Hello, and welcome to an exciting new video game ezine, EZ Gamer. Throughout this text-based Ezine we aim to provide you with an insightful view on all things video games. We are dedicated gamers with many years of video games experience. We believe a social life is not necessary if there's an awesome new game coming out. In EZ Gamer Issue 1 we are giving you insightful previews to some of the top games coming out soon. We take a look at the early mission reveals in Call of Duty: Black Ops. A hands-on impression of the Halo: Reach multiplayer. Plus a look at the return to the nuclear apocalypse in Vegas, with Fallout: New Vegas. We also put plenty of focus on Nintendo's Metroid saga, with an in-depth retrospective of all the games the series has to offer, plus a detailed review of the imminent Metroid: Other M for Nintendo Wii. Along with reviews for gritty shooter Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days and Lara Croft's first downloadable outing in The Guardian of Light. In addition to all this great content, we also give you an insight into two highly respected developers, Valve and Square Enix. Plus the full walkthrough guide for Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption. So sit back, prepare you eyes and enjoy this edition of EZ Gamer.