Game Informer Issue 208

Full cover:

Features:

• Letter From the Editor: Pre-rendered CG, Your Day Has Come (Andy McNamara discusses how he feels that pre-rendered cutscenes are no longer needed in games)
• Feedback (Reader Letters, Responses and Artwork)
• E3 2010 (GI’s report on all the news and announcements from this years’ E3)
• Impulse (A look at downloadable titles Castlevania: Harmony of Despair, Super Meat Boy, Echochrome II, Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, Comic Jumper, BlackLight: Tango Down, Tales from Outer Space: About a Blob, Bionic Commando Rearmed 2, and Hydrophobia)
• Massive (A look at the various MMOs shown off at E3)
• Top Ten: Embarrassing E3 Moments
• Interview: Jeronimo Barrera (Interview with the vice president of development for Rockstar)

Cover Story: Dragon Age II (PS3, 360, PC)(With Dragon Age: Origins, BioWare finally made its long-awaited return to the world of fantasy with a game reminiscent of earlier titles such as Baldur’s Gate. Now they continue onward with the next entry in the series, which aims to expand the story beyond that of the Grey Warden in the first game)

The E3 Hot 50: (GI’s picks for the top 50 games shown off at this years’ E3)

• Portal 2 (PS3, 360, PC, Mac)
• Dead Space 2 (PS3, 360, PC)
• The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Wii)
• Infamous 2 (PS3)
• Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood (PS3, 360, PC)
• Bulletstorm (PS3, 360, PC)
• Gears of War 3 (360)
• Mortal Kombat (PS3, 360)
• Halo: Reach (360)
• LittleBigPlanet 2 (PS3)
• Kirby’s Epic Yarn (Wii)
• Rage (PS3, 360, PC)
• Civilization V (PC)
• Deus Ex: Human Revolution (PS3, 360, PC)
• Donkey Kong Country Returns (Wii)
• Twisted Metal (PS3)
• God of War: Ghost of Sparta (PSP)
• Marvel vs. Capcom: Fate of Two Worlds (PS3, 360)
• Fable III (360, PC)
• Killzone 3 (PS3)
• Rock Band 3 (PS3, 360, Wii)
• Epic Mickey (Wii)
• Call of Duty: Black Ops (PS3, 360, PC)
• Medal of Honor (PS3, 360, PC)
• Star Wars: The Old Republic (PC)
• Dance Central (360)
• Fallout: New Vegas (PS3, 360, PC)
• Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (PS3, 360, Wii)
• Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective (DS)
• Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II (PS3, 360)
• Red Faction: Armageddon (PS3, 360)
• Crysis 2 (PS3, 360, PC)
• NHL 11 (PS3, 360)
• GoldenEye 007 (Wii)
• Gran Turismo 5 (PS3)
• Enslaved: Odyssey to the West (PS3, 360)
• Batman: The Brave and the Bold (Wii, DS)
• Journey (PS3)
• Child of Eden (PS3, 360)
• Homefront (PS3, 360, PC)
• The Witcher II: Assassins of Kings (PC)
• WWE All-Stars (PS3, 360, Wii)
• MotorStorm: Apocalypse (PS3)
• Dead Rising 2 (PS3, 360)
• DJ Hero 2 (PS3, 360, Wii)
• Valkyria Chronicles 2 (PSP)
• Ghost Recon Future Soldier (PS3, 360, PC)
• Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (PS3)
• XCOM (360, PC)

Multiplatform Reviews:

• Transformers: War for Cybertron (PS3, 360)
• Toy Story 3 (PS3, 360, Wii)
• Singularity (PS3, 360)
• NCAA Football 11 (PS3, 360)
• LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 (PS3, 360, Wii)

XBOX 360 Reviews:

• Limbo
• Crackdown 2

PSP Review:

• Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker

Nintendo DS Review:

• Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies

The Score (Short, one paragraph reviews):

• Puzzle Quest 2 (360, DS)
• Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Portable (PSP)
• Disgaea Infinite (PSP)
• Snoopy Flying Ace (XBLA)
• Naughty Bear (PS3, 360)