Just Cause 3 screenshots appear, and look rather good

Yesterday, I complained that there were no good screenshots for the newly announced Just Cause 3. Then, because I'm petty, I asked readers to tweet me with their own artistic recreations of what they think the game will be.

People actually did this.

Also yesterday, genuine screenshots of Just Cause 3 appeared. They appeared courtesy of Game Informer, who have temporary dominion over all Just Cause 3 related happenings.

I'm going to post them anyway, like the rebel without a cause that I am. I will, however, keep the Game Informer watermark CLEARLY VISIBLE, because someone from Game Inform͏̵̧e̶̵r̸̨̛ might see this and I don't want to be sued.

As an additional challenge to all of you, I'm going to post the official Just Cause 3 screenshots – BROUGHT TO YOU IN ASSOCIATION WITH GAME INFOŔ̢M̴͟͏̴͡ER – alongside our community-made pictures. I invite you to attempt to work out the difference. Answers at the bottom of the post.

Okay, I have realised that the inherent problem with this quiz is the GAM̛̦̭̫̙̗E̘͓I̡͜͏͓̳̟͇N͕F҉̹̙̼̠̖͕O͉̙͖̟͎͟͞R͘̕҉̝̰̣̺Ḿ̩͇̘E͖̕͢ͅR̖̯̳̺̳͓̪̀ watermark. It makes it too easy. I have manually attempted to correct that in the next image.

Right, there's your lot. Did you spot them? To be sure, here are the answers.

Shot 1: by Flaillomanz.
Shot 2: by August Hassnert.
Shot 3: Just Cause 3, brought to you in as̷̙͞s̨̤͈̖̗o̵̘̰͜c̭̟̝͎̳̳͈̩͟i̧̢̭̻̜̝͖a͔̰̖͖̬̙t̸̡̲̹̤̼̖̩͉͝i̬̲̲̙̼͈o̩̟̹̠̻̘̪͎n̷̶̰͓̳͈ ̛̝͎̯̣̼͠w̧̲̖i̴͎̝̳̞ţ̥̟̲h̸̯͇ ͏͉̤̩̠̤̭̪ͅG̶̼̱͉̦͜a̻̭͍̺ṃ̤̥̗̘m̨͕͚̜m̶̳̘͈̜M҉̼̰̻̼͕̹̭͇M̴̢̜̹͚̦̝̕m̛̹͇͕̤̀͟f̨͔͔̤̩̰͠o҉̳͔̰̟͖̯ͅr̬͙̠̟͎̙m͘͏̯̣̳͕̟̪e҉̮͖͓̲r̛̙͇̀͡.̢̮̗̩̖̜̗
Shot4: by Jedi Master Luke.
Shot 5: ＧＡＭＥＩＮＦＯＲＭＥＲＧＡＭＥＩＮＦＯＲＭＥＲＧＡＭＥＩＮＦＯＲＭＥＲＧＡＭＥＩＮＦＯＲＭＥＲＧＡＭＥＩＮＦＯＲＭＥＲＧＡＭＥＩＮＦＯＲＭＥＲＧＡＭＥＩＮＦＯ
Shot 6: Just Cause 3. All Hail Game Informer.
Shot 7: by Gus.
Shot 8: by Shiny Llama.

Phil has been writing for PC Gamer for nearly a decade, starting out as a freelance writer covering everything from free games to MMOs. He eventually joined full-time as a news writer, before moving to the magazine to review immersive sims, RPGs and Hitman games. Now he leads PC Gamer's UK team, but still sometimes finds the time to write about his ongoing obsessions with Destiny 2, GTA Online and Apex Legends. When he's not levelling up battle passes, he's checking out the latest tactics game or dipping back into Guild Wars 2. He's largely responsible for the whole Tub Geralt thing, but still isn't sorry.