Blue Dragon Microsoft's opening salvo in the war for the hearts of Japanese gamers is coming to our shores soon, and we spent many sleepless nights playing Blue Dragon to formulate this in-depth report.  Exclusive Art and Screens

Halo 3 You may have heard about this little gem hitting the Xbox 360 at the end of the year called Halo 3. Heck, this may be the sole reason you own an Xbox 360. We talk to Bungie to attempt to squeeze out any information about this mega-sequel.  Exclusive Interview

Licensed Games Scarface. The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay. The Thing. All these things have one thing in common: They all follow Pete Wanat's 10 rules for creating great licensed games. Find out what those rules are and what they mean.  We get the inside word on licensed games direct from the people responsible.  NBC Universal's Bill Kispert  Raven's Dan Vondrak  Radical Games' Cam Weber

		TMNT It's about to be turtle time once again, and we get the scoop on Ubisoft's first foray with the franchise from Ubisoft Montreal's Creative Director Nick Harper.  Nick Harper Interview

300: March To Glory Adapting a movie like 300 from the big screen to the little PSP screen isn't an easy process. How does 300 Director Zack Snyder's role play into the process?  Find out in our exclusive interview.  Zack Snyder Interview

Super Smash Bros. Brawl Check out this huge set of screens that will kick you right in the…. er...pants. The Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles We got Bruce Nesmith, Bethesda’s design director for Shiver Isles to take some time out of his day to talk shop with us. Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars New art, renders, and screenshots. What more could you ask for? Outside of getting the game early, that is. 10 - Staff Read the team's latest favorites 12 - GI Spy Silly pictures of our life and times 14 - Dear GI Your chance to fire back at us! 18 - Connect Where news, talk and technology collide 42 - Interview Valve Software founder and managing director Gabe Newell grants his insight on digital distribution, Half-Life 3, and why Vista is the worst Windows release ever 44 - Gear Geeky gadget stuff for the masses 48 - Opinion A tester at a major publisher offers his perspective on the video game industry 49 - Calendar Get hip to this upcoming month's happenings 64 - Previews Bethesda's new game, Rogue Warrior, as well as EA's Skate and Half-Life 2 on PS3 and Xbox 360 kick off this month's huge preview section 98 - Reviews Game of the Month: Lost Planet: Extreme Condition on Xbox 360 112 - Charts Retail Sales Data and the GI Editors' Top 10 Games 114 - Secret Access Codes, strategies and passwords 116 - Classic GI Reliving gaming's greatest moments 119 - Online See what's happening at Game Informer Online 120 - Game Over The end...or is it?

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Big Brain Academy
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Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII
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Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2
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