Electronic Gaming Monthly Issue 166

Contents

Editorial

Letters to the Editors

Press Start: Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness (PS2), Nokia N-Gage, Update on the Phantom console, Microsoft recalls Kakuto Chojin over inappropriate verse from the Quran, Afterthoughts on Def Jam Vendetta, Halo 2 (Xbox), Put Me in Coach! (comparing six baseball games), Celebrity Gamer with actor Elijah Wood, Is there still a market for modding GBA’s with an internal light kit after Nintendo releases the GBA SP?, Quartermann Game Gossip & Speculation, Charts January 2003, Coming Soon

Previews:

·         Final Fantasy X-2 (PS2)

·         X2: Wolverine’s Revenge (PS2)

·         Jak II (PS2)

·         Color Quest (PS2, released as Magic Pengel: The Quest for Color)

·         Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick (PS2)

·         Armored Core 3: Silent Line (PS2, released as Armored Core 3)

·         Big Mutha Truckers (PS2)

·         Unlimited SaGa (PS2)

·         Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut (GameCube)

·         Lost Kingdoms II (GameCube)

·         F-Zero (GameCube, released as F-Zero GX)

·         1080: Avalanche (GameCube)

·         Wario World (GameCube)

·         Deus Ex 2: The Invisible War (Xbox, released as Deus Ex: Invisible War)

·         Black 9 (Xbox, never released)

·         Aliens Versus Predator: Extinction (Xbox)

·         Wakeboarding Unleashed Featuring Shaun Murray (Xbox)

·         Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix (Xbox)

·         Hulk (Xbox)

·         Rent A Hero No. 1 (Xbox, Japan only release)

·         Starsky & Hutch (Xbox)

Enter the Matrix feature

Review Crew:

·         Amplitude (PS2)

·         MLB Slugfest 20-04 (PS2)

·         MVP Baseball 2003 (PS2)

·         Clock Tower 3 (PS2)

·         Dynasty Warriors 4 (PS2)

·         NBA Street Vol. 2 (PS2)

·         Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell (PS2)

·         Zone of the Enders: The 2^nd Runner (PS2)

·         Primal (PS2)

·         Army Men: Sarge’s War (GameCube)

·         Ikaruga (GameCube)

·         The Sims (GameCube)

·         WWE Crush Hour (GameCube)

·         All-Star Baseball 2004 (Xbox)

·         Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee (Xbox)

·         Furious Karting (Xbox)

·         Red Faction II (Xbox)

·         State of Emergency (Xbox)

·         Tao Feng: Fist of the Lotus (Xbox)

·         UFC: Tapout 2 (Xbox)

·         Run Like Hell (Xbox)

·         Inuyasha: A Feudal Fairy Tale (PlayStation)

·         Sonic Advance 2 (Game Boy Advance)

·         Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo (Game Boy Advance)

·         Golden Sun: The Lost Age (Game Boy Advance)

·         Pokémon Ruby/Pokémon Sapphire (Game Boy Advance)

Tricks of the Trade:

·         Sonic Advance 2 (Game Boy Advance)

·         Dynasty Warriors: Xtreme Legends (PS2)

·         Black & Bruised (PS2)

·         Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (PS2)

·         The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (GameCube, Xbox)

·         Dark Cloud 2 (PS2)

·         The Getaway (PS2)

Final Word

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