Game Informer Issue 125

Features:

• Letter From the Editor: Magazine Madness (Andy McNamara discusses the staffing changes occurring at the magazine)
• Dear GI (Reader Letters, Responses and Artwork)
• GTA Maker’s Dark New World (Rockstar North announces new game Manhunt)
• Sony Details PlayStation Portable Specs (Sony unveils the spec for their new handheld)
• Tapwave Introduces Zodiac (New handheld console announced by Tapwave)
• Sega’s Robotech Redux (Sega and Bandai team-up for Super Dimensional Fortress Macross)
• Lara Leaves Core Design (Tomb Raider series moved from Core Design to Crystal Dynamics)
• Blizzard Loses Diablo Team (Key staff from Blizzard North leave the company)
• Namco Sends Plissken New Mission (Namco announces game based on Escape From New York)
• Activision Drops Star Trek (Activision drops it’s license for Star Trek and initiates lawsuit against Viacom)
• Namco’s GC RPG Unveiled (Namco announces rpg Baten Kaitos for the Gamecube)
• Max Payne vs. Maxx Payne (Wrestler Darryl Peterson sues Rockstar over Max Payne name)
• Classic GI (Overview of Kirby games)
  

Cover Story: Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne (PC, PS2, XBOX)(An in-depth look at the sequel to Remedy’s massive hit Max Payne, which hopes to surpass the original and evolve the series and the gameplay staples such as the popular “bullet time’ mechanic)

The Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (PS2, XBOX, GC, PC, GBA)(A storied series that inspired many back during the early 1990s, Prince of Persia has fallen on the wayside after some failed attempts to translate the series into 3D. Ubi Soft looks to break that losing streak this year with their first game after having bought the franchise with its purchase of Mattel in early 2001)

Dream Machines (Article that looks at the specs and hardware of the five most powerful gaming PCs in the world)

Behind the Net (Overview on the roster of hockey games set to release this year and how they each compare with their competition)

Spy Hunter the Movie (Interview with Adrian Askarieh and Chuck Gorden, the people behind the upcoming Spy Hunter Movie starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson)

Previews:

• NFL Street (PS2, XBOX, GC)
• Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits Von Gut und Bose (PS2)
• Ninja Gaiden (XBOX)
• Killer 7 (GC)
• Viewtiful Joe (GC)
• 1080° Avalanche (GC)
• Rogue Ops (PS2, XBOX, GC)
• Warhammer 40,000: Fire Warrior (PS2, PC)
• Project Gotham Racing 2 (XBOX)
• Dino Crisis 3 (XBOX)
• Star Wars: Jedi Academy (XBOX, PC)
• Transformers Armada: Prelude to Energon (PS2)
• Kya: Dark Lineage (PS2)
• Gladiator: Sword of Vengeance (PS2, XBOX)
• Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain (PS2)
• Baldur’s Gate II: Dark Alliance (PS2, XBOX)
• Black & White 2 (PC)
• Hot Shots Golf Online (PS2)
• Backyard Wrestling: Don’t Try This At Home (PS2, XBOX)
• Need For Speed Underground (PS2, XBOX, GC)
• Pitfall Harry (PS2, XBOX, GC)
• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (PS2, XBOX, GC)
• Goblin Commander (PS2, XBOX, GC)
• Halo (PC)
• Robin Hood: Defender of the Crown (PS2, XBOX, PC)
• Kirby’s Air Ride (GC)
• The Sims 2 (PC)
• Voodoo Vince (XBOX)
• Battlefield Vietnam (PC)
  

PlayStation 2 Reviews:

• Splashdown: Rides Gone Wild
• Madden NFL 2004
• ESPN NFL Football
• NFL Blitz Pro
• Hunter: The Reckoning – Wayward
• Alter Echo
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds
• Disgaea: Hour of Darkness
• Dot Hack Vol. 3: Outbreak
  

Gamecube Reviews:

• Mario Gold: Toadstool Tour
• P.N. 03
• F-Zero GX
• Madden NFL 2004
• Charlie’s Angels
  

XBOX Reviews:

• Alter Echo
• NFL Fever 2004
• ESPN NFL Football
• Madden NFL 2004
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds
• Outlaw Volleyball
• The Great Escape
• Group S Challenge
  

PC Reviews:

• Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne
• Battlefield 1942: Secret Weapons of WWII
• Pirates of the Caribbean
  

Game Boy Advance Reviews:

• Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
• Jet Grind Radio
• Shining Soul
• Stuntman
• Rock N’ Roll Racing
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Warth of the Darkhul King
  

Quickie Reviews (Short, one paragraph reviews):

• Romance of the Three Kingdoms VIII (PS2)
• Magic Pengel: The Quest for Color (PS2)
• The Great Escape (PS2)
• NFL Gameday 2004 (PS2)
• Chessmaster (PS2)
• Bombastic (PS2)
• Futurama (PS2)
• Big Mutha Truckers (XBOX)
• Pro Cast: Sports Fishing Game (XBOX)
• Grooverider: Slot Car Thunder (XBOX)
• Pirates of the Caribbean (GBA)
• Space Channel 5: Ulala’s Cosmic Attack (GBA)
• Demikids Light & Dark (GBA)
  

Secret Access (Cheat codes and strategy guides):

• Speed Kings (PS2, XBOX, GC)
• Silent Hill 3 (PS2)
• Primal (PS2)
• Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness (PS2)
• Dot Hack Vol. 1: Infection (PS2)
• Dot Hack Vol. 2: Mutation (PS2)
• Wakeboarding Unleashed (PS2, XBOX)
• RTX Red Rock (PS2)
• Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven (PS2)
• Freestyle MetalX (PS2)
• Mace Griffin Bounty Hunter (XBOX)
• Pirates of the Carbbean (XBOX)
• Indiana Jones and the Emperor’s Tomb (XBOX)
• Outlaw Volleyball (XBOX)
• Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix (XBOX)
• Pro Race Driver (XBOX)
• Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (XBOX)
• Midnight Club II (XBOX)
• Total Immersion Racing (XBOX)
• Big Mutha Truckers (XBOX)
• Sonic Adventure DX Director’s Cut (GC)
• Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour (GC)
• Superman: Shadow of Apokolips (GC)
• Jet Grind Radio (GBA)
• Donkey Kong Country (GBA)
• Guilty Gear X: Advance Edition (GBA)
• Wing Commander Prophecy (GBA)
  

Retro Reviews:

• Magic Darts (NES)
• Xenophobe (Lynx)
• Samurai Shodown (3DO)
• Tetris Attack (SNES)