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the walk through

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OUR TOP TEN TITLES......... 3-4 e3 2011.............................. 27-34
Gears of War 3, Legend of Zelda, Batman: Arkham City, Mario Kart, Deus Ex, and more. What titles are making your top ten this year? Which ones will you be avoiding altogether? We saw a lot of big announcements at this years E3 Conference, and the media is still buzzing about quite a few of them. Read which ones we havent been able to stop talking about.

the 3ds..................................... 5 dead island.................. 37-38 advertising in games.. 7-10 Starfox 64 3D..................... 40 Fifa '12...................................... 13 driver: san fran......... 41-42

Brothers to the end

Madden 12.............................. 14 sony xperia play............ 46 Modern Warfare 3..... 21-22 battlefield 3............... 47-48 walking dead.............. 23-26 GTA V................................ 49-50

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Top ten Games of 2011

most anticipated
Mario Kart 7
3DS. Release Date: December The biggest new feature in Mario Kart 7 is the addition of a hang glider that allows the player to drive off ramps and glide through the air.

1 Gears Of War 3
Xbox 360. Release Date: 9/20 Epic Games will be giving fans their epic conclusion to the Gears trilogy, so expect them to go out with a bang. For introduced into the series, along with a Beast Mode. This will be similar to GOW2. the first time, four-player co-op is being

3 Batman: Arkham City

Xbox 360, PS3, PC, Wii. Release Date: 10/18 The sequel to Arkham Asylum, Arkham City lets us be Batman once more in another action-adventure stealth game.

6 Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Xbox 360, PS3, PC. Release Date: 11/11 An epic RPG sandbox from Bethesda. Level up by honing your skills. The confirmed

4 Deus Ex: Human Revolution 2 Legend of Zelda: Xbox 360, PS3, PC. Release Date: 8/23 Skyward Sword Edios brings us an action RPG with four
the Horde Mode weve seen before in Wii. Release Date: 11/20 As a prequel to Ocarina of Time, Skying, and Exploration. ward Sword promises to deliver another fantastic action-adventure game - this time for

eighteen skills are Illusion, Conjuration, Destruction, Restoration, Alteration, Enchanting, Smithing, Heavy Armor,

Portal 2

Xbox 360, PS3, PC. Release Date: 4/19 Valve delivers another puzzle-platformer that Physics - this time with an option for co-op.

Block, Two-handed, One-handed, ArPickpocket, Speech, and Alchemy.

chery, Light Armor, Sneak, Lockpicking,

will test your ability to understand the laws of

pillars of gameplay: Combat, Stealth, Hack-

Nintendos Wii. Zelda will make use of fighting, along with targeting via a revised Wii Remote pointing system.

5 Crysis 2

7 Dissidia XII Final Fantasy

PSP. Release Date: 3/22 The game is both a prequel and remake of Dissidia: Final Fantasy, revealing what occurred before the events of its predecessor.

Plants vs Zombies
Release Date: 1/18

Xbox 360, PS3, PC. Release Date: 3/22 A first-person shooter from Crytek where the Alcatraz. Includes weapon customization.

Xbox 360, DS, iPad/iPhone. A tower defense action game where you grow interesting plants to fight off wave after wave venture, Survival, and Puzzle Modes. of attacking zombies. The game includes Ad-

the WiiMotion Plus peripheral for sword-

player becomes a Force Recon Marine called