Game Informer Issue 143

Features:

• Letter From the Editor: Show Me The Money (Andy McNamara discusses the fight to grab exclusive sports licenses in the wake of EA’s deal with the NFL)
• Dear GI (Reader Letters, Responses and Artwork)
• PSP North American News (Sony gives out new info on the PSP and allow journalists to gets hands-on with the new system)
• Christmas Clash (Overview of the results of the 2004 holiday season)
• All Out War! (Article on the sports licensing deals occurring with MLB, ESPN and the Arena Football League)
• France Fight EA (Ubisoft receives help after EA purchases 19.9 percent of the company)
• Fair and Balanced Games? (Rupert Murdoch, owner of Fox, aims to purchase a video game company)
• Interview: Jim Ward (Interview with the president of Lucasarts)
• Classic GI (Interview with Dungeons & Dragons co-creator Dave Arneson)

Cover Story: Condemned: Criminal Origins (XBOX 2, PS2, PC)(Extensive look at the new game from Monolith that aims to evolve the horror genre for the next generation of consoles)

Wanda and the Colossus (PS2)(From the team that developed the critically-acclaimed Ico comes a new PlayStation 2 game that tasks players with slaying monsters the size of mountains)

Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows (PS2, XBOX, PC)(The famous arcade series from Midway looks to bring four-player multiplayer action onto consoles)

Previews:

• Age of Empires III (PC)
• LEGO Star Wars (PS2, XBOX)
• Cold Fear (PS2, XBOX, PC)
• Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (PS2, XBOX)
• Quake IV (PC)
• Castlevania DS (DS)
• Constantine (PS2, XBOX)
• TimeSplitters Future Perfect (PS2, XBOX, GC)
• TimeShift (PC)
• Delta Force – Black Hawk Down (PS2, XBOX)
• Dead to Rights 2: Hell to Pay (PS2, XBOX)
• Geist (GC)
• Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana (PS2)
• 25 to Life (PS2, XBOX)

Multiplatform Reviews:

• NBA Street V3 (PS2, XBOX, GC)
• Winning Eleven 8 (PS2, XBOX)
• Fight Night: Round 2 (PS2, XBOX, GC)
• MVP Baseball 2005 (PS2, XBOX, GC)
• Major League Baseball 2K5 (PS2, XBOX)

PlayStation 2 Reviews:

• Gran Turismo 4
• Devil May Cry 3: Dante’s Awakening
• Champions: Return to Arms
• Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Bose
• Ys: The Ark of Napishtim
• Musashi: Samurai Legend
• Shining Tears
• Kessen III
• Nano Breaker
• Tenchu: Fatal Shadows
• Death by Degrees

Gamecube Review:

• Resident Evil 4

XBOX Reviews:

• Star Wars: Republic Commando
• Phantom Dust

PC Reviews:

• Will of Steel
• Nexus: The Jupiter Incident

Game Boy Advance Reviews:

• Klonoa 2: Dream Champ Tournament
• Racing Gears Advance

Quickie Reviews (Short, one paragraph reviews):

• Tork: Prehistoric Punk (XBOX)
• Dal Senryaku VII: Modern Military Tactics (XBOX)
• Chicago Enforcer (XBOX)

Secret Access (Cheat codes and strategy guides):

• Resident Evil 4 (PS2)
• Alien Hominid (PS2, GC)
• Mercenaries (PS2, XBOX)
• NASCAR 2005: Chase for the Cup (PS2, XBOX, GC)
• Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy (PS2, XBOX)
• NFL Street 2 (PS2, XBOX, GC)
• Scaler (XBOX, GC)
• ATV Offroad Fury 3 (PS2)
• Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PS2)
• Mega Man X8 (PS2)
• Grand Theft Auto (GBA)
• Axis & Allies (PC)
• MechAssault 2: Lone Wolf (XBOX)

Retro Reviews:

• Resident Evil: Survivor (PS)
• Stupid Invaders (DC)
• Intelligent Qube (PS)