Cover Story: In this issue Hardcore Gamer Magazine takes a look at Mass Effect, one of the biggest games of 2007. With ten pages of fresh impressions, new pictures, and news, Hardcore Gamer Magazine gives you all the information about Mass Effect you will ever need!

Reviews: F.E.A.R. (PS3), Super Paper Mario, Dawn of Mana, Full Auto 2: Battlelines, Atelier Iris 3: Grand Phantasm, and more!

Special Features: This month's Hardcore Gamer Magazine has all the usual goodness, including a look at the arcade scene, import reviews, fan art and much more. And if that's not enough for you, now if your chance to see what the HGM team thinks of Rockstar's upcoming Grand Theft Auto IV!

Cover Story: In this issue of Hardcore Gamer Magazine the editors hope and pray that the newest Spider-man game and movie live up to the hype. Unfortunately they don't, but that doesn't stop them from devoting a ton of space to Sam Raimi's final chapter in his Spidey trilogy. If only the game or the movie deserved such coverage.

Reviews: Burnout Dominator, Virtua Tennis 3, Raw Danger, Cooking Mama: Cook Off, Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2, Mercury Meltdown Revolution, and Earth Defense Force 2017!

Special Features: This month's Hardcore Gamer Magazine has all the usual goodness, including a look at the arcade scene, import reviews, fan art and much more. And that's not it, you also get an article about Linux on the PlayStation 3, news about Pirates of the Burning Sea, and a lot of praise for Shadowrun!

Cover Story: This is the issue of Hardcore Gamer Magazine that changes everything. Okay, maybe not EVERYTHING. But they do have an exclusive first look at The Heist, the mysterious new Codemasters game coming to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3! Find out just what makes this game so special and why the developers at InXile decided to give HGM the exclusive look at this upcoming action game!

Reviews: God of War II, Def Jam Icon, Call of Duty: Roads to Victory, Motorstorm, Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters, Ghost Rider, Bullet Witch and much more!

Special Features: This month's Hardcore Gamer Magazine has all the usual goodness, including a look at the arcade scene, import reviews, fan art and much more. This issue also contains the first information about Castlevania: Dracula X Chronicles, a feature on Ports Gone Wrong, and an exclusive look at Warhammer: Age of Reckoning!

Cover Story: Think the PlayStation 2 is dead? Think again, because God of War II is here to make you dust off your PS2 control! This is not only one of the best looking PlayStation 2 games of all time; it's actually one of the best looking games ever. And that's not even taking into account the epic story, the great combat, and all of the cool extras you get on the second disc! It may not be a next generation game, but Hardcore Gamer Magazine doesn't care! Read all about this mega sequel when you download the 21st issue of Hardcore Gamer Magazine!

Reviews: Virtua Fighter 5, Rogue Galaxy, Shining Force EXA, Guitar Hero II, Jewel Summoner, Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI, and more!

Special Features: This month's Hardcore Gamer Magazine has all the usual goodness, including a look at the arcade scene, import reviews, fan art and much more!

Cover Story: It's Hardcore Gamer Magazine's Retro a Go-Go issue. This is the issue where everything old is new again. But wait a second, if this is their retro issue then why the heck wasn't Defunct Games invited to sound off on these important issues. This issue is still worth checking out, but can you imagine how much better this retro feature could have been with the Defunct Games staff talking about all of the games the HGM staff forgot about?

Reviews: Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin, Full Auto 2: Battlelines, Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol, Dead or Alive Xtreme 2, Metal Slug Anthology, and more!

Special Features: This month's Hardcore Gamer Magazine has all the usual goodness, including a look at the arcade scene, import reviews, fan art and much more!

Cover Story: In this issue of Hardcore Gamer Magazine the boys look at Level 5's newest PlayStation 2 masterpiece, Rogue Galaxy. Does this game live up to the high water mark left by Dark Cloud 2? No, it really doesn't, but it does have space pirates and everybody loves a good role-playing game about space pirates. Right?

Reviews: Gears of War, Tony Hawk's Project 8, Call of Duty 3, Paraworld, Genji: Days of the Blade, Neverwinter Nights 2, Sega Genesis Collection, Ridge Racer 7, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, and many, many more!

Special Features: This month's Hardcore Gamer Magazine has all the usual goodness, including a look at the arcade scene, import reviews, fan art and much more! You can also expect a lot of information about the biggest sequels, such as Metal Gear Solid 4 and Devil May Cry 4. In this issue HGM also explores the future of online console gaming!

Cover Story: Hardcore Gamer Magazine takes a look at Sony's newest console, the PlayStation 3. Is it worth the six hundred dollars? And what about the games? What does the future of the PS3 look like compared to the Xbox 360 and Wii? Will Sony be able to keep their dominance over the video game arena intact with this expensive console? Find out now when you read Hardcore Gaming Magazine's 18th issue!

Reviews: Guitar Hero II (Xbox 360), Bully, Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, Flight Simulator X, Power Stone Collection, Ace Combat X: Skies of Deception, Killzone: Liberation, Lumines II, Mega Man ZX, Gunpey, WTF: Work Time Fun, and much, much more!

Special Features: This month's Hardcore Gamer Magazine has all the usual goodness, including a look at the arcade scene, import reviews, fan art and much more! Hardcore Gamer Magazine also looks at the Tokyo Game Show and a fan-made caveman fighting game (you read that right)!

Cover Story: It's a very Grand Theft Auto issue this month. Hardcore Gamer Magazine is ready to introduce the next Grand Theft Auto game in full style. No, not Grand Theft Auto IV, silly. I'm talking about Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories! What's so new and impressive about this upcoming PSP game? And just what the heck is Phil Collins doing in the game?? Find out now when you read Issue 17 of Hardcore Gamer Magazine!

Reviews: God Hand, Final Fantasy XII, Enchanted Arms, Lego Star Wars II, Rule of Rose, Just Cause, The Godfather, Saint's Row, Bad Day L.A., Scarface, Gangs of London, Bounty Hounds, Reservoir Dogs, Star Fox Command, and many, many more!

Special Features: This month's Hardcore Gamer Magazine has all the usual goodness, including a look at the arcade scene, import reviews, fan art and much more! The HGM guys also try and figure out just what happened to the promised virtual reality helmet!

Cover Story: In this issue of Hardcore Gamer Magazine we learn that not everything is peaceful as we had hoped. It's time to Destroy All Humans 2, and HGM has an exclusive hands on with this upcoming sequel. Isn't it about time you let out your bottled-up anger and frustration on the helpless hippies? I thought so!

Reviews: Okami, Yakuza, Madden NFL 07, Guilty Gear Judgment, Pac-Man World Rally, Xenosaga III, LocoRoco, and more!

Special Features: This month's Hardcore Gamer Magazine has all the usual goodness, including a look at the arcade scene, import reviews, fan art and much more! Hardcore Gamer Magazine wants to know if you can survive the bloodiest, scariest, most disturbing batch of horror games of all time!

Cover Story: This month Hardcore Gamer Magazine tells you about the best RPG series you currently aren't playing. Of course I'm talking about Disgaea 2, the shockingly addictive role-playing game for the PlayStation 2. Never heard of it? That's fine, but you should know that this game has an enormous cult following and you shouldn't be the one that misses out on all the fun!

Reviews: Ultimate Ghouls N Ghosts, Dead Rising, Prey, Chromehounds, Miami Vice, Bomberman, Titan Quest, Race Driver, King of Fighters 2006, Tekken: Dark Resurrection, and more!

Special Features: This month's Hardcore Gamer Magazine has all the usual goodness, including a look at the arcade scene, import reviews, fan art and much more! Also in this issue the HGM guys tell you how to start your own video game convention and take a good long look at the state of video game music ... because, you know, music works real well in the confines of print!

Cover Story: In this month's issue of Hardcore Gamer Magazine the boys look at the console everybody is talking about: Nintendo's Wii! How does it control? What games are coming out for it? Is it really a step forward for video gaming? While it's a bit too early to tell if the Wii is the greatest game system of all time, you can't argue against the fascination surrounding Nintendo's newest console!

Reviews: Blade Dancer: Lineage of Light, Juiced: Eliminator, Guilty Gear: Dust Strikers, MotoGP 06, Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends, Mega Man Battle Network 6, and more!

Special Features: This month's Hardcore Gamer Magazine has all the usual goodness, including a look at the arcade scene, import reviews, fan art and much more! It's HGM's huge post-E3 issue; find out what the guys thought of the newest games and systems!

Cover Story: May the force be with you! This is Hardcore Gamer Magazine's Lego Star Wars II issue, featuring cute little Lego character from the original Star Wars trilogy (the good Star Wars trilogy). Is this the game Star Wars fans have been waiting for? Actually, it is ... and best of all you can own it on pretty much every console under the sun!

Reviews: New Super Mario Bros., Legend of Heroes II, Over the Hedge, Hitman: Blood Money, Darwinia, Monster Hunter Freedom, Urban Chaos, and more!

Special Features: This month's Hardcore Gamer Magazine has all the usual goodness, including a look at the arcade scene, import reviews, fan art and much more! It's HGM's huge E3 issue, find out what the guys thought of the newest games and systems!