(AU Edition, US content may be slightly different)

Cover: Bioshock Infinite. Cover is Saturday Evening Post Style. Nice idea, but I think their sales will plummet for a month, as it doesn't look like a gaming magazine. d-oh! TWELVE pages of Bioshock coverage (I'm already sick of this game).

Move 8/10 "The more we played it the more it impressed us"

+ The interactive New Zealand 2010 report from Bond University showed that 100% of households with a child under 18 has a video game playing device.

+ Fable 3 Won;t have online auction house.

+ Interview with Nintendo Australia Honcho. Hints about controller being their thing for Christmas (maybe the built in mo+)?

+ Naughty Dog Interview

+ Top 10 "Games Within Games" #1 Geometry Wars in Project Gotham Racing 2, #2 Blitzball in FFX.  More details if you want, just ask.

+ Breakdown of Doublefine's new DL games.

+ Black Ops feature, 4 pages.

+ Kinect feature,  4 pages.

PREVIEWS

Fallout New Vegas - nothing of substance, just says he wants to play more of it.

WRC: Online limited to leaderboards in career mode. Besides that, "ugly mutt of a game that is utterly loyal to old-school rallying"

Firefall: "impressed" (Free to play MMO)

Duke Nukem Forever: "the game's signature humor is well and truly back" -- no real opinions though.

Rock Band 3:"...overwhelming breadth of content"

Sims Medieval: " looks impressive"

GT5: "It will be interesting to see how fans of the series embrace the less traditional approach to the racing game" - Uh oh.  More details on request.

FF: The 4 Heroes of Light sounds like the most generic RPG ever made.

REVIEWS

GH6: 7.75 "Rehashed story driven version of GH5..."

Spider-Man: Shattered: 8.5 "non-stop action ride"

Halo Reach: 9.5

FIFA 11: 9.25 "more realistic player control"

Sports Champions: 7.75 "... convince naysayers that there's more to Move than an attempt to cash in on Nintendo's success."

Kane and Lynch 2: 6 "....improved gunplay, no soul"

Front Mission Evolved: 7.75 "Varied mission structures keep the action moving..."

Mafia 2: 9 "compelling, cinematic, focused...should appeal to any fan of Goodfellas"

HAWX2: 7.5

Dead Rising 2: 9 "great improvement on the last title"

Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep:8.5 "series smoothest and most dynamic combat system yet."

RUSE: 8.25

Batman Bold: 8.5 "tight controls, cheeky humor"

Yeah, Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X -- it's a flight game. 74% gamerankings. I've never heard any enthusiasm surrounding it.

"Tom Clancy's HAWX is the first air combat game set in the world-renowned Tom Clancy video game universe. Cutting-edge technology, devastating firepower and intense dogfights bestow upon this new title a deserving place in the prestigious Tom Clancy franchise. Soon, flying at Mach 3 becomes a right, not a privilege"

Sounds like an "extreme" skateboarding game to most.

Dvader said:

I want everything on Bioshock.

Just imagine the entire staff of GI taking turns "satisfying" Ken Levine, and you'll have a grasp of the article.

Foolz said:

You can imagine that one of them looks like Wesker for added stimulation.