BIOSHOCK Piece together the war-torn remnants of a forgotten utopia in our exclusive first look at this intellectual first-person adventure from Irrational Games. As a spiritual successor to the developer's legendary System Shock 2, the twisted choices presented in BioShock will keep you on edge.  Extra Screenshots and Renders

SQUARE ENIX 2006 We tell you about all the Square Enix games that you don't know about, including updates on the Mana series and the new Valkyrie Profile.  Final Fantasy XI  Dirge of Cerberus  Secret of Mana 4  Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth  Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria  Young Angus and the Dungeons of Mystery

STRANGLEHOLD How cool would it be to play a John Woo movie? Well your time has come with Stranglehold. The game will actually feature Chow Yun-Fat and he will reprise his role as Inspector Tequila from the movie Hard Boiled. We are so pumped for this game that we are going to have a Woo-a-thon.  Extra Screenshots

		SHADOW HEARTS: FROM THE NEW WORLD With a truly unique battle system, and one of the strangest cast of characters and storylines, Shadow Hearts: From The New World is one of the most inventive RPGs in years.  Extra Screenshots

THE DA VINCI CODE Dan Brown is sitting pretty right now as his book The Da Vinci Code has sold a bazillion copies and has been spun not only into a movie, but now a video game, as well.  Extra Screenshots

TIMESHIFT Not only can you slow down time in TimeShift, but you can stop it and even rewind.  And no, we're not talking about Blinx, either. SUIKODEN V Seriously, do you even know 108 people you'd want to hang out with? FULL AUTO Full Auto fulfills the auto combat need that every human has flowing through their veins. 12 - Staff Read the team's latest favorites 14 - GI Spy Silly pictures of our life and times 18 - Dear GI Your chance to fire back at us! 22 - Connect Where news, talk, and technology collide 34 - Interview USC's Tracy Fullerton explains what teaching video game design at a respected university is like and gives a few hints to aspiring developers 38 - Gear Geeky gadget stuff for the masses 42 - Opinion John Goodman of Foundation 9 proposes his own vision of how independant game developers must change with the times 43 - Calendar Get hip to this upcoming month's happenings 74 - Previews Dead Rising and Far Cry Insincts: Predator lead this month's Xbox 360 charge, while the newest incarnation of Tetris is looking mighty fine on the Nintendo DS 94 - Reviews Game of the Month: Fight Night Round 3 for multiple consoles 122 - Charts Retail Sales Data and the GI Editors' Top 10 Games. 124 - Secret Access Codes, strategies, and passwords. 126 - Classic GI Reliving gaming's greatest moments. 130 - Game Over The end..or is it?

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Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan Wars
Age of Empires: The Age of Kings
Beatmania
Bioshock
Chronicles od Spellborn, The
Da Vinci Code, The
Daxter
Dead or Alive 4
Dead Rising
Dirge of Cerebus
Drakengard 2
Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach
Exit
Far Cry Instincts: Predator
Fight Night Round 3
Final Fantasy XI
Final Fight: Streetwise
Full Auto
Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter
Grandia III
Lego Star Wars: The Original Trilogy
Mega Man: Maverick Hunter X
Mega Man Powered Up
MS Saga: A New Dawn
Odama
Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams
Pokemon Troze