Game Informer Issue 105

Features:

• Letter From the Editor: Barking Up The Wrong Tree (Andy McNamara addresses the magazine's lack of coverage of Nintendo's GameCube.)
• Dear GI (Reader Letters, Responses and Artwork)
• GI News (XBOX and GameCube launch, Red Faction and Summoner get sequels, SNK files for bankruptcy, THQ acquires Rainbow Studios, Interview with Jade Cocoon 2's artist Katsuya Kondou)
• Classic GI (The Life of Gunpei Yokoi)

Cover Story: Final Fantasy X (PS2)(Overview of the development of Sqaure's first Final Fantasy for the PS2)

Games of 2001 (Game Informers pick of the top 10 games released in 2001)

• 10 - Star Wars: Rogue Leader (GC)
• 9 - Halo (XBOX)
• 8 - The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages (GBC)
• 7 - Devil May Cry (PS2)
• 6 - Max Payne (PC)
• 5 - Twisted Metal: Black (PS2)
• 4 - Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec (PS2)
• 3 - Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 (PS2, GC)
• 2 - Grand Theft Auto III (PS2)
• 1 - Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (PS2)

Previews:

• Wreckless (XBOX)
• Medal of Honor: Allied Assault (PC)
• Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 (PS2)
• Spider-Man: The Movie (PS2, XBOX, GC, PC)
• Airblade (PS2)
• Yager (XBOX, PC)
• Malice: Kat's Tale (XBOX)
• Command & Conquer Renegade (PC)
• Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen 2 (PS2, XBOX)
• Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams (XBOX)
• NBA Courtside 2002 (GC)
• Super Mario Advance 2 (GBA)
• Serious Sam: The Second Encounter (PC)

PlayStation 2 Reviews:

• Final Fantasy X
• Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy
• James Bond 007 In... Agent Under Fire
• Dynasty Warriors 3
• Tarzan Untamed
• NFL 2K2
• Burnout
• Crash Bandicoot: Wrath of Cortex
• Evil Twin: Cyprien's Chronicles
• Forever Kingdom
• Shadow Hearts
• Soldier of Fortune Gold

GameCube Reviews:

• Pikmin
• Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3
• Crazy Taxi

XBOX Reviews:

• MX2002 Featuring Ricky Carmichael
• NBA Live 2002
• Shrek
• Mad Dash Racing
• NHL Hitz 2002

PlayStation Review:

• Arc the Lad Collection

Dreamcast Review:

• Tennis 2K2

PC Reviews:

• Aliens Versus Predator 2
• Dark Age of Camelot
• Myth III: The Wolf Age
• Stronghold
• The Sims: Hot Date
• Empire Earth

Game Boy Advance Reviews:

• Wario Land 4
• Golden Sun
• Spyro: Season of Ice

Quickie Reviews (Small, one-paragraph reviews):

• The Mummy Returns (PS2)
• Tsugunai: Atonement (PS2)
• Project Eden (PS2)
• Jeremy McGrath's Supercross World (PS2)
• Dark Summit (PS2)
• Stunt GP (PS2)
• ESPN NFL Primetime 2002
• Twisted Metal: Small Brawl (PS)
• Virtual Kasparov (PS)
• V.I.P. (PS)
• Weakest Link (PS)
• Saltwater Sportfishing (PS)
• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (PS)
• Prehistorik Man (GBA)
• F-14 Tomcat (GBA)
• Tetris Worlds (GBA)
• Mech Platoon (GBA)
• Powerpuff Girls: Mojo Jojo A-Go-Go (GBA)
• Boxing Fever (GBA)
• Phalanx (GBA)

Play to Perfection:

• Final Fantasy X (Strategy guide for the entire game, including how to acquire each party member's legendary weapon and extra overdrives)

Secret Access (Cheat Codes):

• Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (PS2)
• Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2 (PS2)
• Suggler's Run 2: Hostile Territory (PS2)
• ESPN NFL Primetime 2002 (PS2)
• Half-Life (PS2)
• Portal Runner (PS2)
• Tony Hawk;s Pro Skater 3 (PS2)
• Soul Reaver 2 (PS2)
• Grand Theft Auto III (PS2)
• WWF SmackDown!: Just Bring It (PS2)
• NASCAR Thunder 2002 (PS2, XBOX)
• NHL Hitz (XBOX)
• Project: Gotham Racing (XBOX)
• Dead or Alive 3 (XBOX)
• Star Wars: Rogue Leader (GC)
• Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 (GC)
• Wave Race: Blue Storm (GC)
• NBA 2K2 (DC)
• Monsters, INC. (GBA)
• Doom (GBA)
• Disney's Atlantis: The Lost Empire (GBA)
• Aliens Versus Predator 2 (PC)
• World War III: Black Gold (PC)

Classic Reviews:

• Secret of Mana (SNES)
• The Oregon Trail (Apple IIE)
• Slam City with Scottie Pippen (Sega CD)
• Rolling Thunder 2 (Genesis)

Classic Codes (Cheat Codes for Older Games):

• Slam City with Scottie Pippin (Sega CD)
• Road Avenger (Sega CD)
• Rolling Thunder 2 (Genesis)
• Secret of Mana (SNES)
• Looney Tunes B-Ball (SNES)

Classic Strategy (Lists the locations of all the entrances to the secret stages in Sonic the Hedgehog 3)