Australian GamePro June/July Contents

Maurice Branscombe, GamePro Australia

31/05/2006 16:21:04

News: Find out what's going down in the games industry with the latest announcements, rumours and gossip. Including the latest on Grand Theft Auto IV, Halo 3, Resident Evil 5, Metal Gear Solid 4 and details on why Sony and Microsoft want you to buy Nintendo's Wii. There's also the hottest information the Xbox 360's HD-DVD Drive, Assassin's Creed, the DS's amazing domination of the Japanese game market, the latest in mobile phone gaming from E3 and a comprehensive interview with Burnie Burns, creator, writer and director of the Machinima hit Red vs. Blue!

Hot Topic: This month we delve deeper into the particularly hot topic of videogame classification in Australia. We talked to Marc Ecko for starters, and if you want to find out exactly why your favourite games keep getting banned this guide to Australia's broken classification system will open you eyes!

ProSetup: GamePro helps you get the ultimate gaming set up. We review the latest in PC gamepads, 2.1 speaker sets and big screen Plasma TVs. We guide you through the process of choosing, buying and installing a new hard drive and we investigate and identify the best value for money parts on the Market, so you can play your games at the highest quality.

Features

• E3 2006 - It's the biggest event on the gaming calendar, where every game company in the world brings out their biggest and best, and Australian GamePro was there! We give you our comprehensive wrap up of the entire show - including previews of more than 150 games!
• Playstation 3 - After seeing and playing the technological behemoth that is the Playstation 3 at this year's E3 does it live up to the hype? We give you our honest and definitive opinion.
• Nintendo Wii - Everything you've heard about the Wii is true - it stole the show at this year's E3 and it looks set to revolutionise the way we play games. GamePro gives the inside story direct from E3 2006.
• Microsoft - This year Microsoft proved that you don't need a new console to make a huge impact. The Xbox 360 had the software that mattered and their new plans for Xbox Live and Windows Vista look set to reinvent online gaming.
• How to Host your own World Cup - We show you how to take Australia to World Cup glory and have fun on the way!
• Family Guy - We pull the lid off the Griffin family's first game in our freakin' sweet exclusive feature.

Previews

• GTA: Liberty City Stories
• Test Drive Unlimited
• Superman Returns
• Medal of Honor: Airborne
• Prey
• Dead Rising
• Stranglehold
• God of War 2

Nintendo

• New Super Mario Bros.
Metroid Prime Hunters
• Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training
• Harvest Moon DS
• Micro Machine V4
• Ace Combat Advance

• B-Boy
• Talkman
• Daxter
• LocoRoco
• World Tour Soccer 2
• Monster Hunter Freedom
• Tomb Raider Legend
• Viewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumble

ProReviews

• Hitman: Blood Money
• X-Men: The Official Game
• Guitar Hero
• Kingdom Hearts 2
• Rockstar Games Presents: Table Tennis
• Heroes of Might & Magic V
• Rouge Trooper
• Tomb Raider: Legend
• Winback 2: Project Poseidon
• 2006 FIFA World Cup
• Rumble Roses XX
• Urban Chaos: Riot Response
• Tourist Trophy
• MotoGP '06
• Buzz! The BIG Quiz
• Ape Escape 3
• Dragons Quest: The Journey of the Cursed King
• Mario Party 7
• Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence
• Sensible Soccer 2006
• The Da Vinci Code
• Super Monkey Ball Adventure
• Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends
• Desperados 2
• Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War
• The Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle-Earth 2

ProUpdate Played your games out? Don't bin them yet - check here for the latest add-ons, expansions and bonuses. This month we look at World of Warcraft, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, the new PSP firmware and LocoRoco demo, the latest updates to Xbox Live, Call of Duty 2 multiplayer booster pack and more.

Top 10 Our look at the top 10 games franchises of all time continues with number 3, the greatest series of role playing games ever to come out of Japan!