Features:

• Big Plans For Little People (We talk to the team behind The Sims 3 about expanding on the most successful series in PC gaming history)
• Social Skills (Buzz! remains relentlessly popular, but can its makers answer simple questions about the quiz game's future?)
• No Country For Old Men (A trip to Konami's mountain lair, a pre-release playthrough of Metal Gear Solid 4, and some answers from Kojima)
• It's a MMOG's Life (The task of supporting an online game begins in earnest once it's launched. We look behind the scenes at NCSoft)
• Big Unfriendly Giants (They reside at the end of most games, but do we still love bosses, or have these encounters had their day?)
• Community Spirit (A look at how devs make us of the communities around their games)
• Hazy Sunny Afternoon (Haze's creative director on putting the finishing touches to a PS3 exclusive)
• Ninja Moves (What happenedwhen N+ jumped to handhelds and Xbox Live Arcade?)
• Levine Underwater (BioShock's creator likes to make a noise, and has won awards for it)
• Cart Collector (Would you pay $15,000 for a NES game? One man did)
• Talking Northern (To Scandinavia, for a preview of the Nordic Game conference)
• Monkey Business (Alex Seropian on Wideload's upcoming Hail To The Chimp)

Including Previews of:

• Fable 2 (360)
• Yakuza Kenzan (PS3)
• Haze (PS3)
• Golden Axe: Beast Rider (360, PS3)
• Grand Theft Auto 4 (360, PS3)
• Civilization Revolution (360, DS, PS3)
• Stalker: Clear Sky (PC)
• Trackmania DS (DS)
• Wipeout HD (PS3)
• Dungeon Hero (360, PC, PS3)
• Legendary (360, PC, PS3)
• Monster Lab (DS, Wii)
• Soul Bubbles (DS)
• Velvet Assassin (360, PC)
• Sega Splash! Golf (PC)
• Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core (PSP)
• Knights In The Nightmare (DS)
• Mushroom Men (DS, Wii)
• Fracture (360, PS3)

Featuring Reviews of:

• Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
• Dark Sector (360, PS3)
• Viking: Battle For Asgard (360, PS3)
• Turning Point: Fall Of Liberty (360, PC, PS3)
• The World Ends With You (DS)
• Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Rings Of Fate (DS)
• Mystery Dungeon: Shiren The Wanderer (DS)
• Destroy All Humans: Big Willy Unleashed (Wii)
• Insectiside (DS, PC)
• Eco Creatures (DS)
• Nanostray 2 (DS)
• Dementium: The Ward (DS)
• Rocketmen: Axis Of Evil (360, PS3)