2012 is officially in full swing, and we’d best cram in as much awesomeness as possible before the world goes pop. With that in mind, we present the February issue of NAG, packed full of gaming deliciousness and random thingamajigs sure to delight and surprise. Probably.

We’re once again rolling review-heavy, because of the holiday backlog. So many games, so little time! Previews come in the form of the revitalised SSX and a new developer’s take on Sly Cooper. Reviews include such wonders as the dildo-sporting Saints Row: The Third and the long-awaited Wii-exclusive return of Link in The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. Management buffs can get their futuristic kicks out of our Anno 2070 review, while we find out if Need for Speed: The Run can successfully make us believe that scripted events belong in a racer. Trine 2 has us in awe of its sheer beauty, and The Lord of the Rings: War in the North tells the familiar tale from a different perspective.

Hardware aficionados: check out our healthy hardware section. Samsung’s Series 7 gaming notebook aims to wow us. We take a look at another brilliantly built gaming PC from Evetech. ASUS hopes to prove that 3D can be more than a gimmick with their VG278H LED 3D monitor.

The February issue of NAG will magically appear in a store near you this Thursday, the 26th of January.

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It’s a new month, it’s a new NAG, and we worked extra hard to make sure that you get this magazine a whole week earlier –  just in time to save you from boredom on your holiday in the middle of nowhere. As our cover tells, we have some incredible coverage to go along with that incredible artwork from The Darkness II, as well as a couple (literally a couple) more previews to let you know what’s ahead in the world of gaming.

But you want something to play now, damnit, and that’s perfectly fair. To help you choose which games deserve to consume your valuable holiday hours, we review Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Minecraft, Assassin’s Creed: Revelations, Rayman Origins, Super Mario 3D Land and many more!

Tech junkies also need something to do during the next few weeks, so we take an in-depth look at the Intel Core i7 3960X, the ASUS Rampage IV Extreme, the Roccat Kova[+], ECS X79R-AX and loads more hardware.

You’ll find the January 2012 issue of NAG on shelves from tomorrow, the 22^nd of December.

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Ho ho ho or whichever sound you most associate with this time of year. It’s our December issue and that means it’s time to share with and care for you, our dear readers, in the form of an extra 16 pages of fabulous content. We’re feature-packed this issue, starting with our cover story that, er, covers all there is to know about Tom Clancy’s Rainbow 6: Patriots. We also spend some time explaining how everything fits together in the Legend of Zelda timeline; we help you (or your loved ones) decide on some Christmas/etc gifts; we report back on all things weird and wonderful at BlizzCon 2011; and we spend some time chatting to important people at UbiWorkshop.

If you like previews, then we’re sorry, there’s just a single one this month, but we’ve got a boat load of reviews that we’re sure will make up for it, including Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Battlefield 3, Rage, Batman: Arkhym City, Forza Motorsport 4, FIFA 12, X-Men Destiny and many more.

Our hardware pages this month include a detailed look at the AMD FX-8150 CPU, the astounding ASUS Xonar Essence One, the GIGABYTE G1.Sniper2, the Samsung Galaxy S II, and much more.

You’ll find the December issue of NAG on store shelves this Thursday, the 24^th of November.

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Oh, look, it’s Nathan Drake, star of the hit gaming series Uncharted. He sure is on our cover, jumping over a railing with one hand while people shoot bullets at him while it’s raining. Boy’s gonna twist up his ankle if he’s not careful. Tsk tsk. But anyway, he’s there, and that means that we have a gigantic (AKA six page) feature on the upcoming Uncharted 3, Drake’s Deception. We also have a couple of other super interesting features, including a look into the history of machinima, as well as the long-overdue Nintendo 3DS super feature with game reviews and such things.

Reviews! We have those too, including Dead Island, Gears of War 3, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine, F1 2011, Hard Reset and more! Yay!

Hardware! That is also a thing we have! We review the ASUS ROG MARS II, the Toshiba Qosmio F750 3D, the AOC e2352PHZ 3D monitor, Kingston HyperX 240GB SSD, Sony Xperia PLAY and even more! Double yay!

You’ll be able to find this fantastic November issue of NAG on shelf this Thursday, the 27^th of October.

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It’s yellow! So very yellow, but not like that kind of snow that you shouldn’t eat, this is awesome yellow. Mustard, if you will, and, as anyone who’s ever eaten good mustard can tell you, mustard yellow is the best yellow. The bold, not-at-all-banana-inspired cover this month is, of course, in honour of our seven-page Borderlands 2 feature that dominates the hallowed insides of NAG. We also have a feature of our impressions of the Call of Duty XP Event held in a desert somewhere in the US, and tech enthusiasts can look forward to our two hardware features: 4-way SSD shootout and Alienware M17x R3 vs. MSI GT780.

Other previews include our hands-on impressions of StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, Gotham City Imposters, Warhammer Online: Wrath of Heroes and many more. Of course, we spent some time playing review games this month, including Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Resistance 3, F.E.A.R. 3, Driver: San Francisco and more!

Some of our other hardware coverage includes a look at BlackBerry’s PlayBook, the HTC EVO 3D, EVGA Z68FTW, Sapphire Pure Platinum A75 and many more fascinating pieces of technology.

You can expect to find the October issue of NAG on shelf this Thursday, the 29th of September.

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After a decade of waiting, it’s finally time for us to have a Diablo III cover. To go along with that, we have thousands of words of info on the game, as well as a look at what you can expect at rAge 2011. If you need more reasons to buy this issue of NAG, we review Shadows of the Damned, Call of Juarez: The Cartel, From Dust, Child of Eden, and more; and we preview Bodycount, Lollipop Chainsaw, Ninja Gaiden III and Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3.

Our hardware coverage is dominated by two shootouts: AMD Llano vs. Intel Sandy Bridge, and ASUS Crosshair V Formula vs. GIGABYTE 990FXA-UD7. We also take a look at the ASUS MATRIX GTX580 Platinum, the ASUS G74SX, the NOCTUA NH-D14 CPU cooler and more.

The September issue of NAG is on shelf from today, the 25^th of August.

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RAGE!!! No, not that really awesome gaming event (:O) that we run, but the game currently in development by the masters of first-person shooters – id Software. It graces our cover this issue and because of that, you can expect to find words about the game inside our fine magazine. But wait, there’s more! We’re packed full of gaming goodness this month, with previews on Brothers in Arms: Furious 4, Hitman: Absolution, BioShock Infinite, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine, and more! Our reviews for this month include the electrifying inFAMOUS 2, the mighty Red Faction: Armageddon, the nippy DiRT 3, the hack-‘n’-slashy Dungeon Siege III, and more.

Console and PC gamers alike will enjoy our gigantic gaming headset roundup, and our hardware reviews include the Gainward GTX 560 Ti Phantom, the GIGABYTE Z68XP-UD3-iSSD (that’s right – we said SSD), and we welcome a new video card to our Dream Machine – the MSI GTX580 Lightning, as well as a dominating new SSD – the OCZ Vertex 3 240GB.

You can expect to find the August issue of NAG on shelf this Thursday, the 28^th of July.

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It’s that time of the year again – E3. Well, you Internet people are probably done with this by now, but we’re just getting started. This issue includes tons of news from the Electronic Entertainment Expo, loads of reviews and a couple of big, fancy features. What features, you ask? Well, we’ve got five pages dedicated to Battlefield 3. We also put on our artistic shoes and take a look at Into the Pixel 2011′s award winners, and take an in-depth look at the PlayStation Vita. Our reviews include everything you’ve been waiting for: L.A. Noire, The Witcher 2, Brink, Duke Nukem Forever, Darkspore, Operation Flashpoint: Red River, and more. Hardware enthusiasts can get tucked into our reviews of the ASUS P8Z68-V PRO, Intel’s new 5120 120GB SSD, the ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX and GIGABYTE’s insane X58A-OC.

You can expect to find the July issue of NAG on shelf this Thursday, the 30th of June.

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I’m Batman! Actually, no, that’s not true, but that’s what the angry-looking guy on our cover would say if you asked him his name, or if he suddenly descended on you from an overhang and you were like, “OMG what is that?” Scene = set. Right. In case you didn’t realise, this month’s cover feature is dedicated to Batman: Arkham City, but there’s plenty more for you to read in this issue of NAG. We get hands-on with Dues Ex: Human Revolution, Alice: Madness Returns, Dungeon Siege III and more. In our reviews section, we examine Portal 2, Mortal Kombat, Shift 2: Unleashed, MotorStorm: Apocalypse and LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars, as well as many more.

Those of you who are as interested in clock speeds and rendering pipelines as video games will on-doubt enjoy our mega VGA Buyers Guide, as well as our reviews of the ASUS NC1, Kingston HyperX LoVo 1800C9, GIGABYTE GTX 580 Super Overclock, and more.

You’ll find the June issue of NAG on store shelves on Thursday the 26th of May.

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Lara Croft is on the cover, we promise! While that should be enough to satisfy 90% of our readers, we’ve decided to also include other stuff in the magazine. As well as our cracking preview complete with two (2!) whole interviews about our favourite female adventurer, we also take a good, hard look at upcoming games Saints Row: The Third, Red Faction Armageddon, Dead Island and Portal 2 (okay, okay, we ran a little late with that one). Our reviews are so full of win that you’ll think you’ve accidentally picked up Charlie Sheen’s Guide to Tiger Blood, as we examine Crysis 2, Dragon Age II, Homefront, Yakuza 4, de Blob 2 and many more! Wow!

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