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Guitar Hero II
NEWS
W I R E D !
Championship
Manager 2007
>> PSP, PS2, Xbox 360, PC
Metalr! Rock out on rhythm lead and bass…
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has only just taken the cotton wool out of
its ears after our editor’s sausage-fingered
attempts at Guitar Hero II on the PS2. You
should have heard the racket! She makes Sweet Child
O’ Mine sound like a cat with a hernia. But we don’t
begrudge her time in the spotlight, really, for Guitar
Hero II lets you rock until you’re sick of groupies,
flying knickers and all the other many trappings of
rock stardom.
This time around, you can strum your stuff on
rhythm lead and bass, jam co-operatively with a friend
and rock head-to-head in multiplayer modes such as
Pro Face-Off. The Xbox 360 version has a ‘X-plorer’
guitar controller that has a longer strap than the PS2’s
and it’s also sturdier (though we don’t recommend
smashing up any speakers with it).
Graphics-wise, your onstage cartoon counterparts
look amazingly cool. The track list has all the songs
from the PS2 original plus ten Xbox 360-exclusive
tunes and more stuff still downloadable via Xbox Live.
Hang on, that’s more than 77 tracks… No!!!
Format: Xbox 360
Release date: April 6
Publisher: Activision
SBK’07 Superbike
World Championship
With more
deep
plotting
for club
glory,
CM 2007
sports
a new
easy-to-navigate interface and a
new Team Talk feature. You can
now also give individual instructions
to specific players and best of all,
its new pre-match analysis tool
provides you with all the stats you
could need about your players and
the opposition.
Supreme
Commander
>> PC
This is
the longawaited
follow-up
to Chris
Taylor’s
1997
classic
RTS Total Annihilation… With
thousands of units dishing out
the pain at one time, Supreme
Commander is all about scale.
Zoom in to dive into the thick of
battle or pull back and command
your army as a whole.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
Crotch Pull on your leathers for a right royal rev-’em-up…
ets!
rock
A
nyone who enjoys throwing their leg over
a throbbing, screaming rocket on two
wheels will have their visor steaming up
in anticipation at the prospect of SBK’07.
The new official game of the World Superbike
Championship (motorcycle racing on stupidly fast
modified production bikes ), its admirable efforts at
realism extend even to the inclusion of umbrella girls.
Aside from grinning ladies, the official licence
also means the inclusion of all the official teams,
machines and riders (superstar Troy Bayliss included).
The bikes themselves handle accurately, thanks to
the use of real-life data. And if you turn up the volume
during your racing, you’ll be happy to learn that each
bike’s noise signature in the game has been taken
straight from the racetrack. In a chaotic field of 22
riders, you’ll be trying to outwit your realistically
behaving rivals in Quick Races, Race Weekends and
whole Championships – on ten official tracks and in
all weathers. SBK’07 screams into the PS2 and PSP
paddocks in time for April. PC and Xbox 360 versions
are due in the autumn and a PS3 game is on its way.
Shadow of Chernobyl
>> PC
One of
the most
hotly
awaited
PC games
of the
year, this
is part
RPG, part FPS. As a mercenary
and scavenger, the point is to talk,
trade and defend yourself.
Format: PS2, PSP
Release date: May 11
Publisher: Black Bean
INCOMING! According to the Entertainment Software Association, 41% of videogame players are female… INCOMING! Guitar Hero is coming to the Wii. Awesome!…
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NEWS
W I R E D !
Pokémon Ranger
World of Warcraft:
The Burning Crusade
>> PC, Mac
Just
when you
thought
your
life was
your own
again,
along
comes this fabulous expansion for
the online RPG. Two new races,
flying mounts, ten new levels and a
wizard’s sleeve-full of new quests
in lands beyond the Dark Portal are
yours. You will need the World of
Warcraft game to make use of this
expansion pack.
Pimp My Ride
>> PSP, Xbox 360
Cruise
Pimp City
for minigames
and earn
cash. In
no time
you’ll
have the parts to turn your
perfectly good car into a garish
work of vehicular street art. Pimp
My Ride is also available on PS2.
See Budgets on P39 for details.
Give something back to the Pokémon world… Ropkse!
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I f your appetite for pocket monster action isn’t
sated by now, this quirky little offshoot game
might interest you. Pokémon Ranger is all about
lassoing wild pokémon with your DS stylus.
That’s right – you have actually have to go in there
and physically catch the little critters. You do this by
frantically drawing little circles around them on the
DS’s touch screen.
You’re not being cruel, mind. You’re a very friendly
ranger in the Fiore region whose job is to rescue lost
and endangered pokémon, help preserve their habitat
and protect them from the evil Go-Rock Squad.
Mission by mission, you use your captured
Tiberium Wars
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C&C3 sets new standards for the RTS – again… Braoytatlle!
>> PC, PSP, PS2
T he seven year wait for a sequel to the classic
RTS Tiberian Sun has been worth it. The year
is 2047 and Kane has returned to lead the
evil Brotherhood of Nod in a massive global
assault against the GDI. But before you start base
building in preparation for all-out war, you should
know too that a third force – the Scrinn – are joining
the fray... This alien race deploys units ranging from
beetle-like ground troops to War of the Worlds-style
tripods that can use three tentacles to attack separate
targets. They’re a hard bunch…
The graphics have been boosted massively
so you can gape at splendidly cinematic battles
INCOMING! Gears of War has been voted Best Game at the Developers Choice Awards…
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Format: DS
Release date: Out now
Publisher: Nintendo
Command & Conquer 3:
Test Drive
Unlimited
Atari has
pimped
its classic
racing
series
into a gorgeous
online
racer with great cars and the
Hawaiian island of Oahu to tear
up. The island is yours to explore
and pick up hitchhikers, deliver
packages and challenge other
online drivers to races you’ve
designed yourself.
Pokémon’s abilities to help you before you let them go.
Pokémon can be used to break, burn, cross, cut, lift,
light, push and extinguish obstacles in your path and
also help subdue or trap other Pokémon you are trying
to catch. Your lasso itself sends soothing messages
to calm your quarry further. Do well and you’ll find
yourself rising through the ranks of the Ranger Union.
You will find a free Pokémon Ranger
poster on P24.
with gunships dishing out
battlefield-levelling air
strikes. The revamped
‘Voice Over Internet’
communications makes for
improved interaction with your
online opponents. The Xbox 360
version has been streamlined so well,
you can pick it up within minutes.
Format: Xbox 360, PC
Release date: Xbox 360, May / PC, March 30
Publisher: EA
INCOMING! The bloody God of War hits the PSP later this year…
NEWS
Prince of Persia:
Rival Swords
W I R E D !
Castlevania:
Portrait of Ruin
>> DS
SLASH! One great game, two princes… It’s a bargain!
P
Kill!
rince of Persia games are like buses. It seems
like you wait around for ages for one and
then two show up at once. In this Wii and PSP
version of PoP: The Two Thrones, you play not
just the good prince but his dark alter ego too. How’s
this? It’s those pesky Sands of Time again. Mess with
that stuff and anything can happen. As for the action,
expect more trademark PoP acrobatic platforming and
sword fighting along the streets and over the rooftops
of Babylon. This time round though, you also have
the new Speed Kill system to help you in your quest
– it lets the Prince quickly creep up and quietly kill an
enemy. Cunning ’eh!
Wii players get to use the Remote and Nunchuk
in their game. Waving the Remote produces multihit combos, stabbing with the Remote produces a
‘Dagger Plant’ and shoving the Nunchuk downwards initiates your Speed Kill attack. PSP gamers have a
Chariot Racing mode plus a new Versus mode which
has the two princes racing each other through special
interlinked levels. By hitting switches, you trigger
traps and obstacles in your rival’s course…
Format: Wii, PSP
Release date: Wii, March 30 / PSP, out now
Publisher: Ubisoft
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon
Advanced Warfighter 2
For this
old skool
2D sidescrolling
vampire
hunter
sequel,
Konami
have dumped the annoying touch
screen controls and gone back
to basics. This time you control
two vampires – one with melee
attacks, the other with offensive
and defensive magic – as you
battle a bizarre range of enemies.
Yu-Gi-Oh!
GX Spirit Caller
>> DS
The
monster
dueller is
back with
faster
and more
intuitive
stylus
combat. And even more excitingly,
Nintendo’s wi-fi connection service
means you can challenge anyone
to one-on-one bouts… And a great
new character creation system lets
you add your very own onscreen
face. Yu-Gi-Oh!
GX Tag Force
Mexican
Turn down the lights and prepare for action…
shave!
R
emember those pesky Mexican rebels you
thought you’d dealt with last time? Well,
the blighters have only regrouped – and
they’re now threatening to chuck a nuke over
the border into the United States. Tsk, tsk. An elite
soldier’s job is never done, it seems.
Realistic and gloriously escapist at the same time,
Warfighter 2 ratchets up the trademark intensity of the
first game. Highly intelligent enemies try and outflank
you, snipers try and take you out from the rooftops
and that truck down the road will almost certainly
have filthy rebels hiding behind it. It’s a good thing
then that your squad mates talk to you much more.
They report snipers when they’re spotted and warn
you of goons lurking in the shadows… Warfighter’s
trademark heads-up tactical display, meanwhile, has
also been revamped to provide you with ‘complete
battlefield awareness’. From this, you can send your
boys to specific locations, set up sniping posts and
tag targets for air strikes… It’s all great gung-ho fun
– and its six-part co-op campaign and sturdy online
modes give it bags of value.
>> PSP
This is
based
on the
top-rated
Yu-Gi-Oh!
series on
Cartoon
Network.
It’s the first PSP outing for Yu-GiOh! Tag Force. Supports local wi-fi
multiplayer contests for up to four
players. See P31 for Yu-Gi-Oh!
trading card game.
Format: PSP, PC, Xbox, Xbox 360, PS3
Release date: PSP & PC, March 30/ Xbox 360, out now / PS3, May 30
Publisher: Ubisoft
INCOMING! Fan-favourite Sensible World of Soccer 96/97, the classic football game, is headed to the Xbox Live Arcade…
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Teenage Mutant
Ninja Turtles
NEWS
W I R E D !
Mario Vs. Donkey
Kong 2:
March of the Minis
>> DS
Totally
awesome!
Action and acrobatics in one turtle soup… Cowabunga!
S
trange creatures are attacking New York
City… Is the mysterious industrialist Max
Winters involved? Maybe… Are the acrobatic
services of the turtles required? Most
certainly! In fact the pizza-loving dudes are needed
to take on a great horde of enemies during this nonstop brawler. In the course of the game, you’ll take
on the role of each of the turtles. Donatello wields a
quarterstaff, Raphael has a powerful throw, Leonardo
is armed with two scimitars, while Michelangelo has
a nifty nunchuck slap. The excitement of the frantic
button-mashing fights climaxes every time you fill
a Momentum Meter. When this happens, the turtles
jump into ‘Turtle Time’, slowing down enemies so that
you can mop them up in a trice.
TMNT uses the Prince of Persia’s JADE engine,
which adds not only great looks but also plenty of
gymnastics to proceedings. When they’re not cracking
heads, the Turtles can jump from rooftop to rooftop,
scale buildings, scamper across walls, swing from
poles and girders and dive into the sewers. Hope they
wash their hands before they dive into their pizzas…
Forza Motorsports 2
Format: Xbox 360, Wii, GC, DS, PC, GBA, PSP, PS2
Release date: Out now (except GC, out on March 30)
Publisher: Ubisoft
>> Xbox 360
This is
quite
like Gran
Turismo
but with
more
thrills and
much
more accessibility. You’ll be racing
on 70-plus different real world
tracks in over 300 licensed cars.
For ultimate realism, the Xbox
360’s wireless steering wheel has
been developed specifically for the
game. Out June 2.
Wing Island
Xiaolin Showdown
Chocks Scramble! There are lost cows on the loose…
>> PS2, DS, Xbox, PSP
away!
T his cute and fun little flight sim is just perfect
for the Wii. As Junior, a wide-eyed teenager
with incredible piloting skills, Wing Island has
you soaring around Shell Island taking on
jobs from the residents to keep your family aviation
business running. To begin with, you’ll be dusting
crops and catching cows, but eventually you’ll be
controlling five-plane formations for more daring jobs
such as aerial fire-fighting. Wing Island’s story mode
has more than 25 mellow, but diverting, missions in
all. It also includes a hangar-full of entertaining minigames where two players can test their aerobatics
against each other.
Holding the Wii Remote pointed level at the screen
keeps you flying forward. Point up or down and you
climb or dive; tilt left or right and you bank in that
direction. Thrust or pull back and you speed up or
slow down. As you progress, you learn more advanced
skills such as quick turns, barrel rolls, formation
changes and using the Nunchuk camera to aim at
targets on the ground. Great fun, we reckon Wing
Island could really take off…
Format: Wii
Release date: April 13
Publisher: Nintendo
This is a
genius
little
Mario
puzzler.
Pauline
has been
snatched
by Donkey Kong again (grrr),
so Mario sends an army of tiny
clockwork versions of himself to
rescue her. It’s your job to guide
the mini Marios through a series
of environments filled with trickery
such as jump pads, movable walls
and nasty enemies…
Kung-fu
action
based
on the
cartoon
series.
Lead three
warriors on an action-packed quest
to find the Shen Gong Wu! Co-op
action adds to the fun.
TBC
INCOMING! Microsoft’s Xbox Live service now has more than six million users… INCOMING! Peter Jackson is developing two Halo games for Xbox 360…
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NEWS
W I R E D !
Mario Party 8
Fuzion Frenzy 2
>> Xbox 360
Playable
online
and the
only party
game on
Xbox 360,
Fuzion
Frenzy
2 is a futuristic tournament with
40-plus mini-games including Ball
Battle and Ice Billiards…
Disney’s Meet
the Robinsons
>> Multi
This
platform
game to
go with
the movie
has
young
timetraveller Wilbur making gadgets
to progress through a series of
danger-ridden environments.
Additional Super Monkey Ball-style
levels have Wilbur rolling around in a giant force field. Heck, there
are even some retro 2D sidescrolling shenanigans…
Wave goodbye to old skool Mario partying…
M
ario Party’s blend of board game
shenanigans and multiplayer mini-games
was always going to work well on the
Wii. And indeed, the new Remote-waving
antics of Mario Party 8 have freshened up the series
altogether. Its 70-plus mini-games involve
you employing the motion-sensing Wii
Controller for varied activities, such
as water skiing, tightrope walking,
barrel lasoing, boat rowing and
target shooting. The games all look
impossibly innocent – they are also
quite brilliant at bringing out the
Cackle!
competitive worst in people... Which is a good thing,
of course, for ganging up and senseless revenge are
what good board games are all about.
Mario Party 8 has an impressive six new boards to
keep you busy and you can choose to play
as one of 14 different characters. A new
power-up system replaces the ‘orbs’
with ‘candy’ which magically changes
you into different forms.
Format: Wii
Release date: April
Publisher: Nintendo
Medal of Honor
Vanguard
Burnout Dominator
>> PS2, PSP
The
carnagestrewn
racer
has been
‘refined’!
Crash
mode has
gone and in comes the ace Maniac
mode, where you try and drive
like a total nutter without actually
hitting anything…
Sputter!
WWII heroics on the PS2 – and with the Wii Remote…
O
nly Wii and PS2 owners are lucky enough to
be able to play this edition of the easy-toplay yet engrossing shooter. Vanguard slips
you into the battle dress of Corporal Frank
Keegan of the 82nd Airborne Division. From Operation
Husky on the shores of Sicily to Operation Varsity,
deep in Nazi Germany, you see action in four pivotal
campaigns that turned America’s first paratroopers
into WWII heroes.
PS2 combatants will enjoy more of what we’ve
come to expect of the series – movie–like gameplay,
atmospheric sound effects, a stirring score and plenty
of cut scenes to drive the story forwards. Wii soldiers
HUN
FUN!
will discover that the game pays more
than just lip service to their console. As
well as pointing and shooting, motionsensitive additions include using the
Remote to make your man jump, hit the dirt or even do 180° degree spins. Coolest
of all, grenades can be both lobbed
overarm and rolled underarm… Wii shall
never surrender!
Format: PS2, Wii
Release date: March 30
Publisher: EA
INCOMING! You can use the DS as a controller to play Pokémon Battle Revolution on Wii… INCOMING! Sony has said it is ‘open to changing the Sixaxis’ controller if gamers want it…
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Also out now!
W I R E D !
All these hot games have just hit the CHIPS shelves…
The Godfather:
The Don’s Edition
24 Platinum
PS2
DS
Actionloop
PSP
Activision Hits Remixed
PC
Ancient Wars: Sparta
PC
Armed Assault
Multi
Arthur and the Invisibles
DS
Asphalt 2
Multi
Avatar: The Legend of Aang
Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses
PS2
Wii
Barnyard
Battlefield 2: The Complete
PC
Collection Battlestations: Midway Xbox 360, PC
BattlezonePSP
DS
Biker Mice from Mars
Wii
Bionicle Heroes
PC, PS2
Black Buccaneer
PSP
Blade Dancer
Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII
Wii, PS3
Xbox 360
Blitz: The League
PSP
Bomberman
DS
Bomberman Land Touch!
Brian Lara International Cricket 2007
PS2, PC, Xbox 360
DS
Bubble Bobble Double Shot PS2
Cabela’s Alaskan Adventures
Call of Duty 2: Game of the Year
Xbox 360
PSP
Capcom Puzzle World Cartoon Network Racing
PS2, DS
DS, PC
Charlotte’s Web
DS
Children of Mana
PSP
Chili Con Carnage
DS
Chronos Twins
DS
Contact Wii
Cosmic Family PS2
CSI: Dimensions of Murder
PC
CSI: Hard Evidence
PSP
Daxter Platinum
DS
Deep Labyrinth
PS3, Xbox 360
Def Jam: Icon
Dungeon Siege: Throne of Agony PSP
Dynasty Warriors 5 Empires Xbox 360
PSP
EA Replay
PC
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
PS2, PC
Equestrian Challenge
PC
Europa Universalis III
Wii
Excite Truck
PSP
F1 Grand Prix
Wii
Far Cry Vengeance
DS
Flipper Critters
PS2
Formula One 2006 Platinum
PSP, PS2
Free Running
DS
Freedom Wings
PS2, PSP
Ghost Rider
PS2
God Hand
DS
Guilty Gear Dust Strikers
PSP
Guilty Gear Judgment
PSP
Harvest Moon: Innocent Life
PS2, Wii, PSP
Heatseeker
PC
Infernal PC
Jade Empire: Special Edition
King Of Fighters Max Impact 2.5
Xbox 360
Wii
Kororinpa
Little Britain The Video Game PC, PS2
Wii
Little Chicken: Ace in Action
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition
Xbox 360
PC
Maelstrom
DS
Magical Starsign DS
March of the Penguins
DS
Mario Slam Basketball
Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of
DS
the Minis
DS
Mech Assault: Phantom War
Wii, PSP
Metal Slug Anthology
DS
Mind Quiz: Your Brain Coach
Mobile Suit Gundam: Target in Sight
PS3
PS2, PSP
MTX: Mototrax
DS
My Frogger Toy Trials
DS
Pawly Pets: My Pet Hotel
DS
Pawly Pets: My Vet Practice
PS2
Naruto: Ultimate Ninja
PS3
NBA 2K7
NBA Street Homecourt PS3, Xbox 360
PS3
Need For Speed: Carbon DS
New Zealand Story Revolution
PSP, PS2
NFL Street 3
PS2
Okami
PSP
Online Chess Kingdoms
Over The Hedge: Hammy Goes Nuts
PSP
PSP, PS2
Pac-Man World Rally
DS
Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney
Pippa Funnell 3: The Golden Stirrup
PC
Challenge
PSP
Pocket Pool
DS
Pogo Island
PSP, DS
Pro Evolution Soccer 6
PSP
Rainbow Islands Evolution
Rapala: Tournament Fishing
Wii, Xbox 360
Rayman Raving Rabbids PC, GA, DS, PS2, Wii
PSP
Rocky Balboa
Runaway 2: Dream of the Turtle PC
PC
Scrabble 2007 New Edition
Sega Mega Drive Collection PS2, PSP
DS
Settlers 2: 10th Anniversary
Shrek Smash ’n’ Crash PS2, DS, PSP
PSP
Sid Meier’s Pirates!
Silent Hunter 4: Wolves of the Pacific
PC
PS2
Socom 3 Solus Platinum
PC
Space Empires V
DS
Spectrobes Spider-Man Origins: Battle for
GBC
New York
PC
Stacked with Daniel Negreanu
DS
Star Fox Command
Wii
SSX Blur DS, Wii
Tennis Masters
Wii
The Ant Bully
PSP
The Con
The Darkness
PS3, Xbox 360
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
PS2
The Godfather Black Hand Edition Wii
The Grim Adventures of Bill and
Wii
Mandy
PSP
The Hustle: Detroit Streets
The Professor’s Brain Trainer: Logic
DS
The Professor’s Brain Trainer:
DS
Memory
PS2
The Red Star
PSP
The Warriors DS
Theme Park PSP
Thrillville
Wii, PS3
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07
TOCA Race Driver 3 Challenge PSP
PSP
Tony Hawk’s Project 8
Top Trumps: Horror and Predators
PS2, DS, PC
DS
Totally Spies! 2: Undercover
PS2
Tourist Trophy Platinum
PC
UFO: Afterlife
PSP
Valhalla Knights
PC
Vanguard: Saga of Heroes
Wii
Wario Ware: Smooth Moves
Winx Club: The Quest for Codex DS
World of Warcraft: The Burning
PC
Crusade
World Series of Poker: Tournament of
Multi
Champions
World Snooker Championship 2007
PS2, Xbox 360, PSP
DS, PSP
Zendoku
Coming soon…
A selection of games we can’t wait to play
either. Check out the number of quality
games arriving on the PSP, plus there’s
the usual cluster of Clancy’s – check
instore for release dates. We’ve also heard
that there’ll be a wireless guitar for PS2
Guitar Hero available from the end of
March! Lots to look forward to!
Alone In The Dark PS3, PC, Xbox 360
PS3
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
PS3
God of War 2
PSP
Gran Tursimo 4 Mobile
Medal of Honour Vanguard Wii, PS2
Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops PSP
Wii
Mortal Kombat Armageddon
Rayman Raving Rabbids Xbox 360
Multi
Shrek the Third
PS2
Singstar Pop Hits
SOCOM: US Navy SEALs Fireteam
PSP
Bravo 2
The Lord of the Rings Online:
PC
Shadows of Angmar
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Advanced
PC, PSP, PS3
Warfighter 2
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: VegasPSP
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Double
PS3
Agent
>> PS3
If you
didn’t
play
the PS2
version,
think San
Andreas
with men
in hats. Apart from its superior
graphics, the PS3 Don’s Edition
has all-new brutal ways to hit the
opposition – such as throwing
them off buildings using the
Sixaxis. The Wii version (called
Blackhand Edition) has even more
fun with controls.
UEFA Champions
League 07
>> Xbox 360, PSP, PS2, PC
It’s the
official
football
sim that
lets you
recreate
the
32-team
tournament from this season
or take another team through
qualification rounds. You can
restage historical moments such
as when AC Milan celebrated
victory at half time before the Reds
made that glorious comeback.
Call of Duty 3
Gold Edition
>> Xbox 360
The gritty
and real
WWII
shooter’s
Gold
Edition
gives you
a bonus
DVD packed with features plus
an Xbox Live Marketplace token
for the ‘Valor Map Pack’ – five
multiplayer maps to places
primed for intense
online, split-screen
or System Link
action.
INCOMING! Sega’s website is asking gamers which game should be remade – Nights, Streets of Rage, Samba de Amigo, Virtua Cop or Flicky?
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Fantasy
Final Fantasy XII: The Complete Guide
Features include:
l Labelled maps which disclose the exact location of all
treasures, shops, crystals and much more...
l A complete walkthrough which aims to help you get the
most out of your Final Fantasy adventure, including
hidden side-quests.
l A tactics chapter to help you maximise your party’s
potential, with expert advice on Gambits, Licences,
battle strategies and advanced tricks and techniques.
l Explanations of all the secrets, side-quests, mini-games
and bonuses.
l An innovative lettered paragraph system to aid easy
fingertip reference during play.
l A unique runthrough which offers optional, spoiler free
tips on how to complete the main quest.
Other strategy guides available / coming soon include...
Pokémon 10th
Anniversary
Pokedex
World Of
Warcraft:
Burning Crusade
Ghost Recon
2: Advance
Warfighter
GTA: Vice City
Stories
Pro Evolution
Soccer 6
Pokémon Ranger
World Of
Warcraft: Master
Guide
Zelda: Twilight
Princess
FEATURE
The CHIPS guide
to the PS3
We bring you all you need to know about this amazing console, from
information about its hidden features to the best of the top games...
Discover PS3
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available in every CHIPS store
for £2.99! What a bargain!
INCOMING! Aliens on the loose in Blacksite Area 51…
INCOMING! Tekken 6! We can’t wait…
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FEATURE
Introducing the PS3
You will have already heard how the PS3 plays hi-def games and movies
that look astonishingly sharp and real – but it does a whole lot more!
S
ony’s new console has had more false starts than the Grand
National, but it’s finally here at last! So, what’s all the fuss about
then? What can the PS3 do for gamers? Well, to start with, the
PS3, just like the Xbox 360, supports full high definition. Hi-def
means that PS3 games will look amazingly sharp and clear on an HDready TV. In short, once you’ve experienced the jaw-dropping visuals of
hi-def games, you won’t want to settle for anything else.
But, of course, the PS3 does a whole lot more than just play
incredible-looking games. It also lets you play hi-def Blu-ray movies,
browse the internet, download music and music videos, buy classic
games from the past and also lay your hands on the latest game demos
and movie trailers.
What exactly is Blu-ray? While the Xbox 360 supports the HD-DVD
format, the PS3 supports Blu-ray. In theory, Blu-ray can carry more
information – 50GB to the Xbox 360’s 5GB. In practice, though, both
formats are dazzlingly clear and you can rest assured that there will be a
plentiful flow of Blu-ray movies for your PS3 as the competition between
the two formats hots up.
Last but not least, we come to the Sixaxis controller. For legal reasons,
Sony was forced to drop the rumble function, which is a shame. But it
is incredibly light, completely wireless and has great motion-sensing tilt
capabilities, making for all sorts of gaming possibilities.
Games-wise, well, you won’t get a broader range of games than on
the well-supported PS3. An impressive 30-odd games are available at
launch and there is a huge raft of red-hot titles headed for the console
before the year is out.
We’ll be giving you the lowdown on the forthcoming games after
we’ve taken a look at just what the PS3 can do...
Tech spec
Processors
Controller
✔
CPU: Cell Broadband
Engine
✔ Nvidia/Sony RSX 550Mhz
✔
Wireless Sixaxis
Memory
✔ 512MB
Drives
✔
Hard Drive: 60GB (or
20GB)
✔ Optical Drive: Blu-ray
Wireless
connectivity
✔ Built-in
Online service
✔
PlayStation Network
Media
✔ BD-ROM; CD-ROM
✔
DVD-ROM
✔ Super Audio CD
Backwards
compatibility
✔
Some PSone discs; most
PS2 discs
HD Resolution
✔
720p/1080i/1080p
INCOMING! Alone in the Dark is stalking this way… Yikes!
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FEATURE
Xross Media Bar
Click on an icon and you can access a world of home entertainment!
Users
Settings
Photos
Music
chat and the PlayStation Store.
sort out the correct TV settings.
card to create slideshows.
collection or from the web.
>Create a profile for online play,
>Tap in the time and date and
Movies
Games
music videos here.
find game saves and play demos.
>Play your Blu-ray films and
>Use this to play your games,
>Connect a camera or memory
>Store your tunes from your CD
Network
Friends
access the PlayStation store.
opponents and messages.
>Log onto the internet and
>Keep track of your friends,
PlayStation Network
Sony’s ace online service rivals Xbox Live. Look at what’s on offer…
PlayStation Store
Video
Music
New content
This is where you buy music, videos and
classic Psone and Mega Drive games for
under a tenner.
You can help yourself to a whole host
of fantastic hi-def movie trailers and
game demos…
Download music and videos and buy
songs from Sony’s back catalogue. Expect
tunes from other record labels soon.
Snaffle bonus vehicles, circuits, maps,
traps, levels and lots of other great
game goodies…
Firmware
Firmware is software embedded in the
PS3’s works. Downloadable firmware
updates will enhance PS3’s features
during its long lifespan.
Online gaming
Internet
Online chat
Online play is a huge part of PS3’s appeal.
Up to 40 of you at a time will be able to
battle it out in a game.
Surf the internet with Firefox, the built-in
browser on the PS3.
Chat with friends using the EyeToy USB
camera and headset!
INCOMING! Co-operative war game Army of Two is out soon...
INCOMING! Watch out for Everybody’s Golf – a great sim and great fun…
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FEATURE
PS3 launch line-up
The PS3 has a smashing bunch of launch games – and there are some absolute
corkers just around the corner. Here’s our pick of the best…
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Resistance: Fall of man
The PS3 has a decent first-person shooter at launch in the form of
the gritty, alien-infested Resistance Fall of Man. It’s set in an alternate
reality 1951 where England is on its knees – but not because of the
Nazis… Ooh no. The culprits are an alien race known as the Chimera.
They’ve been responsible for mayhem throughout the world for a while
now, and England is next on the list. In terms of gameplay, think Medal
of Honor with frightening monsters. Among the great weapons you pack
are machines guns with differing modes of fire and spike-shooting
grenades that paint walls with alien blood. Along with its single-player
campaign, Resistance also offers a healthy dose of fantastic multiplayer
action mixing the sci-fi joys of Halo with the squad-based strategy
of Call of Duty…
Publisher: Sony
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Virtua Fighter 5
With its lightning-fast strings of combos and tactically-swinging
contests, you could make a very strong case for calling Virtua Fighter
the best beat-’em-up series ever. Now we have Virtua Fighter 5 – by
far the best-looking and the best-playing entry in the series so
far. Its environments look photo-realistic and as for the fighters
in their rippling robes, they look great. And if its value for
money you want, VF5 has this in spades. It’ll take you weeks to
master all the moves of one character alone, plus there’s a Quest
Mode that provides months of challenges. Meanwhile, two new
fighters take to the arena – rolling, ducking Eileen from China and
our favourite, the diminutive masked Mexican, El Blaze…
Publisher: Sega
MOTORSTORM
Sony has called MotorStorm a ‘Wild orgy of destruction through virgin
wilderness’. And that really does sum it up very nicely. Extreme, muddy
chaos, MotorStorm sends everything from semi-trucks to motorbikes
to battle it out on the dirt at the same time. ATVs, dune buggies, Moto-X
bikes, semi-trucks and rally cars all vie for the first rutted corner. As
for the rules, there are none. The AI racers are very, very aggressive,
so feel free to barge, bash and grind away. With chasms and ravines
awaiting the weak, MotorStorm’s dirty races require dirty tactics. All
this filthy carnage looks great, too. Motion blur, real-time tyre tracks,
accumulating mud, flying sparks, desert sun glinting on twisted metal
– there’s always something to gawp at. And there’s plenty of mud,
mud, glorious mud…
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Publisher: Vivendi
INCOMING! Indiana Jones – expect whips, car chases and treasure…
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INCOMING! Resident Evil 5 is on its way – better buy some spare trousers…
FEATURE
F.E.A.R
Elder Scrolls:
Oblivion
Tony Hawk’s
Project 8
Ridge Racer 7
Splinter Cell:
Double Agent
Yikes. Brilliantly-made supernatural
shooter with frighteningly intelligent
enemies that ambush you without
warning. This version comes with 16player online multiplayer modes.
The gorgeous RPG set in a fantasy
world of forests and wilderness,
towns and cities and deep, dark
dungeons. Stuffed with side-quests,
it’ll take months off your life.
You’re tilting the Sixaxis for all your
worth in this next-gen session of
grinding and outrageously sick
trickery. Free–roaming environments?
Mini-games and secrets? Yes please.
This high-speed drifter was a hit on
the PSone and it is still going strong.
Race fans should note that it has
40 quite beautiful cars and 22 quite
phenomenal-looking circuits.
Super-spy Sam Fisher faces some
tough calls when he goes deep
undercover to thwart a terrorist gang.
Classic stealth action with great spy vs
mercenary team games online.
Publisher: Vivendi
Publisher: Ubisoft
Publisher: Activision
Publisher: Namco
Publisher: Ubisoft
Call of duty 3
Fight night round
Virtua Tennis 3
Full auto 2:
battlelines
Untold Legends
Thrilling and authentically-frightening,
CoD 3 drops you in the boots of a
shell-shocked grunt like no other WWII
shooter. You can almost smell the
smoke and charred flesh…
This is no brawler – Fight Night is
actually a brilliant boxing sim. Along
side its deep boxing, it now also
sports sweatily real graphics. Oneah! Two-ah…
Ah now. If it’s tense and addictive
multiplayer action you want, how
about a spot of tennis. VT3 is simple to
pick up and play and yet it has all the
shots in its bag.
More macho racing and combat in
muscle cars and SUVs kitted out
with weapons – this time with the
power of the PS3 and online havoc.
Lots of cool new online modes.
An easy-to-play RPG slasher with lots
of kingdom-saving spells and attacks,
great-looking monsters and special
effects, plus co-operative and online
creature bashing too.
Publisher: Activision
Publisher: EA
Publisher: Sega
Publisher: Sega
Publisher: Sony
Sonic the hedgehog FORMULA ONE
Tom Clancy’s
Rainbow Six Vegas
Unreal
Tournament 2007
Heavenly Sword
Lightning-fast platform action in a
virtual town populated by classic Sonic
characters. Bizarre challenges include
finding lost dogs and saving citizens
from rampaging mechs…
It’s the official game with official
cars, tracks and weather effects.
Customisable realism options make
this game a non-scary option for
any fresh-faced rookie driver.
The tactical shooter heads for the
casinos on the trail of terrorists. It’s a
genius idea backed up by great squad
gameplay and lush graphics. Co-op
and online action are on the cards too.
Powered by the Unreal Engine 3,
this online shooter looks awesome
on the PS3. Each side slugs it out
on sci-fi battlefields on foot with
chunky weapons and in huge tanks.
If you liked God of War, you’ll love
this sword ’n’ sorcery actioner. Take
charge of a vengeful heroine redhead
and chop up hoards of enemies with
her deadly blade from the gods…
Publisher: Sega
Publisher: Sony
Publisher: Ubisoft
Publisher: Midway
Publisher: Sony
John Woo presents
Stranglehold
Devil may Cry 4
Warhawk
Assassin’s Creed
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Full of Mexican stand-offs and balletic
shoot-outs, this plays like you’re in a
John Woo movie. It’s you against the
Russian mob with more flying glass
than a cricket match in a greenhouse.
Set in beautifully-atmospheric gothic
environments, the devil hunter goes
next gen with super-gory pistol and
sword play, insane combos and firewreathed bosses. Cool as hell…
Employing the Sixaxis’ tilt abilities, the
gorgeously futuristic Warhawk has you
seamlessly dogfighting in the skies
and battling on the ground. Action for
32 players online.
A free-roaming stealth killer set in
the medieval Holy Land. It’s sure to
be a hit! Your tools of the trade: a
retractable dagger and a crossbow
that doubles as a battle axe…
Publisher: Midway
Publisher: Capcom
Publisher: Incognito
Publisher: Ubisoft
INCOMING! Battlefield Bad Company – prepare to kill enemies and line your pockets…
coming
soon...
O Gran Turismo
HD
O Final Fantasy
XIII
O Metal Gear
Solid 4
INCOMING! Clive Barker’s Jericho – expect real horror...
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FINAL Fantasy
Final
fantasy XII
An RPG delight with style and sweep to spare and weeks of
gameplay, it’s the last Final Fantasy for the PS2. Enjoy!
M
illions of gamers all over the world have become hooked on
this influential series. In the UK, many Psone and PS2 gamers
have grown up with it. It is true that FF’s bonkers brand of
‘party of strange-looking adventurers in peril’ gameplay and
turn-based battling is not everyone’s cup of tea. But, without a doubt, FF
has always been innovative and its spectacular graphics have always
pushed the capabilities of the two consoles to their limits.
Final Fantasy XII is the last FF for the PS2 and the end of yet another
era for a game that began life as a Japanese-only game on the NES back
in 1987. And what a sign-off it is. FF XII does away with the turn-based
battle system that has put some gamers off and it also gives
you the freedom to explore a huge living gameworld. As for
those graphics, developers Square have managed to conjure
up the best visuals the PS2 has seen yet...
INCOMING! Two FFXIII projects are currently being made – Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantasy Versus XIII…
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FINAL Fantasy
final fantasy XII
It’s being hailed as the best FF game ever and we agree!
I t has been almost five years since the last
true Final Fantasy game. The last efforts – the
online-only multiplayer FFXI and FFX-2 – both
messed with the tried-and-tested FF formula
and left us all rather disappointed. Thank goodness
then that the last Final Fantasy XII on the PS2 has a
good stab at being the best of the series yet.
FF XII’s epic story is set in the fantasy kingdom
of Dalmasca. A strange place, where airships are as
common as magic, it’s currently under the thumb of
the evil Archadian Empire (you may boo and hiss at
this point of the story).
The star of the show is young thief and wouldbe pilot Vaan and the heroics begin when he teams
up with Princess Ashe, the sole-surviving heir to
Dalmasca. In fine Final Fantasy style, the two of
them set off together and try to overthrow their
oppressors, picking up a motley
crew of like-minded adventurers
along the way. >>
INCOMING! Fabula Nova Crystallis: Final Fantasy XIII hits the PS3 in July 2008…
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FINAL Fantasy
>>All this is set in a world as alive and real as anything created for the
PS2 yet. Separated by sprawling wilderness are teeming cities that are
yours to explore. Full of people of all shapes and sizes, they have shops,
bazaars and ghettos and are packed with side-quests.
Whether you’re on the main quest or having a bit of fun on the
side, there is plenty of fighting to be done, of course – which brings
us neatly to FF XII’s new and vastly-improved combat system. In place
of turn-based battles are much more satisfying real-time scraps. And
forget separate battle screens. This time round, you dish out the pain at
the exact same spot you encountered your foe. It makes things much
more exciting. And this excitement just increases as you meet tougher
and tougher bosses and add more spells and abilities to your party’s
members. Suddenly, you release it’s five o’clock in the morning…
Mmm? That can’t be the time, surely!
Meet
he
Team
t
Balthier
Fran
<
Ashe
<
Vaan
<
An orphan
with siblings
lost in the
wars. Trained
as a warrior,
she is now a
companion of
Balthier
<
< Penelo
Orphaned
street urchin
who dreams
of becoming a
sky pirate and
avenging his
brother, killed by
the Archadians
Cute 19-yearold princess
fighting to
liberate the
kingdom of
Dalmasca from
the Archadian
Empire
22-year-old
Hume sky pirate
and therefore
something of
mentor to Vaan.
Wants to stay
out of the war,
though
Balthier’s
Bunny-eared
friend. Quite
useful with a
bow and arrow
INCOMING! Final Fantasy XIII’s fantastic new battle system will have far more emphasis on action…
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FINAL Fantasy
The Final Fantasy Family Tree
How a one-off RPG grew into a gaming phenomenon…
T
he original Final Fantasy was the brainchild of Squaresoft’s Hironobu
Sakaguchi. At the time (1987), Sakaguchi was becoming disillusioned
with the industry and was planning to quit as soon as the game was
finished – which is why he called it his Final Fantasy. Little did he know
though that it would spawn not just a series of smash-hit sequels but a
whole load of game and movie spin-offs too. There is not enough space to
list them all, but here are the key releases that make up the Final Fantasy
Family Tree…
Main Series
1987 Final Fantasy NES (Japan)
(Released in UK on Final Fantasy Origins on PSone in 2002)
1988 Final Fantasy II NES (Japan)
(Released in UK on Final Fantasy Origins on PSone in 2002)
1990 Final Fantasy III NES (Japan)
Mana series
1991 Final Fantasy IV SNES
(Released in UK in Final Fantasy Anthology on PSone in 1999)
1991 Final Fantasy Adventure Game Boy
1992 Final Fantasy V SNES (Japan)
(Also released in UK on Final Fantasy Anthology on PSone in 1999)
1993 Secret of Mana SNES
1994 Final Fantasy VI SNES
(Also released in UK in 2002 on PSone with a PS2-only playable demo of FFX)
1995 Seiken Densetsu 3 SNES
1997 Final Fantasy VII PSone
1999 Final Fantasy VIII PSone
1999 Legend of Mana PSone
MOVIES
Chocobo series
Tactics series
1999 Chocobo Racing PSone
1999 Final Fantasy VIII PSone
2000 Final Fantasy IX PSone
2001 Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
2001 Final Fantasy X PS2
2002 Final Fantasy XI PC (MMORPG)
2003 Sword of Mana GBA
2003 Final Fantasy Tactics Advance GBA
2005 Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
2006 Children of Mana DS
2006 Final Fantasy XII PS2 & PS3
2007 Final Fantasy XIII PS3
Final Fantasy Milestones
Final Fantasy
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy Tactics
The 8-bit game that began it all. A fighter, thief, black
mage and white mage all team up, level-up and save
the world…
Lift-off for the series on the PSone. With three CDs of
gameplay and better graphics and sound, it was a huge
critical and commercial success.
This widely-acknowledged classic moved away from
the RPG-style of the main series for turn-based strategic
battling with spells.
Final Fantasy IV
Final Fantasy X
Chocobo Racing
This was the first FF to feature the active-time battle
system and was also the first to be released on the SNES
to a global audience.
The first FF release for the PS2 created a world of
amazing graphics, a compelling time-travelling story and
lots of special effects.
The FF series goes karting. With FF characters and plenty
of weapons, it was always going to be a hit with Final
Fantasy fans.
INCOMING! Final Fantasy Versus XIII has you fighting with both guns and blades. The perspective changes depending on which weapon you are using…
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INSTORE
3 Chips Redcar
Chips
store
ar
Redc
Clare Cairns
Clare’s Top Five
Games ever
1
SingStar
(PS2)
2
Buzz!
(PS2)
3
EyeToy
(PS2)
4
Tetris
(GB)
5
Wetrix
(Dreamcast)
Meet the manager of the Redcar branch, Clare Cairns. Having started
out as a trainee with CHIPS back in 1998 at CHIPS’ original store, she
is proud to have worked her way up to become manager of Redcar.
Clare’s top games of the moment are SingStar and Buzz! She loves
nothing more than getting the family together for a bit of a sing-song!
Quick Q&A
Q.
A.
Q.
A.
Q.
A.
What was your first console?
My first console was the Amiga 500.
And what is your all-time
favourite game?
My two favourite games would have to
be SingStar and Buzz!.
What do you like about these
games so much?
They are both such fun to play. They
are also suitable for people of all ages and
are fantastic for family get togethers.
Q.
A.
What consoles do you play?
I play PlayStation 2 and also the Game
Boy Advance.
Q.
A.
When did you first start out
at CHIPS?
I started out with CHIPS back in
1998 as a trainee at the old Middlesbrough
store, which was on Linthorpe Road at the
time. I then went on to become full-time
and soon after, I became manager of the
Redcar branch. During the time I have
been with CHIPS, I have completed a NVQ
2 in basic retail and and an NVQ 3 in retail
management. I also got married!
Q.
A.
What is the strangest incident
that has happened in the shop?
A lady came in one day asking for
Star Wars: Revenge of the Spliff! We realised
straight away that she actually meant
Revenge of the Sith. I think the lady was a
little bit embarrassed when she realised what
she had said!
how to find us
4 Dundas Street
Redcar
TS10 3AD
Tel: 01642 488522
Opening Hours:
Mon-Sat, 9.30am – 5.30pm
> TO FIND OUT HOW TO BECOME A FRANCHISEE VISIT WWW.CHIPSWORLD.CO.UK OR CALL 0870 013 0028 TO ORDER A FRANCHISEE PACK
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Crackdown
Crackdown
This time, it’s super-cops against the gangs in this
game of comic book destruction from Dave Jones,
the creator of Grand Theft Auto…
A
s any GTA fan will attest, stealing cars and beating up innocent
pedestrians is a whole lot of virtual fun. What if you were one of
the good guys and you could toss cars hundreds of feet, smack
crims into the distance, jump tall buildings and more? That’s the
glorious premise of Crackdown, which takes the open-ended gameplay of
GTA and gives it a havoc-strewn superhero twist.
In Crackdown, three stereotypical gangs have overrun a cluster of
islands and the authorities have come up with the bright idea of creating a
genetically engineered super-cop to clear them out. That’s you, of course.
When you first take to the streets, you’ll find gang members bothering
civilians and shooting each other up. As you leap into action, you find
that you’re a bit weak to begin with. Your attributes – Strength, Agility,
Explosives, Firearms and Driving – only increase as you use them. Start
shooting goons, for example, and your gun accuracy improves. Shoot some
more and you can start targeting body parts. Levelling up is what keeps
you playing the game. Keep at it and eventually you’ll be chucking those
cars, leaping buildings, the lot.
You can take on the game’s seven gang bosses in any order you see fit
but this actually affects the game. Take out the boss that supplies cars first
and mobsters will be reduced to walking or driving rust buckets.
Talking of vehicles, Crackdown has three different cars to go and
create absolute chaos in. The agent car, with its car-flipping ramp
on the front, is the quickest. The truck causes everything it hits to
explode, while the SUV can run over just about anything as well as
being able to do insane tricks.
There’s still plenty of fun to be had once you’ve completed all of
Crackdown’s missions, for not only is it stuffed with secrets, there is
a riotous co-operative mode too.
Phew! After this madness, what can the next instalment of
GTA possibly do to stun us?
INCOMING! GTA 4 will hit the PS3 and Xbox 360 simultaneously in October…
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INCOMING! Details are scarce, but speculation is rife that GTA 4 is set in London…
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CARD GAMES
Play Your Cards Right!
Check out CHIPS’ great selection of trading card games…
Á Nintendogs:
Trading Card Fun Packs
n Publisher: Enterplay
Have you got Matilda, the 14-week-old female shih
tzu? Or Daisy, the 12-week-old female beagle? No?
Better get collecting! Nintendogs Trading Card Fun
Packs each contain four regular cards with facts
and info on the dogs, a special stand-up card, a
sticker card and a tattoo set. Why settle for a few
Nintendogs when you can have a whole pack!
World of Warcraft:
Through the Dark Portal Ë
n Publisher: Upper Deck
Accompanying the release of The Burning Crusade
expansion for the PC game, this new entry in the card
game series lets you battle in the blasted lands beyond
the Dark Portal. The bloodshed in Azeroth intensifies as the
Blood Elves and Draenei join the fray. Grab your weapons
– darkness is upon us! Out April 11.
INCOMING! World of Warcraft has topped 8.5 million subscribers. Wow!
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CARD GAMES
Yu-Gi-Oh!: Aster
Phoenix & Jaden Yuki 2
Duellist Pack Ë
n Publisher: Upper Deck
Now you can create your own deck based on
your favourite Yu-Gi-Oh! GX character. With the
Jaden Yuki 2 and Aster Phoenix Duelist packs, all
the moves never been seen before outside of the
cartoon are at your fingertips. Five cards and a
strategy card in each and every pack.
Á Yu-Gi-Oh!:
Strike of Neos
n Publisher: Upper Deck
With all-new Neo Spacians, Strike of Neos is one of the best
Yu-Gi-Oh! booster sets yet. Reign-Beaux, Overlord of Dark
World is the strongest of its new Dark World monsters… When
discarded to the Graveyard by an opponent’s card effect, it can be
Special Summoned to completely annihilate all the cards on your
opponent’s side of the field!
Á Dr Who:
Battles In Time
n Publisher: GE Fabbri
Are you ready to Time Lord it over your opponent?
If you’re a Doctor Who fan, this collectable card
game based on the last two series could be for
you. The 100-card series has nine cards in every
pack. Can your hard-as-nails Imperial Dalek
Guard Group see off their Damaged Dalek card?
We think so!
Pokémon:
Ë
Ex Power Keepers
n Publisher: Pokémon Inc.
The latest Pokémon cards unleash great forces
that every trainer will want to harness! The
100-card set features the new tough-as-nails
‘Pokémon EX’ as well as a few legendary ‘Shining’
pokémon that bring real power to your deck. The
presence of the Elite Four’s Stadium cards adds a
further layer of strategy to proceedings. You gotta have
’em if you’re a true pokémon master…
INCOMING! Warner Music is to release the scores for Halo, Halo 2, Age of Empires, Fable and Kameo on CD…
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®
INSTORE
8 Chips SKIPTON
Chips
store
Skipton
Trish & Pete Hardy
Pete & Trish’s
Top Five Games
1
Half Life
(PC)
2
Black
(PS2)
3
Resident Evil 4
(GC)
4
Pikmin
(GC)
5
Chuckie Egg
(Spectrum)
Winners of the CHIPS Franchisee of the Year Award, Peter and Trish
Hardy (pictured with their hard-working staff Ben and Kyle) opened the
second CHIPS franchise in 2001. These cool grandparents have seen
their store go from strength to strength proving that you don’t need to
be a youngster to be passionate about gaming, just young at heart!
Quick Q&A
Q.
A.
What was your first console?
It was a ZX Spectrum. It is still in full
working order.
Q.
And what is your all-time
favourite game?
A.
That is a very difficult question. We
would probably have to say Half Life.
Q.
What do you like about it
so much?
A.
It is quite an in-depth game with lots
going on and plenty to think about.
Q.
A.
What consoles do you play?
We play mainly the GameCube, PS2,
XBox 360 and PC.
Q.
Why did you decide to open a
CHIPS store.
A.
Nik (joint MD of CHIPS) was so
passionate about this exciting industry and
we were very impressed with the whole setup. We really did our homework. We visited
three of the company-owned stores and
spoke at length to franchisee Keith Scarr in
Bishop Auckland. We also took professional
advice. Since the store opened, we have
been inundated with customers. Our level of
sales far exceeds expectations and we really
enjoy it.
Q.
What is the strangest request or
incident you have had in the store?
A.
We have people coming into the store
asking the strangest things. For example,
‘What will you give me for this kettle?’ and
‘Do you have Ilkley Moor Baht on CD’. Pete
said ‘No, but I can sing you a couple of
verses if you like.’
how to find us
24 Newmarket Street
Skipton, BD23 2JB
Tel: 01756 700995
Opening Hours:
Mon-Sat, 9.30am-5.30pm
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tips Wii Golf Special
›Wii
Our pro takes you on a round of Wii Golf’s Expert mode. The tricks,
the cheats – all you need to reach the club house under par...
A round with
CHIPS
Hole 1 (Par 4)
Smack your tee shot down the middle
of the fairway. Even if you hook or slice
it slightly, you should be ok. Land your
second shot on the slight slope just in front
of the green and you’ll get close. This green
is as flat as a pancake, so a birdie is yours.
Hole 2 (Par 3)
Just clear the bunker guarding the green
and you have a birdie chance. The green
itself is not hard, but when looking at it
from the front it does break slightly from
left to right. Nice shot!
Hole 3 (Par 5)
Ah-ha! Swing the camera and you’ll see
a small patch of fairway away to the left.
If the wind’s not in your face, this makes
the green reachable in two. Another shot
is to blast through the trees, taking out
the corner of the dogleg. If the wind is not
helping, though, you must be sensible and
set yourself up to reach the green in three.
This green slopes down from the back to
the front and from the left to the right.
Hole 4 (Par 3)
After taking the wind into consideration,
aim just a little right of the flag. The bank
here is receptive enough to set up a birdie
chance. If you land level with the pin
remember that this green slopes massively
down from the back.
Hole 5 (par 5)
For most wind conditions, you want to
make sure your tee shot passes the trees
but stops short of the bunker on the corner
of the dogleg. If the wind is behind you,
smash the ball through the trees and
take out the dogleg altogether. From a
distance, a good shot to get nicely on
the green is to land in front of the
bunker and hop over it. If you
are chipping from close up,
use the contours of the
massive bank behind
the pin to roll close to
the hole.
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Hole 6 (Par 4)
The brave will aim for the far end of the
fairway, taking out the bunker guarding the
green. Span this ambitious shot, though,
and sand, rough or water lie in wait. If your
first shot is good enough, you can slow
your second shot in the small patch of
fairway in front of the green. Otherwise, all
you can do is get over the bunker and deal
some vicious banks at the rear.
Hole 7 (Par 4)
The mad will try to break through to reach
this green in one. This rarely works, though,
even with the wind in your favour. Better
to head for the far end of the fairway.
Should your second shot be blocked by
trees, a clever trick is to skip the ball under
them with the driver and roll the ball onto
the green. If you’re not blocked out, be
aggressive with your chip as the pin stands
on a very receptive bank.
Hole 8 (Par 3)
Unless the wind is in your face, it’s very
hard to get the ball over the cliff and then
stop it near the pin. Just aim to get down in
three and pick up your par.
Hole 9 (Par 5)
When the wind is right behind you, a shot
direct to the flag-bearing island is on.
Otherwise go for the right-hand island.
And make sure you get the ball right in the
corner, just short of the rough. Come up
short and you won’t be able to reach the
final island in two. The putting on the upper
tier of this final green is not difficult. It’s
all straight up towards the green’s summit
– and victory is yours.
TIPS
tips Wii Sports Extra
›Wii
Leave your friends in awe of your expertise and skill with our
insiders guide to Wii Sports’ Tennis, Golf, Boxing and Bowling.
Wii
Sports
secrets!
Golf
Gentlemen’s golf
Press and hold the ‘2’ button when
selecting the mode to disable the power
meter, map and wind gauge!
Boxing
Silver boxing gloves
After you’ve beaten the Grand Champion,
Matt, you can wear silver boxing gloves.
To get them, hold the ‘1’ button when the
screen becomes black before a fight.
IS
TENN
!
TIPS
Tennis
Different strokes
Through they don’t look quite so impressive
as ‘real’ tennis strokes, short, quick
movements are very effective.
Aces high
Toss the ball up and hit the ball when it
reaches the top of its flight and you’ll make
a super-powered serve. You won’t manage
it every time, but your timing will improve
with practice.
Happy returns
Even if you pull off a power-serve, always
expect it back…
Receiving end
Don’t court disaster
It’s quite tricky to manage two players
at once if you’re a beginner, so start by
concentrating on using your player at the
back of the court.
Net gains
When you feel confident enough,
experiment at the net. One way to set up
a chance at the net is to hit several cross
court shots. This pushes your opponent’s
back Mii further and further to one side of
the court opening up the court for you.
Bowling
Different coloured balls
When you start a game and the screen
becomes black, holding a D-Pad button
changes the colour of the ball. Hold:
Up – blue, Down – green, Left – red,
Right – gold.
Surprise, surprise!
Release the ball behind you to give the
crowd a shock…
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If your opponent hits a power serve, try and
hit the ball as early as you can. You’ll be
surprised how many you can return.
Spin doctor
Want to make the ball spin viciously in front
of your opponent? For either backhand or
forehand spin, simply roll your wrists as
you swing…
Early doors
Hit cross-court shots as early as possible
because the ball then goes deeper into the
corner, making life tough for your opponent.
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tips the codebank
Canis Canem Edit
›PS2
Be the top dog in the playground with these snotty-nosed
codes! Plug in two controllers. While playing hold L1,
enter the following on controller 2…
Full Health
R2, R2, R2 All Weapons
Up, Up, Up, Up
Ammunition Reloaded
Up, Up
Toggle Unlimited Ammunition
Up, Down, Up, Down
Extra Money
Triangle, Square, Circle, X
All Gym Grapple Moves
Up, Left, Down, Down, Triangle,
Square, X, X
All Hobo Fighting Moves
Up, Left, Down, Right, Triangle,
Square, X, Circle
Killzone Liberation
›PSP
Aggh! Have it! Ahem. Completing challenges in Liberation
earns you points and points can unlock special abilities.
When you have sufficient points to unlock an ability, go
to the ability section by pressing Square at the Weapon
Selection screen…
Carry 3 Grenades
20 Points
Carry 3 Syringes
60 Points
C4 Placement Twice As Fast
100 Points
Carry 3 Smoke Grenades
140 Points
Trip Disarm Mines Twice As Fast
180 Points
Carry 4 Pressure Mines
220 Points
Doubled Close Combat Damage
260 Points
50% More Health
300 Points
50% More Health For Buddy
340 Points
Hot
tip of the issue!
›PS2 ›PS3
Call of Duty 3
Unlock All Levels & Extras!
Unlimited Ammo
480 Points
Get yourself some balls by pausing the game, choosing
‘CHEATS’ and entering any of the following codes! Plug
in two controllers. While playing, hold L1 and enter the
following on controller 2…
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Increase Cop Heat
DONUT
Increase Gang Heat
GOBALLS
Max Ammo
AMMO
›DS
Your elephants will be trumpeting
with delight at the effect of these
codes. To make them work, during
gameplay, rename a guest…
All Scenarios Completed
Akiyama All
Animals Breed More
Dr Dolittle
Everyone’s Shirt Brown
Mr Brown
Everyone’s Shirt Blue
Mr Blue
Everyone’s Shirt Orange
Mr Orange
Everyone’s Shirt Pink
Mr Pink
Everyone’s Shirt white
Mr White
Share it with us…
Clothing: Tan Suit Tony
SANDY
Clothing: Tan Suit Tony With
Shades
SANDYSH
Clothing: Gray Suit Tony
GRAY
Clothing: Gray Suit Tony With
Shades
GRAYSH
Music Track: The World Is
Yours
TUNEME
Repair Vehicle
TBURGLR
Dump Truck
DUMPER
4x4 Bodog Stampede
BUMMER
Spawn Ariel MK III
OLDFAST
Vehicle: Spawn
Bulldozer
DOZER
Zoo Tycoon
Hold Select and press Right,
Right, Left, Left, Square,
Square
Scarface: The World
is Yours ›PS2 ›XBOX ›PC
Decrease Cop Heat
FLYSTRT
Decrease Gang Heat
NOBALLS
Fill Balls Meter
FPATCH
Refill Health
MEDIK
Clothing: Black Suit Tony
BLACK
Clothing: Black Suit Tony With
Shades
BLACKSH
White Suit Tony
WHITE
Clothing: White Suit Tony With
Shades
WHITESH
Clothing: Hawaiian Shirt Tony
HAWAII
Clothing: Hawaiian Shirt Tony
With Shades
HAWAIIG
Clothing: Blue Suit Tony
BLUE
Clothing: Blue Suit Tony With
Shades
BLUESH
TIPS
Everyone’s Shirt Yellow
Mr Blonde
Loads Of Money
Bill Gates
All Animal Shelters
Adam Levesque
Sick Guests
Zeta Psi
All Animal Houses
Andrew Binder
All Animal Toys
Lou Catanzaro
All Foliage
Charlie Peterson
Endangered Animals
Steve Serafino
Unlock Everything!
Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right,
Left, Right, Up, Up, Down, Down,
Left, Right, Left, Right
Got any great tips or cheats you want to share with other CHIPS
Magazine readers? Just email them to editor@chipsworld.co.uk and
you’ll see your name in print. Who knows, we might even find a prize
for the best!
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[+] Publisher: Rockstar [+] Price: £19.99
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Tomb Raider: Legend
INFO
transferring its second GTA PSP game to the
PS2. A series of short side-stories, Vice City
follows a similar formula to GTA Liberty City
Stories, but it’s a bit longer, has bags more
bad-assed personality and better graphics. It’s
another chance to shoot up the place, driving
like a crazy person while listening to cool tunes.
It’s 1982 in Vice City. The suits are shiny, Olivia
Newton John is getting physical and opportunity
knocks in a metropolis emerging from the
swamps. Criminal thug Vic Vance is getting on in
life in the burgeoning drug trade… ■
[+] Format: PC, PS2, PSP, Xbox, Xbox 360 [+] Price: £19.99
[+] Released: Out now [+] Publisher: Oxygen
➔ What a steal! This decent poker sim
turns out to be a budget title. Tidy graphics, fun
characters, a solid announcer and great poker
action all go towards making WCP 2 a great gift
for poker fanatics. It has seven types of game,
including Texas Hold ’em (really the only game
in town), Five Card Draw, Seven Card Stud and
Pineapple. It supports offline play and also action
online, where you face off with up to seven other
players. In the extensive Career mode, you start
as a low-ranking upstart living in your mother’s
basement. Progress and you’ll encounter real
professional’s such as Howard Lederer… ■
Impossible Mission
[+] Format: PS2 [+] Released: April 13
[+] Publisher: Capcom [+] Price: £14.99
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➔ They don’t make ’em like they used
to! This year’s collection from Capcom contains
20 games from Capcom’s back catalogue. On
the disc are some bona fide classics, some
interesting lesser-known games and some
excellent extras and unlockables. Super Street
Fighter II is the standout game – and it comes
with a three-part tutorial on how to play it. Of the
use synthesized speech – which was quite
a milestone back then. It has been re-written
from the ground up and features brand-new
graphics, 3D objects, new sound effects and
music, but the gameplay remains true to the
gameplay of the original – even right down
to the map changing for every new game.
You take the important role of a secret agent
attempting to stop the nefarious plans of evil
genius Professor Elvin Atombender, who has
tampered with the National Security computer
system. Against the clock, you must penetrate
Atombender’s base and recover parts of the
system password whilst avoiding the unwelcome
attention of deadly robots. The brilliant PSP
version offers an unusual but fantastic feature
which allows you to send a full copy of a single
game to a friend via wireless so they can try it
out for themselves. ■
[+] Format/price: PS2 £14.99, Wii £24.99, PSP & DS £19.99
[+] Released: May 18 [+] Publisher: Play It
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the Round – essentially Final Fight with swords
and an experience system. ■
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[+] Released: Out now [+] Publisher: Eidos
➔ After the lacklustre Angel of Darkness,
Tomb Raider has gone back to its roots. Combat
has been pared back to just a third of the game.
The rest of your time centres on trademark
platforming and puzzle solving. A clever new
movement system has also been introduced
to allow the star of the show, Lara, to jump
onto and grab ledges at an angle. Clunky
grid-based shuffling to ready yourself
for a leap are a thing of the past. This
Tomb Raider also sports a genuine
physics engine – which is just
as well, for lots of the puzzles
are based on movement and
the use of Lara’s nifty new
magnetic grappling hook. The
graphics here are also top notch.
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man behind the original, this
is a return to classic tomb
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[+] Format: PC [+] Released: Out now
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By now you will have heard all about
The Sims. Yes, that’s right – the one
with loads of expansion packs.
Actually The Sims 2: Seasons
is the best of the last few
expansions. It doesn’t make
The Sims 2 more complicated,
instead it adds seasonal weather, gardening
and some new group activities to make it even
more chilled. As well as visual upgrades, such
as snow accumulation and new shadow effects,
you can now test your Sims’ green fingers by
planting and harvesting fruits and vegetables.
That’s a summer past-time activity, of course,
but there are now things to do for Sims all
year round. Depending on the weather, families
and friends can now have great fun building
snowmen, splashing in the pool, playing catch
and going ice skating. You can also make sure
your Sims are dressed appropriately for any
time of year by kitting them out in the season’s
trendiest outfits. Ear muffs, summer dresses
and raincoats all go into their wardrobes. ■
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laden with more awards
than you could shake a
chainsaw at, it’s quite
simply one of the best
action games ever.
Charged with
rescuing the president’s
daughter from a
mysterious Spanish cult, you’re dropped into
the quaking boots of officer Leon S. Kennedy
from Resident Evil 2. Cue a series of horrormovie like chases filled with murderous Texas
Chainsaw Massacre-like extras, a siege round
an abandoned cottage straight out of Evil
Warriors 5 manages, somehow, to double the
number of on-screen enemies seen in Dynasty
Warriors 4. In addition, the battlefield is even
more littered with items, weapons and power
ups (both mental and magical). There are
mounts on offer this time too, in the form of
horses and elephants and you can even train
hungry tigers that will fight by your side and
maul anyone who dares approach. Now, how
cool is that! ■
Harley-Davidson:
Dynasty Warriors 5 Race to the Rally
[+] Format: PC [+] Released: Out now
[+] Publisher: Capcom [+] Price: £19.99
Big Sur, California, you’ll roll your Harley through
scenic locales such as the Colorado River
tourist destination of Laughlin, an Oklahoman
hunk of old Route 66, a heartland ghost town,
a Floridian waterfront highway and more than a
few mountain passages. Surely the ideal gift for
a Harley fan.
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[+] Format: PS2 [+] Released: Out now
[+] Publisher: Activision [+] Price: £19.99
[+] Format/price: PS2 & Xbox £14.99, Xbox 360 £19.99
[+] Released: Out now [+] Publisher: Koei
➔ Dynasty Warriors is the Samurai
fighter that pits you against a sea of humanity.
Hundreds (no, make that thousands) of spearcarrying goons must be hunted down and
dealt with. But if you thought the
battlefield was crowded before,
you ain’t seen nothing yet. Dynasty
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[+] Format/price: PC £9.99, PS2 £19.99
[+] Released: Out now [+] Publisher: Activsion
If you have a Harley, you’re not
just a biker, you’re a member of an exclusive
international club. It’s a bit like owing a
Ferrari, only far more oily. This budget title
from Activision has you racing across America
against other bikers to the annual HarleyDavidson rally in Sturgis, South Dakota. From
It’s the game based on the MTV
show. Loosely. In Pimp My Ride, you cruise the
streets of Pimp City raising cash for restoration
projects. The most basic way to earn money is
to simply ram other cars. Coins fly up from each
car you smash and magically wind up in your
bank account, shown on screen. You earn extra
cash for specific car hits, a bit like
recent Burnout titles. You then proceed
to pimp. For Pimp My Ride on the PSP
and Xbox 360, see P6. ■
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Arnold donates POD
CABLE
Big-hearted franchisees, Mike and Jenny Smith,
of CHIPS Arnold, have brought a smile to the faces
of pupils at Derrymount School.
The father and daughter decided to offer
their Xbox POD up for adoption to make more
space in their Croft Road store for a new POD.
The Nottingham Evening Post’s games
columnist Paul Drury invited readers to
apply for the POD and the winner was
Derrymount School for special needs.
Pictured are Jono Henshaw, 14,
Ryan Severn, 15, and Darren Foulds, 15,
who popped down to the store to receive
the POD.
‘We replace our PODS every so often
when new consoles are launched. They
are ideal for schools and groups and I
know it will be very well used at
Derrymount,’ said Mike.
Would you like to get the
best gaming experience
possible from your console?
Of course, you would!
Having spent loads on a
console and a TV or plasma
screen, you won’t get the
very best performance from
both unless you connect
them properly.
Using the right cable
will deliver the ultimate
in sound and video
performance so you can
enjoy your games to the full.
Here is a run-down of
the different ways you can
connect up to your TV/
monitor and audio system.
This is particularly
important with new HDcapable consoles such as
Xbox 360 and PS3.
Be aware, however, that
the only way to experience
true HD is with Component
Video, VGA or HDMI. What should you choose?
● Standard – Composite Video
& Stereo Audio
● Good – RGB Scart or S-Video
& Stereo Audio
● Better – Component Video
and Stereo Audio
● Best – Component Video &
Optical Audio OR VGA Video &
Stereo/Optical Audio
Not all consoles or screens carry
all these connections so please
ask in store for details. Many
members of the CHIPS team
have received specific training in
the latest range of cable
connections so they should be
able to advise you of how to get
the very best from your system.
See Gear on P42 for more on
Monster Cables.
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CH IPS ROCKS
we hosted
CHIPS store s were reall y rock in’ when
Acti visio n
Guita r Hero demo days acros s the UK.
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If you have some CHIPS news, please send it to editor@chipsworld.co.uk
CH IPS RU LES.
To celeb rate the launch of CHIPS’ new
acces sorie s range,
we offered £50 wort h to the winner
of our comp etiti on.
Luck y Jack Scoffin, 13, of Staff ord, was
the very proud
winner as you can see from this pictu
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into CHIPS Staff ord to bag his prize s.
Well done Jack .
STAF FORD ART IST
BRILLIANT! That is our verdict on John
Lovatt’s fantastic drawing of Sephiroth
from Final Fantasy VII.
The talented 17-year-o ld artist is a
regular at CHIPS Stafford and obviously a
Final Fantasy fan too!
CH OR LTON
ARTIST
Young CHIPS Chor lton fan
Huna n Ahmed couldn’t
resis t trying his hand at
our CHIPS 20th
Anni versa ry logo. The
12-year-o ld, of Old
Traff ord, Man ches ter, is
certa inly an artis t in the
mak ing. Well done !
Chip off the
old bloc k
WII did it!
CHIPS stores across the UK opened at midnight and
early in the morning so lucky Wii fans could get
their hands on the ‘must-have’ console . Gary Evans
and Mr and Mrs Turner, pictured, at CHIPS Stafford,
were some of the first people in the country to bag
the new Wii.
Abigail Mary Clark arrived eight
weeks earlier than expected,
giving CHIPS Glasgow West End
franchise e Ken and wife,
Kimberle y, an unexpected
Christma s present.
She was just 3lb when she was
born at 32 weeks but now weighs
in at 7lb. ‘Abigail arrived totally
unexpectedly, but she is a real live
wire and doing very well,’ said her
delighted dad.
HOT OF THE PRESS! Congratulations to Hartlepool franchisee Ste Morton and partner Tracey on birth of second son Dominic.
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GEAR
Ì Monster cables
for PS3 & Xbox 360
n Price: £24.99 to £69.99
n Release date: Out now
CHIPS is proud to now stock Monster
Cables. If you are the kind of gamer that
would love to take advantage of
HD video and digital audio, Monster has a range
of cables that will give you all you need in one
simple solution.
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Ì Razer Copperhead
Gaming Mouse
n Price: £54.99 n Release date: Out now
Improve your gaming with the world’s first laser gaming
mouse featuring a stylish ergonomic and ambidextrous
design, a precise sensor, an unparalleled resolution of 2000
dpi, fully customisable hardware and onboard intelligence
that retains your personal configurations. Available in
Tempest Blue, Anarchy Red and Chaos Green.
È Xbox 360
WireLEss
Receiver for
Windows
n Price: £14.99
n Release date: Out now
PC gaming just got better! This great
gadget enables you to use all of your
wireless Xbox 360 peripherals on your PC.
It allows up to four wireless acessories on
one PC.
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DS/DS Lite
Universal
Game Max
Bag Ë
n Price: £14.99
n Release date: Out now
Store, organise and protect
your DS or DS Lite and
accessories with this useful
Universal Game Max bag.
Various colours available.
GEAR
Á Zelda Figures
n Price: £69.99 to £89.99
n Release date: May 2007
If you love Ocarina of Time, you will love these Zelda figures. Choose
from Adult Link, Fierce Deity Link or Sheik. Figures are hand cast,
hand painted and stand at 7-8 inches high. They come packed in a
full colour box with a card of authenticity.
ReCharge4 Gaming Ë
n Price: £39.99 n Release date: Out now
If you have a portable gaming device, this small, unique
gadget is a must-have. When your portable gaming
device battery runs out, simply connect the ReCharge4
and your device will charge up without the need for a
mains electricity supply. The reusable smart battery
will recharge anytime, anywhere, up to four times from
one charge.
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Mediaboard
n Price: £49.99 n Release date: Out now
Communicate online more effectively on the PlayStation Network using
this easy-to-use Cordless MediaBoard from Logitech. There is no need
to struggle using your gamepad to write online texts or set up profiles,
this MediaBoard does it all with ease!
È DS Lite Fashion Sleeve
n Price: £7.99 n Release date: Out now
Jazz up your DS and keep it protected with these fabulous
fashion sleeves from Nintendo. Anakin Lightsaber Ë
n Price: £49.99 n Release date: Out now
Get your hands on this official reproduction of Anakin
Skywalker’s lightsaber from Star Wars: Episode III Revenge
of the Sith. It features a glowing, bright blue blade, realistic
lights and motion sensor-controlled sound effects. This is an
officially licensed Star Wars collector’s item.
GIFT VOUCHERS
£5, £10 and £25 vouchers available instore.
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Wii Injuries
chips investigates
Wii injuries+
You’ve got to be careful out there. People are breaking
bones – and homes! But ‘injurwiis’ can be easily avoided...
Crunch!
Crack!
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t used to be quite difficult to harm yourself playing
a videogame. In fact, strained eyes and sore
thumbs were the worst hurts you could expect
from a night in with your console.
But the Remote-flailing Wii has changed all that.
Nintendo’s console had only been on sale for a few
days when the first reports of over-zealous golfers and
batters blackening eyes and spraining ankles started
coming in. Now there are whole websites, such as
www.wiihaveaproblem.com (from where these
great pictures are taken), devoted to documenting
these Wii accidents.
One common mishap is the enthusiastic swipe
performed under a forgotten light fixture... Also very
popular is the ‘The flying Remote Into Someone’s Face’
(usually because of failure to wear wrist straps). The
most distressing Wii misadventure of all, though, sees
the Remote go sailing through the TV screen… Ouch!
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Howl!
Five ways to
avoid an
injurwii…
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Very short movements with the Remote are
just as effective as great big swings…
Clear a space. And move that priceless Ming vase! Your
parents will kill you if that gets smashed...
Wear the wrist strap at all times. You can even order a
new, stronger strap from Nintendo for FREE!
CHIPS sells a great range of grippy Controller gloves
that have stronger wrist straps.
And make sure you keep your temper when you miss that
easy putt on the first green!
Smash!
competitions
competitionswin!
win Wii goodies
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If you still haven’t managed to get your mitts on the Wii
yet, here’s a chance to still be the envy of your
mates. We are offering you the chance to
scoop some of these great Wii goodies,
courtesy of Nintendo. The FIRST prize
winner will scoop a fantastic Wii shoulder
bag, baseball cap, T-shirt, pen, pad and
mousemat, along with a Pacman stylus for the
DS. TWO of you will win a Wii baseball cap, Tshirt, pen, pad, mousemat and Pacman stylus and
there will also be FIVE consolation prizes.
To win answer this
correctly:
what year did
nintendo launch
the wii in the uk?
HOW TO ENTER Send your answer, name, age and address to CHIPS Wii Competition, 63-65 Borough Road, Middlesbrough, TS1 3AA by May 30. Winners will be contacted by
CHIPS and announced in the next issue of CHIPS Magazine. The first correct answer drawn will win Wii shoulder bag, baseball cap, T-shirt, pen, pad and mousemat, along with a
Pacman stylus for the DS. The next two correct answers drawn will win Wii baseball cap, T-shirt, pen, pad, mousemat and Pacman stylus. The next five correct answers drawn will
win consolation prizes.
WIN!
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win this sleek and elegant exclusive
playstation 3-branded usb writing pen
The bottom half is a high-quality ink pen, while the top half contains a 1GB USB 2.0 Pen Drive.
Drag your digital files from any computer or your PlayStation 3 to the Pen Drive and hit the road.
This pen was released to celebrate PlayStation 3 launch and is not available in the shops. A perfect
gift for a PlayStation fan!
To win answer this correctly:
what is the ps3 motion-sensing
controller called?
last issue’s
HOW TO ENTER Send your answer, name, age & address to CHIPS PS3 Pen Competition, 63-65 Borough
Road, Middlesbrough, TS1 3AA by May 30. Winners will be contacted by CHIPS and announced in the next
issues of CHIPS Magazine. The first correct answer drawn will win the pen.
competition WINNERS
CONGRATULATIONS! These lucky winners have scooped goodies from the last CHIPS Magazine competitions.
NFS: Carbon winners: Game and 55DSL T-shirt: Susan Pearson, Chester-le-Street; Scott Johnson, Lancashire; Ron
Maxwell, Middlesbrough. Runners-up - 55DSL T-shirt: Karen Martin, Chester-le-Street; Margaret Lloyd, Tyne and Wear;
William Young, Hartlepool; Andrew Masters, Chester-le-Street; Zach Langham, Reading; Jamie Mcallister, Glasgow;
Anthony Snyder, Quebec, Canada
Guitar Hero II winner: Kelly Ann Hughf, Bishop Auckland
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I was a big fan of PlayStation for several
years until my brother-in-law purchased an
Xbox 360. On this, I played Elder Scrolls IV
Oblivion and Elder Scrolls Perfect Dark Zero
which blew me away. This experience totally
changed me and I sold all my PlayStation
things and bought an Xbox 360. Now, when I
look back I realise that I should have done it
so much earlier.
Thanks Alex for your very long letter
which we have had to cut due to space.
Supermarkets only stock a very small
range of video games and consoles.
All stores run ‘loss leaders’ at times
to encourage people to shop there.
Supermarkets are very quick to pick
items up and then move on to the next
‘must have’. You will find it easy to buy
a vast array of garden furniture in spring
and summer but more difficult in winter.
Supermarkets only offer the major
releases. They also don’t offer customers
the chance to trade in their old games
for new ones.
We are a video games specialist
and can offer the range, knowledge
and customer service that many of our
customers appreciate. Many gamers
take a long-term view that if they
don’t support independent retailers
like ourselves many will disappear
completely – and it has happened
– and their choice and ultimate their
gaming experience will be dramatically
curtailed. If that happened, where would
people go for advice, help and that
elusive cable, older console or game
they want.
next issue… OUT May 21 2007
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on’t worry, the next issue of
CHIPS Magazine will be out
before you know it and this time
it will be a summer spectacular!
There has never been a more
exciting time for the world of gaming. In
fact, could this be the best year ever?
There so many amazing new games
hitting the shelves in your local CHIPS
store over next few months, CHIPS
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Magazine can only just about keep up
with it al!
Of course, we will be bringing you
news of the top PS3 releases. You’ll also
find a whole host of stuff for the Xbox
360. And we can’t forget the handhelds that we all love so much. Prepare
yourselves – the DS Lite and PSP are
adding a whole host of new exciting
games to their list.
We will also keep you up-to-date
with News, offer you the chance to
win with our Competitions and provide
all the gossip in CHIPS Chat. We also
promise to provide another fantastic
and useful Tips section. If you love our
Tips, why not send CHIPS a letter asking
for a game you’d like to see tipped, or
why not send us your own. We always
love to hear from you. See you then...
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Thanks for your letter. It throws up
some interesting points. Firstly, in the
video games industry, nothing ever
stands still. It’s fast, furious and fun.
There is a vast array of consoles,
just as there are many types of car
– but you wouldn’t expect to buy a new
model every month or even every year.
We agree no-one should be playing
games all the time, the key is to find
the right balance between school,
homework and playing.
With regards to old consoles, CHIPS
has a trade-in policy. You can bring
them back to CHIPS and trade it in for
the latest must-have. That way parents
don’t have to pay the full price.
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I want to know why large supermarkets
sell games sometimes cheaper than CHIPS,
which is actually a games specialist?
Alex Hetherington, Chester Le Street
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Dear CHIPS
On behalf of the residents’ panel for Erimus
Housing in Thorntree, Middlesbrough, we
would like to say a big thank you for your
donation to the Zoe’s Place Charity Night. The
event raised over £1,000 for Zoe’s Place.
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Email the editor at editor@chipsworld.co.uk
Dear CHIPS,
Sometimes I get sick
of technology because
everyone wants a part of it!
The PlayStation came
out, then the PS2, then PS2
Slimline then the Xbox, (everyone wanted
one!) then the Xbox 360 and THEN it was
the Nintendo Wii and now the PS3. Just
imagine how parents feel, spending their
hard-earned cash on the latest craze. Once
it comes out, everyone wants one!
And it’s not fair how parents are
pressurised into buying what their kids
want. I’m not saying you shouldn’t buy these
things but kids shouldn’t put pressure on
parents. Children tend to forget about the old
consoles and they sit there gathering dust.
Also, if you are young, time should be
spent concentrating on studying rather than
your games console.
Hinnah, Billingham
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