Features

• Mass Production (Can Bioware reclaim serious science-fiction for videogames with its elaborate 360-only space opera, Mass Effect?)
• Playing God (The team behind Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time returns with the stelly ambitions of Assassin's Creed)
• A Hinter's Tale (We all read them, but who write them? We put some frequently asked questions to videogames' leading FAQers)
• The Legend Of Link (Once the greatest game series ever, always the greatest? An exclusive hands-on with the real Twilight Princess)
• Time Extend: Serious Sam (Easy to dismiss, but harder to resist, does Croteam's defiantly loony FPS hold the keys to the heart of its genre?)
• Eastern Promises (sony starts the PS3 countdown at the Tokyo Game Show)
• Premium Package Holiday (Microsoft unveils the core of its gaming vision at its Barcelona event)
• Capital Games (Is London the idea home for a celebration of videogame culture)
• Life After WOW (The man who lead us into a new world unveils his new studio)
• They Love Their MTV (Guitar heroes Harmonix explain their acquisition by the music channel)
• Oh My God! (South Park claims its first gaming casualty in World Of WarCraft)
• Incoming (This month's announcements, updates and upsets, neatly digested)

Including Previews of:

• Lair (PS3)
• Devil May Cry 4 (PS3)
• World Of Warcraft: Burning Crusade (Mac, PC)
• Resistance: Fall Of Man (PS3)
• Alan Wake (360, PC)
• Star Trek: Legacy (360, PC)
• Thrillville (PC, PS2, Xbox)
• Ridge Racer 7 (PS3)
• Dead Or Alive Xtreme 2  (360)
• The Sopranos (PS2)
• Phantasy Star Universe (360, PC, PS2)
• Need For Speed Carbon (360, GC, PC, PS2, PS3, PSP, Xbox, Wii)

Featuring Reviews of:

• Okami (PS2)
• Canis Canem Edit (PS2)
• Splinter Cell: Double Agent (360, GC, PC, PS2, Xbox, Wii)
• Killzone: Liberation (PSP)
• Scarface (PC, PS2, Xbox)
• Mage Knight Apocalypse (PC)
• Destroy All Humans 2 (PS2, Xbox)
• Battlefield 2142 (PC)
• God Hand (PS2)
• Sam & Man: Culture Shock (PC)
• Rule Of Roses (PS2)
• Dragon Quest Heroes (DS)
• Project Sylpheed (360)