Games™ Issue 19

Issue 19 cost £4 and was released in May 2004.

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Regulars/Editorial
Editorial - 1 page (3)

Contents - 2 pages (6-7)

Letter from America - 2 pages (26-27)

Kongetsu - Tim Rogers - 2 pages (28-29)

Release Lists - 2 pages (36-37)

News
Nintendo's Outrageous Misfortune - 2 pages (8-9)


 * Nintendo speaks out following 'inaccurate' portrayal in BBC documentary.

Pages 10-11 Pages 12-13 Pages 14-15 Page 16 Page 18 Pages 38-39 The Players
 * Big-Screen Samus: John Woo planning to co-produce movie
 * Best Name Ever: Tiger Telematic's Gizmondo
 * GreyStation 2 Going Cheap: Sony furious as distributor undercuts prices 'illegally'
 * PSP Update
 * Microsoft Going Shopping?: Microsoft to acquire Bioware?
 * Double Trouble for Acclaim: Lawsuit from Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen.
 * Once More Unto the Breach: The games industry prepares for another E3 extravaganza.
 * More Losses for Xbox: Poor console sales hit Microsoft's pocket.
 * Yours for a Cool $5 Billion: Sony expresses an interest in film studio giant (MGM).
 * Top Five Terrible Gaming Haircuts
 * LucasArts Losses: Staff redundancies and games cancelled.
 * Bungie Co-Founder Jumps: Alexander Seropian forms Wideload Games.
 * Knights Errant: More developers desert Nintendo.
 * Gamers' Glastonbury: Britain to host new gaming e-festival
 * Capcom in Clover: New studio and titles announced.
 * Games Room 101 No 19: Worst. Reporting. Ever.
 * Infinium Expands: Kathy Schoback and Wallace Poulter join Infinium Labs.
 * Out With the Old, In with the New: Take 2 expands but says goodbye to its CEO
 * No Game, Just Watch: Nintendo reveals its latest Pokemon money-spinner
 * Do the Tribal Dance: Tribal GBA SP
 * Go West: Ubisoft Montreal expands
 * Less Talk, More Games: The predicted mobile gaming boom appears to have begun.
 * Man the Cannons: O2 joins the online mobile offensive. (Cannons Tournament)
 * Think Tank: Adrian Chmielarz (People Can Fly)
 * Cash, Money and Fame: Annual profits continue to soar for industry bigwigs
 * Share and Share Alike: Who's afraid of the big bad PSP?
 * What Next?: More tidbits on the future of gaming
 * Nolan Busnell (uWink) - 2 pages (20-21)
 * Makoto Shibata (Tecmo) - 2 pages (30-31)

Previews
Doom 3 - Xbox / PC - 2 pages (42-43)

Jak 3 - PlayStation 2 - 2 pages (44-45)

Fable - Xbox - 2 pages (46-47)

Killzone - PlayStation 2 - 2 pages (48-49)

King of Fighters: Maximum Impact - PlayStation 2 - 1 page (50)

City of Heroes - PC - 2 pages (52-53)

Athens 2004 - PlayStation 2 - 1 page (54)

Paper Mario 2 - GameCube - 2 pages (56-57)

Onimusha 3: Demon Siege - PlayStation 2 - 2 pages (58-59)

Ratchet & Clank 3 - PlayStation 2 - 2 pages (60-61)

Mercenaries - PlayStation 2 / Xbox - 2 pages (62-63)

Custom Robo: Battle Revolution - GameCube - 2 pages (64-65)

Xyanide - Xbox - 1 page (66)

Features
House of Cards - 4 pages (22-25)


 * Graphics cards are the heart of every good gaming PC these days. You won't get as much of a gaming experience unless you've got one of these supercharged cards under the hood... (Sparkle 5900XT, Asus 9800XT/TVD, Sapphire Atlantis 900XT, Asus V9980)

Community: Amuze - 4 pages (32-35)


 * It's one of the least prolific developers out there, despite plenty of backing from Sega, an excellent reputation, and a wealth of raw european talent. Naturally, we wanted to find out exactly what makes Headhunter's Amuze tick...

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Games
 * F-Zero: GP Legend - Nintendo - GBA - 1 page (2)
 * Galleon - SCi Games - Xbox - 1 page (17)
 * True Crime: Streets of LA - Activision - PC - 1 page (19)
 * Ninja Gaiden - Tecmo - Xbox - 1 page (55)
 * Rallisport Challenge 2 - Microsoft - 2 pages (67,71)

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