Game Informer Issue 142

Features:

• Letter From the Editor: Happy New Year (Andy McNamara looks forwards to the games coming in the new year)
• Dear GI (Reader Letters, Responses and Artwork)
• The PSP Is Here (Sony’s new handheld launches in Japan and GI take a closer look at the system)
• EA Owns the NFL (EA signs exclusive deal with NFL, preventing other companies from using the license)
• Video Games Attacked – Yawn! (A look at the list produced by the National Institute on Media and the Family of the top ten worst violent video games)
• Interview: Andrew House (Interview with the executive vice president of Sony Computer Entertainment America)
• Classic GI (History of King of Fighters)
  

Cover Story: Fantastic Four (PS2, XBOX, 360)(In preparation for the upcoming movie, Activision and Seven Studios begin development on a video game tie-in, includes interview with Tim Story, the Director of the Fantastic Four movie)

The Year in Review 2004 (Overview on all the news and events that defined the year 2004)

 

• Metroid Zero Mission (GBA)
• James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing (PS2, XBOX, GC)
• Ninja Gaiden (XBOX)
• Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes (GC)
• MVP Baseball 2004 (PS2, XBOX, GC)
• Unreal Tournament 2004 (PC)
• Far Cry (PC)
• Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow (XBOX)
• Fight Night 2004 (PS2, XBOX)
• City of Heroes (PC)
• Onimusha 3: Demon Siege (PS2)
• Red Dead Revolver (PS2, XBOX)
• The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay (XBOX)
• Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy (PS2, XBOX)
• Tales of Symphonia (GC)
• NCAA Football 2005 (PS2, XBOX, GC)
• ESPN NFL 2K5 (PS2, XBOX)
• Madden NFL 2005 (PS2, XBOX, GC)
• Doom 3 (PC)
• Astro Boy: Omega Factor (GBA)
• Hot Shots Golf Fore! (PS2)
• Pikmin 2 (GC)
• Burnout 3: Takedown (PS2, XBOX)
• Silent Hill 4: The Room (PS2, XBOX)
• Fable (XBOX)
• The Sims 2 (PC)
• Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War (PC)
• Def Jam: Fight For NY (PS2, XBOX, GC)
• Katamari Damacy (PS2)
• X-Men Legends (PS2, XBOX, GC)
• Shadow Hearts: Covenant (PS2)
• Mortal Kombat: Deception (PS2, XBOX)
• Tony Hawk’s Underground 2 (PS2, XBOX, GC)
• Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War (PS2)
• Dead or Alive Ultimate (XBOX)
• Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PS2)
• Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal (PS2)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age (PS2, XBOX, GC)
• EverQuest II (PC)
• Halo 2 (XBOX)
• Jak 3 (PS2)
• Half-Life 2 (PC)
• Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (PS2)
• Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (GC)
• World of Warcraft (PC)
• Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls (GBA)
• Prince of Persia: Warrior Within (PS2, XBOX, GC)
• Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords (XBOX)
• Viewtiful Joe 2 (PS2, GC)
• MechAssault 2: Lone Wolf (XBOX)
  

Untold Legends: Brotherhood of the Blade (PSP)(Sony unveils its new rpg that will launch alongside the PSP when it arrives in North America)

Previews:

• Rainbow Six: Lockdown (PS2, XBOX, PC)
• The Suffering: Ties That Bind (PS2, XBOX, PC)
• The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (XBOX 2, PS3, PC)
• S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl (PC)
• Shining Tears (PS2)
• Medal of Honor: Dogs of War (PS2, XBOX, GC)
• Phantom Dust (XBOX)
• Pariah (PS2, XBOX, PC)
• Resident Evil Outbreak File #2 (PS2)
• Star Wars: Republic Commando (XBOX, PC)
• Donkey Kong Jungle Beat (GC)
• Super Monkey Ball Deluxe (PS2, XBOX)
• Phantom Kingdom (PS2)
  

Multiplatform Reviews:

• Mercenaries (PS2, XBOX)
• The Punisher (PS2, XBOX)
• NFL Street 2 (PS2, XBOX, GC)
• World of Warcraft (PC, Mac)
  

PlayStation 2 Reviews:

• Suikoden IV
• Fullmetal Alchemist and the Broken Angel
• The Getaway: Black Monday
• Ghost Recon 2
• Shadow of Rome
  

Gamecube Review:

• Mario Party 6
  

XBOX Reviews:

• MechAssault 2: Lone Wolf
• Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
• Gungriffon: Allied Strike
• Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath
  

PC Review:

• EverQuest II
  

Game Boy Advance Review:

• The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
  

Nintendo DS Review:

• Tiger Woods PGA Tour
  

Quickie Reviews (Short, one paragraph reviews):

• Hot Wheel Stunt Track Challenge (PS2, XBOX)
• Scaler (XBOX, GC)
• Pinball Hall of Fame: The Gottlieb Collection (PS2, XBOX)
• The Urbz: Sims in the City (DS)
• Need for Speed Underground 2 (GBA)
• Fear Factor: Unleashed (GBA)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age (GBA)
• Pathway to Glory (N-Gage)
• Pocket Kingdom: Own the World (N-Gage)
  

Secret Access (Cheat codes and strategy guides):

• Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PS2)
• GoldenEye: Rogue Agent (PS2, XBOX, GC)
• Call of Duty: Finest Hour (PS2)
• Godzilla: Save the Earth (PS2)
• Need for Speed Underground 2 (PS2, XBOX, GC)
• Yu Yu Hakusho Dark Tournament (PS2)
• Ghost Recon 2 (XBOX)
• Pinball Hall of Fame: The Gottlieb Collection (XBOX)
• EverQuest II (PC)
• World of Warcraft (PC)
  

Retro Reviews:

• Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee (PS)
• Skullmonkeys (PS)
• The Combatribes (SNES)