Game Informer Issue 123

Features:

• Letter From the Editor: My Big, Fat, Irish E3 Games List (Andy McNamara discusses his favorite games for E3 2003)
• Dear GI (Reader Letters, Responses and Artwork)
• GI News (Kronos Bankruptcy, PSP Announcement, PSX Reveal, DOA: Ultimate to include Saturn Original, PS2 Gets Eyetoy, Tapwave Announces Handheld System)
• Classic GI (History of Sega CD FMV games)

Cover Story: Champions of Norrath: Realms of Everquest (PS2) (Console action/RPG based on the beloved MMO Everquest)

E3 2003 Coverage (Summary of Press Conferences and Interviews with Industry Personnel)

Previews:

• Half-Life 2 (PC, XBOX)
• Gran Turismo 4 (PS2)
• The Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (PS2, XBOX, GC, PC, GBA)
• Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (PS2)
• Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes (GC)
• Lords of Everquest (PC)
• Need for Speed Underground (PS2, XBOX, GC, PC)
• S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Oblivion Lost (PC)
• Halo 2 (XBOX)
• Geist (GC)
• SOCOM II: U.S. Navy SEALs (PS2)
• Castlevania: Lament of Innocence (PS2)
• Full Spectrum Warrior (XBOX)
• Breakdown (XBOX)
• The Sims 2 (PS)
• James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing (PS2, XBOX, GC)
• Conker: Live and Uncut (XBOX)
• Lineage II: The Chaotic Chronicle (PC)
• Ninja Gaiden (XBOX)
• R: Racing Evolution (PS2, XBOX, GC)
• The Sims: Bustin' Out (Ps2, XBOX, GC)
• Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles (GC)
• Star Fox 2 (GC)
• Drakengard (PS2)
• Middle-Earth Online (PC)
• Beyond Good & Evil (PS2, XBOX, GC)
• Grabbed by the Goulies (XBOX)
• Steel Battalion: Line of Contact (XBOX)
• Rome: Total War (PC)
• Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour (GC)
• Kill Switch (PS2, XBOX)
• Metroid: Zero Mission (GBA)

PlayStation 2 Reviews:

• NCAA Football 2004
• Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits
• Ape Escape 2
• Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Operation Resurrection
• The Hulk
• RTX Red Rock
• Naval Ops: Warship Gunner

GameCube Reviews:

• Wario World
• The Hulk
• Speed Kings
• Ultimate Muscle
• Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
• NCAA Football 2004

XBOX Reviews:

• Brute Force
• Midnight Club II
• Mace Griffin: Bounty Hunter
• Midtown Madness 3
• Wakeboarding Unleashed Featuring Shaun Murray
• Bloody Roar Extreme
• Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix
• The Hulk

PC Reviews:

• Planetside
• Rise of Nations
• Restaurant Empire
• The Sims: Superstar

Game Boy Advance Reviews:

• Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising
• Dragon Ball Z: Legacy of Goku II

Quickie Reviews (Small, one-paragraph reviews):

• K-1 World Grand Prix (PS2)
• Music Maker (PS2)
• Silent Line: armored Core (PS2)
• Speed Kings (PS2, XBOX)
• Reel Fishing III (PS2)
• Finding Nemo (PS2)
• Wakeboarding Unleashed Featuring Shaun Murray (PS2)
• NCAA Football 2004 (XBOX)
• Enter the Matrix (XBOX)
• Ninja Five-O (GBA)
• The Incredible Hulk (GBA)
• Sonic Pinball Party (GBA)

Secret Access (Cheat Codes):

• Big Mutha Truckers (PS2, XBOX)
• Midnight Club 2 (PS2)
• Enter the Matrix (PS2, XBOX, GC)
• NBA Street Vol. 2 (PS2)
• WWE Crush Hour (PS2)
• Primal (PS2)
• NBA Street Vol. 2 (XBOX)
• Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee (XBOX)
• NBA Street Vol. 2 (GC)
• Superman: Shadow of Apokolips (GC)
• Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Battle 22 (PSOne)
• Wario Ware INC: Mega Microgames (GBA)
• Splinter Cell (GBA)
• Golden Sun: The Lost Age (GBA)
• Yu-Gi-Oh! Worldwide Edition: Stairway to the Destined Duel (GBA)

Classic Reviews:

• Dig Dug (Arcade)
• Crystal Castles (Arcade)
• Double Dragon (Arcade)
• Smash TV (Arcade)