Game Informer Issue 178

Features:

• Letter From the Editor: Previously On... (Andy McNamara discusses why he wants games to include a television-like recap for sequel to get players up to speed on the story)
• Dear GI (Reader Letters, Responses and Artwork)
• Connect (Breaking News From the Game Industry):
  • Mega Merger (Activision and Vivendi merge into Activision Blizzard)
  • 5 Days of Wii Fit (Gi tests out the Japanese version of Wii Fit over the course of five days)
  • The Art of FPS Multiplayer Design: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (A look behind the scenes on the creation of the multiplayer for CoD 4)
  • Environmental Destruction (A look at how a number of video game and tech companies were rated by the Greener Electronics Guide, produced by Greenpeace)
  • Top Ten: Sequels in Demand
  • Afterwords (Alan Flores, lead designer at Neversoft, is asked questions about Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock)
  • Your Favorite Band Sucks! (Issues plague the release of both Guitar Hero 3 and it's new rival, Rock band)
  • NPD Sales Out of This... Galaxy (GI lists the NPD sales figures for the year 2007)

  [*]Wii in 2008 (GI looks at the roster of games coming to the Wii in the upcoming year)

  [*]Interview: Harold Ryan (Interview with the president of Bungie)

  [*]Classic GI (A look at the games that ruled each generation)

Cover Story: Resistance 2 (PS3)(An extensive look at Insomniac's sequel to it's critically-acclaimed first-person shooter launch title Resistance: Fall of Man)

LEGO Indiana Jones: The Video Game (PS3, 360, Wii, PS2, PSP, DS, PC)(A look at the next game in the LEGO series, which will now tackle the artifact-seeking adventures of Indiana Jones)

Previews:

• Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (PS3, 360)
• Tomb Raider: Underworld (PS3, 360, PC)
• Civilization: Revolution (PS3, 360, DS)
• Rainbow Six Vegas 2 (PS3, 360, PC)
• LEGO Batman (PS3, 360, Wii, PS2, PSP, DS, PC)
• Fracture (PS3, 360)
• Hot Shots Golf 5 (PS3)
• Assassin's Creed (DS)
• Sega Superstars Tennis (PS3, 360, Wii, PS2)
• Viking: Battle for Asgard (PS3, 360)
• Final Fantasy XIII (PS3)
• Dark Messiah of Might & Magic: Elements (360)
• Mafia II (Next-Gen Consoles, PC)
• Sins of a Solar Empire (PC)
• S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky (PC)
• Command & Conquer: Kane's Wrath (360, PC)
• Patapon (PSP)
• Highlander (PS3, 360, PC)
• Street Fighter IV (TBA)
• Race Driver: Grid (PS3, 360, PC)

Multiplatform Reviews:

• Burnout Paradise (PS3, 360)
• College Hoops 2K8 (PS3, 360)
• NCAA March Madness 08 (PS3, 360)
• The Golden Compass (PS3, 360, Wii)
• NFL Tour (PS3, 360)

PlayStation 3 Reviews:

• The Orange Box
• Unreal Tournament 3

Wii Reviews:

• Nights: Journey of Dreams
• Harvey Birdman: Attorney At Law
• Link's Crossbow Training

XBOX 360 Reviews:

• Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom
• Soldier of Fortune: Payback
• Culdcept Saga

PSP Review:

• Pursuit Force: Extreme Justice

Nintendo DS Review:

• Mario Party DS

Quickie Reviews (Small, one-paragraph reviews):

• My Word Coach (DS)
• Star Trek Conquest (Wii, PS2)
• Cranium Kabookii (Wii)
• Super Swing Golf Season 2 (Wii)
• Draglade (DS)
• Left Brain, Right Brain (DS)

Secret Access (Cheat Codes and Strategies):

• Rock Band (PS3, 360, PS2)
• The Orange Box (360, PS3)
• Need for Speed ProStreet (PS3, 360, Wii, PS2)
• Uncharted:Drake's Fortune (PS3)
• LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga (PS3, 360, Wii)

Retro Reviews:

• Friday the 13th (NES)
• Samba De Amigo (DC)
• Resident Evil Gaiden (GBC)