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Release Date: November 16, 1999 "Bond is prone to getting snagged on the bug-riddled scenery" Peppering this review with cliched Bondisms would be all too easy, which is precisely why it doesn't open with the line, “We've been expecting you, 007. You and your appallingly-overdue movie tie-in.” Very loosely based upon the film of two years ago, Tomorrow Never Dies is a third-person action/adventure with subtle stealth overtones and gadgets ahoy. It should prove familiar territ

Release Date: October 5, 1999 "Mostly it’s a case of stumbling along, waiting for the next soldier" Bit late really, isn’t it? Nice potential (clanging swordplay, magic, monster pick-’n’-mix and bottomless cleavage), shame about the timing and execution. Comparisons with a certain other spunky lady may be inevitable, but the hope of Xena as Lara-come-lately is sadly scuppered by a clunky control system and painfully linear gameplay. For the record, the evil Kalabrax, impriso

Release Date: February 29, 2000 JOHN MCCLANE DIES HARDER DURING ANOTHER NIGHTMARE CHRISTMAS IN THIS LATEST BRUCIE BONUS. YIPPIE-KI-YAY, UM... YOU KNOW THE REST. Should you discover that some Eastern European terrorist organisation is threatening to take over your office building, our advice is to change into a vest and go kick Hans’ butt. It works for Bruce. The numerically challenged might struggle to comprehend the title to Fox’s latest game. As the sequel to 1996’s origina

Release Date: November 17, 1999 "You can deathslide down washing lines and zap hovering robots..." Remember “to infinity, and beyond!” from the first time round? Then you've probably too old to be part of Toy Story 2’s target audience - but that doesn’t mean you won’t enjoy it. In fact, like Pixar’s masterpiece of computer¬ generated cinema, there’s plenty in Toy Story 2 that’ll appeal to those who still think Star Wars starred Indiana Jones and not that bloke out of Trainspo

Release Date: November 10, 1999 "Ducking round corners in the sewers triggers eerie tunes, anticipating the Nazi guards..." The delights of the one-shot kill. Line up a tin-pot helmet in the cross hairs, gently squeeze the trigger and another Nazi’s no more. Set at the tail end of World War II, Medal Of Honour takes you on a jaunt round Europe as a field agent for the Office Of Strategic Services. Standard first-person shooting stuff, you might think, but this title goes way

Release Date: November 30, 1999 "It’s not really a sequel. It’s something completely different..." Hawk Mason, one of the original Fighting Force, is apparently no longer content with spending his weekends beating people up with baseball bats and iron bars. He’s now a government agent, which basically means he can spend his time beating people up with guns and gadgets instead. Starting the game with only a few knives and grenades, you have to rely on hand-to-hand combat to de