NAG June 2012 Issue

[Barkskin]

Happy June everyone! We're halfway to somewhere!

June is for Call of Duty, and we've got Black Ops II all up in our delicious goodness. The new direction is new, and many surprises will surprise in the future. That's our attempt at being cryptic, and we apologise for it. This issue we thought we'd give the whole "health and fitness" thing a go, and we were surprised by how much it doesn't suck to maybe do a little walking here and there. This month is E3 2012, and we want you to get as amped for it as we are: which is why we're bringing you the top eight reasons why you should excite yourself with thoughts of it right now. We also take a deeper look at some of the PlayStation Vita's top-secret (but not really) functions you may not yet know about.

For previews, we spread a thick layer of MMORPG on our gaming sandwich with Guild Wars 2, and don Master Chief's helmet once more to take on all-new threats in Halo 4. Ghost Recon: Future Soldier is about soldiers in the future fighting other soldiers in the future using cool future tech and gadgetry. Our reviews this month see us switching perspectives with Fez, partying with pals in Mario Party 9, breaking fire axes while screaming in terror at Silent Hill: Downpour, being perplexed by just what the hell Operation Raccoon City has to do with Resident Evil, crunching some bones and driving friends mad in Trials Evolution, and racing and smashing in Ridge Racer Unbounded and DiRT: Showdown.

Hardware this month brings plenty of great reviews to aid you in spending your hard-earned money wisely. GIGABYTE's G1. Sniper 3 gaming motherboard leaves us impressed, Cyborg's Gaming Lights for PC have us wondering why, ASRock's Z77 Extreme6 motherboard pleasantly surprises us, and we find the best GTX 680 money can buy right now.

There's all this and more awaiting your attention in the June 2012 issue of NAG, which crash-lands on shelves this Thursday, the 31st of May. And to those who prefer their magazines a little less paper-y and a lot more digital, don't forget to keep an eye out for NAG on Zinio, where we'll once again have a bonus alternate cover exclusive to virtual reality.



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[Sir-Ominous]

Yay! free posters are back.

[GeometriX]

Yay! There is a free poster in this issue.

Fixed that for you.

[Wherewulf1]

GW 2, a D3 poster and Fez?

*explodes*

[ZoRPA]

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Is this correct?

I really cannot wait to read the FEZ and Trials reviews.
And the DX11 benchmark sounds cool.

[maxdamage]

Wow!I don't know what to say besides the fact that Cheryl from the subscription department dropped off my missing May issue with my limited edition NAG Lanyard with the latest issue as well as she lives in the West Rand area.I missed seeing her but the fact that Nag went beyond the call of duty(excuse the pun) just to drop off a subscriber's magazines is awesome!We can't help that fact that the postal service is non-existent,useless,etc....

I only realized later that there is a Call of Duty article in the June issue... :D

Thanks!!!!!!

[Sir-Ominous]

Really disappointed :( CNA and Pick n Pay in Trade Route Mall (who normally have the mag) didn't have a single issue.

Now I'll have to wait till someone goes to Sandton to get it for me.

[Cube]

Awesome as usual, I just could not for the life of me find that damn Scarlett from the May issue. Must say she was VERY well hidden this time.

[Tmc]

Morse code on the spine of the mag, redacted information in the articles, all that this issue is missing is a bullet hole. and thanks for the exercises, i cant lift my arms after all those push up.(15 in total)

[Sir-Ominous]

Yey! my letter got published in the mag and Redtide liked it. #TheVault

[Sinner-PWA]

I just got my June copy today. Late I know. Now, I rarely moan about anything, but one of the 1st articles I came across was titled "I, Gamer" by Miklos, & I have to say.. what a load of tripe. How can someone who is writing columns for a gaming magazine be so bold as to trash a complete genre in a Popular Magazine.

I understand different people have different opinions, for instance, I don't play FPS, but I don't trash them as I know a million other people do play them, & love them.

Bad article is a bad article dude.

[Mikit0707]

You read my article first? Awww... <3

But seriously: it's just an opinion column. Think of it as me venting my utter frustration with the genre because, honestly, I've tried hard to get into MMORPGs, but they're just so boring. Also, I admitted that I was seriously in the minority. Also also, if I'd trashed the genre without ever having played an MMORPG, then you could call me narrow minded... amongst other things. :P

[Azimuth]

I think it's time I trashed JRPGs again. Solidarity, bro. Also, any excuse to trash JRPGs.