Electronic Gaming Monthly Issue 182

Contents

Staff

Letters

Press Start: 13 “Missing in Action” Games, Microsoft looking into developing a PC/Console hybrid, GameCube successor to arrive in 2005 (nope, the Wii wouldn’t appear till November 2006), First Look at NBA Street vol. 3 (GameCube/PS2/ Xbox), Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, San Andreas visitors guide for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Robotech: Invasion (Xbox, PS2), EGM International, Old School looks at what was in EGM 10 years ago, Tough Stuff (essential selections for the macho gamer), new Medal of Honor (would be Medal of Honor European Assault for GameCube, Xbox and PS2), The Ratings Game (a look on how the ESRB rates games), Battle Royale (upcoming wrestling games), Celebrity Gamer interview with Jackass star Steve-O, Online this month, The Rumor Mill, Monster Hunter (PS2), The Hot 10, Coming Soon

Previews:

·         Conflict: Vietnam (PlayStation 2, Xbox)

·         Chulip (PlayStation)

·         Snowblind (PlayStation 2, Xbox, would be released as Project: Snowblind)

·         Advent Rising (Xbox)

·         Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (PlayStation 2)

·         Phantom Brave (PlayStation 2)

·         The Red Star (PlayStation 2, Xbox, the Xbox release was cancelled)

·         Predator: Concrete Jungle (PlayStation 2)

·         Shadow Hearts: Covenant (PlayStation 2)

·         Get On Da Mic (PlayStation 2, Xbox)

·         Taiko Drum Master (PlayStation 2)

·         Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne (PlayStation 2)

·         Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga (PlayStation 2)

·         Katamari Damacy (PlayStation 2)

·         Kuon (PlayStation 2)

·         Otogi 2: Immortal Warriors (Xbox)

·         Spy Fiction (PlayStation 2)

The Next Big Everything

Reviews:

·         Madden NFL 2005 (PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube)

·         Spider-Man 2 (PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube)

·         Showdown: Legends of Wrestling (PlayStation 2, Xbox)

·         Malice (PlayStation 2, Xbox)

·         Combat Elite: WWII Paratroopers (PlayStation 2, Xbox)

·         Crimson Tears (PlayStation 2)

·         Ghosthunter (PlayStation 2)

·         Athens 2004 (PlayStation 2)

·         Echo Night: Beyond (PlayStation 2)

·         McFarlane’s Evil Prophecy (PlayStation 2)

·         Street Fighter Anniversary Collection (PlayStation 2)

·         Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow (Xbox)

·         Puyo Pop Fever (GameCube)

·         Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow (GameCube)

·         Astro Boy: Omega Factor (Game Boy Advance)

Tricks of the Trade:

·         Thief: Deadly Shadows (Xbox)

·         Driv3r (PlayStation 2, Xbox)

·         Mega Man Anniversary Collection (PlayStation 2, GameCube)

·         Full Spectrum Warrior (Xbox)

·         Metal Slug 3 (Xbox)

·         Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (PlayStation 2, GameCube)

·         Transformers (PlayStation 2)

·         La Pucelle Tactics (PlayStation 2)

·         Mega Man Battle Network 3 (Game Boy Advance)

Game Over