Features:

• Atmospheric Conditions (Quantic Dream reveals the visually incredible PS3 title Heavy Rain, aiming to give new life to the adventure genre)
• Be Good For Goodness' Sake (Fable II makes it much harder to be good. But will that make it more difficult for Lionhead to make a good game?)
• Creature Comforts (Will Wright shows us that the real imagination in Spore doesn't come from making suspiciously shaped lifeforms)
• Nintendon't (What has Nintendo done to fall foul of its followers? Plus: an interview with the man behind the new Animal Crossing)
• Manual Labour (You may never have looked at one, or you may have read them for hours; we browse the world of the game manual)
• Sony Side Up (We talk to SCEE chief Kazuo Hirai about the company's rise in fortunes)
• Fantasy Quest (How Square Enix's Final Fantasy showcase captured JRPG otaku)
• Breaking Into Valve (The story of how one modder landed a job with Gabe Newell and company)
• Where Now For Britsoft? (A new campaign aims to boost game development in the UK)
• Enemy Behaviour (The man behind Halo's AI on giving life to a firstperson shooter)
• How To Make A Blockbuster (We talk to Naughty Dog about the creation of Drake's Fortune)
• Calling The Shots (EA's Peter Moore tells us how he handles the American sports scene)
• Awards Season (Halo 3's Edinburgh win, and details on Edge's new Golden Joystick)
• Incoming (Including Rage, Battle Fantasia, Skate 2 and MK Vs DC Universe)

Including Previews of:

• Fallout 3 (360, PC, PS3)
• Race Pro (360)
• Resident Evil 5 (360, PS3)
• Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 (360, PC)
• Crysis: Warhead (PC)
• The Last Guy (PS3)
• Captain Rainbow (Wii)
• The Godfather 2 (360, PC, PS3)
• Multiwinia (PC)
• Gridrunner+++ (360)
• MotorStorm: Pacific Rim (PS3)
• Tomb Raider Underworld (360, DS, PC, PS2, PS3, Wii)
• Pure (360, PC, PS3)
• Mushroom Men (Wii)
• Tornado (DS)

Featuring Reviews of:

• Street Fighter IV (Coin-op)
• Too Human (360)
• Stalker: Clear Sky (PC)
• Facebreaker (360, PS3, Wii)
• Viva Pinata: Pocket Paradise (DS)
• Wario Land: The Shake Dimension (Wii)
• PixelJunk Eden (PS3)
• Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 (360)
• Dragon Quest IV (DS)
• Space Siege (PC)
• Strong Bad's Cool Game For Attractive People: Episode 1 (Wii)
• Siren: Blood Curse Episodes 4-12 (PS3)
• Ratchet & Clank: Quest For Booty (PS3)
• Metal Slug 7 (DS)
• Rhythm Tengoku Gold (DS)
• Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution (DS)