Game Informer Issue 145

Features:

• Letter From the Editor: PSP redefined Handheld Gaming (Andy McNamara discusses the PSP and its successful launch)
• Dear GI (Reader Letters, Responses and Artwork)
• Nintendo Declares Revolution (Nintendo divulges information on its next-gen console, code-named Revolution, and it’s new handheld, the DS)
• Microsoft Talks Next XBOX (First details on Microsoft’s next console, includes interview with Microsoft’s J. Allard)
• New Halo on the Way (Bungie to release new multiplayer maps for Halo 2)
• Other Than Games (A closer-look at the other, non-game capabilities of the PSP)
• Breaking the Cycle (Interview with Jason Della Rocca, program director of the International Game Developers Association)
• Interview: Marc Ecko (Interview with the founder of Ecko Unlimited and the director on Marc Ecko’s Getting Up)
• Classic GI (A look back at the year 1981)
  

Cover Story: The Warriors (PS2, XBOX)(From the developers of the ground-breaking Grand Theft Auto series comes a new games based upon the classic 70’s urban film The Warriors)

Call of Duty: Big Red One (PS2, XBOX, GC)(A look at the next console Call of Duty that will put players into the boots of the Unite States Army’s First Infantry Division)

City of the Dead (PS2, XBOX, PC)(Legendary zombie director George A Romero brings his expertise to the video game world, includes interview with Romero)

X-Men Legends II: Rose of Apocalypse (PS2, XBOX, GC, PSP)(After finding major success with their first X-Men title, Raven Software now looks to improve on the original while putting players up against one of the X-Men’s greatest foes)

Previews:

• SSX 4 (PS2, XBOX, GC, DS, PSP)
• The Legend of Zelda (GC)
• Spartan: Total Warrior (PS2, XBOX, GC)
• Evil Dead: Regeneration (PS2, XBOX, PC)
• Soul Calibur III (PS2)
• Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects (PS2, XBOX, GC, PSP)
• Shadow the Hedgehog (PS2, XBOX, GC)
• AutoAssault (PC)
• Madden NFL 2006 (PS2, XBOX, GC, PC)
• The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction (PS2, XBOX, GC)
• Call of Duty 2 (PC, 360)
• Battlefield 2 (PC)
• America’s Army: Rise of a Soldier (PS2, XBOX)
• Black & White 2 (PC)
• Stacked (XBOX, PC, PSP)
• Nintendogs (DS)
• NCAA Football 2006 (PS2, XBOX)
• Raze’s Hell (XBOX)
• Samurai Western (PS2)
  

Multiplatform Reviews:

• Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition (PS2, XBOX)
• Area 51 (PS2, XBOX)
• Cold Fear (PS2, XBOX)
• LEGO Star Wars (PS2, XBOX)
• NARC (PS2, XBOX)
• Drive to Survive (PS2, XBOX)
  

PlayStation 2 Reviews:

• Rise of the Kasai
• Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
• Haunting Ground
• Dynasty Warriors 5
• Stella Deus: The Gate of Eternity
  

XBOX Reviews:

• Jade Empire
• Psychonauts
• Close Combat: First to Fight
• Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30
  

PC Reviews:

• SWAT 4
• Empire Earth II
  

Nintendo DS Review:

• Yoshi Touch & Go
  

PSP Reviews:

• Metal Gear Acid
• Twisted Metal: Head-On
• Lumines
• Wipeout Pure
• Need for Speed: Underground Rivals
• Untold Legends: Brotherhood of the Blade
• Tony Hawk’s Underground 2 Remix
• Ridge Racer
  

Quickie Reviews (Short, one paragraph reviews):

• Atari Retro Classics (DS)
• WarioWare Twisted (GBA)
• Darkstalker Chronicle: The Chaos Tower (PSP)
• Arthur Maclean’s Mercury (PSP)
• Pokemon Dash (DS)
• Dynasty Warriors (PSP)
• Spider-Man 2 (PSP)
• Rayman DS (DS)
• Tiger Woods PGA Tour (PSP)
• Gretzky NHL (PSP)
• Pac-Man Pinball Advance (GBA)
• NFL Street 2: Unleashed (PSP)
• NBA (PSP)
• FIFA Soccer (PSP)
• World Tour Soccer (PSP)
  

Secret Access (Cheat codes and strategy guides):

• Devil May Cry 3: Dante’s Awakening (PS2)
• Fight Night Round 2 (PS2, XBOX, GC)
• The Punisher (PS2, XBOX)
• Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory (PS2)
• Rumble Roses (PS2)
• Gradius V (PS2)
• Star Wars Republic Commando (XBOX)
• Unreal Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict (XBOX)
• God of War (PS2)
  

Retro Reviews:

• Metal Gear Solid (GBC)
• Wipeout XL (PS)
• Jim Lee’s WildC.A.T.s Covert Action Teams (SNES)