Game Informer Issue 156

Features:

• Letter From the Editor: The Art of Refinement (Andy McNamara discusses some of the new features debuting in this month's magazine)
• Dear GI (Reader Letters, Responses and Artwork)
• Halo 3 Dead? (Bungie's next game rumored to not be Halo 3, but something entirely different)
• Top Ten: Games You've Never Heard Of
• Behind Backwards Compatibility (Interview with David Reid, director of platform marketing at Microsoft, about the XBOX 360's backwards compatibility)
• The Art of Okami (Interview with Naoki Katakai on the art style of Capcom's Okami)
• Who Will Win the Console War (Article on the pros and cons of the XBOX 360, PS3, and Nintendo Revolution)
• Interview: Bard McQuiad (Interview with the executive producer, chairman and CEO of Sigil Entertainment)
• Classic GI (History of Twin Galaxies, which maintains video game world records)

Cover Story: God of War II (PS2)(Extensive look at the sequel to Sony's smash hit, which will now attempt to outperform the fantastic original by refining the evolving the gameplay mechanics from the original)

Justice League Heroes (PS2, XBOX)(A look at the new game from Snowblind Studios that gives players control over some of DC Comics' most iconic characters)

Game Infarcer (GI's yearly April Fool's parody feature with fake news, announcements and reviews)

Previews:

• Crysis (360, PS3, PC)
• Scarface: The World Is Yours (PS2, XBOX, PC)
• Test Drive Unlimited (360)
• Saint's Row (360)
• Chromehounds (360)
• Yakuza (PS2)
• Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend (360, PS2, XBOX, PSP, PC)
• Rumble Roses XX (360)
• MechAssault: Phantom War (DS)
• Splinter Cell Essentials (PSP)
• Tekken: Dark Resurrection (PSP)
• Blade Dancer (PSP)
• Lost Magic (DS)
• Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day (DS)
• FlatOut 2 (PS2, XBOX, PC)

Multiplatform Reviews:

• Black (PS2, XBOX)
• Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure (PS2, XBOX, PC)
• Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers (PS2. XBOX, PC)
• Major League Basebakk 2K6 (PS2, XBOX)
• NBA Ballers Phenom (PS2, XBOX)
• Sonic Riders (PS2, XBOX, GC)
• Arena Football (PS2, XBOX)

PlayStation 2 Reviews:

• Kingdom Hearts II
• Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence
• 24: The Game
• Beatmania
• MLB 06: The Show

XBOX 360 Reviews:

• Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter
• Burnout Revenge
• The Outfit

PC Reviews:

• The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II
• Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords
• The Sims 2: Open for Business

PSP Reviews:

• Metal Gear Acid 2
• Untold Legends: The Warrior's Code
• Daxter
• Pursuit Force

Nintendo DS Review:

• Tetris DS

Quickie Reviews (Small, one-paragraph reviews):

• Torino 2006 (PS2, XBOX)
• FIFA Street 2 (PS2, XBOX, GC)
• CMT Presents: Karaoke Revolution Country (PS2)
• State of Emergency 2 (PS2)
• Tokyo Extreme Racer Drift (PS2)
• Warship Gunner 2 (PS2)
• WRC: FIA World Rally Championship (PSP)
• Fight Night Round 3 (PSP)
• Ys: The Ark of Napishtim (PSP)
• MLB '06 The Show (PSP)
• Mega Man Powered Up (PSP)
• Tamagotchi Connection: Corner Shop (DS)
• The Rub Rabbits! (DS)
• Super Monkey Ball: Touch & Roll (DS)
• NBA Ballers: Rebound (PSP)
• Street Supremacy (PSP)

Secret Access (Cheat Codes and Strategies):

• Age of Empires: The Age of Kings (DS)
• King Kong (360, PS2, GC)
• Fight Night Round 3 (360)
• Arena Football (PS2, XBOX)

Retro Reviews:

• Justice League Task Force (Genesis)
• Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf (Genesis)
• Perfect Dark (GBC)