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360Zine Issue 25 FREE! NAVIGATE Issue 25 | December 2008 360Free Magazine For Xbox 360 Gamers.Zine Read it, Print it, Send it to your mates… EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW & INTERVIEW FREE! BONUS SUPPLEMENT PREVIEW! PREVIEW! HANDS-ON PREVIEW CHAMPIONS BATMAN: ONLINE ARKHAM ASYLUM RESIDENT EVIL 5 CONTROL a NAVIGATE |02 QUICK FINDER Don’t miss! This month’s top highlights Every game’s just a click away! Batman: Halo Wars Arkham Asylum Resident Evil 5 Champions Online Call of Duty: This is Vegas World at War Stormrise Tomb Raider: Halo Wars is shaping up nicely and looks set Raven Squad Underworld Street Fighter IV WWE SmackDown to do for RTS what Halo did for First Person Sega Mega Drive vs. Raw 2009 Shooters. Don’t miss our hands-on preview and Mirror’s Edge Ultimate Mirror’s Edge exclusive interview... Also on it’s way is Resident EA’s latest rated Collection Evil 5: the console colossus is looking every bit Halo Wars as good as we’d hoped for and again you can MORE FREE MAGAZINES! LATEST ISSUES! read the full account of our hands-on preview. HANDS-ON PREVIEW & INTERVIEW On the reviews front there’s a quality foursome of titles vying for your cash this month - Call of Duty: World At War is already flying off the shelves at Gatling gun speed, and with good reason. We also have Tomb Raider Underworld for your perusal along with Mirror’s Resident Evil 5 Edge and WWE SmackDown vs RAW 2009. Coming soon... Enjoy the issue, your new dashboard and the upcoming festivities. Our next edition of DON’T MISS ISSUE 26 SUBSCRIBE FOR FREE! 360Zine will be with you on January 13th, but in the meantime, do keep in touch... Tomb Raider: WARNING! MULTIMEDIA DISABLED! 360Zine Dan Hutchinson, Editor Underworld If you are reading this, then you didn’t choose “Play” FEEDBACK! [email protected] Lara’s latest reviewed & rated when Adobe Reader asked you about multimedia when Click here to you opened the magazine. tell us what you think of Without the multimedia playing, the magazine will look correct, but you will the new issue be missing out on all of the extra content built into each issue, like videos, animated screenshots, annotations, quizzes, competitions and more. MEET THE We recommend you close and re-open the magazine and select “Play” when TEAM Chris Steve Hill Keri Allen Call of Duty : asked about the multimedia to enjoy the magazine as intended. Probably the best Schilling Having it large in Halo Living it up witn World At War games writers on Reflecting on EA’s Wars Lara’s latest Reviewed inside... the planet Mirror’s Edge adventures CONTROL 360Zine NAVIGATE |03 Previews Special dungeons are available for those who prefer to take the FIRST LOOK baddies on in a team, with up to PREVIEW five players able to join forces. FEEDBACK! Click here to Publisher: 2K Games Champions tell us what Developer: Cryptic Studios you think of Heritage: City of Heroes, Champions City of Villains Online Link: www.champions- online.com Online ETA: 2009 Cross-platform superheroics What’sThe game’s the title saysstory? it all – the popular pen-and-paper RPG Champions has Though there’s plenty of hardcore now been made into a videogame. It’s a massively multiplayer online role- stat-building, the player from the maker of likeable PC MMO City of Heroes, Cryptic Studios. emphasis is certainly on escapist fun – particularly given YouWhat don’t oftendo seewe too manyknow? MMOs on consoles, and certainly not ones some of the garish in which 360 owners can play against PC gamers, but that’s what Champions costumes on display. Online is. Cryptic has made sure fans of the tabletop game are well-served, while also providing the kind of deep experience demanded by PC fans, with You can choose to the accessibility needed for a successful console RPG. Indeed, while it’s clearly increase the potency of been difficult to squeeze all the relevant commands onto a controller, it seems that your existing powers or the combat is best suited to a 360 pad, with button attacks feeling more pleasingly expand your range of physical than the average clickfest that makes up most MMO skirmishes. Its abilities as you level up. cel-shaded world is nicely stylised if not particularly detailed, but that allows for plenty of onscreen characters and effects, keeping the action busy and exciting. “The character customiser is a There’sWhen an onlinedo betawe ongoingget currentlymore? which should allow Cryptic to iron out real sight to any wrinkles and adjust the mechanics slightly – like tweaking the spread of skills behold, allowing and powers – according to feedback from its players. for a remarkable range of heroes to TheAnything character customiser else is a realto sight declare? to behold, allowing for a remarkable range be created” of heroes to be created – you’ll even be able to choose their backstory, though how that affects your avatar remains to be seen. CONTROL “B , P P ” - E - PLAYBACK OPTIONS: Coming December 5th © 2008 Ubisoft Entertainment. All Rights Reserved. Based on Prince of Persia® created by Jordan Mechner. Ubisoft, Ubi.com, and the Ubisoft logo are trademarks of Ubisoft Entertainment in the U.S. and/or other countries. Prince of Persia is a trademark of Jordan Mechner in the U.S. and/or other countries used under license by Ubisoft Entertainment. Microsoft, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox LIVE, and the Xbox logos are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies. the playstation family logo,, “playstation” and “ps3” are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. CONTROL , “playstation” and “ps3” are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. of companies. the playstation family logo, “playstation” and “ps3” are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. Microsoft, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox LIVE, and the Xbox logos are trademarks of the Microsoft group Microsoft, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox LIVE, and the Xbox logos are trademarks of the Microsoft group countries used under license by Ubisoft Entertainment. Microsoft, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox LIVE, and the Xbox logos are trademarks of the Microsoft group trademarks of Ubisoft Entertainment in the U.S. and/or other countries. Prince of Persia is a trademark of Jordan Mechner in the U.S. and/or other trademarks of Ubisoft Entertainment in the U.S. and/or other countries. Prince of Persia is a trademark of Jordan Mechner in the U.S. and/or other trademarks of Ubisoft Entertainment in the U.S. and/or other countries. Prince of Persia is a trademark of Jordan Mechner in the U.S. and/or other © 2008 Ubisoft Entertainment. All Rights Reserved. Based on Prince of Persia® created by Jordan Mechner. Ubisoft, Ubi.com, and the Ubisoft logo are © 2008 Ubisoft Entertainment. All Rights Reserved. Based on Prince of Persia® created by Jordan Mechner. Ubisoft, Ubi.com, and the Ubisoft logo are © 2008 Ubisoft Entertainment. All Rights Reserved. Based on Prince of Persia® created by Jordan Mechner. Ubisoft, Ubi.com, and the Ubisoft logo are Coming December 5th - E - ” , P P “B 360Zine NAVIGATE |05 Previews PREVIEW FEEDBACK! FIRST LOOK Click here to tell us what you think of Batman: Batman: Arkham Asylum Publisher: Eidos Developer: Rocksteady Studios Heritage: Urban Chaos: Arkham Asylum Riot Response Link: www.rocksteadyltd.com Why so serious? ETA: 2009 The Joker’s goons won’t cause Batman too many problems on their own, but a group attacking Gotham’sWhat’s famous the loony story? bin is the setting for the latest videogame attempt to There’s a Fifties simultaneously might. comic book style to capture the essence of the Caped Crusader. As our hero ventures into the asylum, the visuals, which he’s led into an ambush by arch-nemesis The Joker, and indeed it seems as if many even at this stage “Batman’s combat and of DC Comics’ most well-known supervillains are present, ready to tackle our hero look seriously gymnastic skills make on their own territory and their own terms. accomplished. him a formidable character to control” It’sWhat telling thatdo one we of the know? best attempts to realise Batman in videogame form is Activision’s LEGO Batman, the Caped Crusader having been very poorly served so far by developers, who’ve failed to realise what makes this Dark Knight tick. So it’s heartening to see that Rocksteady Studios (creators of the terrific Urban Chaos: Riot Response) seems to be on the right track, creating a game that uses stealth effectively as the Bat moves between the shadows, taking down enemies with deadly efficiency. His combat and gymnastic skills make him a formidable character to control, able to take down multiple enemies quickly, but he’s realistically human – foes with guns can’t just be tackled head-on. TheWhen release do date iswe simply get ‘2009’ atmore? the moment, but expect to hear something more concrete in the next few months. TheAnything game uses the Unrealelse Engine to 3 todeclare? impressive effect, with detailed, stylised visuals and dynamic lighting. Batman himself may be the greatest videogame recreation of the character ever seen. CONTROL CONTROL PLAYBACK OPTIONS: CONTROL 360Zine NAVIGATE |08 Previews As you progress up the social ladder, it’s important to be FIRST LOOK seen with the right people. PREVIEW FEEDBACK! Click here to tell us what Publisher: Midway This is Vegas think of Developer: Surreal Software you Heritage: The Suffering This is Vegas Link: www.vegas. Vice City Part Two? midway.com ETA: 1st February 2009 TheWhat’s City of Sin the is going story?all family-friendly, as a rich mogul attempts to change Vegas’ image.
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