Features:

• Conflict Of Interest (A jaunt through the English countryside to talk with Pivotal about its twoplayer spin on the Conflict series
• Our Benefactors (Polymaths, prodigies and Portal: we drop by Valve's Seattle offices to find out how it plays with gaming's rules)
• Rock Band (Harmonix extends, evolves and explodes the music game genre - with help from some innovative add-ons and MTV)
• Arcadia (Though only a shadow of its former self, the arcade industry is showing signs of getting back on its feet)
• Time Extend: Metal Arms (Chaos, sadism and comedy German accents: Swingin' Ape's thirdperson shooter was an ode to expression)
• One For All And All For One (How Sony's multimedia strategy is shaping the PlayStation family)
• The View From Germany (Games Convention shows how to put on a videogame event)
• Judgement Calls (The thinking behind PlayStation Eye's game of decks and effects)
• City Slickers (Nottingham's GameCity festival offers up some treats for October)
• On The Move (More from Nokia on the revamp of the N-Gage mobile platform)
• Myth And Legend (We talk to the man behind Folklore about mixing Irish myth into gaming)
• Still Silent (The producer of Silent Hill Origins on fear, intensity and playing alone)

Including Previews of:

• Far Cry 2 (PC)
• Spore (PC)
• Hellgate: London (PC)
• Kane And Lynch: Dead Men (360, PC, PS3)
• Alone In The Dark (360, PC, PS3)
• Nights: Journey Of Dreams (Wii)
• Mario And Sonic At The Olympic Games (DS, Wii)
• Viking: Battle For Asgard (360, PS3)
• Rise Of The Argonauts (360, PC, PS3)
• Speedball 2 (PC)
• Tony Hawk's Proving Ground (360, PS3)
• Borderlands (360, PC, PS3)
• Wet (360, PS3)
• Civilization: Revolution (360, DS, PS3, Wii)
• Race Driver One (360, PC, PS3)
• Guilty Gear Overture (360)
• Ratchet & Clank Future (PS3)

Featuring Reviews of:

• Halo 3 (360)
• Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Wii)
• Project Gotham Racing 4 (360)
• Quake Wars (360, PC)
• Sega Rally (360, PS3)
• Lair (PS3)
• Strangehold (360, PC, PS3)
• Skate (360, PS3)
• Persona 3 (PS2)
• Singstar (PS3)
• Two Worlds (360, PC)
• Grimgrimoire (PS2)
• Jam Sessions (DS)
• Final Fantasy Tactics (PSP)
• World In Conflict (360, PC)
• Eternal Sonata (360)
• Phoenix Wright 3 (DS)
• Sonic Rush Adventure (DS)