Issue 25 - Chipsworld Corporate

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celebr ating 21 years of gaming
issue 25
winter 07/08
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Since the mid 1980s, CHIPS has been
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gamers and now has more than 30 stores across
the country. CHIPS buys, sells and trades video
games and hardware. Whether you’re after a new
next-gen console or a classic collector’s game,
we’re the first place you should visit.
And if you have games or hardware lying
around that you don’t use, you can sell them to us
for cash, or trade them in for something new.
Our friendly, knowledgeable staff are all
gamers too, so if you are looking for a special
gift or can’t decide how to spend your Christmas
money, they will send you home with a smile on
your face and a CHIPS bag under your arm.
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Assassin’s creed We have waited long enough and now it’s finally here. Step in to Altair’s robes and
head to the Middle East for a truly epic medieval adventure
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chips conference All the news
from the annual CHIPS conference
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CHOOSE YOUR
party games Gather your friends
and family together for some party fun
WEAPON!
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My ds The top games and
accessories for Nintendo DS
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choose your weapon The top first-person shooters: Hellgate London, Unreal
36 tips Need more skulls in Halo 3? Head to
Tips for all you need to know
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CHIPS Kirkham talks to CHIPS Magazine
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26 chips Stafford Meet CHIPS Stafford
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Magazine. We
have some treats for
you this issue. As well
as the usual News,
Budgets, Gear and Chat,
we look at the top firstperson shooters and
bring you the best party
games for the festive
season. And if you
have a DS, you’ll love
the ‘My DS’ feature.
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44 GEAR
A range of great
accessories available from
your local CHIPS store
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42 chips chat The latest gossip and
snaps from CHIPS stores around the country
46 letters & Expert Advice Your
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issue of CHIPS Magazine, as well as our Expert
Advice. Ever wondered what a PEGI rating is? All
your questions answered here.
Franchise Stores
05 News Keep yourself up-to-date with the
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40 budget gaming We sniff out the
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gaming news
the hottest gaming news coming your way…
Page 6 Mass Effect
Page 6 Call of Duty 4:
Modern Warfare
Page 9 The Simpsons Game
Page 7 Resident Evil
Wii Edition
Page 9 Beowulf
Page 7 Golden Compass
Page 10 Mario and Sonic at
the Olympics
Page 10 Need for Speed
Pro Street
this issue’s WIRED includes: Page 6 WWE Smackdown Vs Raw 2008 Page 6 Zak & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros’ Treasure Page 6 Viva Pinata: Party
Animals Page 7 Pokémon Battle Revolution Page 7 Endless Ocean Page 7 Kane & Lynch: Dead Men Page 9 Raving Rabbids 2 Page 9 Lego Star Wars: The
Complete Saga Page 9 Tekken 6 Page 10 Army of Two Page 10 Silent Hill Origins Page 10 Syphon Filter: Logan’s Shadow
mario galaxy
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Mario reaches new heights…
e’ve been waiting for this platformer
since… well, let’s see now, since Mario
64, the game that blew not just
platformers but the whole of gaming
apart. And the good news is that, while Mario Galaxy
doesn’t quite re-invent gaming once again, it does
have the most power-ups and transformations of any
Mario game to date (Mario as a bee, anyone?) and it
uses the Wii Remote to the max. The object, of course,
is to collect stars – only this time you’re travelling
round a chain of weird planetoids and other space
stuff. Varying degrees of gravity has strange effects
on Mario’s ability to jump and it also pulls him towards
certain bodies while he’s travelling from planet to
planet. You move our plumber around with the
Nunchuck – shaking it pulls off a spin attack (useful
for bashing back projectiles and enemies). You jump
and perform acrobatics with the Remote. The action
starts at the Mushroom Kingdom’s Star Festival, which
is interrupted by the news that Bowser, curse him, has
created his own galaxy and imprisoned Princess
Peach there. Now dim the lights and enjoy.
Format: Wii
Release date: Out now
Publisher: Nintendo
GTA IV
>> PS3, Xbox 360
Just a small reminder that GTA IV
is still coming. No, really, it is!
Darker and far more grittier and
cinematic than previous GTAs, we
promise you that the
wait is going to be
well worth it!
INCOMING! Capcom’s cartoony We Love Golf is headed Wii-wards. Great controls include four-player closest to the pin competitions…
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NEWS
W I R E D !
mass effect
WWE Smackdown
vs Raw 2008
>> PS2, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, DS
This way for an epic RPG in space...
The Wii steps into the ring for the
first time for this edition of the
brutal and hilarious brawler. Get
ready to wield the Remote and the
Nunchuck to pummel people
senseless... It doesn’t have the
graphics of the next-gen versions,
but who cares! Out now.
Zak & Wiki:
Quest for Barbaros’
Treasure
>> Wii
B
ioWare (Baldur’s Gate, Neverwinter Nights,
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic) has
always pushed the RPG envelope to its limits,
and now it looks like the developer has done
it once again.
Mass Effect is an epic, story-heavy space opera
that centres on the exploits of starship commander
Shepard. He doesn’t know it when the game kicks off,
but he’s humanity’s only hope to
solve a mystery that
could wipe
civilization from
the galaxy. As
massive
attack!
Shepard you hop from planet to planet, meeting and
chatting to the more friendly locals, searching for the
truth clue by clue. When the reception is hostile, it’s
time for straight-up, third-person, squad-based
combat. In between the fighting and talking, there are
powerful resources and technologies to be discovered,
including effect-heavy biotic powers and sciencebased magic – just the sort of stuff you need when
you find yourself in an unfolding galactic war...
Format: Xbox 360
Publisher: Microsoft
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
TBA
Barbaros’ Treasure is your goal in
this adventure that has you
pointing and clicking at objects to
solve fiendish puzzles blocking
your way. Like Zelda Wind Waker to
look at, it’s fun, it’s clever and it
suits the Wii perfectly. Out soon.
Viva Pinata:
Party Animals
n
ia
The Bolshies are rattling their sabres again… rreubss
ellion!
>> Xbox 360
Based on the TV show and its
characters, Party Animals is an
extravaganza like Mario Party.
Fergy Fudgehog, Paulie Pretztail,
Franklin Fizzlybear and company
go head-to-head in over 50 minigames, including kart racing and
battles. Out now
F ull of fresh ideas as well as big bangs, Call of
Duty 4 is back in the very capable hands of
original developers Infinity Ward. Set in the
present day, the single-player game keeps
you busy taking on a bunch of Russian nationalists
bent on resurrecting the Soviet Union. One moment
you’re fast-roping into the action from a swarm of
Blackhawk helicopters, the next you’re salvaging the
enemy from hulking AC-130 warplanes thousands of
feet above the battlefield...
Multiplayer-wise, you now gain experience points
for every kill, for ‘assists’ (injuring a foe for a squad
mate to finish off) and for stylish moves such as killing
INCOMING! Choose to play one of ten different mercenaries in Far Cry 2…
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foes by shooting through walls. As you rank up, you
gain RPG-like ‘Perks’, such as increased bullet
damage. Our own favourite perk is Martyrdom, where
you pull the pin on a grenade before you die… CoD 4
on the DS has foot-based missions as well as on-rails
sections where you control the gun in helicopters and
Hummers. Stylus-based mini-games include diffusing
and placing charges, while multiplayer highlights
include Deathmatch and Capture the Flag.
Format: PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Publisher: Activision
INCOMING! Separate, non-bundled instruments will shortly be available for Rock Band…
golden compass
NEWS
W I R E D !
Pokémon
Battle Revolution
>> Wii
Beware! The truth is out there…
Gobblers
N
o doubt partly because Philip Pullman’s
source novel is so great, this fantasy actionadventure, the first of the Dark Materials
trilogy, is better than your average movie
tie-in. As in the book, the Golden Compass follows
the trials of Lyra Belacqua, a girl who leaves the
comforts of England to rescue her friend Roger, who’s
been kidnapped and brought to the North Pole by an
evil organisation known as the Gobblers. For Lyra,
it’s the beginning of an epic quest filled with strange
characters and lush environments. Through it all you
are guided by the alitheometer, a mysterious device
that always points to the truth. Lyra performs most of
the platforming in the game, though she does have
the help of her daemon companion Pantalaimon (Pan,
for short). A shape-shifting animal, Pan can transform
himself into a sloth, a hawk, a wildcat and an ermine.
Her bear friend Iorek Byrnison (who has a dark past
that is gradually revealed as the story unravels) does
the combat stuff, ably rending scary monsters with his
claws and maw (yikes!). Pullman fans should pull this
off the shelves at once.
Format: DS, PC, PSP, PS2, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii
Very much in the style of
Colosseum, this is the very first
Pokémon outing for the Wii.
Designed to integrate with
Diamond and Pearl, you can use
the DS as a controller for
multiplayer action, and also battle
it out online… Out December 7.
Endless Ocean
>> Wii
Publisher: Sega
Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition
A diving sim? Only Nintendo could
do it. The beautifully laid-back Endless Ocean has you donning
wetsuit and flippers to explore a
whole sea full of wonderful
creatures. Swimming with
dolphins? David Attenborough
would love it. Out now.
Kane & Lynch:
Dead Men
schlok Wield the Remote as a knife…
or!
>> PC, PS3, Xbox 360
horr
2 005’s Resident Evil 4 for the GameCube was
quite simply one of the best games for years.
But now it has been re-released for the Wii,
is it still any good? Too right! Set six years
after the third instalment, Leon S Kennedy, now a
government agent, is sent to darkest Europe to rescue
the US president’s daughter. As soon as you arrive,
hoards of maniacal villagers and cultists greet you...
No mere zombies, this lot dodge bullets, set traps and
crash through windows to get their taste of blood.
The controls of Resident Evil 4 on the Wii are
much more fun than in previous versions and they’re
pretty precise too. You move Leon with the Nunchuck
and aim and shoot with the Remote. To
use your knife, you swing the Remote…
The graphics are the same as the
GameCube version, but that is not a
worry. With all the extras from the PS2
game combined with the Wii’s superior
controls, it’s the perfect game for
schlock fans who have the normally
family-friendly Wii.
Format: Wii
Publisher: Nintendo
INCOMING! Halo 3 earned $170 million (£84 million) in the first week of its release… Hostage-taking, third-person shoot
outs with the cops and bloodthirsty multiplayer games all go
into the heady mix as two career
criminals join forces
to pull off the biggest
jobs of their lives…
Out now.
INCOMING! 60GB PS3 sales jumped 178% after its price cut...
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the simpsons game
NEWS
W I R E D !
Raving Rabbids 2
>> DS, Wii
C
hdigogitty!
At last – it’s a great Simpsons game! Excellent…
onsidering it’s the funniest sitcom and
cartoon of all time (or was until Family Guy),
it really is quite remarkable that there hasn’t
been a single decent Simpsons game. Until
now, that is, for the prosaically-titled The Simpsons
Game is great fun.
The silly plot has Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and
Maggie discover that they are trapped in a videogame.
To help them to escape, you play every family
member, freely roaming Springfield completing minigames and meeting every one of its weird and
wonderful residents. Each Simpson has their own set
of comedy abilities. Homer, for instance, can stun
enemies with his flatulence and transform himself into
a giant ball of fat that will mow down foes in his path.
The mini-games, which lampoon a host of famous
platformers and shooters, can involve anything from
fighting off pods of killer dolphins to foiling robbery
attempts. All the actors voices are present (and their
jokes lift some of the more simplistic games) and it’s
the best rendition of Springfield and its folk in a game
ever. Woohoo!
Format: DS, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360
Publisher: EA
beowulf
beserker
battles!
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Lego Star Wars:
The Complete Saga
>> Multi
It’s both Lego Star Wars I and II in
one, young Skywalker! Bonuses
include ten all-new bounty hunter
missions, the ability to play any of
the characters in any of the levels
and a new online co-op mode for
the PS3 and 360. Yep, the Force is
strong with this one. Out now.
Grab your axes – you’ve got beasts to slay…
s you wield your heavy blade with the
beserker strength of 30 men, all around you
fell creatures are leaping at the throats of
your men and blood is spraying into the mud
as you struggle for your lives… Welcome to Beowulf,
the stylish-looking game to accompany the heroic
myth-based flick. More than just a hack fest, rather
it’s a ‘hack and lead’ experience because it invites you
to balance your tactics between brutal slashing squad
command play. If you focus mostly on solo combat,
you’ll gradually grow harder – but your troops won’t
rally behind you because they start realising they’re
just creature fodder. Focus on leadership and your
More hilarious mini-game
madness, this time poking fun at a
great host of videogames.
Highlights include a Guitar Hero
spoof, twisted versions of baseball
and football, and a mini-game set
in Ubisoft’s offices where the
object is to do as little work as
possible (nothing new there then!).
men get arms and armour
upgrades and you can
also attempt to bring
some of them back to
life. Your foes range from
maniacal fiends and sea
serpents to the fearsome
monster Grendel and – of
course – ‘Mum’…
Format: PC, Xbox 360, PS3, PSP
Publisher: Ubisoft
Tekken 6
>> PS3
Absolutely fantastic to look at, this
first next-gen Tekken is going to
have fans purring. Get ready for a
new Rage system that gives your
character more
power and an online
versus mode... Kiyah! Out now.
INCOMING! Pro Evolution Soccer is getting a ‘complete overhaul’ for the 2009 edition…
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NEWS
W I R E D !
mario & sonic at the olympics
Army of Two
>> PS3, Xbox 360
mpics
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Bowser on the trampoline? Yes, really… fl
amed!
Combining real-world cover and
flanking tactics with an arcade feel,
Army of Two lets you and a mate
literally go to war together. Easy to
pick up and play, it has a ton of
cool weaponry to collect and
optimise, ensuring plenty of replayvalue. Out now.
Silent Hill
Origins
>> PSP
T eaming up Sega and Nintendo’s mascots
in one game is a great idea in itself – but
dumping them together in an athletics sim
is genius. Officially licensed by the 2008
Beijing Olympics (Sega already has the license for
the ‘straight’ version, you see), its entertaining events
include the 100 metres, judo, table tennis, hammer
and clay pigeon shooting. Participants from both
universes line up for the Games. Mario and Sonic are
here, of course, alongside the likes of Luigi, Yoshi,
Bowser and Doctor Eggman. They are each better
suited to some sports than others so the 16 athletes
are split into four character types (like in Mario
Strikers), to make multiplayer
games work. So for instance Sonic
is the speed class, and so is Yoshi
plus two others. A great party game
on the Wii, Trampoline has you all
using the Remote to bounce up
and down while perfecting a
sequence of button hits and
wrist twists...
Format: Wii, DS
Release date: Out now (Wii) January 28 (DS)
Publisher: Sega
Need for Speed: Pro Street
Will you be able to stop your hands
trembling enough so that you’ll be
able play this creepy, fog-bound
prequel? If you can, you’ll discover
what turned the town into a
trouser-browning nightmare! Turn
up the volume and dim the lights if
you dare... Out now.
Syphon Filter:
Logan’s Shadow
Need for Speed gets racy…
>> PSP
Gabe is back to fight terrorism with
a cover system that allows you to
blind fire around corners and a
melee system that lets you use
enemies as human shields. Also
new: 360-degree underwater
combat plus retrieval and sabotage
multiplayer modes. Out now.
T he Need for Speed series has recently focused
on the world of illegal street racing, allowing
you to pimp your rides with smart paint
jobs and sleek skirts as well as some basic
performance upgrades. Now with Need for Speed: Pro
Street EA is shifting the emphasis onto extra power
(lots of extra power!) combined with extra believability.
Don’t worry, though, the series’ trademark white
knuckle thrills are left intact, right in the middle of
the dashboard. In practice, it all means taking some
of the world’s most beautiful cars from over 40 years
of racing onto some of the world’s most famous
race tracks. Drag mode returns, plus there’s a brand
INCOMING! Fifteen playable Sega icons are lining up for Superstars Tennis…
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new mode called Grip, where the goal is to prepare
and drive your car to stick to the road like glue.
Graphically, the game is a step up for Need for Speed.
The smoke effects are great, while new ‘damage
visualisation’ sees cars lose bumpers and take on
a super-realistic level of damage, with carbon fibre
shattering and fibreglass tearing just like in real life.
We reckon Pro Street’s new depth and focus is just
what the doctor ordered for the series.
Format: PC, PS2, PS3, Xbox 360
Publisher: EA
INCOMING! PlayStation Eye comes bundled with Eye of Judgement and also EyeCreate software...
Copyright 2007 Nintendo. NINTENDO DS, Wii and the Wii logo are trademarks of NINTENDO.
NEWS
also out now!
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All these great games have just hit
the CHIPS shelves
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Armed Assault Gold Edition
Avatar The Burning Earth 5 Barbie Island Princess Bee Movie 3 Bladestorm The Hundred Year War Blazing Angels Secret Mission
Boulderdash Rocks
Catz 2008
Coded Arms Contagion
Company of Heroes Gold Pack
Company of Heroes Opposing Fronts
CSI Hard Evidence
Dewys Adventure Disney Princess Enchanted Journey Disney Princess Magical Jewels
Dogz 2008 Dolphin Friends Dynasty Warrior Gundam 2 EA Playground Fashion Designer Style Challenge Fifa Manager 08 Forever Blue
Gears of War Guitar Hero III Legends of Rock Bundle Guitar Hero III Solus
Guitar Hero III Wireless Guitar
Heroes V Complete
High School Musical Hot Wheels Beat That I Did it Mum (Girl) I Did it Mun (Boy)
Left or Right Ambidextrous Challenge
Mass Effect Limited Edition 12 WINTER 07/08
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Medal of Honor Heros 2 My French Coach: Beginners My French Coach: Intermediate My Pet Dolphin My Spanish Coach: Beginners
Nascar 2008 Chase for the Cup Oblivion: Shivering Isles Orc and Elves Power Rangers Super Legends 4 Pro Evoulution Soccer 2008 Ratchet and Clank: Tools of Destruction Shrek Ogres and Dronkeys Silent Hill Origins SimCity Societies Sims 2 Castaway Smartypants Soldier of Fortune Payback Spyro: The Eternal Night Supreme Commander Forged Alliance Supreme Commander Gold Pack TC Splinter Cell Conviction Telly Addicts The Destiny of Zorro The Orange Box The Sims 2 Teen Style Stuff Timeshift Tony Hawk Proving Ground 1 Warhammer 40k Squad Commander Wild Arms 5 World Series of Poker 2008 BftB WWE Smackdown Vs Raw 2008 HF Pack YGO GX Card Almanac PSP, Wii
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assassin’s creed
Prince of Persia meets Hitman in this murderous
medieval romp around a teeming Middle East...
E
vil Regent Majd Addin lies dead
in Jerusalem’s central square, your slim
mechanical dagger having bitten deep
into his neck. But there’s no time to
admire your handiwork – half the city’s guards are
now after you. So you’re off and running through
crowded alleyways, climbing walls and leaping
across rooftops with amazing nimbleness. After a
tense chase, you eventually loose your pursuers.
It didn’t all go as planned, but your target is dead.
One down, eight to go...
Welcome to the sumptuous-looking Assassin’s
Creed, the long-awaited adventure game set in the
era of the Crusades. It drops you into the hooded
robes of Altair (in Arabic, ‘The Flying One’), a
top member of the Hashshashin assassin
sect. You are tasked with eliminating nine
malevolent figures who are involved
in a conspiracy that is fuelling the
bloody Crusades.
Your targets are spread out
across three wonderfullyrealised medieval cities,
INCOMING! Get your hands on the super, revamped 3D version of the original and classic Prince of Persia, now available on Xbox Live…
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assassin’s creed
Jerusalem,
Acre and
Damascus. These
cities not only look terrific
but they’re also brought to
life with teeming populations that
interact with you. Crowds can be used
as cover to blend in, but they can also react
badly to your actions. Rushing and shoving raises
suspicions; kill an innocent bystander and they will
turn on you and alert the guards.
Assassin’s Creed is made by the developers
of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, so if you
do land yourself in trouble, you have the power to
escape with nifty acrobatics. You can edge along
and scale walls, climb onto roofs and skip across
narrow planks and poles high above the city streets
like a bird. You are indeed ‘The Flying One’.
Insane leaps...
As an assassin, you are armed to the teeth
with the tools of your trade. Altair carries four
main types of weapon: a long sword, a short sword,
throwing knives and a small crossbow. His special
concealed dagger, which retracts mechanically to
avoid notice, is reserved for his targets.
Assassin’s Creed is not just about doing
acrobatics on rooftops and chucking daggers
around, though. There is also a great deal of
emphasis on cunning and careful planning.
Surely two important things that every successful
assassination requires.
As you get to grips with the game, you’ll
discover lots of side-quests, some of which have
an impact on your core missions. One side-quest,
for instance, has you stop some men harassing
a group of women. In return, these women get
their husbands to attack the guards when they’re
chasing you. When you want to take a break from
questing, you can simply explore a vast world,
having fun baiting the guards.
Fun, but also requiring stealth and brains as
well as brawn, Assassin’s Creed is a great choice if
you fancy a truly epic adventure this Christmas.
Format: Xbox 360, PS3, PC
Release date: Out now (PC: Jan 25 2008)
Publisher: Ubisoft
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INCOMING! A new, next-generation Prince of Persia prequel trilogy is in the works. Watch this space…
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The games that makes the DS so special...
One of this lot is made just for you!
“I play Brain Training
because it keeps the
brain active.”
Pat Whitfield, CHIPS
Guisborough
Animal
Crossing:
Wild World
“I loved the SNES
version – this has the
same game play and
more.” Naseer Hussain,
CHIPS Stockton
✚
Animal Crossing seems
ridiculously simplistic at first.
There are no platforms to jump or
any evil goons to deal with. What you do
have is a cute little house to keep up in a village
populated by friendly animals. Gardening, fishing
and fossil hunting are the most stressful activities
you can get up to. Playable online, it is extremely
addictive. And with over 600 different pieces of
furniture alone to collect, Wild World has a seriously
long shelf life. It also runs in real-time, with
changing seasons and a calendar of events, which
means you’ll visit the town daily to see what’s
going on. An alternative life on your DS? All aboard!
Publisher: Nintendo
brain training
(series)
New Super
Mario Bros.
✚
✚
This game is for the whole family – from
kids to OAPs. Lots of fun, it's good for you,
too. The idea of all three games, which began with
Dr Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old Is Your
Brain?, is to exercise your mind by playing puzzles
for 10 minutes each day. The puzzles, which use
both the stylus and the DS’ microphone, range from
simple maths problems and spot the difference to
memory tests and comprehension. Both the first
game and the sequel, More Brain Training, also lay
on multiplayer games and versions of Sudodko.
A sister game, Big Brain Academy takes a more
colourful and gamey approach to keeping you all
(err, what’s the phrase?) mentally fit.
Publisher: Nintendo
INCOMING! A third DS Castlevania is in development…
We didn't think it was possible, but Nintendo
has somehow managed to follow the super
Super Mario Bros. 3! The basics of the game are
the same. You dash and hop through scrolling
levels, picking up power-ups and avoiding nasties.
Among the all-new power-ups, there is one that
turns Mario into a giant and one that shrinks him
into mini-Mario… New moves include a nifty
triple jump and useful wall jump. It all happens in
zippy 2D, but the vibrant graphics are very much
in glorious 3D. Alongside the single-player mode,
there’s also a wireless multiplayer mode where you
can battle a mate playing Luigi across a series of
bonus extra levels. An essential for Mario fans.
Publisher: Nintendo
INCOMING! Official Zelda-etched DS is rumoured to be heading to the UK soon…
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the money!” (Mark Nelson, CHIPS Dudley)
“I play Theme Park and Touch Darts because
I can pick them up and play them when I have a
spare five minutes.” (Chris Muckell, CHIPS Ashford)
“I like the challenge of Zoo Keeper as you can
just pick it up and play it anytime.” (Pat Whitfield,
CHIPS Guisborough)
“I can’t wait to play Mario and Sonic Olympics
and Mario Party.” (Naseer Hussain, CHIPS
Stockton)
“I like Nintendogs. It is easier to look after them
than my real dog!” (Jenny Smith, CHIPS Arnold)
Sight Training
✚
After honing our minds with Brain Training,
Nintendo is now intent on advancing our
ocular powers too. In line for treatment are such
areas such as hand-eye co-ordination, peripheral
vision and ‘dynamic visual acuity’ (we don’t know
what that is either, but we reckon we want more
of it). As with Brain Training, Sight Training takes
the form of a series of daily mini-game workouts.
These workouts include activities such as Box Tap,
where you furiously tap a series of moving red
boxes before they disappear and Fast Match, where
you must decide if two briefly flashing symbols
matched. Sporty-type games include Table Tennis,
where you slide your stylus across the screen to
volley the ball back. Survive 40 volleys to earn a
perfect score…
Publisher: Nintendo
“Boulder Dash Rocks! is an update of one of
my favourite games from the 1980s.” (Nik Agar,
Joint MD, Head Office)
“The Simpsons Game looks fun.” (Susan Lake,
CHIPS Stafford)
“I can’t wait to get my hands on CSI: Hard
Evidence and Smackdown Vs Raw 2008.”
(Chris Filmer, CHIPS Orpington)
“I am always waiting for any further Final
Fantasy games.” (Faisal Ali, CHIPS Chorlton)
42 Card Games hardly leaves my DS. The best
thing about it is playing online.” (Stuart McNeill,
CHIPS Ashford)
Legends of Zelda:
Phantom Hourglass
✚
Sporting the same cel-shaded style as Wind
Waker but displayed from a classic top-down
adventuring perspective, this is a lovely first Zelda
outing on the DS. Easy to pick up, Phantom’s charm
lies in its ingenious controls. You use the touch
screen to make Link move; you swing your sword
by drawing a short line in front of Link or by tapping
a specific enemy. He somersaults forward when
you draw a small circle. Best of all, his boomerang
is thrown in by drawing its flight path. You can
also use the touch screen to make notes of secret
treasures and items on the map simply by writing
them down. Clever and engrossing, the legacy of
Zelda is safe on the DS.
Publisher: Nintendo
INCOMING! SouthPeak’s Dream Pinball DS, which features six balls of varying material and six distinctive tables, is rolling out early next year…
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My
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From exercises for your eyes to party Mario-themed board
game shenanigans, Nintendo keeps rolling ’em out!
“l can’t wait for this
as Mario games are
always great.”
Jenny Smith,CHIPS
Arnold
Pokémon
Diamond & Pearl
✚
After a string of off-shoots, Pokémons
Diamond and Pearl are the games old-school
fans have been waiting for. They are basically
the same game, only they each have exclusive
Pokémon. Importantly, thanks to some of the best
wi-fi support on the DS, you can trade between
each game easily, as well as battle foes and friends
around the world. Wi-fi fighting aside, there is a
single-player quest that will also take up a ton of
your time. You start off as a young trainer and battle
your way up the rankings. Over 100 new creatures
(there’s over 400 Pokémon over all), touchscreen
scrapping, faster travel and a better inventory
system all help make it worth it once again.
Publisher: Nintendo
Mario Party DS
“The DS versions have
improved graphics, new
DS functions and wi-fi
support.” Chris Filmer,
CHIPS Orpington
✚
Making great use of the DS’ capabilities,
this version (the 11th!) of Nintendo’s minigame extravaganza can’t really fail this Christmas.
Certainly anyone can enjoy it, be they a casual
gamer or a hardcore Nintendo fan, and Mario Party
on the DS even has a single-player campaign
alongside the four-player wi-fi game. As with
previous games, it all takes the form of a board
game split into five different environments. Luck
in rolling the dice will provide you with individual
mini-games that can earn you points and stars,
while group mini-challenges give everyone with
the chance to steal the rewards. The mini-games
themselves include carpet races down banisters
and go-kart racing complete with a touchscreen
steering wheel…
Publisher: Nintendo
games for
everyone
✚
One of our favourite of Ubisoft's new Games
for Everyone range is Imagine: Happy
Cooking. There are more than 50 real dishes from
around the world to prepare, cook and serve. The
advantage of playing this on DS is the touchscreen
which allows you to knead, chop and fry with the
stylus. Other games in the Imagine series, aimed
at girls aged 6 to 14 years, include Pet Vet and
Fashion Designer. More serious is Chessmaster:
The Art of Learning. Based on the book by chess
prodigy turned martial artist, Joshua Waitzkin, it’s
great for those who are into or learning chess…
Discover this great range of games at your
local CHIPS store now.
Publisher: Ubisoft
INCOMING! Half-pipe skating and plane-flying feature in the upcoming DS mini-game party, EA Playground…
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Make sure you have everything you
need to enhance your DS experience.
Í DS lite CHIPS Starter
pack £4.99
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All you need to care for your DS in one handy
pack. It includes a slip wallet to protect your
console, three replacement stylus pens, spare
screen protectors and a cleaning cloth.
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There are various carry cases available.
These Pokémon Diamond and Pearl carry
cases holds all your games, an AC adaptor and al
your accessories. Your DS will always be protected.
È DS Lite Sound Grip
£12.99
✚
Enhance the sound on your DS Lite with
this stylishly-designed Sound Grip. It fits
comfortably around the DS Lite and offers great
sound quality. Available in white, pink or black.
Í Marshall MS2 Amp
for Jam Sessions £21.99
✚
Rock out with this tiny Marshall amp, perfect
for making the most of Jam Sessions. The
handy headphone socket means you can play it as
loudly as you like and no one will complain!
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Losing the stylus for your DS Lite means
you can’t play games and that is a disaster!
Make sure you keep some extra stylus on hand so
the gaming never stops.
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INCOMING! Get off the sofa and start singing, dancing and drumming with the brilliant Boogie on DS…
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Customise and protect your DS Lite. You can
download templates from www.madcatz.
com and display whatever you wish, from photos
and drawings to your favourite game characters.
Super Mario 64 DS
Super Mario 64, the genre-defining
Nintendo 64 classic, arrives on the
Nintendo DS with all-new features that
take full advantage of the new portable
system’s dual screens, touch screen
and wireless multiplayer capability!
Brain Training &
More Brain Training
Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training &
More Brain Training are the mental
workout phenomena featuring
engaging activities designed to help
work your brain and increase blood
flow to the prefrontal cortex.
Play as Mario, Yoshi, Luigi and
even Wario. You’ll need to use each
one’s unique abilities to find 150
Power Stars hidden in the castle
and grounds.
New worlds, new characters, new
moves and the addition of actionpacked minigames make this title
bigger and better than ever before!
42 All-Time Classics
It’s game night and everyone’s invited. Play 42 classic board, card and
party games alone, with friends or via
Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection.
With familiar favourites like checkers,
darts and poker, 42 All-Time Classics
is for everyone and part of the Touch
Generations library. Video game
newcomers will appreciate the easyto-use interface.
Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day for
these are fun, rewarding games that
help you flex your mental muscles
with quick activities that help keep
your brain in shape.
There’s no need to lug around cards
or boards when you want to play a
quick game. 42 All-Time Classics is
one-stop gaming that will appeal to
everyone’s tastes, whether they’re in
the mood for bowling, backgammon,
bridge or billiards.
With the simplicity and unique
interaction of the Nintendo DS
everyone can stimulate their brain,
improving the speed and accuracy of
their game play.
Big Brain Academy
Big Brain Academy, the second title
in Nintendo’s brain game series of
games, challenges you with a course
load of mind-bending activities and
an addictive Multiplayer Mode!
Animal Crossing
You and up to three friends move into
a village and just live life, extend a
home, interact with your neighbours
and explore the village.
Test your mental acuity in a five
category quiz: thinking, memorization,
computation, analysis, and
identification. Each exercise takes
less than a minute to complete. After
you take the quiz, you’ll get the weight
of your brain, areas of strength and
weakness -- and, most importantly,
which career is best suited for you.
Don’t worry, it’s all in fun.
Whether through wireless LAN or
over Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection
you can visit a friend’s village from
thousands of miles away.
Pokemon Diamond / Pearl
Pokémon Diamond and Pokémon
Pearl, exclusively on Nintendo
DS, prove that the next generation
of Pokémon games is taking the
hugely popular franchise to amazing
new levels.
You are sent on a quest to explore the
Sinnoh region in this incredibly deep
RPG adventure. Before your quest is
complete, you’ll meet over 100 new
Pokémon and challenge countless
Trainers along the way.
Days and seasons pass in real time,
so whether players want to decorate
their homes, catch bugs or fish,
collect brand-new items like hats and
sunglasses or just chat with the wild
and wacky characters in their villages,
there’s always something to do.
Whether you’re new to the world of
Pokémon, a Pokémon fanatic or maybe
someone who hasn’t played a Pokémon
game in a while, Pokémon Diamond and
Pearl are guaranteed to get you hooked.
Copyright 2007 Nintendo. NINTENDO and NINTENDO DS are trademarks of NINTENDO.
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Christmas Day is sorted! Get the turkey on (or just eat it,
if Mum is cooking), then bring out the entertainment!
Guitar Hero iii:
Legends of Rock
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This long-awaited guitar sim sequel will
leave your neighbours glad it isn’t Christmas
every day! Now playable online – which is an
absolutely hilarious development – new modes
include Co-operative Career, which lets two of you
have a go at stardom together, with one player
on lead and the other on rhythm or bass... Battle
mode has two players jamming head-to-head,
trying to complete a song while earning attacks
against each other. These sock-it-to-’em attacks
include such misfortunes as Broken String, where
one fret button on your opponent’s guitar won’t
work until it’s fixed. With a 50-odd song tracklist,
that includes such luminaries as the Rolling Stones
and the Sex Pistols, can you turn this down?
Format: PC, PS2, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360
Q
The thing which sets this movie quiz apart
from Buzz! Hollywood (which PS2 families
will enjoy at least as much) is its HD clips. Like
Buzz!, the idea is simple. We’re talking fun trivia
questions and puzzles here. Challenges range
from completing famous movie quotes to guessing
movie titles from partial credit rolls and working
out a movie’s name from a child’s drawing (a bit
like Pictionary, that one). The game comes bundled
with four special wireless controllers, each of
these has a large, fastest-finger-first cut-in buzzer
at the top. Yep, this game is all original – and
it’s also a guaranteed winner for a party game.
Aaghhh! What was that director’s name?
Format: Xbox 360
Publisher: Microsoft
INCOMING! Get hold of Wii Fit and start working out with exercises such as step aerobics and heading footballs. Out January 25…
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Buzz! Junior
Monster Rumble
Buzz! The
Hollywood Quiz
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It’s a guitar in your pocket! A remake of the
cult Japanese hit Hiite Utaeru DS Guitar M06, Jam Sessions lets you use your stylus to pick
or your finger to strum the touch screen, using the
D-pad and shoulder buttons as a virtual fretboard.
There are three modes: Performance, Free Play
and Tutorial. Performance presents you with notes
and even lyrics and Free Play lets you just express
yourself. Tutorial teaches you all the mysteries of
how to play this marvellous little instrument-inyour-pocket. There is no ‘multiplayer’ mode as
such, but that’s missing the point. Jam Sessions is
as unlimited as a real guitar, so there is nothing to
stop you and any music-minded friends jamming
together whenever you like.
In this instalment of the hit quiz series,
the focus is on – you guessed it – movies.
And it has more than 5,000 questions on this
topic too (the 360’s Scene It only has 1,800-odd,
but it does have flash HD clips). Hollywood Quiz
includes questions on such things as celebrities’
lives and Hollywood gossip and has a choice of
easy or pretty easy questions, so you don’t have
to be Barry Norman to be able to enjoy it. As with
previous Buzz! games, it’s the game’s structure
that always makes it possible to come from behind
to win against the odds and there is, of course,
plenty of room for private vendettas and tempers.
There are loads of clips, but these crop up rarely
and don’t spoil the pace of the fun.
Format: PS2
Publisher: Sony
Format: DS
Publisher: Ubisoft
Q
The third game in the Buzz! Junior series
has a distinctly ghoulish twist. Monster
Rumble has 25 mini-games scattered about a
spooky mansion... Activities? They range from
battling tentacled creatures escaping from
the sewers to quietening the creepy zombie
neighbours… Depending on the game, success
relies on lightning-fast reactions and a little
fiendish strategy. Points are awarded at the end of
each round – the winner at the end is the player
who has collected the most ghoulish eyeballs. In
the full game (there’s also a mode where you can
jump in anywhere and play your favourite game),
you can create your monster before you start and
change your arms, legs, ears, eyes – and horns!
Format: PS2
Publisher: Sony
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INCOMING! No party game for the PS3? Oh yes there is! With EyeToy performances online and a great tracklist, SingStar Next Gen is out December 10…
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your store…
Chips STAFFORD
how to find us
address:
11 St Mary’s
Gate, ST16 2AS
Telephone:
01785 255553
OPENing hours:
Mon – Sat: 9:30am – 5:30pm
Sun / Bank Holidays:
11:00am – 3:00pm
talk to Franchisee SUSAN LAKE
>What was your
first console?
A Sega Megadrive.
>What is your alltime favourite
game? 4) Chocolatiere (PC). I found this on the CHIPS
downloadable website (www.chipsworld.co.uk) and
loved it. I travel all over the world collecting ingredients
to make and build my chocolate empire.
5) Brain Training (DS). I am always battling to get my
age rating down.
Lego Star Wars.
>What future games are you looking
forward to playing?
>What do you
like about it so
much? Rock Band – I did enjoy Guitar Hero but I think this will
be even more fun.
It’s a fun game, even if you aren’t a Star Wars fan.
>How long have you been working
with CHIPS?
>What consoles do you play on? I have worked with CHIPS for six years.
I play on the PC, Xbox 360, PS2, Wii and the DS.
>What are your top five games ever
and why?
1) Lego Star Wars II (Xbox 360). It is just a fun game.
2) Alex Kid (Megadrive). You always will remember
your first!
3) EyeToy (PS2). They get you moving and the boxing
really gives a good workout.
>Why did you want to work with CHIPS?
I like working in retail and wanted something fun and
exciting. CHIPS combined all three.
> Name one of the best things about
CHIPS? At the CHIPS conferences every year, we get to see all
the latest releases well before they are due out in the
what’s instore?
PICK
OUR BRSAINS
prides itself
Need advice? CHIP
on offering great customer service
and independent, helpful advice
whether you’re a hardened gamer
or looking for a great gift
for birthdays
or Christmas.
games
and so
much more
Cast your eyes
over our huge range
of goodies such as Halo figures,
Zelda statues, Pokemon Danglers
and trading cards, games
guides and more....
shops. This gives us a better understanding of the
games and we can then pass that on to our customers.
>Who else works in your store?
I work with Andrew Lake, the manager, and Chris
McCormick who works in customer service.
>What is the most popular game in your
CHIPS store at the moment?
Halo 3.
>What is the strangest incident or request
you have had in your store?
We have been asked for many odd things including a
wooden laser for a PS2.
we buy,
we sell,
we trade
Old games gathering dust at home?
Don’t delay. Dust them down and
pop them into our store and sell for
cash or trade them with us for a
spanking new one.
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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INCOMING! The upcoming action-adventure Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune for PS3 is a cross between Tomb Raider, Gears of War and Prince of Persia….
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choose your weapon
Hellgate London
Send the demons roaming the capital straight back to Hell!
F
rom the creators of the Diablo series
comes Hellgate: London, set in a postapocalyptic London in the year 2038
where demons and other unpleasant
beasts have overrun the Earth. Playing as futuristic
versions of holy knights, the Templars, or as the
high-tech magicians known as the Cabalists, your
battle to keep the hoard of demons and monsters
at bay takes place through the ruined streets of
London, the Underground and Hell itself. You can
actually play the game from either a third or firstperson perspective. Which ever you pick, you’ll be
swapping around combinations of swords, guns,
magic and hi-tech weaponry in either hand. So you
can melee with two swords, swap one sword for a
gun or blast fireballs to frazzle the unholy blighters,
it’s up to you. If you want more, for a monthly
subscription you can also access extra loot, areas,
monsters, weapons, skills, spells, quests and
storylines... Hells bells!
...
It’s one hell of a fight
“Want some more?”
Format: PC
Publisher: EA
Unreal Tournament 3
It’s not just unreal, it’s insane...
D
eliberately delayed for the latest
graphics cards and consoles, an army
of fans has been drooling in anticipation
during their long wait for this edition of
the online multiplayer shooter. But the wait has
been worth it. UT 3 looks absolutely incredible and
it has a whole barracks stuffed with new features.
New game modes include Warfare, which is a bit
like a cross between Assault and Onslaught modes
but has more complex goals that require players
to work as a team if they are to be victorious.
New vehicles and weapons include hoverboards
and all manner of mean-looking mechs. Best of
all of them has to be the hulking Leviathan tank.
Four of you can man its turrets – and it also has
Shoot his wheels off!
INCOMING! TimeShift, an awesome-looking shooter for the PS3, is bending the fabric of space-time in your local CHIPS store now...
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choose your weapon
What the mech!
Wheels an
d thrills!
a dirty great big energy cannon… On offer this
time round too is a decent single-player mode
that has an AI system that lets you simulate a
convincing multiplayer game when you’re playing
by yourself. With its eye-searing graphics and
lightning-fast gameplay that rewards skill, online
shooter fans will find UT 3 fragging heaven.
Format: PS3, PC, Xbox 360
Release date: Out now / Feb 29 (Xbox 360)
Publisher: Midway
HAZE
It’s the yellow peril!
You’re a drugenhanced soldier in
this story-heavy trip
into danger…
Format: PS3
Publisher: Ubisoft
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Four-player action...
aze has arguably the most interesting
premise of this batch of shooters. The
year is 2048 and governments have
foolishly handed over the job of putting
down rebels to ruthless companies... ruthless
companies like the Mantel Corporation, famed
for its yellow-clad super-soldiers enhanced by a
drug called Nectar. You don the yellow outfit of
newly-enlisted Mantel Sergeant Shane Carpenter
and quickly discover that Nectar can give you
and your teammates distinctly bad trips... When
this happens, the landscape becomes hazy and
corpses are invisible. Rebels take advantage of
this by playing dead and stealing your weapons to
augment their fire-power. Such tactics are popular
in Haze’s online multiplayer games, which
are supplemented by four-man online
and offline co-op outings. Have you
caught yellow fever yet?
INCOMING! Clive Barker’s Jericho, a squad-based horror-FPS devised by the legendary horror maestro Clive Barker, is stalking PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 now…….
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Choose your weapon
CRYSIS
It’s an incredibly lush game world all
right... But it’s infested with aliens!
B
e!
Nice customisble attir
One for the Earth!
y the makers of that other great rumble
in the jungle Far Cry, Crysis follows
Delta Force soldier Jake Dunn as he’s
dispatched to a tropical island in the
South China Sea to investigate a meteorite crash.
Meteorites come from outer space, of course, and
eventually it does indeed become evident that you
are dealing with aliens here – and that this is just
the prelude to a full invasion. And as your battle
to save Earth begins, the aliens flash freeze the
island into a ghostly white frozen landscape…
It’s a great premise but the real ace card here is
the environments, which are simply spectacular
to roam through. You can either go for a gung-ho
or stealthy approach in the single-player game.
You can also customise your weapons and armour
as you go. Online Crysis has all the multiplayer
offerings you could hope for, but really it’s the
astonishing game world that takes centre stage.
Format: PC
Publisher: EA
Soldier of Fortune: Payback
Gore blimey! This way for full-on, convincing and bloody warfare…
T
his is the revamped third entry in
developer Raven Software’s graphic first
person modern war shooter. This series
is famous for its realism (Raven went
so far as to hire a mercenary as a consultant
for the original). It’s also known for the debut
of the GHOUL rendering system, which gave us
enemy character models that could be shot up
convincingly graphic style. In this update, you
take on the role of a mercenary as you blast your
way through hotspots in the Middle East, Africa,
Asia and Eastern Europe. Carrying on the style of
the original games, Payback boasts a gloriously
gory character dismemberment system. If you
shoot an enemy in the arm, that arm will fall off
and he’ll have to defend himself without it. In fact,
the flying limbs and gouts of blood mark Payback
out as the blood and guts title of these shooters.
In-your-face environmental effects also play a big
role in the game’s look. Throw a grenade and the
explosion or smoke will fill the room instantly. Over
30 real-world battlefield weapons underline all the
realism further. For online multiplayer play, there
are the standard Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch
and Capture the Flag modes alongside exciting
and gory Elimination and Demolition fracas. A
gentleman’s shooter.
Format: PC, Xbox 360
Release date: PC: December 7/Xbox 360: TBC
Chaotic or what?
TBA
Damned rebels...
INCOMING! Epic’s shooter Gears of War has been crowned Ultimate Game of the Year 2007 at the prestigious Golden Joystick Awards. Well deserved, we say…
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top flicks
HD clips from
Tense studio-base
d
battle
shadows
Control phantom
Sorting the film buffs from the film
Will your movie knowledge reign supreme?
Visit friendly, and
unfriendly, plane
ts...
Only you can save humankind!
battles!
Incredible sci-fi
The stunning galaxy-spanning RPG...
CONFERENCE
CHIPS Franchisees and staff gathered for the
6th Annual CHIPS Conference. Joint Managing
Directors, front centre, Don McCabe & Nik Agar
back – in black!
The Sixth Annual CHIPS conference was held at Ramside Hall, Durham this year
E
very year the CHIPS conference gets bigger and better and this
was no exception.
Hitting a magnificent six this time around, the conference
brings together CHIPS franchisees and staff from all over
the country plus top people from the games industry with only one
compelling issue on their minds – how are they going to make you grin
like a daft cat whenever you go into a CHIPS store.
You see it’s not just by chance that CHIPS stores are owned,
managed and staffed by people who really know what they’re talking
about when it comes to games; it’s because they do their homework.
It’s a great job if you can get it. Long, hard, gruelling homework
that, in this case, involved zooming round in fast cars, playing games till
their joints locked, swanning about in a posh hotel and eating so much
Christmas dinner that it started coming out of their ears.
But it’s not all fun. In order to make sure they know all about the
new games which will be hitting the shelves soon, each delegate had
to endure hours of secret clips and the chance to play loads of ace new
games from the likes of Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo.
As you can see from the list below of all the publishers and
distributors which supported CHIPS, all the big names were there in
force to put over their ‘What’s Hot For Christmas’ message.
There was also a glittering hall of delights where stunned delegates
were forced to wander around looking at brilliant new gadgets, gizmos
and games ages before anyone else got to see them.
Then, exhausted, the hard-working CHIPS folk had to cheer on
those colleagues who had really pulled out the stops over the last year
at the glittering awards ceremony (see panel right).
After that, they had to endure a full Christmas party, play lots more
games (Scene It and Guitar Hero proving particularly popular by this
stage) and dance, before finally being allowed back into their hotel
rooms for a much-deserved rest.
Remember this was all for YOUR benefit and, believe me, if you pop
into CHIPS, you’ll really reap the rewards. It’s not all fun and games
working at CHIPS you know…
WE’d like to thank! The exhibitors and sponsors... Activision, CP Waites, CentreSoft, Computer Bookshops, EA, Faragher Jones, Focus, The Game Factory, Gem, Hobby Games,
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CONFERENCE
Glittering Awards
Ceremony
ALL SMILES
These are the people that work so hard to make your local store
such a great place to go. Is your local store in here?
Left to right: Chris Corrigan,
Matt Molloy, Andrew Burdis,
Dave Wilson, Liam Platt
SONY PRIDE
Newcomer of
the Year
Showing that Sony is high on
their agenda this year, James
Dixon, James Huskinson,
Luke James and Ray Steele
(left to right) have fun on
Sony stand.
CHIPS Dudley
– Franchisee Gavin
Pearson
Sponsored by Sony
Store of the
Year
CHIPS Bishop Auckland
– Managed by David Hunt Sponsored by
Faragher Jones
Employee of
the Year
James Dixon
– CHIPS Warehouse
Sponsored by Xbox
360
Franchisee of
the Year
FANCY A SPIN?
Not only were there loads and loads of top-secret, never-seenbefore games for the delegates to play, there was also the
Juiced car to take round a racing track (okay, the car park).
Mike & Jenny Smith of
CHIPS Arnold
Sponsored by CP
Waites
Koch/Nindie, Microsoft, Sony, THQ, Ubisoft and all the staff at Ramside Hall who made us so welcome…
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your store…
Chips kirkham
how to find us
address:
50 Poulton
Street, PR4 2AH
Telephone:
01772 673300
OPENing hours:
Mon – Sat: 9:30am – 5:30pm
Sun: 10:00am – 4:00pm
we talk to chris corrigan
>What was your
first console?
My first console was
the Sega Master
System 2.
>What is your
favourite all-time
game?
Project Gotham
Racing 2 on the Xbox.
>What do you like about it so much?
Project Gotham Racing 2 is serious up to a point but it
is not as arcade-like as, for example, the Need For
Speed series.
>What consoles do you play on?
At the moment, I mostly play on my Xbox 360 and my
Nintendo DS.
>What are your top five games ever?
Oh, that is a hard choice! Firstly, I’d have to go with
Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past on the SNES. Then I
would say Goldeneye on the N64, Gran Turismo on the
PSX, Project Gotham Racing 2 on the Xbox and finally
Shenmue on the Sega Dreamcast.
>What games are you most looking
forward to this year?
I am looking forward to Kane & Lynch: Dead Men plus
Call Of Duty 4.
>How long have you worked for CHIPS?
I have worked for CHIPS since June of this year, when
our store was taken over by CHIPS.
>What do you most like about working
for CHIPS?
I love being around people who like games as much as
I do. I also really enjoy the great atmosphere that we
have at the Kirkham store. It is a good job and I can
work it around my university hours. I’m currently
studying for a degree in business studies at the
University of Central Lancashire.
>Who else works at the Kirkham store?
I work with Matt Molloy, Mike Yates and Dave Wilson.
what’s instore?
pick our
brains
Need advice? CHIPS prides itself on
offering great customer service and
independent and helpful advice
whether you’re a hardened gamer
or a mum looking for a great gift
for birthdays or Christmas.
games
and so
much more
Cast your eyes
over our huge range
of goodies, such as Halo figures,
Zelda statues, Pokemon Danglers,
trading cards, games
guides and more....
>What is the most popular game in-store at
the moment?
At the moment, Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 is a good
seller for us.
>What is the strangest request you’ve had?
We do have people coming in asking whether CHIPS
sell pirated games or whether they can get their
consoles chipped. However, CHIPS only ever sells
genuine games and we certinaly don’t deal with
chipped consoles.
we buy,
we sell,
we trade
Old games gathering dust at home?
Don’t delay. Dust them down and
pop them into our store and sell for
cash or trade them with us for
a spanking new one.
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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Finalist in MCV Independent Retailer Award 2007
Finalist in MCV Specialist Retailer Award 2007
Finalist in MCV Star Store Award 2007 – CHIPS Orpington
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TIPS
›Xbox 360
Fancy making Grunt heads explode to the cries of children
cheering? Then you need some skulls…
Hey Chief!
Hidden throughout the singleplayer/co-op game of Bungie’s
brilliant alien shooter are 14
different skulls (eastereggs)
which, if collected, add all
sorts of twists to make your
campaign even more challenging.
So if you fancy taking on hoards
of enemies who like nothing
better than chucking LOTS of
grenades at you, read on.
Note: You must start from the
beginning of a level, in Normal,
Heroic or Legendary difficulty to
get any skull.
GOLD SKULLS
>Iron Skull
Effect: Restart level from beginning if you die.
Level: Sierra 117.
Location: At the very end of the level, in a
corner on the roof of the building where Sergent
Johnson is being held prisoner.
>Black Eye Skull
Effect: Melee enemies to get back shields.
Level: Crow’s nest.
Location: In the room at the beginning of the
second level, on top of the piping near the big
display.
>Tough Luck Skull
Effect: Enemies dodge grenades and projectiles
earlier.
Level: Tsavo Highway.
Location: When the big covenant cruiser flies
overhead, there is some piping by the road,
beneath which are support beams reaching out
over a cliff. Along the first of these beams, to
your left, the skull is on a rock ledge.
>Catch Skull
Effect: Enemies chuck loads of grenades.
Level: The Storm.
Location: In the area where the Wraiths appear.
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Before you destroy the Wraiths, find the Skull
on the roof of the round building next to the antiair tank. You can jump on to it from the back of
a Warthog.
>Fog Skull
Effect: Lose your motion sensor.
Level: FloodGate.
Location: On the roof of the building next to the
missile launcher is a single Flood holding the
skull. Kill him just before he jumps and it’ll drop
it to the ground.
>Famine Skull
Effect: Only half enemy ammo available.
Level The Ark.
Location: When the road branches off into two
areas, take the right-hand path. Climb the rocks
to the right of the structure and jump onto it. At
the far end, you can zoom in and see the skull in
an alcove. Grenade jump up to it and eventually
you’ll grab it.
>Thunderstorm Skull
Effect: Enemies ranked up to their next level,
making them stronger.
Level: The Covenant.
Location: Land your Hornet near the second
force field generator – the one the Arbiter
disabled. The skull is on the top of it, at the end
of a ramp jutting over the sea.
>Tilt Skull
Effect: Increases enemy armour.
Level: Cortana.
Location: In the circular room where Cortana
mentions that she ‘Likes to play games too’,
on the left side where you will see a set of
mushroom-shaped outgrowths along the wall.
Get on these, jump right onto another set and
then jump on to top of the ceiling of the room,
where you’ll find the skull.
>Mythic Skull
Effect: All enemies have double shields/health.
Level: Halo.
Location: At the beginning, head into the
canyon hugging the right wall until you turn right
down a path, down which you’ll find the allimportant skull.
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SILVER SKULLS
>Blind Skull
Effect: Lose your HUD and shooting arm.
LEVEL: Sierra 117.
Location: After the gold armoured Brute, two
enemy dropships will appear downstream. Head
for the furthest dropship, keeping to the right
side of the stream. Continue right towards the
cliff edge. The skull is on the rock extending
over the lake.
>
Grunt Birthday Party
Skull
Effect: Shoot a Grunt in the head and they
explode into confetti to the sound of children
cheering.
Location: Just before you jump down the pipe
to team up with the Arbiter, stop at the edge.
Look down and you’ll see a small ledge with a
green arrow. Jump onto this ledge, find a secret
room – and the skull.
>Cowbell Skull
Effect: Explosions are bigger.
Level: The Ark.
Location: Deep into the level, in the middle
TIPS
of the desert area where you must defeat the
Scarab, is a big structure. Take a Gravity Lift,
head up the ramp. Next, head up the huge ramp
inside and find a room full of Explosives. After
this room is a stairway to the level below. The
Skull is at the top of the room, on the uppermost
platform. Use the Gravity Lift to get to it.
>Unknown Skull
Effect: No HUD (it is, in effect, a second Blind
Skull).
Level: Cortana.
Location: In the room with the three generators
that you must destroy. You will find the skull on
the ceiling, just above the door that you enter
through.
>I Would Have Been
Your Daddy Skull
Effect: Various, including Marines shouting ‘For
Spartaaaa!’ as a battlecry; Brutes saying ‘We
don’t take Mastercard;’ Grunts exclaiming, ‘I’m
alive? This game rules!’
Level: The Covenant.
Location: After defeating the Scarabs, go to the
seven Ring Holograms. You must jump through
these rings in this following order (1 is at the
entrance, 7 is at the end): 4 6 5 4 5 3 4. After,
the IWHBYD Skull is next to the bridge to the
Prophet of Truth.
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TIPS
fifa 08
tips the codebank
ratatouille
›Multi
You’ll soon be hitting the back of the net and shooting up
the table with these tips to get you started...
Penalty Save
Penalty taker’s heads always
look in the direction they’re
going to place it...
Outstep Shots/Freekicks
Hold left trigger or left shoulder,
depending on your button
configuration.
Run!
Run fast with the ball and you
can hit a harder shot that won’t
rise as much.
Through Balls
To send an attacker to chase a
through ball, hold left bumper.
Long-range Shooting
For long-range shooting, slow
right down, facing the goal.
Shoulder Barge
When you cross the ball, hold
down right shoulder button and
your attacker will get in front of
the defence.
Feinting
Feint one way then sprint the
other to zip past defenders.
Blast!
Instead of heading, try taking a
cross down and then
blasting it.
Hot
tip of the issue!
›DS
jam sessions
Bonus Tunes!
Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right,
Left, Right, unlocks...
Winning Headers
Always get in front of your
opponent before going up
for a header.
Move Undetected By Enemies
Spyagent
Fart When Jumping
Ilikeonions
All Recipes
Anyonecancook
All Championship Modes
Gusteauship
9,999 Cheese
Saycheese
+5,000 Gusteau points
Gusteaupot
Gusteaujack
Gusteauomni
All items
Gusteaucombo
All Videos
Gusteauvid
All Slides
Gusteauslide
All Dream Worlds
Gusteaudream
All Bonus Artworks
Gusteaures
Medal of
honor airborne
I’m Gonna Miss Her by Brad Paisley
Needles and Pins by Tom Petty
Wild Thing by Jimi Hendrix.
Free Clicks
Apply the curl while you are
powering up, not when
the ball is in flight.
The Hun didn’t play by the rules, so to hell with
the Geneva Convention!
›Wii ›DS
Go to the password entry screen and you can pick up
some rather funky clothes and furniture...
Bunk Bed
F3nevr0
Kimono Dress
I3hkdvs
Camouflage Pants
N10ng5g
Modern Couch
T7srhca
Diamond Vest
Tglg0ca
Racecar Bed
Ahvmrva
Genie Outfit
Gvsb3k1
Rickshaw Bed
Itha7da
Hourglass Couch
Ghtymba
White Jacket
R705aan
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Full Health
Itscake
Bouncy Cheese
Boingspawn
Can All Blue Cheese
Skycan
Easy Enemies
Pieceocake
Enemies Cause No Damage
Myhero
Hard Enemies
Deepfryer
Head Butt Attack
Hardfeelings
Crosses Along The Ground
Triple tap cross, powering up
third tap.
Rainbow Flicks
The manual is unclear, but you
do need to press forward TWICE.
my sims
Caper in the kitchen like only a cartoon rat can. Select
Options, then Extras and then Cheats.
Stamina
Upgrade your fitness coach and
your players won’t tire so easily.
Defensive Headers
Hold the shoot button and point
the player where you want the
ball to go.
›PSP ›PS2 ›PS3
›PC
›Xbox 360
Add the command-line
“-enableconsole” to the end
of the shortcut for the game.
While playing, press [~] (tilde)
to open up the console, then
type in any of the following...
To open the Cheat Menu,
during gameplay, press
RB+LB, then X, B, Y, A, A...
Upgrade Weapon One Level
Upgradeweapon
Full Health
Y, X, X, Y, A, B
Full Ammo
B,B,Y, X, A, Y
All weapons
Allweapons
Share it with us…
Got any great tips or cheats you want to share with other CHIPS
Magazine readers? Just email them to [email protected] and
you’ll see your name in print. Who knows, we might even find a prize
for the best!
The official game guide tells you
all you need to know...
Mass Effect Official Game Guide
Features:
> Full mission and optional assignment
walkthroughs
> Massive galactic codex section for all the
background you could want
> All Achievements and how you can get them
> Mass Effect warfare secrets are revealed
Other strategy guides available / coming soon include...
Assassin’s Creed
The Elder Scrolls IV
Oblivion
Call of Duty 4
Modern Warfare
The Girl’s Guide to
Gaming
Halo 3
Pro Evolution Soccer
2008
World of Warcraft
Dungeon Companion
Volume II
Ultimate Nintendo DS
Volume 3
BUDGET
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Tomb raider
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[+] Format: DS [+] Released: Out now
[+] Publisher: Ubisoft
Step into the shoes of Lisa who is
struggling to cook a wonderful dinner before her
father comes home. Luckily an angel appears
to offer some divine intervention and saves the
day. You will be guided through all the steps
to prepare delicious meals from all over the
world, from Asian and Japanese to European
and American. This great light-hearted game is
perfect for the DS. You’ll put your stylus to good
use as you knead, chop and fry your way to the
perfect meal. If you want a break from cooking,
a unique kitchen customisation feature enables
you to freely decorate the kitchen any way you
want. And there are a series of fantastic minigames too. ■
Dead or alive 4
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£1
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[+] Format: Xbox 360 [+] Released: Out now
[+] Publisher: Microsoft
➔ If you’re not a Dead or Alive expert,
never mind, this fourth instalment of the
combo-heavy beat-’em-up has an easier control
system that gives experienced players less of an
advantage. The balance of the combat has also
been re-jigged so that counters are more difficult
and there are fewer stupidly powerful super-
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[+] Publisher: Microsoft
➔Fun, addictive and great looking, Xbox
INFO
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Project Gotham
racing 3
INFO
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moves. The graphics benefit massively from the
360’s power, particularly the highly-interactive
backdrops. During fights in the market, for
instance, every apple on every stall can be sent
flying… New unlockable characters include
Spartan-458, a female version of Master Chief
from Halo. This is also the first Dead or Alive that
can be fought over Xbox Live. This is fast, furious
and accessible gaming. ■
[+] Publisher: Eidos
➔ The first decent new
Tomb Raider game for ages
(probably since the second
game), Lara is back for a
rousing adventure that
recaptures the essence
of the original. Combat
has been hacked
back to just a third
of the game to
leave room for
the classic Lara
platform-jumping
and puzzle
solving we all
love. The game
has also been
given spanking
new graphics
and smoother
controls. No more
awkward shuffling,
folks – this Lara is as
nimble as a mountain
goat. Armed with
a new grappling
hook, there is
even a new Lara,
now voiced by
Keeley Hawes
from Spooks. ■
360 race fans should feel lucky to have such
a solid, user-friendly racer all to themselves.
Gotham 3 reintroduces us to the Kudos system,
which encourages stylish and daring driving in
front of the crowds to earn points to spend on
rewards. A refreshingly player-driven experience,
you can race what you want, where you want.
The choice of cars is also huge – and you can
test drive them all. Also, the ability to change the
difficulty setting before each race means you
don’t have to spend an entire ‘Career’ on one
setting. It is also strong online. You can upload
and watch record beating scores (perhaps your
own?) and all the latest races. ■
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£2
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[+] Publisher: Activision
Not the sequel to the Xbox 360 and
PC’s Call of Duty 2, this is rather the follow up
to Big Red One on PS2, Xbox and GameCube.
There are loads of new features to enjoy though,
as you battle your way through the infamously
bitter Normandy Breakout. All the levels are
much bigger than before (in fact, they’re huge!)
BUDGET
and there are lots more vehicles to control,
particularly in the multiplayer mode. Also new
is a Resident Evil 4-like hand-to-hand combat
system where you have to punch in button
sequences to give Fritz the hiding he deserves.
When you can, just sit back and marvel at the
smoke and explosion effects. ■
The Legend of
Spyro: A New
Beginning
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INFO
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[+] Format: PS2 [+] Released: Out now
[+] Publisher: Sierra
➔ Aussie developer Krome Studios were
brought in to revitalise the cute dragon-based
platformer – and they’ve rebuilt the game from
the ground up. Brilliantly colourful, it’s now very
much like World of Warcraft to look at, while
Elijah Wood, Gary Oldman and David Spade are
the unlikely trio that head a top-notch voice
cast, with Wood playing our scaly protagonist.
The cut scene-heavy story revisits Spyro’s birth
and origin and provides the excuse to beat up
a hoard of monkeys and giant spiders though
beautiful levels of ice and lava. ■
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more xbox 360 classics!
➔
Topping the bestof the-rest of the new
Xbox 360 Classics is
the marvelously chaotic
Crackdown. It is GTA
meets Robocop meets
platformer in a futuristic
city under the grip of
criminal gangs. As you
set about cleaning up
the city, you upgrade a
range of skills by using
them. Punch thugs in the
face, for instance, and
your Strength gradually
increases until eventually
you can chuck dirty big
cars at them...
Mixing action with exploration and basic
puzzle-solving, in the refreshing Kameo, your
task is to defeat a series of ten elemental
spirits and a hoard of trolls by constantly
changing your form between hilarious (but
effective) creature combinations.
You can now not only shoot up the bad
guys but also grab the guns out of their
hands and perform melee combos in this
near-perfectly nostalgic prequel to the classic
N64 shooter. Delights include four-player
face but dramatically fly back like a booted jack
russell and plummet over a ledge. This is a nononsense dose of excitement and a deliberate
move away from the stealthy covert ops
shooters that have become so popular recently.
Just have fun! ■
Ghost Recon
Advanced
Warfighter:
BAFTA Game of the Year Edition
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splitscreen and co-operative action and fully
scalable environments on Xbox Live.
The beautiful Ninety-Nine Nights has
you swishing your sword through swathes
– no, make that hundreds and hundreds
– of on-screen warriors. Power up a special
attack and you are treated to a hail of flying
bodies and crackling magic. Xbox Live Arcade
Unplugged, a lovely little compilation of
games previously only available over Xbox
Live, includes Geometry Wars, Texas Hold’em,
Outpost Kaloki, Wik: Fable of Souls, Bejeweled
2: Deluxe and Hardwood Backgammon.
far. The graphics, particularly on the Xbox 360,
are amazing, bringing to life a terrorist-infested
Mexico City with incredible detail. The squad
controls are really simple to get to grips with. In
no time, you’ll be fighting, moving soldiers and
vehicles about and calling in helicopter gunship
strikes at the same time, just like a true battlehardened commander. At the heart of the game
is Cross-Com, a hi-tech communications device
integrated into your monocle that allows you
to view images of enemy positions and target
locations gathered by recon drones. It’s just the
sort of kit the US military is developing now! ■
INFO
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[+] Format: PS2 [+] Released: Out now
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is all about insane body counts, stupidly
destructible environments and fantastic
weapons taken from Hollywood action classics
such as The Matrix, Terminator 2 and Predator.
Forget the story – ‘urban warfare’ sums that up.
You should concentrate instead on the goons
that don’t just drop when you shoot them in the
INFO
➔ An awesome first-person shooter, this
[+] Format: Xbox 360
[+] Released: Out now [+] Publisher: Ubisoft
➔ Although its gameplay is much like
the previous Ghost Recon outing, Advanced
Warfighter was easily the best of the series so
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i-cheat DSË
n Price: 14.99
n Release date: December
Excel at your DS games with i-Cheat.
With 1,000s of cheats, it lets you see
and do everything. Simply plug the
i-Cheat into your DS game slot, insert
your game into the i-Cheat, switch on
and watch as the i-Cheat displays all
the game-enhancing cheats available.
It can be updated constantly with the
latest titles via DS wi-fi for free.
Wii
Sports
Grip KitË
n Price: £12.99
n Release date: Out now
Why swing a Wii Remote
around when you could swing a
baseball bat, mini golf club or
tennis racquet? This triple pack of
fun add-ons will give the very best
sporting experience on your Wii.
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CHIPS is proud to announce that the SteelSeries range
of enhanced gaming gear is now available in store.
Created for and by leading professional gamers this
popular range includes headsets and mousepads.
ÁWOW Onyxia
Grimoire Dragon
skin-effect Binder
n Price: £8.99 n Release date: Out now
Want your opponents to take you really
seriously when you next sit down for a card
battle? Then you need this amazing Onyxia
Grimoire Binder, designed for your complete
set of WoW cards (30 double-filled 9-pocket
pages). Featuring convincing Onyxia dragoneffct skin, you will almost feel her claws
reaching for you!
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n Price: £6.99
Keep your Doctor Who Battles in
Time cards safe and secure with
this plastic police box card holder.
Strong in construction, this 26cmhigh tardis replica holds 500
cards, so you can materialise with
them safely at a mate’s house,
give them a beating, and
dematerialise back safely to
your home planet...
ÈBATTLES IN TIME TIN
n Price: £6.99 n Release date: Out now
Keep your card gaming kit away from prying Cyberman eyes in
this exclusive Tardis Tin. The pack really is bigger on the inside
than the outside because it contains not just a Tardis Tin but
also three Exterminator packs and one Annihilator pack!
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n Price: £19.99
Eight-meter, tangle-free range;
built-in rechargeable battery;
USB Charge ‘n’ Play cable;
turbo and programmable
macro modes.
Á Marshall
jam sessions
MS2 amp
n Price: £21.99
Rock in style with this Marshall
micro amp. It packs a full one watt
of Marshall tone in to a tiny case
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tone control provides full focus of
bass to treble and the headphone
output allows you to rock out in
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the crowd like Hendrix!
ÈStrategy guides
n Price: From £8.99 n Release date: Out now
Strategy guides make great Christmas gifts. CHIPS stocks a great
range of guides for all the latest top games, including the brilliant
Pro Evolution Soccer 2008, Halo 3 and Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.
ÁCHIPS PS3
PowerShock
Pad
n Price: £9.99
From the exclusive CHIPS range of
peripherals, this is a quality, valuefor-money USB Controller for the
Playstation 3. It has a comfortable
ergonomic design and
boasts both and
Manual and Auto
Turbo modes for
total control.
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Dear CHIPS
Is it true that GTA IV won’t be available on the
PS3 until next year? It feels like I have been
waiting forever for it to arrive and I can’t believe
I might have to wait even longer!
William Lloyd, Edinburgh
We are keen to get our hands on it too.
We can confirm it will be available in
2008 although the date is still to be
confirmed. We are told it will come out at
the same time as the Xbox 360 version.
The next issue of CHIPS will be
coming out in the spring and will be
packed full of all the usual news,
reviews and features to keep you upto-date with everything gaming.
We hope (pray?) that we’ll be able
to offer you an in-depth look at Grand
Theft Auto IV and we’ll be bringing you
tips and cheats for all of the bestselling games for Christmas.
Next year should be a great
one for gamers everywhere as the
next-generation consoles ‘mature’
and we start to see the games that
the X360, Wii and the PS3 deserve. It
always takes time for game designers
to really take advantage of new
technology. We can’t wait to see what
happens. In the meantime, happy
gaming and keep it CHIPS.
expert advice
tips Your guide to Age ratings
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Keep your children safe from buying or playing
games which may be ‘unsuitable’ for them.
innuendo, descriptions and images (but nothing too
extreme) as well as some mild, bad language.
Pegi
Content suitable for 16 and above. May contain
realistic and sustained violence. May show nongraphic sexual activity as well as erotic or sexual nudity.
May contain extreme bad language and drug scenes
including tobacco and alcohol. May glamorise criminal
activities.
Content suitable for all ages. Some non-realistic
violence in a comical context may be permitted.
Some content may be frightening for very young
children. Non-realistic violence towards fantasy
characters and nudity in a non-sexual content may be
permitted. Parents should check the game before
allowing youngsters to play.
Suitable for 12 years and above. Realistic violence
towards fantasy characters and non-realistic
violence may be permitted. There may be some sexual
bbfc
Suitable for 15 and over.
Suitable for adults only – 18 and above.
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Your friends have undoubtedly heard
about the balance board that comes
with Wii Fit. But a surf board is a great
idea! Maybe you should patent that
brilliant idea.
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Do you know where to look for it? Do you know
what it means? Do you know the difference
between PEGI and BBFC ratings?
PEGI ratings act as a guidance to parents. They
appear on a bottom corner of the front of a games case,
but could also appear on the back and the disc itself. If a
game has any content that parents should be concerned
about, they will have a BBFC rating rather than a PEGI.
BBFC ratings must appear on front, spine and back of
the case and are also be printed on the disc as a legal
requirement. It is a criminal offence for a retailer to sell
games to anyone under the age indicated.
These ratings DO NOT refer to the difficulty levels so
even if you have a very competent 10 year old, it doesn’t
mean they can cope with the content of a game, even
though they may technically be able to play it.
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Dear CHIPS
I recently bought a Wii from
CHIPS and I love it. As well
as being a keen gamer, I am
also a surfer. My friends tell
me that the Wii is soon to get a
surfing game with surf board. This sounds too
good to be true! Can you confirm?
Marcus Tindal, Portslade
There are rumours that DVD playback is
going to be available in Japan but there
are no plans in the foreseeable future to
bring it out in the UK. We wouldn’t hang
around, try and get yourself a Wii now!
However, the Wii is going to be in short
supply again this Christmas so if you
spot one, do grab it!
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Email the editor at [email protected]
Dear CHIPS
I want to buy a Wii but I have read online that it
is going to have DVD playback functionality next
year. I wondered whether I should wait for that
or get one now?
Josie Gauntlett, Ashford
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What would you do in the crazy chair? Take the risk or take the
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Thanks to Focus Multimedia we have
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The ‘ECW’ brand has invaded
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