Game Informer Issue 222

Full cover:

Features:

• Letter From the Editor: The Golden Cartridge Heard Around the World (Andy McNamara reminisces about the original Legend of Zelda)
• Feedback (Reader Letters, Responses and Artwork)
• Gamescom 2011 (GI’s report from the German gaming convention)
• Co-Oped Up! (Overview on the best games for co-op)
• Afterwords: Bastion (Questions answered by creative director Greg Kasavin)
• Top Ten: One-Off Peripherals
• Impulse (A look at downloadable titles Trials Evolution, Payday: The Heist, Sideway: New York, and Joe Danger: The Movie)
• Gamer (Spotlight on Noah, 8-year-old gamer who reached the top 48 in the Marvel vs. Capcom 3 tournament of the Evolution Championship Series)
• Free To Play (Article on company Zynga and its effect on the industry)
• Massive (A look at MMO The Secret World, which rejects the standard fantasy worlds for a modern day setting)
• Interview: Selton Hill (Interview with game director and co-founder of Rocksteady)

Cover Story: The Legend of Zelda: 25 Years of Magic and Master Swords (In-depth retrospective on the entire Zelda series, ending with a preview on the next entry in the series: Skyward Sword)

Quantum Conundrum (PS3, 360, PC)(A look at the new first-person puzzle game from the small, little-known developer Airtight Games)

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (PS3, 360, PC)(A look at the multiplayer mode for the next Call of Duty, being worked on by Infinity Ward, Sledgehammer Games and Beachhead Studios)

Previews:

• Syndicate (PS3, 360, PC)
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PS3, 360)
• Battlefield 3 (PS3, 360, PC)
• Devil May Cry (PS3, 360)
• Lollipop Chainsaw (PS3, 360)
• Ratcher & Clank: All 4 One (PS3)
• Stronghold 3 (PC)
• Diablo III (PC)
• NBA 2K12 (PS3, 360)
• Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 (PS3, 360)
• FIFA 12 (PS3, 360)
• Resistance: Burning Skies (Vita)
• Escape Plan (Vita)
• Saints Row: The Third (PS3, 360, PC)

Multiplatform Reviews:

• Deus Ex: Human Revolution (PS3, 360, PC)
• Madden NFL 12 (PS3, 360)
• NHL 12 (PS3, 360)

PlayStation 3 Reviews:

• Resistance 3
• The Ico & Shadow of the Colossus Collection
• God of War: Origins Collection

XBOX 360 Reviews:

• Dead Island*
• Crimson Alliance

Nintendo DS Review:

• Kirby Mass Attack

The Score (Short, one paragraph reviews):

• Bit. Trip Complete (Wii)
• Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten (PS3)
• The Gunstringer (360)
• Bodycount (PS3, 360)
• Fruit Ninja Kinect (360)
• Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 (DS)
• Star Fox 64 3D (3DS)

*Due to extraneous circumstances, only the 360 version was reviewed, but it is also available on PS3, and PC.