Features (Page 384)

Zoids Battle Legends, Destruction Derby, GoldenEye (old one), Beyond Good & Evil, Harvest Moon GBA, Rainbow Six III and Magic the Gathering: Online get a going over. More to come later this week.

(This week's new releases.) We're looking forward to a long December so we can play the bloody things.

Battle for the top resumes as Halo 2 drops down three places in its second week.

Over a quarter of a million units sold as Bungie's opus ignites retail.

(This week's new releases.) After a while you don't even see the words. Just FPS, brunette, redhead.

We talk to Jak 3 director Evan Wells about the final game in the Precursor Legacy trilogy, the series' appeal, what it does differently, and why you should be interested.

San Andreas is on top, shockingly, and there's a strong showing for Football Manager 2005 too.

We chat to Kevin Mason and Richard Bates, SingStar's lead designer and programmer respectively, about SingStar Party, our vocal skills, and the team's future plans.

We chat to Gearbox's Stephen Palmer about the forthcoming tactical World War II shooter.

Konami's challenger PES4 losing out overall, but still on top in the PS2 chart.

Create your own World War II game with our handy random game generator! Win a gas mask!

On the day Football Manager 2005 went Gold, we strolled down to Islington to grab an exclusive in-depth interview with Sport Interactive MD Miles Jacobson. Read the full interview here, or download the video via Eurofiles...

PES4 takes a lead on the PS2 as EA and Konami face off once more.

Triumph for long-awaited RPG title as it tops the Xbox ranking in style.

Kevin Hendrickson, game director on the Live-enabled Xbox port of TRON 2.0, talks about the various differences between the PC original and the Climax-developed port due out next month.

We ask the Crash developer about the reaction to Wrath of Cortex, the new near-fully 3D approach, Crash and Cortex working together, Jordan Reichek, their future plans and platform games in general.

Another number one for Activision, while Nintendo and EA also impress.

We talk to Demis Hassabis about Evil Genius - his involvement, project goals, plans for multiplayer add-ons and console ports, and a great deal more besides. Muahaha!

We chat to Olivier Grassiano about Microids' survival horror title Obscure, reviewed elsewhere on the site today.

But Battlefront, Tiger Woods and Warhammer lead the new release charge, while Animal Crossing charts at No.19.

In the first of our reports from the Tokyo Game Show, we take a quick run around and try and scoop up as much as possible with our eyes. Check back later this week for a PSP special, and more.

SNK's Yoshihito Koyama and Shinya Morishita on Europe, Ignition, their launch line-up and more...

We talk to Mithis' creative director Zsolt Nyulászi about the long road to Nexus, influences, mods, demos and the team's aspirations for the project.

EA's second helping of The Sims is the second fastest selling PC title ever in the UK.

With the game due out in Europe this week, we consider whether it's the MMORPG-shaped timesink we've been looking for.