Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition

By the time 2005 had rolled around, it looked like the beginning of the end for PS2. Critics started to refer to its once-impressive hardware as “aging,” and the Xbox 360 was gearing up to snatch away its crown and claim dominance over the next console generation. And because previous hardware cycles had lasted about five years, most assumed that the PS2’s days were numbered, and that the machine would be largely discarded once the PS3 finally hit.

Only now do we realize just how wrong we were to count the PS2 out so early. 10 years after its North American launch, it’s still getting games and moving units, if not exactly going strong. With the anniversary of that launch just around the corner, let’s take a look at the best of what we thought, at the time, would be the PS2’s final great year...

No doubt you're already in the midst of the arcade-racing/modding experience that is Midnight Club 3, which debuted in this week's charts at number two. And no doubt you've been nodding your head along to the fine selection of choons that is included in the game. But how did Rockstar go about choosing the music for its latest car-'em-up - and what difference can a soundtrack make to the whole gaming experience? We caught up with none other than Rockstar CEO Terry Donovan to talk music,

If this web page was a suitcase we'd have to sit on it just to get the lid down. If this corner of the web was Mr Creosote, he'd be turning down the mints and beckoning for a bucket right now. In fact, this page is more 'full of it' than a gang of hoodie-clad kids hanging around a town centre monument. The 'it' in question, is Midnight Club 3 Dub Edition. And, if you haven't guessed by now, this page is stuffed full to the exhausts of it. Just take a look over to your right and you will see a