PSM Issue 109

Features:

• Tomb Raider Legend - Lara's back, but is she better than ever? We certainly think so, and you'll find out why!
• The Best Movie Games - We pick the essential movie-based games that you should have in your library. So get comfy and make yourself some popcorn.
  • Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Film
  • Star Wars Battlefront II
  • Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction
  • Lego Star Wars
  • Spider-Man 2
  • The Warriors
  • The Punisher
  • The Thing
• Master Metal Gear Online - Metal Gear is online now, so we kidnapped the crew at Kojima Productions and forced them to tell us all of their secrets.

Pulse:

• Ask a Stupid Question
• Calendar
• Fandom
• Inbox
• Lead story: PSP Hack Attack
• News and Views

Super-Play:

• PSM Thunderdrome
  • It's Chris vs. Justin going head-to-head with Untold Legends: The Warrior's Code for PSP.
• Caption Contest: Make us laugh with a caption for this photo, and win a prize.
• Cheater, Cheater!: In case you need a little edge to win...
  • Metal Gear AC!D 2 (PSP)
  • Crash Tag Team Racing (PSP)
  • Pinball Hall of Fame: The Gottlieb Collection (PSP)
• The Spoiler Page: This month, the masked Spoiler reveals what happens when you beat Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones.
• Endpage: With the reveal of a newly-mustachioed Solid Snake, artist Adam Warren offers up a selection of possible beards Dante, the hero of Devil May Cry, might turn up with in future games! 

Previews:

• AND 1 Streetball (PS2)
• Blade Dancer (PS2)
• Dance Factory (PS2)
• Da Vinci Code, The (PS2)
• Disgaea 2 (PS2)
• Flatout 2 (PS2)
• Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers (PS2)
• Ghost Recon: Advance Warfighter (PS2)
• LocoRoco (PSP)
• Medal of Honor: Airborne (PS2)
• Monster Rancher Evolution (PS2)
• Mortal Kombat: Armageddon (PS2)
• NBA Ballers: Phenom (PS2)
• Samurai Champloo: Sidetracked (PS2)
• Spy Hunter: Nowhere to Run (PS2)
• Stranglehold (PS2)
• Tekken: Dark Resurrection (PSP)
• Yakuza (PS2)

Reviews:

• 24: The Game (PS2): 6.5 / 10
• 25 to Life (PS2): 4.0 / 10
• beatmania: 7.5 / 10
• Black (PS2): 8.0 / 10 - PSM Buy or Die!
• Drakengard 2 (PS2): 6.0 / 10
• Exit (PSP): 8.0 / 10 - PSM Buy or Die!
• FIFA Street 2 (PS2): 6.0 / 10
• Fight Night Round 3 (PS2): 9.0 / 10 - PSM Buy or Die!
• Fight Night Round 3 (PSP): 8.5 / 10 - PSM Buy or Die!
• King Kong (PSP): 3.5 / 10
• Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure (PS2): 8.0 / 10 - PSM Buy or Die!
• Metal Gear AC!D 2 (PSP): 8.5 / 10 - PSM Buy or Die!
• Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence (PS2): 10 / 10 - PSM Buy or Die!
• Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams (PS2): 7.5 / 10
• Pursuit Force (PSP): 8.5 / 10 - PSM Buy or Die!
• Shadow Hearts: From the New World (PS2): 8.0 / 10 - PSM Buy or Die!
• Sonic Riders (PS2): 5.5 / 10
• Street Supremacy (PSP): 3.5 / 10
• Tokyo Extreme Racer Drift (PS2): 7.0 / 10
• Tomb Raider Legend (PS2): 8.5/10 - PSM Buy or Die!
• Torino 2006 (PS2): 4.0 / 10
• Untold Legends: The Warrior's Code (PSP): 7.0 / 10
• WRC: FIA World Rally (PSP): 6.5 / 10
• Ys: Ark of Napishim (PSP): 8.0 / 10 - PSM Buy or Die!
• Hardware:
  • Neuros MPEG-4 Video Recorder 2: 7.0 / 10
  • GameBridge TV AVC-1410: 8.5 / 10 - PSM Buy or Die!

Ads (in order of appearance):

• PlayStation 2 Greatest Hits Collection: ATV Offroad Fury 3 / Jak 3 / Sly 2: Band of Thieves / Syphon Filter: Omega Strain / Hot Shots Golf Fore! / Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal / Killzone
• Tomb Raider Legend
• AND 1 Streetball (PS2)
• MX vs ATV: On The Edge (PSP)
• Commandos: Strike Force (PS2/Xbox/PC)
• Untold Legends: The Warrior's Code (PSP)
• Hitman: Blood Money (PS2/Xbox)
• 24: The Game (PS2)
• Dynasty Warriors 5: Empires (PS2)
• Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers (PS2)
• SanDisk Memory Stick PRO Duo and Cruzer Crossfire USB Flash Drive
• GameFly game rental service
• NBA Ballers: Phenom (PS2/Xbox)
• GamesRader.com website
• Stacked (PS2/Xbox/PC/PSP)
• Axe Dry deodorant ad: The Gamekillers
• Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence (PS2)
• Warship Gunner 2 (PS2)
• Suikoden V (PS2)
• Dragonball Z: Shin Budokai (PSP)
• Capcom PSP titles: Street Fighter Alpha 3 MAX / Capcom Classics Collection Remixed / Mega Man X: Maverick Hunter / Viewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumble / Mega Man: Powered Up
• Driver: Parallel Lines (PS2/Xbox)
• MLB 06: The Show (PS2)
• PSM Subscription cards
• Samurai Warriors: State of War (PSP)
• Major League Baseball 2K6 (PS2/GCN/Xbox)
• Samurai Champloo: Sidetracked (PS2)
• US Navy
• Green Zap cell phone customization options
• Full Sail schools of Game Development and Computer Animation
• Ai: The Art Institutes
• GameCrazy stores
• GameFly game rental service
• Field Commander (PSP)
• Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams (PS2)

Notable Stuff:

• The movie games feature also includes a five worst film-to-game tie-ins list. Included are The Matrix: Path of Neo, Batman Begins, Enter the Matrix, Catwoman, and Fight Club.
• The ad for Axe is a tear-out sheet featuring eight "cards" for types of people who can make you blow your cool. It's pretty amusing.