Aliens: Colonial Marines Game Informer hit the sci-fi mother load this month with our exclusive details on Aliens: Colonial Marines. The new squad-based shooter from Gearbox Software is taking on the challenge of bringing the Aliens franchise back to its roots. No Predators here people. For your extra dose of Aliens content, we sat Brian Martel, executive VP of Gearbox and the Director on the project down to tell us about it on camera. Brian Martel Video Interview

Randy Pitchford Randy Pitchford is quite the busy person these days. His company Gearbox Software has four huge games in production—Aliens, Brothers in Arms, Samba De Amigo and Boarderlands. With an outlook like that, its no wonder the independent developer is getting a lot of attention these days. We set up a camera and just listened as Pitchford talked past, present and future of Gearbox and video games.  Randy Pitchford Interview

Aliens Pulse Rifle Gearbox Software actually built a working pulse rifle. No, not a knock-off Air-soft version. A real bullet firing pulse rifle with a machine gun on the top, a shotgun on the bottom and even a digital ammo-count reader. Check out the first shots of both the in-game version and the real-life version.  Aliens Pulse Rifle

		Red Faction The original Red Faction for PS2 is still one of the most destructible games out there. Now, developer Volition is ready to take that level of destruction to a whole new tier with Red Faction: Guerrilla. We talk with Vice President Dan Cermak, Producer Rick White, Design Director James Hague and Senior Designer/Writer Mike Breault and make them tell all on Guerrilla’s dynamic new gameplay.  Developer Interview

Mass Effect Wondering what movies influenced Mass Effect’s development? How about, how they put together the game’s revolutionary dialog system? Or what features got left on the cutting room floor? Bioware’s Casey Hudson, the Project Director behind Mass Effect, is ready to dish the dirt..  Bioware Interview

MLB 2K8 Baseball season is fast approaching and what better way to get your curveball fix than checking out a dugout full of screenshots. Don’t miss over 40 screens of not only some baseball action, but the new card albums as well. Laptop Madness Last month we tested a ton of huge gaming laptops to give to the goods on the best one out there. The Dell XPS M1730 took the Editors’ Choice award but they were all great machines. Check out our super hi-res gallery of each one. The Club Maybe you need tips on how to get through some of the tougher levels or help finding some of the game’s bonus enemies. Check out our extended developer tips for all the details. 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 34 - Interview Bungie Studios head Harold Ryan open up about the newly independant company's plans  38 - Gear Geeky gadget stuff for the masses 42 - Opinion GI's Matt Miller makes the case that gaming can tell the same sorts of sophisticated, adult stories as other media  44 - Calendar Get hip to this upcoming month's happenings 68 - Previews Throw TIE Fighters with your mind in Star Wars: Force Unleashed, and boggle at the awesomeness of Tomb Raider: Underworld and Civilization: Revolution while you're at it 94 - Reviews Game of the Month: Burnout Paradise for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 108 - Charts Retail Sales Data and the GI Editors' Top 10 Games 110 - Secret Access Codes, strategies and passwords 112 - Classic GI Reliving gaming's greatest moments 115 - Online See what's happening at Game Informer Online 116 - Game Over The end...or is it?

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