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Hgzine Issue 19 |01 FREE! NAVIGATE Issue 19 | August 2008 FIRST NEWS! PES 2009 Konami aim for the top spot HGFree Magazine For Handheld Gamers. ZineRead it, Print it, Send it to your mates… 40+ GAMES FEATURED! WIN! COPIES OF PORTABLE PERFECTION! GUITAR HERO: ON TOUR AND The finest games coming to DS and PSP! NINJA GAIDEN! OH-OH-SEVEN REVIEW PREVIEW REVIEW PREVIEW Race Driver: GRID The best-looking DS racer yet? New Quantum LEGO Batman International of Solace The Dark Knight gets Bond is back! the LEGO treatment! Final Fantasy IV Track & Field The RPG classic is DS-bound CONTROL On your marks… WWW.GAMERZINES.COM NAVIGATE |02 QUICK FINDER DON’T Every game’s just a click away! MISS! SONY PSP LEGO Batman Final Fantasy This month’s PES 2009 Final Fantasy IV Tactics Advance Hellboy 2 The Mummy: Doodle Hex highlights International Tomb of the Arkanoid DS HGZine Athletics Dragon Emperor Wall•E Buzz! Master Quiz International News round-up LEGO Batman Space Invaders Athletics If you’re heading off on your holidays and Extreme Ninjatown MOBILE PHONE Holy building blocks, New International packing your DS or PSP (or, for the lucky few, Batman! The Caped Crusader News NINTENDO DS Track & Field Reviews both) then there’s plenty of top buying advice gets the LEGO treatment Race Driver: GRID here to get the perfect game to take with you. Quantum of Solace Solo gamers could do worse than plump for Race Driver: GRID, and for those of you looking MORE FREE MAGAZINES! LATEST ISSUES! for a family game for those rainy days in your DS AND PSP: caravan in Devon, then Buzz! Quiz Master is the perfect way to waste an hour or two. THE YEAR AHEAD Our game round-up feature proves that this The biggest games coming Christmas is going to be a very merry one for soon to a handheld DS and PSP owners, as we’ve compiled a list of console near you! the definitive games you’ll likely to want to find stuffed in your stocking on Christmas morning. And finally, make sure you come back next DON’T MISS ISSUE 20 SUBSCRIBE FOR FREE! month, as HGZine is changing and we’ve got BUZZ! QUIZ some big plans for the new magazine. See you then! MASTER WARNING! MULTIMEDIA DISABLED! Can this classic PS2 puzzler If you are reading this, then you didn’t choose “Play” Dean Mortlock, Editor work on the PSP? Find out when Adobe Reader asked you about multimedia when [email protected] in our definitive review you opened the magazine. Without the multimedia playing, the magazine will look correct, but you will MEET THE TEAM be missing out on all of the extra content built into each issue, like videos, They play games for a animated screenshots, annotations, quizzes, competitions and more. living, drive around in Dean Mortlock Chris Schilling Damien fancy sports cars and live Dean wrote enough this We gave Chris two more McFerran We recommend you close and re-open the magazine and select “Play” when month to earn his place Final Fantasy games this Damien’s the man to in castles made of gold – among the HGZine month, which made him thank for compiling our asked about the multimedia to enjoy the magazine as intended. they are… the writers. writing elite. very happy indeed. excellent feature. PLAYING THIS MONTH: PLAYING THIS MONTH: PLAYING THIS MONTH: Race Driver: GRID Final Fantasy IV Everything CONTROL WWW.GAMERZINES.COM NAVIGATE |03 PREVIEWS PES 2009 Is PES up to challenge FIFA this year? LATEST Publisher: Konami The two licensed NEWS Developer: Konami Premier League teams What’s the story? Heritage: Pro Evo series this time around are With EA’s FIFA games improving year on year, Konami really has to start Link: N/A reported to be raising its game for the next edition of its critically acclaimed football series. ETA: Q4 2008 Manchester United Last year FIFA nudged ahead on home consoles, while the PSP versions and Liverpool. were just about neck and neck. So what does Konami have in store this time around to justify upgrading from last year’s game? And will it be enough to win the footy game title this season? What do we know? “Konami really has Konami is still playing its cards fairly close to its chest (as it usually does), to start raising its though Seabass and team have been working very hard to get back on top. Expect a more noticeable graphical upgrade this time around – with game for the next a host of new animations which will allow players to move even more edition of its realistically than before. Players will be able to customise the game in PREVIEW critically acclaimed much greater detail to suit their own preferences, while a host of new FEEDBACK! football series” manoeuvres make skilful play that much simpler. Otherwise it’s the same Click here to Pro Evo we all know and love. tell us what you think of PES 2009 PES has always had the edge in terms of close control, so expect dribbling to be fast When do we and fluid, and the passing suitably crisp. get more? It’s usually out around October, so don’t expect any change this year. But will it beat FIFA to the punch? Anything else to declare? Two more notable additions are extra online features and some apparently The home console versions look far ‘innovative new better than last time – hopefully control elements’. the PSP version can follow suit. CONTROL It’s good to rule the world. Lead your civilization from the dawn of man to the space age and beyond, in an all new Civilization created exclusively for console and handheld systems. Go head-to-head with history’s greatest leaders as you wage war, conduct diplomacy, discover new technologies and build the most powerful empire the world has ever known. PLAYBACK OPTIONS: www.civilizationrevolution.com 13 June 2008 © 2005–2008 Take-Two Interactive Software and its subsidiaries. Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution, Civ, Civilization, 2K Games, the 2K Games logo, Firaxis Games, the Firaxis Games logo and Take-Two Interactive Software are all “�” and “PLAYSTATION” are registered trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. Microsoft, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox LIVE, and the Xbox logos are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies and are used under license from trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Take-Two Interactive Software. All rights reserved. Microsoft. NINTENDO DS IS A TRADEMARK OF NINTENDO. CONTROL WWW.GAMERZINES.COM NAVIGATE |05 PREVIEWS Quantum of Solace Bond does it in stylus Having the left LATEST Publisher: Activision screen showing the NEWS Developer: Vicarious Visions map and other What’s the story? Heritage: Spider-Man 3, important info keeps The 22nd Bond film will be hitting cinemas on Hallowe’en, and the game Guitar Hero: On Tour the touchscreen free of the movie will be arriving on DS at the same time. The film is set just an Link: http://007thevideo of clutter. hour after the conclusion of Casino Royale, and follows Bond as he game.com captures Mr. White, and discovers his organisation has moles in the British ETA: 31st October Government and also the CIA. This leads Bond to a ruthless businessman who is planning to exploit unrest in Bolivia for his own gains. Cue 007… PREVIEW What do we know? FEEDBACK! The DS game doesn’t only take its cues from the film, but will contain Click here to elements from Casino Royale, too. With the DS held like a book, you’ll tell us what control Bond on the right screen with some inventive touchscreen controls, you think of “The DS game will and the action is viewed from a pseudo-isometric third-person Quantum take elements from perspective. There’s a neat mix of stealth and action gameplay, while the of Solace Casino Royale, too” game has some RPG elements, in that you can upgrade Bond’s abilities to suit your preferred style of play. When do we get more? Well, the game’s out at the same You’ll be able to switch the time as the film, so you’ll have display to show which the verdict then, but we’ll items you’re carrying. attempt to get our hands on the game before then to bring you more detailed impressions. When you’re close to an opponent, the camera Anything else to declare? will zoom in and you’ll At various points you’ll be able engage in some fierce to engage in conversations with touchscreen brawls. other characters which open up new narrative areas in the game – pick the right response and you are then able to unlock secret items or skills. Bond bought himself a 360, so it was time to get rid of his old Xbox… so he shot it. CONTROL WWW.GAMERZINES. NAVIGATE |06 PREVIEWS Boss fights may be slightly Hellboy 2 easier than they look, but they still offer some Ol’ Red Face is back LATEST thrilling moments. NEWS What’s the story? Guillermo del Toro’s recent film sequel isn’t actually the inspiration for this Publisher: Konami game (subtitled The Science of Evil) – instead, you’ll control Mike Mignola’s Developer: Krome Studios most famous creation as he uncovers a Nazi plot to take over the world. Heritage: Ty The Tasmanian Hellboy abandons his existing chase of a crazed witch, and attempts to foil Tiger, The Legend of Spyro: lunatic baddie Hermann von Klempt and his evil plan. A New Beginning Link: www.konami-data. What do we know? com/hellboy It may as well be called Hellboy of War, as The Science of Evil owes a huge ETA: August “The boss battles debt to Kratos’ battles in Ancient Greece.
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