RIDDICK - THE ESCAPE FROM BUTCHER BAY So Mr. Fast and the Furious wants to make a game?  And, he wants it to look better than Doom 3, and it's going to be based off the Pitch Black movie license?  Sounds risky, but with what is sure to become the buzz phrase for this decade, normal mapping, Vin and company just might pull it off.  We visited the developers and came back to spill this mother lode of insider information.  Get all the details from the developers' mouths from over one full hour of exclusive audio interviews.   Riddick Audio Interview Blowout

DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: FORGOTTEN REALMS Everyone knows that people were excited to get their hands on EA's The Two Towers game, but what could that possibly have to do with D&D?  More action, less dice rolling, and a story by dark elf master R. A. Salvatore? You read that right, and yes, it's very, very cool.   Exclusive Screens

BLOODRAYNE 2 A half-vampire, half-human hunter chick - and as her heritage would imply, the lady is one bad momma to boot.  Uninspired graphics and jerky animation plagued the first entry, but even those problems couldn't mar its charm.  How's the sequel coming?  We'll let you know what's up. Exclusive Screens And Art

		SHOWDOWN: LEGENDS OF WRESTLING Acclaim has upped the ante on its exclusive legendary grapplers from the past in the next edition of the LOW series - and we got the opportunity to speak to some of the biggest ones.  Jeremy takes on Macho Man Randy Savage and the Ultimate Warrior in these two exclusive audio interviews.  Ooooh Yeah! Legends of Wrestling Audio Interviews with Macho Man and Ultimate Warrior

BATEN KAITOS The GameCube is rather lean when it comes to RPG's, and Namco is trying to change all that with their upcoming title, Baten Kaitos. Baten Kaitos Screenshots

RESIDENT EVIL OUTBREAK The world of Resident Evil goes online, with terrifying (in a good way) results. Yes, the zombies are still angry whether you're online or off. Resident Evil Outbreak Screenshots FINAL FANTASY CRYSTAL CHRONICLES Nintendo and Square back again, and add some connectivity.  So maybe it's not the purist Final Fantasy title, but it sure is pretty! Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Screenshots STAR WARS BATTLEFRONT Star Wars meets Battlefield 1942 in this everyone against the ewoks online game.  Okay, so maybe it's not everyone against the ewoks, but you can sure kill those little buggers. Extra Star Wars Battlefront Screenshots   14 - Editor's Forum Sometimes, video game editors just wanna have fun.  This is where we get down with our funky selves - check it out. 16 - GI Spy The Game Informer paparazzi stalk the video game industry, bringing you candid photos of all the action. 18 - Dear GI Sometimes, video game magazine readers just wanna have fun.  This is where you get down with your funky selves.  Unless you do that in the privacy of your own home while singing into the green plastic spatula that is normally a pancake flipper and not a microphone.  We just don't necessarily want to know about that. 22 - News Once in a while, we like to call this the "Cocktail Party section."  Okay, not all of us do that, and those who do utter the phrase when no one else is around.  But, the label isn't entirely off - this is where you're going to get the insight and gossip to sound smart during your next conversation. 68 - Previews Big games are popping up on the horizon again - there are a few you surely haven't heard of, but should be lusting after.  There are even a few updates on games that have been dancing through all of our heads like sugarplum fairies for quite some time now. 92 - Reviews The industry is winding down, taking a break from the madcap holiday buying season.  But, that doesn't mean that all of the good stuff has already come out.  We'll let you in on what to pick up for your holiday break/potential snow day this season. 117 - Charts What's hot? What's not? What's up? What's down? It's not NASDAQ, it's the Retail Sales Data and the GI Editors' Top 10 Games. 120 - Secret Access Tripping up over a level?  Looking for an alternate costume?  Want to get that flame-thrower from the get-go?  GI will hook you up and not even call "foul" when you claim to have beaten the game without help. 124 - Classic GI Marketing scam or no, the video game and movie industries have always had a tempestuous love/hate relationship.  Okay, it's really more like a good movies/bad game relationship or maybe even a good game/bad movie sort of thing.  Which ever it is, the Classic Feature is covering some crossovers you may have forgotten about. 128 - ETC Just because the holidays have passed doesn't mean tha tthe accessory /toy/gadget market is slowing down.  See what we're pining after that isn't made of polygons in an abstract construct.