Game Informer Issue 176

Features:

• Letter From the Editor: Take a Chance (Andy McNamara talks about the need to take a chance on something new, both for developers and for consumers)
• Dear GI (Reader Letters, Responses and Artwork)
• Bungie Leaves Microsoft (After years under Microsoft, Bungie splits to become its own independent company again)
• Everything You Wanted to Know About Rock Band But Didn't Know To Ask (Various new details about Rock Band collected from a hands-on preview of the final game)
• EA Acquires BioWare/Pandemic (EA purchases the developer pair)
• Top Ten: Dying Video Game Trends
• The User Experience (A look at a few features that help the usability of a game)
• The Art of LittleBigPlanet (Interview with Kareem Ettouney, art director at Media Molecule)
• Less is More (Both the PS3 and 360 to get new prices and SKUs)
• Capcom Shows Its Cards (Capcom Shows off new games at London event)
• Nintendo's Online Needs (A look at Nintendo's trouble jumping into the online space)
• Interview: Greg Zeschuk & Ray Muzyka (Interview with the founders and current president/CEO of BioWare)
• Classic GI (A look at the history of Panzer Dragoon Saga)

GI 2007 Holiday Buying Guide (An overview on some of the coolest products to buy as gifts for gamers, including games, movies, and toys)

Cover Story: Ghostbusters (PS3, 360, PC)(An extensive look at Terminal Reality's new action game set after the events of Ghostbusters II, including a short interview with actor Dan Aykroyd)

Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii)(Hands-on preview of Nintendo's next entry in the smash-hit brawler)

Previews:

• Bionic Commando (PS3, 360, PC)
• Saboteur (360)
• Midnight Club: Los Angeles (PS3, 360)
• Too Human (360)
• Gran Turismo 5 Prologue (PS3)
• White Knight Chronicle (PS3)
• Saints Row 2 (PS3, 360)
• Ninja Gaiden II (360)
• Devil May Cry 4 (PS3, 360)
• Star Ocean: The First Departure (PSP)
• Rygar: The Battle of Argus (Wii)
• MX vs. ATV Untamed (PS3, 360, Wii, PS2)
• The Club (Ps3, 360, PC)
• Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (PSP)
• Dissidia: Final Fantasy (PSP)
• Secret Agent Clank (PSP)
• Turning Point: Fall of Liberty (PS3, 360, PC)

Multiplatform Reviews:

• Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (PS3, 360, PC)
• Manhunt 2 (Wii, PS2, PSP)
• Tony Hawk's Proving Ground (PS3, 360)
• Clive Barker's Jericho (PS3, 360, PC)
• Sega Rally Revo (PS3, 360)
• Need for Speed ProStreet (PS3, 360)
• TimeShift (360, PC)
• WWE SmackDown vs. RAW 2008 (PS3, 360)
• BlackSite: Area 51 (PS3, 360, PC)
• The Simpsons Game (PS3, 360, Wii, PS2)
• Thrillville: Off the Rails (360, Wii, PS2)

Nintendo Wii Reviews:

• Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games
• Donkey Kong Barrel Blast
• Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
• Table Tennis
• Geometry Wars Galaxies

PlayStation 3 Reviews:

• Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
• Folklore
• Eye of Judgement
• Uncharted: Drake's Fortune

XBOX 360 Reviews:

• Assassin's Creed
• Naruto: Rise of a Ninja
• Tomb Raider Anniverary
• Beautiful Katamari

PC Reviews:

• Unreal Tournament 3
• The Witcher
• The Settlers: Rise of an Empire

Nintendo DS Reviews:

• Dementium: The Ward
• Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker
• Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings

PSP Reviews:

• SWAT: Target Liberty
• Silent Hill Origins

Quickie Reviews (Small, one-paragraph reviews):

• LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga (PS3, 360, Wii)
• Looney Tunes: ACME Arsenal (360, Wii, PS2)
• EA Playground (Wii)
• Godzilla: Unleashed (Wii)
• Kengo: Legend of the 9 (360)
• Virtua Fighter 5 (360)
• CSI: Hard Evidence (360)
• Painkiller: Overdose (PC)
• Age of Empire III: The Asian Dynasties (PC)
• Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance (PC)
• Turn It around (DS)
• Cooking Mama 2: Dinner With Friends (DS)
• WordJong (DS)
• Jam Sessions (DS)
• Prism: Light the Way (DS)
• Jackass: The Game (PSP)
• Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops Plus (PSP)
• SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Tactical Strike (PSP)

Secret Access (Cheat Codes and Strategies):

• Halo 3 (360)
• Spider-Man Friend or Foev(360, Wii, PSP)
• Blazing Angels 2: Secret Missions of WWII (360)
• Jam Sessions (DS)
• Stuntman: Ignition (PS3, 360)

Retro Reviews:

• Wall Street Kid (NES)
• Final Fantasy VIII (PS)
• NHL '94 (Genesis)