Electronic Gaming Monthly Issue 236

Contents

Editorial

Letters

Press Start: LittleBigFuture (Interview with LittleBigPlanet Executive Producer Siobhan Reddy), Shin Megami Tensei: Imagine (PC), How PC Gaming ended up on your couch, Ninjas Then, Ninjas Again (Interview with Acquire President Takuma Endo about Tenchu: Shadow Assassins (Wii, PSP)), Happy Endings? (Interview with Lionhead Studios design director Dene Carter about Fable II)), Rx for Square Enix’s next MMO, Going Mobile, Metal Gear Maestro (Interview with ex-Konami composer Norihiko Hibino), A New Hope (Interview with the minds behind BioWare’s new Star Wars project), Rumor Mill, Coming Soon (50 Cent: Blood on the Sand (PS3, Xbox 360), Race Pro (Xbox 360))

Almost Famous – Not-so-obvious picks for greatness in 2009:

·         Heavy Rain (PS3)

·         Afro Samurai (PS3, Xbox 360)

·         Alan Wake (Xbox 360, PC)

·         APB (PC)

·         Bionic Commando (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)

·         Brutal Legend (PS3, Xbox 360)

·         DeathSpank (PC)

·         Fat Princess (PS3)

·         F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)

·         flower (PS3)

·         inFamous (PS3)

·         LocoRoco 2 (PSP)

·         Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (DS)

·         Madworld (Wii)

·         Dark Void (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)

·         Noby Noby Boy (PS3)

·         Patapon 2 (PSP)

·         Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero? (PSP)

·         Prototype (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)

·         Punch-Out! (Wii)

·         Retro Game Challenge (DS)

·         Alpha Protocol (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)

·         Resistance: Retribution (PSP)

·         No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle (Wii)

·         Bayonetta (PS3, Xbox 360)

·         Muramasa: The Demon Blade (Wii)

·         The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)

·         The Saboteur (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)

·         Sands of Destruction (DS)

·         Singularity (PS3, Xbox 360)

·         Star Ocean: The Last Hope (Xbox 360)

·         Darksiders: Wrath of War (PS3, Xbox 360)

·         Wanted: Weapons of Fate (PS3, Xbox 360)

·         Cave Story (Wii)

·         Sin & Punishment 2 (Wii, released as Sin & Punishment: Star Successor)

Cover Story – Insubordinate Claws: X-Men Origins: Wolverine (PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, PSP, PS2, PC)

Superhero Throwdown:

·         inFamous (PS3)

·         Champions Online (Xbox 360, PC, Xbox 360 version never released)

·         DC Universe Online (PS3, PC)

·         Prototype (PS3, Xbox 360)

Reviews:

·         Animal Crossing: City Folk (Wii)

·         Castlevania: Judgement (Wii)

·         Skate It (Wii)

·         Prince of Persia (PS3, Xbox 360)

·         Tomb Raider: Underworld (Xbox 360)

·         007: Quantum of Solace (Xbox 360)

·         Legendary (PS3, Xbox 360)

·         Sonic Unleashed (Xbox 360)

·         Destroy All Humans! Path of the Furon (PS3, Xbox 360)

·         Call of Duty: World at War (Xbox 360)

·         Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix (PS3, Xbox 360)

·         Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe (PS3, Xbox 360)

·         NCAA Basketball 09 (PS3, Xbox 360, PS2)

·         Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (PS3, Xbox 360, PS2)

·         Guitar Hero: World Tour (Xbox 360)

·         Shaun White Snowboarding (PS3, Xbox 360)

·         Resistance 2 (PS3)

·         Left 4 Dead (Xbox 360)

·         Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 (Xbox 360)

·         Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories (PS2)

·         Persona 4 (PS2)

·         Luminous Arc 2 (DS)

·         Guitar Hero on Tour-Decades (DS)

·         The Last Remnant (Xbox 360)

·         Cooking Mama: World Kitchen (Wii)

·         Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World (Wii)

·         Moon (DS)

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