Game Informer Issue 124

Features:

• Letter From the Editor: The Handheld Gaming Gold Rush (Andy McNamara discusses the explosion in mobile gaming, with games now appearing on cellphones and the incoming arrival of Sony’s portable system)
• Dear GI (Reader Letters, Responses and Artwork)
• Oddworld Unveiled (First news comes out on Oddworld 4)
• Magic’s New Battleground (Atari to publish Magic: The Gathering Battlegrounds)
• John Woo Hardboiled With Sega (Esteemed filmmaker John Woo teams with Sega on new game)
• The Matrix Moves Online (Monolith working on MMO based on The Matrix)
• Sony Gives Up Ghosts (Sony announces two new spirit-based titles: Hungry Ghosts and Ghosthunter)
• 3DO Files For Bankruptcy (After years of financial issues, publisher and former console manufacture 3DO files for Chapter 11)
• Scrumptious! (EA bringing Rugby 2004 to PS2 and PC)
• Good at Wolfenstein? Wanna Bet? (New website allows players to earn money by playing Return to Castle Wolfenstein)
• Classic GI (Interview with Hirokazu Yasuhara who worked heavily on the Sonic series)

Cover Story: Gran Turismo 4 (PS2)(A look at the next entry in the Gran Turismo series from Sony and Polyphony Digital)

War Games (Feature that looks at the huge slate of upcoming war-themed video games and even includes a small explanation at the personnel grouping in the army and the rank system for the enlisted and for commissioned officers)

Redzone Offenses (A breakdown on the various football games all coming out this year and how they stack up against one another)

Previews:

• Fable (XBOX)
• Jak II (PS2)
• Final Fantasy XI (PS2, PC)
• Final Fantasy X-2 (PS2)
• True Fantasy Live Online (XBOX)
• Resident Evil Outbreak (PS2)
• NASCAR Thunder 2004 (PS2, XBOX, PC)
• True Crime: Streets of LA (PS2, XBOX, GC)
• Pikmin 2 (GC)
• Star Ocean: Till the End of Time (PS2)
• Unreal Tournament 2004 (PC)
• EverQuest II (PC)
• Homeworld 2 (PC)
• Buff the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds (PS2, XBOX, GC)
• X-Men Legends (PS2, XBOX, GC)
• The Hobbit (PS2, XBOX, GC, PC)
• Mafia (PS2)
• Legacy of Kain: Defiance (PS2, XBOX)
• Breed (PC)
• Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (PS2, XBOX, GC)
• Kameo: Elements of Power (XBOX)
• EverQuest Online Adventures: Frontiers (PS2)
• WarCraft III: Frozen Throne (PC)
• Mission Impossible: Operation Surma (PPS2, XBOX, GC)
• Sword of Mana (GBA)

PlayStation 2 Reviews:

• Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution
• Downhill Domination
• Silent Hill 3
• Aliens Versus Predator: Extinction
• Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness
• Mace Griffin Bounty Hunter
• Indiana Jones and the Emperor’s Tomb

Gamecube Review:

• The Italian Job

XBOX Reviews:

• Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
• Ghost Recon: Island Thunder
• Pirates of the Caribbean
• The Italian Job
• Freaky Flyers
• Aliens Versus Predator: Extinction

PC Reviews:

• Star Trek: Elite Force II
• EVE: The Second Genesis
• The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind – Bloodmoon
• Day of Defeat
• Will Rock
• Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide

Game Boy Advance Reviews:

• Mortal Kombat: Tournament Edition
• Road Rash: Jailbreak

Quickie Reviews (Short, one paragraph reviews):

• F1 Career Championship (PS2)
• Summer Heat Beach Volleyball (PS2)
• Smash Cars (PS2)
• Freestyle MetalX (PS2, XBOX)
• Freaky Flyers (PS2)
• Ejay Clubworld (PS2)
• The Italian Job (PS2)
• Finding Nemo (GC)
• SX Superstar (GC, XBOX)
• Indycar Series (XBOX)
• Wing Commander Prophecy (GBA)
• Simpsons Road Rage (GBA)
• Freekstyle (GBA)

Secret Access (Cheat codes and strategy guides):

• Silent Hill 3 (PS2)
• The Hulk (PS2, XBOX, GC, PC)
• Tenchu 3: Wrath of Heaven (PS2)
• Wakeboarding Unleashed (PS2)
• Midnight Club II (XBOX)
• Indiana Jones and the Emperor’s Tomb (XBOX)
• MotoGP 2 (XBOX)
• Brute Force (XBOX)
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars (XBOX)
• World Racing: Mercedes Benz (XBOX)
• Ultimate Muscle (GC)
• Wario Ware Inc: Mega Microgames (GBA)
• Iridion 2 (GBA)
• Rise of Nations (PC)
• Yu-Gi-Oh! Worldwide Edition: Stairway to the Destined Duel (GBA)

Retro Reviews:

• Rampage (Arcade)
• Castlevania (N64)
• Track & Field (NES)
• Decathlete (Saturn)