Game Informer Issue 173

Features:

• Letter From the Editor: My Slice of E3 (Andy McNamara talks about his personal favorite news to come out from the 2007 E3)
• Dear GI (Reader Letters, Responses and Artwork)
• The Circle of Trust (Microsoft extends warranty on XBOX 360)
• Moore Moves on From Microsoft (Peter Moore leave Microsoft to join EA Sports)
• Gamers (Spotlight on Dean Bodle, who is number 1 on 11 of 25 time trail races in Forza Motorsports 2)
• Debate: Should Games Have the Right to Be AO? (Bryan Vore and Adam Biessener provide arguements for and against games being rated AO)
• Interview: Henry Jenkins (Interview with the director of comparative media studies at MIT)
• Classic GI (Interview with Steve Wiebe, who challenged video game champ Billy Mitchell for the top score in Donkey Kong)

E3 Media & Business Summit (Game Informer gives a overview on all the news to come out from this years' E3, including interviews with Microsoft's Shane Kim, Nintendo's Reggie Fils-Aime, and Sony's Peter Dille. Also includes their picks for the top 50 games of E3)

Top 50 Games of E3

• Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (PS3, 360, PC)
• Halo 3 (360)
• Rock Band (PS3, 360)
• Mass Effect (360)
• LittleBigPlanet (PS3)
• Killzone 2 (PS3)
• Fallout 3 (PS3, 360, PC)
• Grand Theft Auto IV (PS3, 360)
• Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)
• Assassin's Creed (PS3, 360)
• The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (DS)
• Metal Gears Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (PS3)
• Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (PS3, 360, Wii, PS2)
• Ratchet & Clank Future (PS3)
• Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii)
• Resident Evil 5 (PS3, 360)
• Halo Wars (360)
• Unreal Tournament III (PS3, PC, 360)
• StarCraft II (PC)
• Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Wii)
• God of War: Chains of Olympus (PSP)
• Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway (PS3, 360)
• Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (PS3, 360)
• Burnout Paradise (PS3, 360)
• Echochrome (PS3, PSP)
• Lost Odyssey (360)
• Crysis (PC)
• Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
• Heavenly Sword (PS3)
• Contra 4 (DS)
• Enemy Territories: Quake Wars (PS3, 360, PC)
• Hellgate: London (PC)
• Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 (Wii)
• Civilization Revolution (PS3, 360, DS)
• Warhawk (PS3)
• De Blob (Wii)
• Fable 2 (360)
• Soulcalibur IV (PS3, 360)
• inFamous (PS3)
• Everyday Shooter (PS3)
• The Simpsons Game (PS3, 360, Wii, PS2, DS)
• Devil May Cry 4 (PS3, 360)
• Haze (PS3)
• Project Gotham Racing 4 (360)
• Tabula Rasa (PC)
• World in Conflict (360, PC)
• Patapon (PSP)
• Fracture (PS3, 360)
• Thrillville: Off the Rails (360, Wii, PS2, DS, PSP)
• Smarty Pants (Wii)

Cover Story: Borderlands (PS3, 360, PC)(An extensive look at the brand-new IP from Gearbox Software that aims to combine first-person shooters with role-playing games)

Killzone 2 (PS3)(A look at Guerrilla Games' next-generation sequel to it's first-person shooter PS2 game Killzone)

Previews:

• Grand Theft Auto IV (PS3, 360)
• Halo 3 (360)
• Metal Gears Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (PS3)
• Warhammer: Battle March (360)
• Skate (PS3, 360)
• Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (PS3)
• Burnout Paradise (PS3, 360)
• MX vs. ATV Untamed (PS3, 360, Wii, PS2)
• The Bourne Conspiracy (PS3, 360)
• Fable 2 (360)
• WWE Smackdown! vs. Raw 2008 (PS3, 360, Wii, PS2, PSP)
• Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii)
• Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)
• The Simpsons Game (Ps3, 360, Wii, PS2, DS)
• Resident Evil 5 (PS3, 360)
• Halo Wars (360)
• Soulcalibur IV (PS3, 360)
• Soulcalibur Legends (Wii)

Multiplatform Reviews:

• Madden NFL 08 (PS3, 360)
• NASCAR 08 (PS3, 360)
• Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 (PS3, 360)
• Transformers (PS3, 360, Wii)
• Ratatouille (Wii, PS2, GC)

XBOX 360 Reviews:

• BioShock
• Ratatouille
• Blue Dragon
• Project Sylpheed
• Vampire Rain
• Eternal Sonata

PlayStation 3 Review:

• Lair

Nintendo Wii Reviews:

• Mario Strikers Charged
• Pokemon Battle Revolution

PC Review:

• Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword

PSP Reviews:

• Dead Head Fred
• Jeanne d'Arc

Nintendo DS Reviews:

• Picross DS
• Barn Age 2: More Training In Minutes A Day
• Heroes of Mana

Quickie Reviews (Small, one-paragraph reviews):

• Wartech: Senko No Ronde (360)
• Hour of Victory (360)
• Brave Story: New Traveler (PSP)
• Brothers in Arms DS (DS)
• Luminous Arc (DS)
• Monster Hunter Freedom 2 (PSP)
• Smash Court Tennis 3 (PSP)

Secret Access (Cheat Codes and Strategies):

• Lair (PS3)
• Ratatouille (PS3, 360)
• The Darkness (360)
• Transformers (360, PS3, Wii)

Retro Reviews:

• Earthworm Jim Special Edition (Sega CD)
• Silpheed: The Lost Planet (PS2)
• Starlancer (PC)