Game Informer Issue 218

Full cover:

Features:

• Letter From the Editor: The Console Landscape (Andy McNamara discusses the status of the Wii in comparison to the XBOX 360 and PS3)
• Feedback (Reader Letters, Responses and Artwork)
• Nintendo Moves Into HD (Nintendo announces new, HD-capable console)
• The Reality of AR (Article that looks at the concept of augmented reality)
• Top Ten: WTF Moments in Gaming
• Green Gaming (Article that looks at the environmental impact of the gaming industry)
• Care Package (Overview of support from the gaming industry for Japan in the wake of the massive 9.0 magnitude earthquake that struck the country)
• Impulse (A look at downloadable titles Rochard, Gatling Gears, BurgerTime HD, and Pinball FX 2)
• Screw This Game (GI staff sound off on the games that ruined their childhood)
• Debate: Is the Nintendo 3DS Worth It? (Debate between Andrew Reiner and Joe Juba)
• Interview: Jonathan Smith (Interview with the head of production for TT Games)
• Classic GI (History of Robotron: 2084)

Cover Story: Assassin’s Creed Revelations (PS3, 360, PC)(As the third game covering the extraordinary life of Ezio, Ubisoft’s new game send the now-aged assassin to Constantinople, seeking wisdom from his assassin ancestor, Altair)

Rayman Origins (PS3, 360)(Having spent some time out of the spotlight while his furry nemesis, the Rabbids, gained fame, Rayman is now poised to return in a big way, going all the way back to the 2D space where he first made a name for himself)

Previews:

• Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City (PS3, 360, PC)
• Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception (PS3)
• Madden NFL 12 (PS3, 360)
• Rage (PS3, 360, PC, Mac)
• Prime World (PC, Mac, Mobile)
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PS3, 360, PC)
• Infamous 2 (PS3)
• Twisted Metal (PS3)
• Shadows of the Damned (PS3, 360)
• NCAA Football 12 (PS3, 360)
• Dead Rising 2: Off The Record (PS3, 360, PC)
• Dragon’s Dogma (PS3, 360)
• Inversion (PS3, 360)
• Ms. Splosion Man (360)
• Sonic Generations (PS3, 360)
• Rocksmith (PS3, 360, PC)
• Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster (360)
• Child of Eden (360, PS3)
• Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner Overclocked (3DS)
• Cartoon Network Punch Time Explosion (3DS)
• Prey 2 (PS3, 360, PC)

Multiplatform Reviews:

• Outland (PS3, 360)
• Portal 2 (PS3, 360, PC)
• Mortal Kombat (PS3, 360)
• Operation Flaashpoint: Red River (PS3, 360, PC)
• Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes HD (PS3, 360)

XBOX 360 Review:

• Michael Jackson The Experience

PlayStation 3 Review:

• SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs

PC Reviews:

• Darkspore
• Anomaly: Warzone Earth

Wii Review:

• The Conduit 2

PSP Review:

• Patapon 3

Nintendo 3DS Review:

• Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell 3D

The Score (Short, one paragraph reviews):

• Dynasty Warriors 7 (PS3, 360)
• Carnival Games: Monkey See: Monkey Doo (360)
• Section 8: Prejudice (360, PC)
• Islands of Wakfu (360)
• The Sims Medieval (PC)