Australian GamePro Aug/Sept Contents

Maurice Branscombe, GamePro

31/07/2006 12:08:09

Pro Discussions: News sections are old news - Australian GamePro knows you want more from a magazine than just the bare facts, so we've gotten together our entire team of expert writers and let them go wild with their personal opinions of the latest and hottest topics in gaming news including the Office of Film and Literature Classification's (OFLC) latest game-banning debacle, the cost of Microsoft's Xbox Live downloads, crossovers between the games and music industries, the ever-escalating cost of developing next-generation games, our opinion of recent movie-to-game and game-to-movie adaptations, our thoughts on the latest PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii developments, the top ten ways to annoy Halo 2 players whilst on Xbox Live, a look at gaming myths versus life facts and far too much more to list here!

Hot Topic: Broadband or Bust - in this issue's Hot Topic we delve deeper into the rise of Broadband Internet in Australia and the hurdles that local ISPs will have to overcome before Australia has a truly world-class Internet service.

ProSetup: GamePro helps you get the ultimate gaming set up. We review the latest in gaming mice for you PC, the newest gaming peripheral from the makers of the Z-Board, the Fang gamepad, DVD/hard drive recorders, and Wireless ADSL Routers. We also guide you through the process of choosing, buying and setting up a new LCD or CRT monitor. We even show you how to use your HDTV as a computer monitor and how to use two screens at once on the same PC. As well as all this we identify the best value for money PC components on the Market, so you can play your games at the highest quality.

ProLifestyle: ProLifestyle is another exciting new section that we are introducing to the magazine for the first time this issue, where we tie your gaming hobby in with other real-life activities. This issue we take a look at the fastest growing game in the world - Poker! We take a look at the available videogame versions of Poker, and find out whether playing cards on your console will actually turn you into a high-roller in real life!

Features

• Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories - That's right readers - not only was Australian GamePro the first in the world to play Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, but we also got to put the hard questions to RockStar themselves in our world exclusive interview!
• Like That Movie? Play This Game! - Have you ever seen a movie that completely blew you away, and then immediately longed for a similar gaming experience? So have we, and that's why we put together this guide on how to maintain the vibe from your favourite movies into your gaming experiences.
• Look Who's Talking - We take eleven of the hottest upcoming games and grill their developers with the burning questions you all want to know the answers to. See what the developers of these future blockbusters have to say about their games - only in Australian GamePro!

Interviews:

• Saints Row
• Red Steel
• Just Cause
• LEGO Star Wars II
• Battlefield 2142
• Marvel Ultimate Alliance
• Call of Duty 3
• Splinter Cell Double Agent
• TimeShift
• Tony Hawk's Project 8
• MotorStorm

Previews:

• Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom
• Guitar Hero II

ProHandheld:

Nintendo:

• Big Brain Academy
• Tamagotchi Connection Corner Shop
• Age of Empires: The Age of Kings
• Dig Dug: Digging Strike
• Mega Man Battle Network 6

Sony:

• The Silent Hill Experience
• Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror
• Field Commander
• ProStroke Golf: World Tour 2007
• Tekken: Dark Resurrection
• Juiced Eliminator
• Ultimate Ghosts 'n' Goblins
• Gangs of London
• Capcom Classics Collection Remixed
• Tenchu: Time of the Assassins

ProMobile:

• Need for Speed: Most Wanted
• Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII
• The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
• Doom RPG
• Hitman: Blood Money
• Orcs and Elves
• 3D Golf
• Raiden

ProReviews:

• Prey
• Titan Quest
• Jaws: Unleashed
• Shinobido: Way of the Ninja
• Formula One 06
• Chromehounds
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow
• SingStar Anthems
• AND 1 Streetball
• Super Dragon Ball Z
• Civilization IV: Warlords
• Rise and Fall: Civilizations at War
• Dreamfall: The Longest Journey
• Rush for Berlin
• AFL Premiership 2006
• Half-Life 2: Episode One
• Mirco Machines V4
• FlatOut 2
• Dance Factory

ProUpdate: Played your games out? Don't bin them yet - check here for the latest add-ons, expansions and bonuses. This issue is a very special edition of ProUpdat, as we have extended it to twice its usual size to include all of the latest Xbox Live releases! We take a look at the freshest updates for World of Warcraft, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter, The Movies, Warhammer 4K: Dawn of War, Dungeon Seige II, Eve Online, Prey, the newest games on the Xbox Live Arcade and much more!

Top 10: Our look at the top 10 games franchises of all time continues with number 2, the coolest plumber to ever munch on a shroom!