Game Informer Issue 134

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Features:

• Letter From the Editor: Please Excuse The Hype (But Someone Has To Do It)(Andy McNamara discusses their continued efforts to improve the magazine)
• Dear GI (Reader Letters, Responses and Artwork)
• The Future Is Now (Sony executive gives details on the PlayStation 3)
• The Dawn of a New Age (EA announces new Lord of the Rings rpg)
• Foul Balls (Microsoft holds off on releasing any sports titles this year)
• No Average Joe (Viewtiful Joe sequel to be released on PS2 and GC)
• First Look At The Golden Gun (First news on EA’s GoldenEye sequel)
• Sentenced To The Streets (Eidos announces new gangster game 25 To Life)
• What Are You, Some Kinda Wiseguy? (Acclaim announces two crime-based games, Interview With a Made Man and The Last Job)
• Interview: Shane Kim (Interview with the general manager of Microsoft Game Studios)
• Classic GI (Interview with Howard Scott Warshaw, who worked on some of Atari’s most famous games)

Cover Story: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PS2)(Extensive look at the next entry in the Grand Theft Auto series where Rockstar aims to create one of the biggest in-game worlds ever created, covering three whole cities and all the land in between the three of them)

Prince of Persia 2 (PS2, XBOX, GC, PC)(After successfully reinventing the franchise with The Sands of Time, Ubisoft moves forward with Prince of Persia 2, where combat will play a bigger role than in the original)

Destroy All Humans! (PS2, XBOX)(Tapping into the B-movie vibe, Pandemic puts players into the role of an alien that has come to Earth in order to subjugate humanity and harvest our DNA)

Dead Rush (PS2, XBOX, GC)(A look at the new game from Treyarch and Activison that takes place during a zombie apocalypse)

Tony Hawk’s Underground 2 (PS2, XBOX, GC)(In-depth look at the next Tony Hawk game that continues the Underground theme from the previous game, but now with a more light-hearted tone both in story and in its visuals)

Previews:

• TimeSplitters Future Perfect (PS2, XBOX, GC)
• Rise of the Kasai (PS2)
• Predator: Concrete Jungle (PS2, XBOX)
• Def Jam Fight for NY (PS2, XBOX, GC)
• Champions of Norrath: Return To Arms (PS2)
• Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Bose (PS2)
• Godzilla: Save the Earth (PS2, XBOX)
• Call of Duty: United Offensive (PC)
• Ace Combat 5 (PS2)
• Perimeter (PC)
• Musashi Samurai Legend (PS2)
• The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay (XBOX)
• Doom 3 (XBOX, PC)
• Far Cry: Instincts (XBOX)
• Enthusia Professional Racing (PS2)
• Full Metal Alchemist and the Broken Angel (PS2)
• Terminator 3: The Redemption (PS2, XBOX, GC)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 (PS2, XBOX, GC, PC, GBA)
• Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (PS2)
• Rocky Legends (PS2, XBOX)
• Star Wars Galaxies: Jump to Lightspeed (PC)
• Death By Degrees (PS2)
• Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow (XBOX)
• Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth (XBOX, PC)
• EverQuest II (PC)
• Resident Evil Outbreak File #2 (PS2)
• Final Fantasy XI: Chains of Promathia (PS2, PC)
• The Urbz: Sims in the City (PS2, XBOX, GC)
• Guild Wars (PC)
• Battlefield: Modern Combat (PS2)
• Brothers in Arms (XBOX, PC)

Multiplatform Reviews:

• Hitman: Contracts (PS2, XBOX)
• Ribbit King (PS2, GC)
• Future Tactics: The Uprising (PS2, XBOX, GC)
• Red Dead Revolver (PS2, XBOX)

PlayStation 2 Reviews:

• Onimusha 3: Demon Siege
• La Pucelle: Tactics
• Front Mission 4
• Transformers
• Corvette
• EyeToy: Groove

Gamecube Review:

• The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures

XBOX Reviews:

• RalliSport Challenge 2
• Mafia
• Manhunt
• Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dawn of Destiny

PC Reviews:

• Painkiller
• Desert Rats Vs. Afrika Korps
• Sacred
• Breed
• Nemesis of the Roman Empire

Game Boy Advance Reviews:

• Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon
• Mario vs. Donkey Kong
• Mario Golf: Advance Tour
• Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto’s Rampage
• Spyro Orange: The Cortex Conspiracy
• River City Ransom EX

Quickie Reviews (Short, one paragraph reviews):

• Donkey Kong (GBA)
• Super Mario Bros. (GBA)
• Mega Man Battle Network 4: Red Sun and Blue Moon (GBA)

Secret Access (Cheat codes and strategy guides):

• Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain (PS2)
• Fight Night 2004 (PS2, XBOX)
• MX Unleashed (PS2, XBOX)
• Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004 (PS2, XBOX, GC)
• Champions of Norrath: Realms of EverQuest (PS2)
• Gladius (PS2)
• The Suffering (PS2, XBOX)
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six 3 (PS2, XBOX)
• Mario Gold: Toadstool Tour (GC)
• Dungeons & Dragons Heroes (XBOX)
• Ninja Gaiden (XBOX)
• NBA Ballers (PS2, XBOX)
• Painkiller (PC)
• Sacred (PC)
• The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures (GC)

Retro Reviews:

• Bushido Blade (PS)
• Einhander (PS)
• Dune: The Battle for Arrakis (Gen)