Deus Ex: Human Revolution (PS3, Xbox 360)

·         The Last Guardian (PS3, wouldn’t be released till 2016 on PS4)

·         Portal (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)

·         Duke Nukem Forever (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)

·         inFamous 2 (PS3)

·         Gears of War 3 (Xbox 360)

·         Resistance 3 (PS3)

·         Batman: Arkham City (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)

·         RAGE (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)

·         Dead Space 2 (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)

·         Bit.Trip Flux (Wii)

·         Homefront (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)

·         SpyParty (PC, wouldn’t release till April 2018!)

·         The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Wii)

·         Brink (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)

·         Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds (PS3, Xbox 360)

·         XCOM (PS3, Xbox 360, PC, released as XCOM: Enemy Unknown)

·         El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron (PS3, Xbox 360)

·         The Witness (No platforms announced. PS3 & Xbox 360 were planned but canceled. Released on PC, Xbox One, and PS4 in 2016)

·         LittleBigPlanet 2 (PS3)

·         Journey (PS3)

Reviews:

·         Call of Duty: Black Ops (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)

·         Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood (PS3, Xbox 360)

·         Epic Mickey (Wii)

·         Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)

·         Dance Central (Xbox 360)

·         Kinect Sports (Xbox 360)

·         Dead Nation (PS3)

·         Tron: Evolution (PS3, Xbox 360)

·         Cut the Rope (iPhone, iPad)

·         Reckless Racing (iPhone, iPad)

·         Galaxy on Fire 2 (iPhone)

·         Capcom Arcade (iPhone, iPad)

·         Chu Chu Rocket (iPhone, iPad)

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